Sonstein Sessions

Friends of Firefighters , which provides free mental health counseling for current & retired FDNY’ers AND their families, now has a waiting list to help our bravest. If you are a therapist or knows of one willing to be paid to help, check this out please.

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Chris Fabricant of the Innocence Project is working to free wrongfully convicted prisoners through DNA evidence. He says teeth marks and hair samples are junk science.

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The MC5 is about to launch their first tour in 52 years!! Co-founder Wayne Kramer has been very busy all these years, in part, bringing music programs to prisoners, especially young ones. And though his BFF and co-founder fred Sonic Smith was married to Patti Smith, wayne never talks to her.

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Oscar winner Helen Mirren joins Oscar & Emmy award winning Jim Broadbent in “The Duke”, the true story of a Kempton Bunton, who stole a famous painting not for the money but to help others in need.

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Tim MGrath survived what was then the worst mass shooting in U.S. history: The Batman Theater shootings in Aurora, California. His PTSD recovery resulted in the VOD docu-drama “Surviving Theater 9”.

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John Oppermann is the executive director of Earth Day Initiative with events starting 4/21 at Union Square. Is climate change reversable? What steps can be taken in NYC? How can you own an EV with so few charging options? Oppermann addresses all.

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Still so shattered by the loss of our good friend, Gilbert Gottfried at 67 this week. It wasn’t even a year ago when he recorded his “9/11 Stories” segment for the podcast/Youtube series. On “Sonstein Sunday” at 6:55, we will air his “9/11 Stories” piece. Days after 9/11, Gilbert brought down the house with an entirely Gilbert-like inappropriate joke at the 1st big entertainment event after the terror attacks. Gilbert & I discussed the “too soon” debate ..do we have to wait an appropriate time before making jokes about tragic events??? Ironic, because that’s what we say about his passing :”too soon”.

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Kevin Gallagher is spearheading a petition drive to get a million people to sign a petition to Save The Game of baseball. He wants to make baseball exciting again.

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Liz Marshall has seen the future of food, documented in her digital film “Meat The Future”, which centers on growing meat from cells, taken from real animals, without killing any animals.

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Camila Alves McConaughey was all set to blow off Matthew McConaughey when he tried to get her attention from across the room at a bar but when he tapped her shoulder, it was love at first sight. The Brazilian model is now a mom of three picky eaters , which inspired her very funny children’s book with Adam Mansbach 9author of “Go The #@** To Sleep”.

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