As a college student, Barry had been editor of a daily newspaper, a wrestler, a steel worker, a representative of American college students in Yugoslavia and Brazil, an interpreter for units of the Chinese Nationalist Navy, and a Phi Beta Kappa student. He has reported from around the globe, ran for Mayor of New York City and has been in and out of trouble spots all over the world: He led Hungarians across the border after their revolution and sped to Cuba after the fall of Baptista, beating Fidel Castro to Havana by five days! Barry reported on the repression of Soviet Jews from the Moscow synagogue beginning in 1956. In 1991, Barry's nationally syndicated radio show won him the title of "Talk Show Host of The Year." He is a prolific writer with articles in the "New York Times," "Readers Digest," The "Washington Post," and the "Saturday Review," as a few examples.

Barry speaks dozens of languages fluently including: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Indonesian, Hungarian, Finnish, Yiddish, and two dialects of Chinese. He wrote numerous books including: "Making People Talk," "How to Learn Any Language," and "How to Conceal Stupidity." Barry was a longtime Talker on WOR in New York, has hosted on several networks, and is currently heard on TalkAmerica

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