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AMERICAN THEATER GROUP presents the Tony Award-winning musical “Parade”, directed by Broadway Veteran Hunter Foster, at the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge, NJ from March 2-5, and the Maurice Levin Theater at JCC MetroWest in West Orange, NJ from March 9-11. Our guest is American Theater Group’s Producing Artistic Director Jim Vagias. For more details about the show, visit americantheatergroup.org.

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In recent years, the high-profile murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others, have brought much-needed attention to the pervasiveness of police misconduct. Yet it remains nearly impossible to hold police accountable for abuses of power. UCLA professor of law Joanna Schwartz is author of the book SHIELDED: How the Police Became Untouchable.

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Destination Tomorrow, a national LGBTQ+ organization with centers in the South Bronx and Atlanta, believes that no individual should have to leave their neighborhood to access specific LGBTQ+ services. Our guest is founder of Destination Tomorrow, Sean Ebony Coleman, the only African American of transgender experience to lead an LGBTQ+ center in New York State. For more, visit destinationtomorrow.org.

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While The United States faces dangerous threats from abroad— terrorists, climate change, future pandemics—perhaps the greatest peril to our democracy comes from within. Our guest is Dr. Richard Haass, president of the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations, with his new book THE BILL OF OBLIGATIONS: Ten Habits of Good Citizens.

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At a time when young people should be focused on their education and preparing for their professional lives, many NYC college students don’t have secure housing, and some report living with homelessness. Our guest is Ann Shalof, CEO of The Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter, which recently began a pilot program to provide year-round housing to a cohort of CUNY Students. For more, visit NCSINC.org.

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Each of us has a different idea of paradise—is it on earth or with God? Is it somewhere we can’t reach until our lives on earth are over? Where does the concept come from—and how do we find peace in our own chaotic world? Our guest is renowned Writer Pico Iyer, who brings together a lifetime of exploration for THE HALF KNOWN LIFE: In Search of Paradise.

Queens Theatre, the premier performing arts venue in Queens, presents THE MONKEY KING: A Kung-Fu Musical, Saturday & Sunday, February 11-12. Our guests are the writers and star of THE MONKEY KING, Kimbirdlee and Jonathan Fadner, who talk about their reinvention of the 16th century Chinese novel as a musical and with a female king, in a discussion that also addresses representation for Asian women in the performing arts. For more, visit QueensTheatre.org.

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Generation Z - those born between 1997 and 2012 - is poised to become the most influential and impactful generation in history…in fact, we already have Maxwell Frost as the 1st Gen Z member of Congress! What do you know about Gen Z? John Sclhlimm’s book is WHAT WOULD GEN-Z DO?: EVERYTHING YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT GEN-Z BUT SHOULD. John Schlimm is a Harvard-trained educator, artist, advocate, and international award-winning author of twenty-five books.

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The 18th Annual Benefit honoring the life of Staff Sergeant (SSG) James McNaughton, a New York City Police Officer and Army Reservist and the first NYC Police officer killed in action in Iraq, is Saturday, February 4th at Mulcahy’s Concert Hall in Wantaugh, Long Island. Bill and Michelle McNaughton talk about the bond between their son and his comrades, speaking with veterans, and why they “never forget”. For more, visit jimmymcnaughton.com.

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Especially after the turmoil of the last few years, so many of us have searched for a magic bullet to bring peace and calm into our lives. Science writer Chris Bailey outlines the lasting strategy he discovered while researching how to recover from his own anxiety. The book HOW TO CALM YOUR MIND is full of tangible takeaways to overcome anxiety and live a fuller, more balanced life.