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The Mary Louis Academy in Queens on All-Girls Catholic Education

Across the country, Catholic schools are facing serious enrollment challenges—and many have closed—including seven New York City schools last year. How are surviving Catholic schools evolving, and even thriving, despite trends? Our guest is Livia Angiolillo, president of The Mary Louis Academy in Queens [https://www.tmla.org/], a 90-year-old Catholic School that has strengthened enrollment, in part, by expanding access to all-girls education and appealing to families from a wide range of backgrounds.

The Georgian National Ballet and The Georgian Diaspora in NYC

Nearly 80 years after its founding, the internationally acclaimed Georgian National Ballet “Sukhishvili [https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsukhishvili.net%2F%23all_tickets_list&data=05%7C02%7CNinaDelRio%40iheartmedia.com%7C1d6674fdd46a46f27d9e08de4ed1f290%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639034860841334651%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1L6PFxBd5K3Rnl51wEXUdIMzHbwIlWzktoQvSXm6ylc%3D&reserved=0]" made it’s Carnegie Hall debut in January with a one-night-only performance at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. With a return planned to our area this fall, our guest is the event’s producer, Salome Liluashvili-Parks, to discuss the landmark event and the Georgian Diaspora in NYC.

A GUIDE TO THRIVING: The Science Behind Breaking Old Patterns, Reclaiming Your Agency, and Finding Meaning

New Year, new you? According to our guest lasting change requires not only intention, but a sustained practice of making conscious choices that have impact. Jon Rosemberg is a is UPenn-trained positive psychologist and author of the book, A GUIDE TO THRIVING: The Science Behind Breaking Old Patterns, Reclaiming Your Agency, and Finding Meaning. Through his personal story, Jon Rosemberg has learned firsthand that growth begins when we courageously reclaim our agency. Jon is co-founder of Anther, a firm dedicated to transforming uncertainty into possibility. He previously led high-impact initiatives at Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Indigo, and GoBolt. Jon holds an MBA from Cornell University and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

JASA on What Retirement Looks Like for Low-to-Moderate Income New Yorkers

With both affordability top of mind, and the elderly population growing faster than any other age group—including in New York—our guest is Gayle Horwitz, the new CEO of JASA [https://www.jasa.org/], The City’s go-to non profit supporting older New Yorkers. We discuss how affordability and housing demand is impacting older residents and what retirement looks like for low-to-moderate income New Yorkers. Founded over 50 years ago, JASA is NYC’s largest nonprofit manager of senior affordable housing, and a leading expert and innovator in aging services.

UNFINISHED: The Role of the Artist in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

All at once, it seems as if AI and Music are intertwined: It’s being used for everything from restoring old recordings, to generating entire songs from prompts. For musicians, is AI a tool or a rival? Emmy Award-winning composer and producer, Lucas Cantor Santiago [https://www.lucascantormusic.com/] was commissioned by one of the largest technology companies in the world, to collaborate with artificial intelligence in an experiment to finish Franz Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony. The project led him to question his long-standing assumptions about music, technology, and how both evolved together through history. Lucas Cantor Santiago’s book is UNFINISHED: The Role of the Artist in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.