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THE ART OF GATHERING: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker, offers a new approach to transform our meetings as friends, colleagues, neighbors and citizens into meaningful interactions and challenges us to think beyond just logistics.

HOW TO RAISE AN ADULT: A PROVOCATIVE MANIFESTO THAT EXPOSES THE DANGERS OF HELICOPTER PARENTING & SETS FORTH A NEW ALTERNATIVE PHILOSOPHY. Julie Lythcott-Haims, a self-proclaimed “anti-Tiger mom” and former Stanford University Dean, offers her concerns about overprotective parenting, and explains why giving your kid more independence may be a better long term alternative.

21 in '21 is an initiative seeking to elect at least 21 women to the New York City Council's body of 51 members by 2021. Moira McDermott is Executive Director of this nonpartisan effort to prepare female candidates of all backgrounds to run for city council through support, training, and networking. For more, visit 21in21.org

Alex Elegudin and Sharifa Abu-Hamda, represent Wheeling Forward, a leading New York City based advocate for people with disabilities. They join us to speak on behalf of Independence Care Services, a specialized long term care plan, in danger of being closed due to state budget cuts. For more, visit wheelingforward.org and icsny.org

THE MICROBIOME SOLUTION: A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out by gastroenterologist Dr. Robynne Chutkan, explains how to correct our internal imbalance caused by a typical diet and medications.

North Shore Animal League America's Global Pet Adoptathon begins May 5-6! It's the 26th annual event, sponsored by their partner, Purina. North Shore Animal League's Kathy Lynn has details on the event that that helps saves the lives of hundreds of homeless pets. animalleague.org

RETIRE SECURELY: INSIGHTS ON MONEY MANAGEMENT, by award winning financial columnist Julie Jason, offers ideas on how to make smart and strategic investment choices so you can retire with confidence.

The Alliance for Positive Change, a non-profit that helps New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses, has launched the #SaveALife campaign to equip New Yorkers With skills to prevent fatal opioid overdoses -- by raising funds to provide and train people in the use of overdose prevention kits. Program Manager Reilly Glasgow gives us the details. More at alliance.nyc

Our guest is Dr. Daren Ingels, a leader in Natural Medicine, with his new book THE LYME SOLUTION: A 5-Part Plan to Fight the Inflammatory Auto-Immune Response and Beat Lyme Disease.

Wheeling Forward, a city non-profit that helps people with disabilities, hosts it's annual grand wine tasting, Wine On Wheels, at City Winery on April 28th. Co-Founder Yannick Benjamin talks about their expansion of the city's only fully accessible gyms, and other benefits that the fundraiser makes possible. For more, visit wheelingforward.org and wineonwheels.org