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30 LESSONS FOR LOVING: ADVICE FROM THE WISEST AMERICANS ON LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS AND MARRIAGE. Cornell professor and gerontologist Karl Pillemer interviewed 700 people, with an average of 43 years of marriage each, for his new book. He brings us their advice on how to pick your battles, how do deal with money woes and how to keep romance alive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New York City's Police Athletic League provides a broad array of activities and services to 35,000 children in all five boroughs of the city, in full and part-time centers. Executive Director Fred Watts talks about PAL's newest programs to develop a positive rapport between police and children, and current challenges including social media and guns in schools. For more, visit palnyc.org See omnyst...

In the new book THIS IS THE YEAR I PUT MY FINANCIAL LIFE IN ORDER, New York Times reporter John Schwartz, shares he and his wife's financial mishaps in an everyman's guide to straightening out your money once and for all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NYC H20 teaches people about our local water system and local water ecology. Director of Programs and Operations Jonathan Turer Joins us as they celebrate a big win--The Ridgewood Reservoir has just been added to the National Register of Historic Places. For tours and more, visit nych2o.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City begins their annual NYC Interns campaign, Executive Director Darren Bloch explains the details on the largest summer jobs initiative for young people in the country. For more, visit nycinterns.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PICK THREE: You Can Have It All, Just Not Every Day, is the new book by Randi Zuckerberg to help those of us who are over-scheduled, embrace an unbalanced life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listen...

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio...

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

A #MeToo Conversation: What should you do about inappropriate behavior or unwanted advances at the office? Lauren X. Topelsohn a member of the Labor and Employment Practice at Mandelbaum Salsburg, brings common sense solutions from a legal perspective. More at lawfirm.ms See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

50 WAYS TO GET A JOB is an unconventional guide to finding work on your terms, by Dev Aujla, CEO of the recruiting firm Catalog. His approach includes novel ways to make yourself stand out, connect with new people, and play up your strengths. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PEACEFUL PARENT, HAPPY SIBLINGS: HOW TO STOP THE FIGHTING AND RAISE FRIENDS FOR LIFE is a guide for parents to manage the challenges of sibling relationships with Dr. Laura Markham. Our guest is the founder of ahaparenting.com and lives and works in Brooklyn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Community Access Unlimited, based in Elizabeth, NJ, helps people with disabilities achieve independence through a variety of supports and services. We discuss their work, inclusion and employment opportunities with Assistant Executive Director Joanne Oppelt. For more, visit caunj.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

American Lyric Theater is the only company in the U.S. offering extensive, full-time mentorship for emerging operatic writers. Producing Artistic Director Larry Edelson previews The Living Libretto: Opera in Eden, a first look at three new one act operas, premiering at the National Opera Center. For more visit, altnyc.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Civil Rights Lawyer Steve Phillips, author of BROWN IS THE NEW WHITE: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority, rejoins us a look at the 2016 election, and an analysis of current efforts to capture the vote of progressives and people of color for the fall 2018 mid-terms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christopher Massimine, CEO of National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, discusses the work at the world's oldest continuously operating Yiddish theatre company, and the new Immigrant Arts Coalition, created to engage the community, create a vital dialogue, and further the success of its artists. For more, visit nytf.org and immigrantarts.org. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SURVIVE LIKE A SPY: Real CIA Operatives Reveal How They Stay Safe in a Dangerous World and How You Can Too, by former CIA officer Jason Hanson, reveals true stories and expert tactics from real CIA operatives -- to help all of us feel empowered and prepared no matter where we are or what we do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heidi Latsky Dance's D.I.S.P.L.A.Y.E.D. premieres at Baruch Performing Arts Center March 8-10. Heidi Latsky joins for a preview of this unique show with a physically integrated cast. More at heidilatskydance.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The book THE SELF-DRIVEN CHILD offers a new approach to parenting chronically stressed kids, based on decades of clinical experience and the latest developments in brain research. Our guest is co-author and neuropsychologist Dr. William Stixrud. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do we best use space in New York to house the most people, within current demographics, in the most economical and innovative ways? Answers from Sarah Watson, Deputy Director of the Citizens Housing & Planning Council, a non-profit education and research group focused on housing policy in New York City. chpcny.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.