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While delivery by app can be both a convenience and a life-line, the people who make those deliveries often face huge challenges. Hildalyn Hernandez, Director of Policy & Strategic Partnerships for Los Deliveristas Unidos, a campaign fighting for app-based delivery workers, discusses why the essential workers who fed New Yorkers during the pandemic are asking for improved conditions and regulation of delivery apps—a life-line of their own. For more, visit losdeliveristasunidos.org.

In THE ULTIMATE STAY-AT-HOME DAD: Your Essential Manual for Being an Awesome Full-Time Father, Shannon Carpenter, a stay-at-home dad since 2008, writes about his experiences with humor and empathy, and gives practical advice for this growing group of primary caregivers.

Noah Rubeinstein, Clinic Director of the YinOva Institute in the East Village, discusses the basics of acupuncture, how Chinese Medicine can compliment conventional treatments, and discussing alternative therapies with your doctor. For more, visit yinovacenter.com.

PEACEFUL PARENT, HAPPY SIBLINGS: How to stop the fighting and raise friends for life, by Dr. Laura Markham, is a guide to help parents to manage the challenges of siblings relationships. For more, visit ahaparenting.com

As an iHeart station, 106.7 Lite-FM is proud to once again partner with The American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walks. Nitisha Moore of The American Cancer Society explains how the walks fund vital research and support programs, and the significance of Making Strides for families and survivors. For more, visit makingstrideswalk.org, or call their 24-hour helpline at 800-227-2345.

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, by attorney and New York Times and Washington Post op-ed writer Qian Julie Wang, tells her personal story of growing up in New York City as an undocumented immigrant in America.

Brooklyn based Epic Players is a non-profit dedicated to creating professional performing arts opportunities and supportive social communities for persons with developmental disabilities. Our guest is Epic Players Founder & Executive Artistic Director Aubrie Therrien. For more, visit epicplayersnyc.org.

From Certified Life Coach Andrea Owen, the book MAKE SOME NOISE: Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength, directs women how to let go of traditional beliefs that don’t work for them, and lay a stake in the ground for what they want. For more, visit AndreaOwen.com

Pediatric psychologist Sheila Modir and Marriage and Family Therapist Jeffrey Kashou, discuss their new book, The Proudest Color, a children’s book advocating for diversity and inclusion, and teaching resilience for kids. For additional resources, visit Theproudestcolor.com.

Established in 1838, The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is a National Historic Landmark. In addition to being recognized as one of the world’s most beautiful cemeteries, Green-Wood is also an outdoor museum, an arboretum, and a repository of history. Harry Weil, Director of Public Programs and Special Projects, previews fall events, and including the return of trolley tours. For more, visit green-wood.com.

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.