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The GO Project and Combating Summer Learning Loss

01 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The GO Project is a 50-year old non-profit with year-round academic and family support programs for under-served, at-risk public school students in th...

30 LESSONS ON LOVING: Marriage Secrets

01 Jul 2018

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30 LESSONS FOR LOVING: ADVICE FROM THE WISEST AMERICANS ON LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS AND MARRIAGE. Cornell professor and gerontologist Karl Pillemer inter...

NYC's Police Athletic League on Kids & Cops

17 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

New York City's Police Athletic League provides a broad array of activities and services to 35,000 children in all five boroughs of the city, in full ...

Straightening Out Your Personal Finances

17 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the new book THIS IS THE YEAR I PUT MY FINANCIAL LIFE IN ORDER, New York Times reporter John Schwartz, shares he and his wife's financial mishaps i...

NYCH20 on The City's Local Water Ecology

10 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

NYC H20 teaches people about our local water system and local water ecology. Director of Programs and Operations Jonathan Turer Joins us as they celeb...

The Mayor's Fund to Advance NYC's Summer Interns Program

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City begins their annual NYC Interns campaign, Executive Director Darren Bloch explains the details on the lar...

PICK THREE & Embracing an Unbalanced Life

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

PICK THREE: You Can Have It All, Just Not Every Day, is the new book by Randi Zuckerberg to help those of us who are over-scheduled, embrace an unbal...

Alternatives to Over-Parenting & How to Raise an Adult

20 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

HOW TO RAISE AN ADULT: A PROVOCATIVE MANIFESTO THAT EXPOSES THE DANGERS OF HELICOPTER PARENTING & SETS FORTH A NEW ALTERNATIVE PHILOSOPHY. Julie Lyt...

21 in '21 & Electing Women to the NY City Council

13 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

21 in '21 is an initiative seeking to elect at least 21 women to the New York City Council's body of 51 members by 2021. Moira McDermott is Executive...

Wheeling Forward on Independence Care Services

06 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Elegudin and Sharifa Abu-Hamda, represent Wheeling Forward, a leading New York City based advocate for people with disabilities. They join us to...

The Microbiome Solution & Healing from the Inside Out

06 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

THE MICROBIOME SOLUTION: A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out by gastroenterologist Dr. Robynne Chutkan, explains how to correct ou...

Retiring Securely & Money Management

29 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RETIRE SECURELY: INSIGHTS ON MONEY MANAGEMENT, by award winning financial columnist Julie Jason, offers ideas on how to make smart and strategic inve...

The Alliance for Positive Change & Overdose Prevention

21 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Alliance for Positive Change, a non-profit that helps New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses, has launched the #SaveALife ca...

The Lyme Disease Solution with Dr. Daren Ingels

21 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest is Dr. Daren Ingels, a leader in Natural Medicine, with his new book THE LYME SOLUTION: A 5-Part Plan to Fight the Inflammatory Auto-Immune...

The Wine on Wheels Grand Wine Tasting, April 28 at City Winery

15 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Wheeling Forward, a city non-profit that helps people with disabilities, hosts it's annual grand wine tasting, Wine On Wheels, at City Winery on April...

A Legal Perspective on Workplace Harrassment

15 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A #MeToo Conversation: What should you do about inappropriate behavior or unwanted advances at the office? Lauren X. Topelsohn a member of the Labo...

50 Ways to Get A Job

08 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

50 WAYS TO GET A JOB is an unconventional guide to finding work on your terms, by Dev Aujla, CEO of the recruiting firm Catalog. His approach include...

PEACEFUL PARENTS, HAPPY SIBLINGS

01 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

PEACEFUL PARENT, HAPPY SIBLINGS: HOW TO STOP THE FIGHTING AND RAISE FRIENDS FOR LIFE is a guide for parents to manage the challenges of sibling relat...

A Profile of Community Access Unlimited, Based in Elizabeth, NJ

27 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Community Access Unlimited, based in Elizabeth, NJ, helps people with disabilities achieve independence through a variety of supports and services. W...

The American Lyric Theater and "Opera in Eden"

16 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

American Lyric Theater is the only company in the U.S. offering extensive, full-time mentorship for emerging operatic writers. Producing Artistic Dire...

The Demographic Revolution & A New American Majority

16 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Civil Rights Lawyer Steve Phillips, author of BROWN IS THE NEW WHITE: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority, rejoins us a...

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene & Immigrant Arts Coalition

11 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Massimine, CEO of National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, discusses the work at the world's oldest continuously operating Yiddish theatre com...

CIA Survival Tactics

11 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

SURVIVE LIKE A SPY: Real CIA Operatives Reveal How They Stay Safe in a Dangerous World and How You Can Too, by former CIA officer Jason Hanson, reveal...

