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For the book, THE BRAVE LEARNER: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life, author Julie Bogart distills decades of experience homeschooling her five now grown children and training homeschooling families around the world, to help re-energize parent-teachers when the job they began enthusiastically has begun to feel like a grind.

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While anxiety and depression can exist in any kind of weather, NYC clinical psychologist Dr. Jeptha Tausig is an expert on seasonal effective disorder (SAD), a type of depression that occurs during the same season each year, and for most people, during the winter. For more, visit drjeph.com

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Priya Parker, author THE ART OF GATHERING: How We Meet and Why It Matters, explains how to make meetings of all kinds more effective, and what kind of rituals will open up a crowd who's inhibited or distracted.

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In his new book SICKER, FATTER, POORER, pediatrician and environmental health researcher at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone, Dr. Leonardo Trasande, discusses the urgent health threat of hormone disrupting chemicals, and what we can do about it.

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Ballet Hispánico, America's leading Latino dance organization, brings its bold and eclectic brand of contemporary dance to The Joyce Theater with two world premieres from March 26-31, 2019. Artistic Director and CEO Eduardo Vilaro gives us a preview. For more, visit ballethispanico.org and/or Joyce.org

Queens Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Grech joins for his views on the Amazon/Long Island City Deal, it's impact and the next horizon for the borough and the city. For more, visit queenschamber.org.

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In their new book, AM I DYING?, two Columbia University cardiologists explain when you should take a chill pill and when your symptoms might be more serious than you think. Doctors Christopher Kelly and Marc Eisenberg join us to answer common health questions from their smart, down-to-earth reference guide.

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For American Heart Month, we discuss heart disease risk and prevention in women with Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health, Wellness and Prevention at Mount Sinai Hospital, speaking on behalf of the American Heart Association. For more, visit heart.org.

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DIGITAL MINIMALISM: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World, by Georgetown Science Professor Cal Newport, includes a plan to focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected activities you value, while skipping out on everything else.

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For President's Day Weekend, we speak with John Miller, President and CEO of America's Vet Dogs, about the special needs of vets, how to participate in the training program, and we catch up with "Sully", the service dog provided to the late President George Bush. For more, visit vetdogs.org and it's sister organization, guidedog.org

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