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  • EXAHOLICS: Breaking Addiction to an Ex-Love
    Marriage and family therapist Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby's book EXAHOLICS: BREAKING YOUR ADDICTION TO AN EX LOVE, offers scientific evidence on the addiction to love, the real physiological stress of a breakup, and how to take your power back.

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    14 min
  • Metastatic Breast Cancer & Genomic Testing
    For Breast Cancer Awareness month, Dr. Neil Iyengar of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and cancer patient and advocate Karen Peterson discuss how comprehensive genomic testing can help in building personalized treatment plans for better outcomes. For more, visit bcrf.org and testingmycancer.com

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    16 min
  • SHE SAID: Breaking the Harvey Weinstein Story
    SHE SAID: Breaking The Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, by NY Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, follows their investigation of Harvey Weinstein's abuses of power and offers behind-the-scenes details from Christine Blasey Ford's testimony, against the backdrop of the #MeToo era.

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    16 min
  • Michael's Cause and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
    Michael's Cause, founded in honor of 13-year old Staten Islander Michael Caplolongo, raises funds and awareness about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a genetic disorder that affects thousands of boys around the world. Co-Founder Robert Capolongo visits to talk his son's therapies and their work on behalf of the next generation. To find out more, and to sponsor Robert in the NYC Marathon on November 3rd, visit michaelscause.org.

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    16 min
  • HOW THE OTHER HALF LEARNS: Charter Schools
    HOW THE OTHER HALF LEARNS: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle over School Choice, is an inside look at the moral and political questions around public education and school choice. Author ROBERT PONDISCIO is senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a Bronx public school teacher, examined Success Academy in New York City for a local perspective on education reform issues and school culture.

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    16 min
  • Community Resource Exchange & 2020 Census Training
    Community Resource Exchange is a non-profit consulting firm that helps build other sustainable, high-performing non profits. President and CEO Katie Leonberger talks about CRE's free training programs for the 2020 Census and the specific challenges of this census that could make it more difficult to get an accurate count. For more, including training schedules, visit crenyc.org

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    15 min
  • REPRESENT: A Guide For Women Running for Office
    REPRESENT: The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office & Changing the World by Kate Black, former chief-of-staff at Emily's List, and actress June Diane Raphael, is a how-to guide for any woman interested in elected office, whether it’s school board, local city council, or Congress.

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    17 min
  • American Cancer Society's 2019 Making Strides Walks
    American Cancer Society's Making Strides Walks raise funds to support research, survivors and caregivers. Jennifer Balka, Senior Community Development Manager for ACS and Charles Lerner, Manager Tao Group Hospitality Cares and Employee Engagement, an ACS volunteer and Team Leader for Making Strides, visit to talk about the largest network of breast cancer events in the nation. For details on October 2019 walks, visit makingstrideswalk.org
    14 min
  • FAIR PLAY & Creating Balance at Home
    For those tired of being the default parent responsible for everything in their household, Eve Rodsky, created FAIR PLAY: A Game-Changing Solution For When You Have Too Much To Do (And More Life to Live). Fair Play is Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club October book pick at Hello-Sunshine.com.

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    17 min
  • The JED Foundation on Suicide Prevention for Teens
    For National Suicide Prevention Month in September, our guest is Adee Shepen, representing The JED Foundation, an NYC-based national non-profit that exists to protect emotional health and prevent suicide among teens and young adults. For more, visit jedfoundation.org and ULifeline.org

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    15 min

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New York City's 106.7 Lite FM's weekly talk show with host Nina del Rio, speaking with influencers, experts, and NYC non-profits. New episodes air first on WLTW-NY every Sunday, 7-7:30am EST.