Sonstein Sessions

Original Air Date: July 27, 2025

Sophia Brooks is the director and co-writer of the Gen-Z rom-com “Oh Hi”, which takes a look  at what it’s like to  form relationships in these crazy  times.

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Original Air Date: July 27, 2025

Rebecca Blake is the producer of the Off Broadway musical “Rolling Thunder”, which  takes us back to the days of The Vietnam War.

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Original Air Date: July 20, 2025


Jon Crowley is the executive director of the New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission. With the Netflix Studio now being built at what was Fort Monmouth and other studios on the way in Newark & Bayonne, Crowley predicts we are less than 5 years away from NJ being #3 in the nation, only behind California & NYS in film and tv production, which means lots of jobs in the entertainment biz!

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Original Air Date: July 20, 2025

Dr. Haviva Maline heads The Keta Medical Center in Nj, which uses ketamine to treat various mental health issues when traditional meds fail. Among them: depression; anxiety; PTSD; OCD and bipolar issues.

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Original Air Date: July 13, 2025

Candace Bushnell’s “Sex and the City” columns for “The New York Observer” inspired the iconic tv series “Sex And The City”. Candace is now tackling the dating world for women and men in their 60’s. Her most recent column is in “New York Magazine”.

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Original Air Date: July 13, 2025

For almost 30 years, the nonprofit National Association of Landscape Professionals Renewal & Remembrance has organized a day of service to honor veteran and public servants by beautifying landmarks. This year’s projects: The FDR Memorial & Arlington National Cemetary.

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Original Air Date: July 6, 2025

Krista Collopy says the Comfort Zone Camp totally changed her life. Years after she lost her dad to cancer,  Krista went for a free weekend at Comfort Zone Camp, which brings together children who have lost parents. Krista is now the Senior Regional Director of Comfort Zone Camp, which helps people up to the age of 26.

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Original Air Date: July 6, 2025

Jana Wu is a licensed clinical social worker with The Mountainside Treatment Center. While the CDC reports a 24% decline in drug OD deaths, the addiction landscape is changing with new substance abuse on the rise: cannabis-infused gummies, chocolates, seltzers and other foods which are marketed for wellness. Plus there are the unregulated drugs like kratom, which you can find at convenience stores and gas stations.

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Original Air Date: June 29, 2025

Regina Charles is the clinical services director of Center Path Wellness, which provides free in-person and telehealth  mental health services for people in NJ who are not insured, or underinsured, including undocumented people.

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Original Air Date: June 29, 2025

Carla Cooke was just months old when her legendary dad, singer/songwriter Sam Cooke was killed by a motel clerk when he was 33 in 1964. He was way ahead of his time, setting up his own music label, to make sure he and other artists would be fairly compensated for their work. Carla is following in her dad’s footsteps as a singer/songwriter herself, with a traveling show in his honor.

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