Heidi Latsky Dance at Baruch PAC March 8-10

04 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Heidi Latsky Dance's D.I.S.P.L.A.Y.E.D. premieres at Baruch Performing Arts Center March 8-10. Heidi Latsky joins for a preview of this unique show w...

Parenting Chronically Stressed Kids

04 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The book THE SELF-DRIVEN CHILD offers a new approach to parenting chronically stressed kids, based on decades of clinical experience and the latest de...

The Citizens Housing and Planning Council of New York

25 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How do we best use space in New York to house the most people, within current demographics, in the most economical and innovative ways? Answers from ...

Silver Hair & Phasing Out Hair Coloring

25 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Devachan Salon founder Lorraine Massey returns with her new book SILVER HAIR: A love letter to every woman who has considered embracing her natural h...

Emily's List & Women in Politics

18 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As the number of women entering politics rises, we're joined by Emily Cain, Executive Director of Emily's List, the largest resource for women in poli...

The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

18 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WHEN: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by best-selling author Daniel Pink shows us essential keys to timing our decisions and actions so that ...

Cents Ability & Financial Literacy

11 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Cents Ability is a non profit teaching financial literacy to thousands of high school students across NYC. Executive Director Roy Paul explains how t...

The Better Brain Solution & Diabetic Memory Loss

11 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Bestselling author Dr. Stephen Masley joins with his newest book, THE BETTER BRAIN SOLUTION: How to Start Now--at Any Age--to Reverse and Prevent Ins...

STEM Scouts, Northern NJ

04 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

STEM Scouts is a new co-ed program from the Boy Scouts of America that has kids doing activities to learn about physics and biology. Rebecca Fields o...

A WORLD IN DISARRAY & American Foreign Policy

04 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A WORLD IN DISARRAY: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order, by Dr. Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, tak...

Plymouth Church & Human Trafficking Awareness in NYC on Jan. 28th

28 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

To mark Human Trafficking Awareness Month in January, Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights hosts a public awareness event Jan. 28th from 12:30-3:30pm, ...

Changing Careers & When To Jump

28 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WHEN TO JUMP: If the Job You Have Isn’t the Life You Want, by Mike Lewis, lays out four fundamental steps to pursing the life you want -- by tellin...

Mindful Sleep

21 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

THE MINDFUL WAY TO A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP, by mindfulness teacher and dream therapist Tzivia Gover, is a plan to help people rediscover the pleasure o...

The All Heart Program & Sudden Cardiac Death

21 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In an effort to beat sudden cardiac death in athletes, The Players Development Academy in Somerset, NJ and St. Peter's University Hospital, have partn...

That Suits You & Clothing for Men

14 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

THAT SUITS YOU is an NYC non-profit that accepts gently worn professional attire and provides it free of charge to qualified men for work and to high ...

THIS NAKED MIND & Alcohol Control

14 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

THIS NAKED MIND: CONTROL ALCOHOL, FIND FREEDOM, DISCOVER HAPPINESS & CHANGE YOUR LIFE by author Annie Grace, provides a clear path to a healthier rela...

NYC Police Foundation

07 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The New York City Police Foundation is the only organization authorized to raise funds on behalf of the NYPD. President and CEO Susan Birnbaum discus...

Careers & The Digital Disruption

07 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

DIGITAL DISRUPTION: Future of Work, Skills, Leadership, Education and Careers in a Digital World by Dr. Tracey Wilen, has insights about how artifici...

Bronx Freedom Fund & The Bail Project

31 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The charitable legal fund, The Bronx Freedom Fund, is being scaled up to a national level, as the Bail Project. Co-Founder Robin Steinberg how the ba...

Tools to Find and Follow Your Passion

27 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

THE CROSSROADS OF SHOULD AND MUST: FIND AND FOLLOW YOUR PASSION by artist and author Elle Luna provides the tools and inspiration you need to start y...

Legal Advice on Estate Planning

27 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Attorney Jay Freireich, of Brach Eichler L.L.C. in Roseland, New Jersey, discusses the do’s and don’ts of estate planning. For more, visit brache...

NILMDTS & Remembrance Photography

17 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep trains, educates, and mobilizes professional photographers to provide portraits for families facing the unti...

Finding Your Calling & Meaningful Work

10 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul, by chocolate entrepreneur Shawn Askinosie, is a book of stories ...

Pilots To The Rescue

03 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Pilots to the Rescue's mission is to save potential pets facing euthanasia, using an advanced rescue flight system. Founder Michael Schneider talks ab...

A New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease

03 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

THE SPECTRUM OF HOPE: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias, by Dr. Gayatri Devi, offers perspective on how and w...

Operation Smile

05 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Operation smile is a non-profit medical service organization providing cleft lip and palate repair surgeries worldwide. Sr. VP of Medical Affairs Dr....

