Does it seem like winter will never end? Host Jenna Flanagan talks to Anthony Broccoli, a professor and chair of the Rutgers University Department of Environmental Sciences, who offers an explanation for the seemingly never-ending season.

Professor Broccoli explains how rising global temperatures may actually be prolonging the colder than normal temperatures and illuminates the impact rising sea levels.

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Never-Ending Winter: Why?

The opioid epidemic is ravaging communities across the country. Matthew Pfisterer, director of the Middletown Thrall Library, joins host Jenna Flanagan to talk about the surprising role librarians in this Hudson Valley community are taking in the battle against addiction.
 
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Life Saving Librarians

New Yorkers take their upstate-downstate divide seriously. But what caused this fierce separation? Edmund J. McMahon, founder and research director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, joins host Jenna Flanagan to explain.

McMahon will also shed light on what once made New York State's economy great, and which region he believes is poised to make a comeback.
 
 
 
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Upstate-Downstate: The Great Divide

Is the Hudson Valley the “new Brooklyn?” The region, particularly Ulster County, is experiencing a rapid gentrification. Brian Mahoney, editorial director of lifestyle magazine, Chronogram, joins host Jenna Flanagan to discuss the transformation of the Hudson Valley and  explore the migration path many are taking from Kings County .
 
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Hudson Valley: The New Brooklyn?

On last week’s episode host Jenna Flanagan explored the transformation of the Hudson Valley and the migration path many are taking from Kings County. This week she shares her personal journey to Ulster County.
 
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ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK: Why I Left the City & RAN to The Hills

Host Jenna Flanagan heads to the Cortelyou branch of the Brooklyn Public library for Drag Queen Story Hour with Lil Miss Hot Mess.
 
Lil Miss Hot Mess sheds light on the program and explains its mission of celebrating diversity, self-identity, and acceptance.
 
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Drag Queen Story Hour

The MetroFocus podcast is back with new episodes every Wednesday! This week, host Jenna Flanagan talks to Jim Bachor, a mosaic street artist, who exhibits his work in an unexpected location – the potholes of New York City.

Bachor discusses his unique installation process, safety precautions and bumping up against the New York City Department of Transportation.

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Pothole A Fresco

Host Jenna Flanagan travels to Greyston Bakery in downtown Yonkers, New York, to explore why their specialty isn’t just the brownies they make.

As part of our Chasing the Dream initiative, reporting the stories of poverty and opportunity in America, Jenna learns about how re-thinking traditional business models can change the culture of companies and communities with the 'open hiring' model.

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The Sweet Smell of Success After Strife

Meet two women who are transforming the literary scene in Bronx, New York. Noëlle Santos is a Bronx resident, avid reader and the owner of The Lit. Bar, the only book store in The Bronx. Saracia Fennell, also a Bronx resident and literary publicist, founded The Bronx is Reading, also known as The Bronx Book Festival.
 
Santos and Fennell join host Jenna Flanagan to discuss how they’re getting people to re-imagine The Bronx through books. 
 
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Turning the Page: The Bronx

Host Jenna Flanagan tours the world famous auction house, Sotheby's New York @Sothebys for it's summer transformation into a public museum for an exhibition of parts of the privately held Devonshire collection from Chatsworth House @ChatsworthHouse in England.

Chatsworth House: An English Manor at Sotheby's

Ever felt left out of the latest fashion craze because you simply weren't a sample size? You're far from alone. As the fashion industry inches its way towards better size inclusiveness, business insiders @SamanthaBarry, editor in chief of 
@glamourmag and Lauren Sherman (@lapresmidi), chief correspondent for The Business of Fashion (@BOF) talk about industry resistance to let consumers decide who can wear what.

Why Looking Good Makes Us Feel So Bad?

Can true diversity be achieved if inclusion remains a barrier? Teen Vogue editor in chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner and Lauren Sherman, chief correspondent for The Business of Fashion talk about the barriers and hurdles that exist for people of color as they climb the corporate ladder behind the scenes and how the fashion industry is trying to figure out how to level the playing field.

Inclusion Illusion: Is Diversity Just Another Trend?

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