The Entrepreneur Space is a food & business incubator in Long Island City that has been helping people build and develop their new businesses for over 20 years. As a program of the Queens Economic Development Corporation, they provide a home to emerging businesses and organizations seeking a commercial kitchen, small office space and classrooms. Our guest is Managing Consultant, Kathrine Gregory. For more, visit entrepreneurspace.org.

In her new book: RECLAIMING YOUR COMMUNITY: You Don’t Have To Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live In a Better One, Majora Carter offers up ways to rethink the future of our hometowns. MAJORA CARTER is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster.

Our guest is Áine Duggan, President and CEO of The Partnership to End Homelessness, formerly The Partnership for The Homeless, for a portrait of homelessness in NYC vs. public perceptions. For more, visit partnershiptoendhomelessness.org.

THIS IS HOW YOUR MARRIAGE ENDS: A Hopeful Approach to Saving Relationships.
Matthew Fray is a relationship coach and writer who leans on the lessons of his failed marriage and divorce to help others avoid making the same mistakes. His writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Huffington Post, Babble, and more. His blog is Must Be This Tall To Ride.

Film Lab is a New York based not-for-profit dedicated to the support and promotion of gender and ethnic parity in film and television. President Jennifer Betit Yen talks about the importance of a creative community and Film Lab’s annual 72 Hour Shootout Filmmaking Competition, now accepting submissions. For more, visit film-lab.org.

If you are one of those people who thinks you might have a book in you…or maybe have even written one…well, what happens next? How do you get published? Rea Frey is a multi-published, award-winning bestselling author, and founder of Writeway, a process and podcast to help other writers get published, at writewayco.com.

As redistricting is changing voting maps across the country, new borders are also being drawn in New York City for the 51 City Council seats across the five boroughs. Our guest is Betsy Gothbaum, Executive Director of Citizens Union, to talk about their recommendations for a fair redistricting process, ethics in New York State, and Citizens Union’s legacy as they mark their 125th Anniversary. For more, visit citizensunion.org.

In TOXIC POSITIVITY: Keeping it Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy, Whitney Goodman, the psychotherapist behind the popular Instagram account @SitwithWhit, offers a powerful guide to making space for emotions.

As we emerge from Covid-19, how are local NYC neighborhoods bringing back businesses and workers? Samara Karasyk is CEO & President of Hudson Square Business Improvement District, a neighborhood that’s also being transformed by the influx of tech workers. For more, visit hudsonsquarebid.org.

FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life, looks at the habits of happier older people. Author Arthur C. Brooks is a social scientist who studies human happiness. He is Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, and former professional classical French hornist, performing for 12 years with ensembles in the United States and Spain.