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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.

MJHS on Music Therapy for Dementia Patients and Memory Care

How does music connect to people even with dementia, and allow them to connect with memories that they might not otherwise recall? Our guest is Dr. Kendra Ray, a renowned expert and the dementia program director of the not-for-profit MJHS Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. MJHS is the last not-for-profit Jewish nursing home, providing short-term, subacute rehabilitation and long-term nursing care. For more, visit mjhs.org.

HEALTHY TO 100: How Strong Social Ties Lead to Long Lives

By 2035, the number in the people in the US over the age of 65 will outnumber the people under 18 for the first time history. As our population is rapidly aging, one of the greatest challenges of aging is being socially isolated. In HEALTHY TO 100: How Strong Social Ties Lead to Long Lives, longevity expert Ken Stern reveals the key components that globally contribute to longer, more enriching lives. Ken Stern is a nationally recognized expert on longevity and aging. He is the founder of the Longevity Project and hosts the popular “Century Lives” podcast from the Stanford Center on Longevity.

NYC Pride's New Executive Director on Responding to Challenges to LGBTQIA+ Fundraising

NYC Pride [https://www.nycpride.org/], the organization most notable for producing The New York City Pride March in June, has a new executive director. Im Lynde talks about the significance of Pride for him, what’s in store for 2026, and how they’re responding to the significant challenges facing DEI projects and the LGBTQIA+ community.

News from Catholic Charities of Paterson, NJ

Christmas has arrived early at Catholic Charities in Paterson [http://ccpaterson.org], NJ, with two recent ribbon-cuttings:  A new location for Murray House, the longest running group home in the state for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and a new state-of-the-art drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, Straight and Narrow.  Our guest is Scott Milliken, Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Paterson.