Episodios

  • Summer Jobs as Cultural Ambassadors with Kofago Dance Ensemble

    Summer Jobs as Cultural Ambassadors with Kofago Dance Ensemble
    Jul 21 2025
    Kofago Dance Ensemble, a premier African Diasporic dance ensemble based in New York, is training dancers this summer to perform across the state, as a means to build the next generation of dancers and cultural ambassadors. The company founded by our guest, Kevin McEwen, is also hosting the The Culture Rising Dance Conference, August 22-23rd at Lehman College, free to Bronx residents.
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    29 m
  • ME, BUT BETTER: The Science and Promise of Personality Change

    ME, BUT BETTER: The Science and Promise of Personality Change
    Jul 14 2025
    According to studies, people tend to be happier, healthier, and more successful when they have a balance of the “Big Five” personality traits: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. But can we change our personalities to suit? Olga Khazan is an award-winning journalist and staff writer at The Atlantic covering science, health, and psychology. In her book ME, BUT BETTER: The Science and Promise of Personality Change, she reveals the science behind lasting personality change, and how anyone, at any age, can seize the reigns of their destiny.
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    14 m
  • The Reading Institute Is Arming Teachers to Help Solve the Reading Crisis in Schools

    The Reading Institute Is Arming Teachers to Help Solve the Reading Crisis in Schools
    Jul 14 2025
    This year's National Assessment of Educational Progress shows only 31% of New York's fourth graders are reading at grade level. It's a dismal number mirrored in many states—and one that drops significantly for students from economically disadvantaged communities. In response, New York City’s Public Schools and other districts have increasingly embraced "The science of reading” instruction model—in part, a throwback to earlier decades of teaching. Our guest is Dr. Katie Pace Miles co-founder of CUNY Reading Corps and The NYC nonprofit The Reading Institute providing teacher training and resources.
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    17 m
  • Winners of the 2025 Flag Award for Teaching Excellence in NYC Public Schools

    Winners of the 2025 Flag Award for Teaching Excellence in NYC Public Schools
    Jul 7 2025
    Founded by Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman, The Flag Award For Teaching Excellence recognizes and celebrates extraordinary New York City public school teachers who inspire learning through creativity, passion, and commitment. Our guests are 2025 Flag Award Winners Alhassan Susso, a Social Studies teacher from International Community High School in The Bronx, and Emily Chandler a special education teacher at District 75 school, PS 371K Lillian Rashkis in Brooklyn. For more on this year’s winners and applications for 2026, visit flagaward.org
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    29 m
  • Gun Safety Best Practices With The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

    Gun Safety Best Practices With The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions
    Jun 29 2025
    June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month. Guns are the leading cause of death in the United States for people ages 1 through 17. Dr. Katherine Hoops talks more about the dangers and what you can do to promote gun safety, even if you don’t own a firearm. For more, visit The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
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    14 m
  • A PLACE FOR US: An LGBTQ+ Romance Set Against The Legal Backdrop of The 1980s and Early 2000's

    A PLACE FOR US: An LGBTQ+ Romance Set Against The Legal Backdrop of The 1980s and Early 2000's
    Jun 29 2025
    For Pride Month, we feature A PLACE FOR US, by medical doctor and author Patricia Grayhall. Her book is LGBTQ+ romance set against the backdrop of the 1980s and early 2000s, which draws on her own quest to find a country where she could legally reside with her British partner – long before the U.S. extended immigration rights to gay couples. For more, visit patriciagrayhall.com.
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    16 m
  • UNPLUG: How to Break Up with Your Phone and Reclaim Your Life

    UNPLUG: How to Break Up with Your Phone and Reclaim Your Life
    Jun 23 2025
    Is your smart phone a useful tool, or a colossal waste of time? What does long term freedom from your phone really look like—and is it sustainable for people with… you know… jobs? Based on his experience of a year’s sabbatical from his smart phone, Richard Simon is author of UNPLUG: How to Break Up with Your Phone and Reclaim Your Life. Richard Simon directs the website strategy at Georgetown Law in Washington, D.C., and is a former reporter and webmaster at Baltimore’s The Daily Record.
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    15 m
  • David Dorfman Dance at Lincoln Center's Summer In The City Series, June 25-27, 2025

    David Dorfman Dance at Lincoln Center's Summer In The City Series, June 25-27, 2025
    Jun 23 2025
    As Lincoln Center’s Summer In the City Series continues through August 7, we preview free public events and performances with David Dorfman Dance, from June 25-27, including the ever-popular Silent Disco. For more, visit DavidDorfmanDance.org and lincolncenter.org.
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    15 m