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Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women each year in the United States, excluding skin cancer.  Marion Troise and Michael Furmaniak are committee organizers for the 14th Annual 3K Walk Cancer Away Festival, in Bayonne on Sunday, September 26th, in Bayonne, NJ, raising funds for Dr. Nancy Kemeny’s Colorectal Cancer Research Fund at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. For more, visit walkcanceraway.com

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In their new book, WHAT DO YOU SAY? How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home, Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson show how to engage in respectful and effective dialogue, to level up the way you communicate with your children. Guest Ned Johnson is the founder of PrepMatters and the coauthor of CONQUERING THE SAT: How Parents Can Help Teens Overcome the Pressure and Succeed.

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It's believed that nearly three million Americans suffer from POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, an often mis-diagnosed disorder of the nervous system that affects basic functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure. Guest Wendy Baruchowitz describes her journey from mystery illness to diagnosis and battling back to health. For more, visit dysautonomiainternational.org and potstakeastand.com.

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Financial Expert Jennifer Barrett is author of the new book, THINK LIKE A BREADWINNER, A Wealth-Building Manifesto for Women Who Want to Earn More (and Worry Less). Jennifer Barrett is the Chief Education Officer at Acorns, a financial wellness app with more than 8.5 million users, and the founding editor of its popular money site, Grow.

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The FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes and celebrates extraordinary New York City public school teachers who inspire learning through creativity, passion, and commitment. Our guests are Grand Prize Winners Cheryl Rizzo, of P.S. 232 The Lindenwood School in Queens, and Penelope Smetters-Jacono, of Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music. The nomination process for the 2022 FLAG Award will launch on September 27. Students, parents, principals, fellow teachers, and other colleagues can nominate teachers. The nomination form will be available at flagaward.org.

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Dr. Chris Winter’s new book is THE RESTED CHILD: Why Your Tired, Wired, or Irritable Child May Have a Sleep Disorder and How To Help. Dr. Chris Winter is a board-certified and internationally recognized sleep medicine specialist, as well as a board-certified neurologist.  His first book The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It was praised by New York magazine as one of the seven best books on sleep ever written and “The Best Book for Insomnia.”

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The Worker’s Circle is a social justice organization that powers progressive Jewish identity through Jewish cultural engagement—including Yiddish language learning. Our guest is Kolya Borodulin, master teacher and Director of Yiddish programming at the Worker's Circle in New York, the largest non-academic program in the United States. For more, visit circle.org.

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Americans consistently say the cost of health care their number one financial concern....
and for good reason: The average premium for a family’s health insurance is greater than a typical family’s house payment. In NEVER PAY THE FIRST BILL: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win, award-winning reporter Marshall Allen provides a step-by-step guide for consumers and employers to battle the system.

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The Battery Dance Festival is New York City's longest-running public free dance festival and it’s most wide-ranging. Founder and artistic director Jonathan Hollander previews the Festival’s 40th Anniversary, and discusses how emerging companies are reaching new audiences via dance on film. The Battery Dance Festival is virtual August 12-14, and live and live streamed from Robert F. Wagner Park in Battery City August 15-20. For more, visit batterydance.org.

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HOW TO LOVE ANIMALS: In a Human-Shaped World, by Financial Times Chief Features Writer Henry Mance, studies animals in factory farms, under climate change and deforestation. If we took an animal's experiences seriously, how might we eat, think and live differently?

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