MEDIA APPEARANCES AND SPEAKING EVENTS
Release of 400 Friends and No One to Call
RADIO INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS
America Trends with Larry Rifkin Podcast, Mental Health Network, Author Interview (December 22, 2020)
Get the Funk Out! with Jeneane, KUCI, March 16, 2020 podcast
Jefferson Exchange, NPR-affiliate, Jefferson Public Radio, Breaking Through Isolation, Now and Always, March 19, 2020 podcast
Unplugged and Totally Uncut with Arroe Collins, iHeartRadio, 2020
Breakup Boost Podcast with Trina Leckie, 2020
The Current, CBC Radio, April 13, 2020
Alaska Public Media (NPR affiliate) Your Health Connection, 2020
The Dr. Pat Show, Interview, April 9, 2020 Podcast
Signal Boost on Sirius XM with Zerlina Maxwell and Jess MacIntosh, March 31, 2020
Kathryn Zox Show, Voice America, April 1.
Change Your Attitude, Change Your Life with Joan Herrmann
The Patricia Raskin Show, Author Interview, May 18, 2020 podcast
Mountain Life, NPR-affiliate, KPCW, Reaching Out and Being Reached in this Time of Isolation, March 25, 2020
VIDEO/TV
Global TV Canada Morning Show, interview, The Stigma Surrounding Loneliness, 7-minutes.
Interview with Kim Berns, host of What’s the Story, Rye TV, April, 2020 (30 min.)
Interview with host, Cat Smith, KSVY Hollywood and West Napa (YouTube), April, 2020 (20 min.)
Interview with host, Dr. Pat Baccili, Dr. Pat Show, The Transformation Network, April, 2020 (47 min.)
Interview with CJ Liu, host, Fire It Up with CJ, April, 2020 (13 minutes)
Next Avenue, contributor, Should You Get a Coach for Your Retirement?, August, 2020
Caregiver Solutions, Building a Support Network: Four-hundred friends and no one to call, March, 2020
AARP, Coping with Isolation During the Coronavirus Outbreak, Q&A with Val Walker by Aaron Kassraie, March, 2020
Parade, 40 Ways to Maintain Social Ties During the Coronavirus Quarantine, March, 2020
Catching Health, How Are You Holding Up?, Q&A with Val Walker by Diane Atwood, April, 2020
Health Aging Magazine, Building Social Support as an Older Adult (June, 2020)
BabyBoomer.com, 10 Ways to Make Meaningful Connections in Retirement, March, 2020
BoomerMagazine.com, Book Review by Annie Tobey for 400 Friends and No One to Call, March, 2020
Caregiver Space, How Caregivers Can Build Community (even during isolation), April 7
Rewire, How to Talk to Your Parents About Coronavirus, With Tips from a Millennial Pastor, Gretchen Brown, March 20
Sweety High Magazine, Q&A with Val Walker by Amanda McCarthur about how to comfort a friend, November, 2019
FILM
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Interviewed as a thought leader for All the Lonely People, a feature-length documentary with the award-winning company, The Clowder Group.
