This Week’s SHAKE IT OFF WITH MERT & LUCAS, LIVE!
Three voices. Three angles on the forces reshaping American life — from the spiritual fractures we carry, to the financial storms we navigate, to the workplace rules women are still forced to break. It’s a two‑hour ride through clarity, candor, and the unexpected.
Rev. Dr. Terrlyn L. Curry Avery
We open with the return of Rev. Dr. Terrlyn L. Curry Avery, a friend of the show and one of the most incisive voices working at the intersection of spirituality, psychology, and racial healing. Her book Dismantling Racism confronts the emotional, historical, and moral architecture of prejudice — not as an abstract concept, but as a lived experience that shapes families, communities, and institutions.
Dr. Avery brings a rare blend of pastoral warmth and academic rigor. She doesn’t lecture; she excavates. She doesn’t accuse; she reveals. Expect a conversation that moves from the deeply personal to the broadly systemic — with the honesty, courage, and grounded humanity that made her previous appearance a listener favorite.
Pete Najarian
Then we pivot — sharply — into the financial trenches with Pete Najarian, former NFL linebacker turned market strategist and co‑founder of Market Rebellion. Najarian brings the kind of clarity Wall Street rarely offers: direct, unvarnished, and grounded in real‑world experience.
He’s here to break down the volatility, the opportunities, and the psychological traps shaping today’s markets. No jargon. No smoke. No mystique. Just a straight look at what’s moving, why it’s moving, and what ordinary investors keep getting wrong. This segment promises energy, insight, and the kind of candor that makes markets feel less like a maze and more like a map.
Dr. Lois Frankel
We close with Dr. Lois P. Frankel, whose bestselling book Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office became a cultural lightning rod — and a blueprint — for women navigating workplace power structures. Frankel’s work is sharp, practical, and unapologetically honest about the habits, expectations, and biases that still shape professional life.
She doesn’t tiptoe around the issues. She names them. She dissects them. She gives listeners the tools to challenge them. Expect a conversation that’s part coaching session, part cultural critique, and part wake‑up call — delivered with the wit and authority that made her book a global phenomenon.
About the Hosts
Lucas A. Ferrara — New York attorney, law professor, award‑winning film producer, and editorial strategist. Lucas blends legal insight with narrative precision, shaping conversations that cut through noise and get to the marrow of the moment.
Mert Roberts — A seasoned commentator whose wit, clarity, and grounded analysis keep every discussion sharp, surprising, and unmistakably alive.
Tune In
LIVE on AM970 Radio, the AM970 website, or the AM970 mobile app, Sunday, July 12 | 7–9 PM (Eastern) Replays stream everywhere: Apple, Amazon, iHeart, Spotify, and more.
More info: shakeitofflive.com
Some shows entertain. This one reminds you why live conversation still matters — because when the right voices meet at the right moment, something shifts.
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