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Emily Scott, Jasmin Smith, and Theresa Robbinson discuss Native American Heritage Month and inaccurate Breathalyzer tests; the Pink Tax and South Korean politics; and a tiny house village for homeless veterans in Canada. We also have a special segment on local podcast Mobilize from regular contributor Matthew Schneeman.

Host Emily Scott and regular contributors Jasmin Smith, Sarah Weck, and Matthew Schneeman discuss early voting and anti-cop protests in New York; inmates fighting California wildfires, and a mystery space plane from the US Air Force (?!); the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and severe air pollution in Delhi; and some good news: celebrity chefs team up to feed Kincade Fire evacuees and first responders.

Hosts Theresa Robbinson and Emily Scott, along with regular contributor Matthew Schneeman, interview entrepreneur and social justice activist Jocelyn Walters. https://sites.google.com/anewadvisory.com/anewadvisory

The group then discusses the end of the United Auto Workers strike, public transportation in Chile, and Always removing the female symbol from its menstrual product packaging.

Hosts Theresa Robbinson and Emily Scott, along with regular contributors Jasmin Smith and Sarah Weck, discuss the plan for a new homeless shelter in Queens, and equal pay in New York; Supreme Court hearings on LGBTQ rights; Turkey's Operation Peace Spring in Syria, and the Nobel Peace Prize for the Prime Minister of Ethiopia; the opening of Tyler Perry Studios, and the snakehead fish!

Host Emily Scott and Matthew Schneeman discuss Carlos Weeks walking free after 26 years for a false conviction and NYC banning the hateful use of the term "illegal alien," US unemployment stats and Johnson & Johnson reaching a settlement with counties in Ohio; poisonous bootleg alcohol in Indonesia and activists in Argentina working to reshape the tango; and actor Lupita N'yongo's first children's book.

Hosts Emily Scott and Theresa Robbinson are joined by Jasmin Smith and Matthew Schneeman to discuss lead poisoning in NYC and contactless pay for the MTA; an impeachment inquiry (!) and a refugee cap and second asylum ban; reflections on China; and former gang leaders embracing peace.

Hosts Emily Scott and Theresa Robbinson are joined by contributors Matthew Schneeman, Jasmin Smith, and Sarah Weck to discuss the Climate Strike and guerilla MTA ads; the Trump administration moving to revoke California's ability to set its own emission standards, and... Area 51 (!); drone attacks in Saudi Arabia, and migration and xenophobia in South Africa; dictionary.com redefining the word "black," the Metropolitan Opera putting on its first opera composed by a black person, and dolphins!

Hosts Theresa Robbinson and Emily Scott, along with regular contributor Matthew Schneeman, interview guest Brandy Cochrane an entrepreneur, creative and health and wellness advocate based in the Bronx. Check out her websites www.plantcandy.com and www.entrepreneurmealplan.com. 

The group also discusses the NYPD suicide crisis, the redirecting of the military budget to fund Trump's border wall, India's lost moon lander, Hurricane Dorian, and the good news about Alex Trebek's heath.

Hosts Theresa Robbinson and Emily Scott, and new guest host Matthew Schneeman, discuss changes to credit check requirements for the NYC affordable housing lottery and a new vision for Broadway Junction; toxic chemicals at a Department of Energy lab and the first-ever delegate from the Cherokee Nation to the U.S. House of Representatives; and protests at the G7 summit.

Host Emily Scott and guest Bryan McTiernan discuss the MTA budget, some labor history, and New York's Child Victim's Act; a police shooting in Philadelphia and an Amnesty International travel advisory for the US; Israel moving to bar two members of the US Congress from entering the country over their support of the BDS movement, a suicide bombing in Kabul, and the role of the US in the Middle East; and a little bit of good news re: cures for ebola and drug-resistant tuberculosis.