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts

29 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts has offered outstanding arts and arts education programs at affordable prices for more than 60 years. Dir...

Networking for Introverts

29 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

HIDING IN THE BATHROOM: An introvert's road map to getting out there, when you'd rather stay home by Morra Aarons-Mele, is a guide for solving networ...

Ear, Eye, Nose & Throat Issues In Pets

22 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Veterinarian Dr. Ann Hohenhaus of Animal Medical Center returns to answer questions on ear, nose, throat and eye issues in dogs and cats. Animal Medi...

Best Buddies Expands In NJ

22 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Best Buddies International is the world's largest non-profit focused on assisting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and through...

The National Winter Activity Center

17 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The National Winter Activity Center in Vernon, NJ is the first and only non-profit facility in the country dedicated to improving the lives, health an...

China and North Korea expert Kevin Peraino

17 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Peraino, former Newsweek Bureau Chief and expert on North Korea, China and the Korean Peninsula, joins to discuss his new book A FORCE SO SWIFT:...

The 14th St. Y Theater's 2017-18 Season

08 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The 14th Street Y's Artistic Director of Arts & Culture, Ronit Muszkatblit, has a backstage pass to The Theater's 2017-18 season. The 14th St. Y's e...

The Jazz Foundation of America's Annual NYC Loft Party

01 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Annual Jazz Loft Party: A Night for the Soul, hosted by the Jazz Foundation of America, has been called "the greatest underground music event in ...

The New York Latino Film Festival

01 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The New York Latino Film Festival, the premiere Urban Latino film event in the country, showcases over 30 films from October 11-15th, spanning all gen...

Empowering Your Son with Author Dr. Adam Price

25 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In his new book, HE’S NOT LAZY...EMPOWERING YOUR SON TO BELIEVE IN HIMSELF, by Dr. Adam Price, explains that contrary to appearances, teenage boys a...

Ballet Hispanico & Hispanic Heritage Month

17 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ballet Hispanico celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with free events, performances, exhibitions and dance lessons for children and adults through Octo...

Alzheimer's NJ's Walks To Fight Alzheimer's

10 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Alzheimer’s New Jersey kicks off its “Walk to Fight Alzheimer’s” events this fall in Ocean, Hudson, Mercer and Bergen Counties. President and...

Brooklyn's Arab-American Family Support Center

27 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Brooklyn-based Arab American Family Support Center helps settle legal immigrants in New York & New Jersey through critical services and short-term...

Total Focus & Better Decision Making

27 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

TOTAL FOCUS: Make Better Decisions Under Pressure, by former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb, highlights the skills he developed in Special Ops training, that ...

Good Neighbors of Park Slope

20 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Good Neighbors of Park Slope is a volunteer non-profit for neighborhood residents over 50, designed to make life easier and improve the quality of li...

THIS IS WHERE YOU BELONG by Melody Warnick

20 Aug 2017

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THIS IS WHERE YOU BELONG: Finding Home Wherever You Are by journalist Melody Warnick, suggests ways to make connections in and for your community, an...

A Preview of Brooklyn's Amud Aish Memorial Museum

14 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The new Amud Aish Memorial Museum and Kleinman Holocaust Education Center in Mill Basin, Brooklyn will tell the lesser-known story of observant Jewish...

Facts Behind Common Street Drugs

14 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Susan Brill, Chief of the Adolescent Medicine Department at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, explains the symptoms, effects and consequences o...

SELF-REG Is Helping Kids Break Free From Stress

06 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The book SELF-REG by Dr. Stuart Shanker is a guide to help your child (and you) break free the from stress--the root of bad behavior--by giving kids m...

Balancing Acupuncture With Conventional Medicine

30 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The basics of acupuncture and how it can compliment conventional medicine with Noah Rubenstein, clinic director of the YinOva Institute in the East Vi...

The One Page Financial Plan

30 Jul 2017

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THE ONE-PAGE FINANCIAL PLAN: A Simple Way to be Smart About Your Money by financial adviser and New York Times columnist Carl Richards, offers an unco...

First Friends Visits Immigrants In Detention

21 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

First Friends advocates for the end of arbitrary, mass detention of immigrants, and provides support to those without friends or family nearby. Rosa ...

THE STARS IN OUR EYES and The Phenomenon of Fame

21 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

For THE STARS IN OUR EYES: The Famous, The Infamous, and Why We Care Way Too Much About Them, author Julie Klam looks at fame from both an insiders an...

Understanding Osteoporosis

16 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss bone health, as journalist Meredith Vieira shares her mother's experience with osteoporosis, and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Susan Bukata explai...

Profiling NYC's Materials For The Arts

09 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Materials for the Arts redirects millions of pounds of industrial waste headed to landfills into the hands of artists and students. Executive Director...

