Sonstein Sessions

Original Air Date: December 10, 2023 Professional musician Mark Barden’s life forever changed December 14, 2012 when his son , Daniel, was one of 19 1st graders massacred at The Sandy Hook Elementary School. 6 staffers were also killed. Mark and other families have created Sandy Hook Promise, to prevent future such tragedies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: December 10, 2023 The Rockumentary “In The Court of The Crimson King: King Crimson at 50” is a must-watch streamer. Toby Amies directed this highly entertaining and revealing film. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: November 26, 2023 Jesse Colin Young of The Youngbloods talks about the moment he discovered “Get Together”, the iconic song from the late 60’s and how it was 2 years in the making as a hit. His career was derailed by long mis-diagnosed Lyme Disease. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: November 26, 2023 Nearing 40 and single, Jamie Megargee, producer of “Cubby & Christine Mornings” on 106.7 Lite FM recently decided to freeze her eggs which has freed her to find the man to love, marry and parent her future children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: November 19, 2023 Quick: Who was the 1st leader of The Rolling Stones? No, not Mick Jagger or Keith Richards. It was Brian Jones, who tragically became the first member of the "27 Club". A must see: the Nick Broomfield doc “The Stones & Brian Jones”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: November 19, 2023 Suzanne Bapp is the Senior co-director of U.S. programs for WHY Hunger and talks Hungerthon 2023 with Ken Dashow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: November 12, 2023 In the HBO doc “You Were My First Boyfriend”, Cecilia Aldarondo and co-director Sarah Hagey go on a quest to reconcile Cecilia with her tortured teenage years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: November 12, 2023 In the doc “Unbroken”, Beth Lane chronicles the story of her mom and her mom’s 6 siblings, who evaded capture by the Nazis in Germany, on their own for 2 years, before all coming to the U.S. after the war. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: November 5, 2023 Bill Schaninger, former senior partner at the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, has written a book called “Power To The Middle: Why Managers Hold The Keys To The Future Of Work”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: November 5, 2023 Paul Lawrence is out with such a great book to help veterans: “Veterans Benefits For You: Get What You Deserve”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: October 29, 2023 Jim Lorenzo is the founder of the very scary 20 year old Blood Manor NYC. He shares a personal tragedy that has him on a campaign to get more young people tested for colorectal cancer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: October 29, 2023 9/11 community lawyer Michael Barasch of Barasch McGarry on the horrible milestone of losing more FDNY’ers to 9/11 cancer than we lost ON 9/11. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: October 22, 2023 Laura Profeta is the executive director of Answer The Call, which helps families of New York City Police Officers, Firefighters, and EMTs who have been killed in the line of duty. Answer the Call provides $50,000 immediately to a grieving family after they lose their loved one suddenly in the line of duty, and then continues to provide assistance in the form of...

Original Air Date: October 22, 2023 St. Jospeh’s Hospital runs a special program helping children cope with illness, surgery and hospitalizations. Stephanie Spero is hands on. Stuart Berger of Sax LLP is committed financially. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: October 15, 2023 Renowned classical guitarist Michael Bard of Harvard has studied the relationship of music and cognitive function, specifically treating Alzheimer’s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: October 15, 2023 What’s the future of Manhattan with so much unoccupied office space? McKinsey & Company Senior expert Phil Kirschner is full of ideas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: October 8, 2023 Q104.3 listener Eddie Panzarella is a supervisor of the DSNY who 1st revealed to me on this past 9/11 that 115 NYC sanitation workers have died of 9/11 illnesses with more sick right now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: October 8, 2023 Q104.3 listener Barry Hyman, the optometrist at Rikers Island and former corrections supervisor Glora Murli care for 350 feral cats living at Rikers Island. Who knew?!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: October 1, 2023 Andrea Thomas lost her daughter, Ashley, to a fentanyl overdose. She thought she was taking a pain pill. Ashley’s fiancé killed himself the next day. Andrea shares their story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: October 1, 2023 9/11 advocate John Feal on the FDNY losing as many members to 9/11 illnesses as they lost ON 9/11 and a new law directed at employers in the exposure zone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: September 24, 2023 The kids AREN’T all right. Laura Morton directed the doc “Anxious Nation”. Seems we rush our kids faster to the doctor for a rash than we do to check on their anxiety, which is at all time high. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: September 24, 2023 Luc Bernard has created the first video game that teaches about The Holocaust and it is already a success, just by word of mouth! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: September 17, 2023 Three- time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Stanley Nelson has a new doc on HULU: “Sound Of The Police”, which gives the historical background of why the relationship between the police and the African-American community is so tense. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: September 17, 2023 Dr. Shari Camhi, Superintendent of the Baldwin Union Free School District is all about letting kids explore their interests. They must be doing something right, with a 99% graduation rate! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: September 10, 2023 Tim Brown is a 20 year, highly decorated FDNY’er who came close to death not once, but twice on 9/11/01. A wrong turn or staying a moment later would have led to him being one of the 343 FDNY’ers to lose their lives that day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.