MEDIA APPEARANCES/EVENTS
MEDIA APPEARANCES AND SPEAKING EVENTS
WATCH: Global TV Canada interviews Val on 400 Friends and No One to Call
RADIO INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS
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
America Trends with Larry Rifkin Podcast, Mental Health Network, Author Interview (December 22, 2020)
Fresh Tracks with Kelly Robins Podcast, May 4, 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)
Blogger for Psychology Today since December, 2019
Next Avenue, quoted, “Good Friends and the Money Gap,” Janet Siroto, January 2024
New York Times, quoted, “How Volunteering Can Help Ease Loneliness,” Christina Caron, December, 2021
Fatherly.com, quoted, “How to Comfort an Adult Who’s Feeling Sad,” Steve Calechman, November, 2023
Next Avenue, quoted, “Should You Get a Coach for Your Retirement?” August, 2020
Tracking Happiness, Featured and quoted, “5 Ways to Comfort Someone Who Needs You Right Now, by Jesse Faber, January, 2023
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, quoted, “40 Ways to Can Build Community (even during isolation),” April 7
Rewire, quoted, How to Talk to Your Parents About Coronavirus, With Tips from a Millennial Pastor, March 20
Sweety High Magazine, Q&A with Val Walker by Amanda McCarthur about how to comfort a friend, November, 2019
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,” April, 2020
Coping with Cancer Magazine (Copingmag.com)”The Language of Commitment,” March, 2016
TIME, Q&A: The Art of Comforting, Interviewed by Maia Szalavitz, January, 2011
Chicago Tribune, “How to Offer Comfort,” Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy, March, 2011
SPEAKING KEYNOTES
Keynote, “Building Community Through Volunteering,” at AARP Mountain Region
Other Speaking Venues:
Queens Public Library, NY Newton Council on Aging, MA Newton Free Library
