Sonstein Sessions

Original Air Date: September 1, 2024

Every 9/11 anniversary, people feel helpless when it comes to how to make a difference to mark the day.  Jay Winuk, who lost his volunteer firefighter younger brother on 9/11, has orgaznied 9/11 day. It’s a day  for everyone to do some good, whether organized or solo. Go to 911day.org.

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Original Air Date: August 25, 2024

23 years after 9/11, Michael Barasch continues his mission to reach a half million people  who are still unaware they are entitled to free health care for life (with BETTER cancer outcomes than other programs) AND compensation from the Victim Compensation Fund. Barasch himself is a survivor of 2 9/11 cancers.

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Original Air Date: August 25, 2024

Now in theaters: the doc “Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision”. Hendrix conceived of this still-working studio on 8th Street in The East Village. It’s unlike any other, built with the artist in mind. Doc director John McDermott is one of the few civilians who has ever been there. Unlike Abbey Studios, Electric Lady is not open to the public.

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Original Air Date: August 18, 2024

Gabriel Byrne stars in “Dance First”, the story of literary genius Samuel Beckett.

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Original Air Date: August 18, 2024

Former Navy fighter pilot Whiz Buckley is the founder of No Fallen Heroes, using magic mushrooms to treat  PTSD. Incredibly, his treatment allowed 9/11 survivor John Kostick to regain his voice for the first time in years.

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Original Air Date: August 11, 2024

Chelsea Devantez is an Emmy Award-nominated writer, comedian, director and host of the podcast  “Glamorous Trash”.  She was Jon Stewart’s head writer for “The Problem With Jon Stewart”.  She’s out with a memoir “I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This (But I’m Going To Anyway)”. Among her revelations: what it’s like to grow up with a sperm donor for a dad, meaning you will never know him or anything about him; how Delta Burke’s book changed her life and why she’s hooked on memoirs; and how she survived a toothy, hairy (no lie), tumor the size of a baby!

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Original Air Date: August 11, 2024

Maybe that come-and-go stomach problem isn’t just a touchy tummy. It could be Crohn’s Disease or Colitis. How to tell and how to get support and info?  Michael Osso is the CEO of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.

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Original Air Date: August 4, 2024

Daniela Volker directed the incredible HBO doc “The Commandant’s Shadow”, the real-life story that was depicted in the Oscar winning “The Zone Of Interest”, which is what the Nazis called Auschwitz. Amazing, at the end, the son and grandson of  Auschwitz creator and Commandant Rudolph Hess meet with an Auschwitz survivor.

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Original Air Date: August 4, 2024

Whiz Buckley is a retired Navy fighter pilot and creator of the No Fallen Heroes Foundation, with the goal of ending the suicides of veterans and first responders using alternative plant-based medicines, like mushrooms.

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Date Aired: July 28, 2024

This is an interview I did 3 years ago with retired NYC Firefighter Danny Noonan, who just died of cancer. He not only volunteered on the pile right after 9/11 (after he was just diagnosed with leukemia) he was one of 699 FDNY’ers who fought the NY Telephone Company fire in 1975, which had hundreds collapsing at the scene. A harbinger to 9/11, hundreds later got killer cancers.  Danny never stopped advocating, not just for the firefighters, but for the community, which was also exposed to the toxins. All Danny wanted was a plaque at the East Village site, to acknowledge what happened. We are still waiting.

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