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For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month our guest is Dr. Elizabeth Raetz, who joined Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone in 2018 to lead its cancer care and research initiatives. Under her direction, over 2,000 children receive care and ongoing treatment each year. 106.7 is proud to join Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital’s GO GOLD campaign, supporting pediatric cancer care and research. We hope you’ll join us in this important cause, by visiting litefm.com/go gold.

As our world seems more divided and confused than ever about how to deal with racial issues, our guest is law professor and mindfulness teacher RHONDA MAGEE, with her new book THE INNER WORK OF RACIAL JUSTICE: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness.

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women each year in the United States, excluding skin cancer.  Marion Troise and Michael Furmaniak are committee organizers for the 14th Annual 3K Walk Cancer Away Festival, in Bayonne on Sunday, September 26th, in Bayonne, NJ, raising funds for Dr. Nancy Kemeny’s Colorectal Cancer Research Fund at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. For more, visit walkcanceraway.com

In their new book, WHAT DO YOU SAY? How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home, Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson show how to engage in respectful and effective dialogue, to level up the way you communicate with your children. Guest Ned Johnson is the founder of PrepMatters and the coauthor of CONQUERING THE SAT: How Parents Can Help Teens Overcome the Pressure and Succeed.

It's believed that nearly three million Americans suffer from POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, an often mis-diagnosed disorder of the nervous system that affects basic functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure. Guest Wendy Baruchowitz describes her journey from mystery illness to diagnosis and battling back to health. For more, visit dysautonomiainternational.org and potstakeastand.com.

Financial Expert Jennifer Barrett is author of the new book, THINK LIKE A BREADWINNER, A Wealth-Building Manifesto for Women Who Want to Earn More (and Worry Less). Jennifer Barrett is the Chief Education Officer at Acorns, a financial wellness app with more than 8.5 million users, and the founding editor of its popular money site, Grow.

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 Grand Prize Winners Cheryl Rizzo, of P.S. 232 The Lindenwood School in Queens, and Penelope Smetters-Jacono, of Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music. The nomination process for the 2022 FLAG Award will launch on September 27. Students, parents, principals, fellow teachers, and other colleagues can nominate teachers. The nomination form will be available at flagaward.org.

Dr. Chris Winter’s new book is THE RESTED CHILD: Why Your Tired, Wired, or Irritable Child May Have a Sleep Disorder and How To Help. Dr. Chris Winter is a board-certified and internationally recognized sleep medicine specialist, as well as a board-certified neurologist.  His first book The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It was praised by New York magazine as one of the seven best books on sleep ever written and “The Best Book for Insomnia.”

The Worker’s Circle is a social justice organization that powers progressive Jewish identity through Jewish cultural engagement—including Yiddish language learning. Our guest is Kolya Borodulin, master teacher and Director of Yiddish programming at the Worker's Circle in New York, the largest non-academic program in the United States. For more, visit circle.org.

Americans consistently say the cost of health care their number one financial concern....and for good reason: The average premium for a family’s health insurance is greater than a typical family’s house payment. In NEVER PAY THE FIRST BILL: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win, award-winning reporter Marshall Allen provides a step-by-step guide for consumers and employers to battle the system.

The Battery Dance Festival is New York City's longest-running public free dance festival and it’s most wide-ranging. Founder and artistic director Jonathan Hollander previews the Festival’s 40th Anniversary, and discusses how emerging companies are reaching new audiences via dance on film. The Battery Dance Festival is virtual August 12-14, and live and live streamed from Robert F. Wagner Park in Battery City August 15-20. For more, visit batterydance.org.

HOW TO LOVE ANIMALS: In a Human-Shaped World, by Financial Times Chief Features Writer Henry Mance, studies animals in factory farms, under climate change and deforestation. If we took an animal's experiences seriously, how might we eat, think and live differently?

The Institute for Community Living provides services to New Yorkers diagnosed with serious mental illness, substance abuse, or developmental disabilities helping them move towards independence. President & CEO David Woodlock discusses why a whole health care approach is crucial to the city’s recovery. For more, visit ICLinc.org

Cecilia Gentili, founder of Transgender Equity Consulting, an organization developing LGBTQ affirming services and equity in the work place, discusses the importance of community and equitable healthcare or people of Trans Experience. For more, visit transequityconsulting.com

The Animation Project is a non-profit therapeutic workforce development program unlocking professional and creative doors for talented young New Yorkers. Nala Turner, a Lead Creative Arts Therapist and Clinical Program Associate, discusses how clients use animation as a medium to both express themselves and gain valuable technical skills. For more, visit theanimationproject.org.

UNWELL WOMEN: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn is an exploration of the relationship between women, illness and medicine.

The Fresh Air Fund is ready with exciting new programs for New York City children to enjoy the magic of summer. Executive Director Fatima Shama discusses how programs have been re-designed in the wake of the Pandemic, and how families and children are connecting now. For more, visit freshair.org.

In A WORLD WITHOUT EMAIL: Reimagining Work in a World of Communication Overload, Computer Scientist & Author Cal Newport makes the case that our inbox-driven approach to work is broken, and offers a bold vision for liberating workers from the tyranny of constant communication.

NYCH20 offers tours, teaching and volunteer opportunities to learn about, enjoy and help protect New York City’s local water ecology. Assistant Director David Chuchuca talks about a new nature trail and bat walk open to the public at the historic Ridegwood Reservoir in Brooklyn. For more, visit NYCH20.org

WHEN THE STARS BEGIN TO FALL: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America by Theodore R. Johnson, a Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law and a former Commander in the United States Navy, explores identity, race and “superlative citizenship” in America.