Thrive & Long Island Addiction Recovery

01 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Thrive, in Mineola, is one of Long Island's first Addiction Recovery Centers. CEO Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds discusses the challenges of finding treatment ...

PSYCHED UP: Mental Preparation

01 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel McGinn, senior editor at Harvard Business Review, is the author of PSYCHED UP: The science behind mental preparation and how it can help us su...

Alliance For Positive Change

25 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the evolution of The Alliance for Positive Change, helping New Yorkers with HIV and other chronic health conditions get medical care for ne...

Diabetes Reset

25 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

THE DIABETES RESET by Dr. George King has practical strategies to improve your health, based on research conducted by Joslin Diabetes Center. joslin....

Radicalism & ISIS

18 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Washington Post reporter Souad Mekhennet, author of the book I WAS TOLD TO COME ALONE: My JOURNEY BEHIND THE LINES OF JIHAD, offers a unique perspect...

Emma's Torch & Workmen's Circle

07 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Workmens Circle serves up the Taste of Jewish Culture Street Festival on June 18, with the team from Emma's Torch, which helps settle new arrival...

Footsteps

01 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Footsteps Executive Director Lani Santo explains how this non-profit helps Jewish men and women as they attempt to transition out of the Ultra-Orthodo...

Better Infant Sleep

21 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

THE GOOD SLEEPER: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO SLEEP FOR YOUR BABY (& YOU) with Dr. Janet Kennedy, the founder of NYC Sleep Doctor. nycsleepdoctor.com

Queens Theater

07 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A backstage pass to Queens Theater and a preview of "The Miracle Worker", onstage May 12-21, with Executive Director Taryn Sacramone. QueensTheater.o...

The New Allergy Solution

07 May 2017

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THE NEW ALLERGY SOLUTION: Supercharge Resistance, Slash Medication, Stop Suffering by Dr. Clifford Basset of Allergy and Asthma Care of New York. all...

Xerces Society

30 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

100 PLANTS TO FEED THE BEES by The Xerces Society has planting tips and facts on why we should protect and pay attention to butterflies, bees, moths a...

Political Stress

23 Apr 2017

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Tips and advice for coping with political stress from NYC clincial psychologist Dr. Jephtha Tausig-Edwards. Drjeph.com

The Raptor Trust

16 Apr 2017

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Chris Soucy, Exec. Dir. of The Raptor Trust in NJ talks about caring for birds in our area, and sharing the world with raptors. Theraptortrust.org

Yoga For Every Body

09 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

EVERY BODY YOGA: LET GO OF THE FEAR, GET ON THE MAT, LOVE YOUR BODY by Jessamyn Stanley is a memoir, Q&A and yoga manual for everyone.

Women's Legal Guide

02 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Answers to legal questions from lawyer Lisa Green, author of ON YOUR CASE: A Comprehensive, Compassionate (and Only Slightly Bossy) Legal Guide for E...

Interschool Orchestras

26 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Interschool Orchestras Executive Director Karen Geer details their unique program and previews their upcoming Carnegie Hall Concert on May 11th. isor...

Organize Your Way

26 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

ORGANIZE YOUR WAY by professional organizers Katie and Kelly McMenamin, has personality-based solutions for your entire home to help you get and stay ...

Being Politically Active

26 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Author Gene Stone outlines major social and political issues at stake for Americans, and gives tips to get politically active. His most recent book i...

Voices of MPN

11 Mar 2017

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Actress Finola Hughes from General Hospital and Dr. Ellen K. Richie from Cornell University discuss living with a group of rare blood cancers, called ...

Stretch & The Power of Less

11 Mar 2017

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STRETCH: UNLOCK THE POWER OF LESS, AND ACHIEVE MORE THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED by professor and management expert Scott Sonenshein explains how to get mo...

Riverkeeper

05 Mar 2017

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Riverkeeper's President Paul Gallay on the impact of the closure Indian Point Nuclear Plant and where the EPA is headed under the new administration. ...

Extreme Measures

05 Mar 2017

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EXTREME MEASURES: FINDING A BETTER PATH TO THE END OF LIFE, is the new book by Dr. Jessica Zitter, an expert on the medical experience of death an dyi...

Committee To Protect Journalists

25 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Carlos Lauria, Program Director at the Committee To Protect Journalists, talks about the current political climate and the consequences of diminished ...

Retirement Savings

25 Feb 2017

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Economist & New School professor Teresa Ghilarducci gives us a financial wake up call in HOW TO RETIRE WITH ENOUGH MONEY, AND HOW TO KNOW WHAT ENOUGH ...

Female Sexual Dysfunction

12 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, discusses the range of female sexual dysfunction and taking action to imp...

Gallop NYC

05 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Gallop NYC offers therapeutic horsemanship programs to veterans and people with special needs. Beth McReynolds tells us about their Forest Hills stabl...