Singer/Songwriter Matt Westin and Author Victoria Howard

Published: Jan. 8, 2018, 9 p.m.

We are back for 2018 with two great guests.

First we will talk to the new country heartthrob Matt Westin. The Pittsburgh native was on his way to a promising engineering career to pursue acting and music. After touring the local circuit for years, the tragic passing of his father after a long battle with leukemia gave Westin the inspiration to create an album in his honor. in 2016.

Coming into 2018 he has a new single,\xa0"Our Redneck of the Woods."

We will talk to Westin about his music and his aspirations in 2018.

Our second guest, author Victoria Howard, tells the stories of four strippers in her new book "Dancing for Dollars".

The book tells the stories of four ladies in a South Florida\xa0club and how the four navigate the the wild and tawdry world of stripping.\xa0Each come to the profession in different ways, and with different, difficult circumstances.

The book has\xa0gained notoriety in the social media circles and was feature in the Huffington Post.\xa0

We will talk to Howard about her inspiration for the book and her hopes for the story to make the big screen.