A Preview of The 45th Annual Battery Dance Festival, Free in Lower Manhattan, August 10-16.

FOR BETTER AND WORSE: The Complicated Past and Challenging Future of Marriage

In FOR BETTER AND WORSE, Stephanie Coontz unravels the roots marriage trends, looking at critical periods of historical transformation, revealing shifting romantic ideals, gender expectations, and cultural myths that have impacted our family relationships all the way through twenty-first-century life. Stephanie Coontz is the director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families. She’s written five books on gender, family, and history, including MARRIAGE, A HISTORY: How Love Conquered Marriage, which was cited in the U.S. Supreme Court decision on marriage equality. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

A Preview of The 45th Annual Battery Dance Festival, Free in Lower Manhattan, August 10-16.

Battery Dance [https://batterydance.org/battery-dance-festival/] marks two milestones this year: The 45th edition of the annual Battery Dance Festival, and the 50th anniversary of Battery Dance Company, founded by Artistic Director Jonathan Hollander. Battery Dance Executive Director Emad Salem previews the free festival in Robert. F. Wagner Park from August 10-16, showcasing movement traditions and artists from the New York area and around the world. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Holy Name Fibroid Center on Minimally Invasive Treatment Options

July is Fibroid Awareness Month. These benign tumors affect up to 70% of women by menopause, yet many women suffer in silence, assuming heavy periods and debilitating cramps are simply something they have to endure. Our guests are Dr. Eric Lieberman, director of minimally invasive gynecologic surgery at Holy Name Fibroid Center [https://fibroid.holyname.org/] in Teaneck, NJ and Binnie from Bergen County, NJ, to talk about her challenges with fibroids and successful treatment at Holy Name.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

"A Day In the Life of A Gravedigger" and Summer Programs at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn

The historic and renowned Green-Wood Cemetery [https://www.green-wood.com/] in Brooklyn invites visitors for tours, talks, art and performances that help tell the story of the people who came before us and the history of New York City. Our guest is Gabrielle R. Gatto, Manager of Public Programs and a Death Educator at Green-Wood, to chat about current programs including a "Day in the Life of a Gravedigger,” Brooklyn 250 events, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

MIND DRAMA: The Science of Rumination and How to Outwit Your Inner Defeatist

Are you the kind of person who might replay a simple conversation days in a row…dissecting a comment that probably meant nothing, into something terrible, terrifying, or worse?  That’s called rumination. You’re not alone, and there’s a way to break the spiral. My guest is science writer Donna Jackson Nakazawa, author of:  MIND DRAMA: The Science of Rumination and How to Outwit Your Inner Defeatist [https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F778252%2Fmind-drama-by-donna-jackson-nakazawa%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cninadelrio%40iheartmedia.com%7Caea64728e75b496a36c208de95a4f834%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639112732962282562%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZajGiTBhwBiX4eAysFVgrol1OdGSOCJGJHlj0eAR6Kg%3D&reserved=0]. Practical, personal, and grounded in science, MIND DRAMA is for anyone who's ever lost hours to their own thoughts.  Donna Jackson Nakazawa is the author of five books that explore the intersection of neuroscience, stress, and emotion, including Girls on the Brink, The Angel and the Assassin, Childhood Disrupted. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.