Recent Podcasts

Go!Healthy

Manager of Food and Nutrition Stefania Patinella discusses Children's Aid's new approaches to obesity prevention and healthy food preparation.
Youth at a Crossroads

Director of Juvenile Justice Programs Ana Bermúdez discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by youth recently released from incarceration, and how Children’s Aid’s approach fosters holistic, healthy development for each youth and enhances the supports and services that lead to successful outcomes.
Achieving Family Wellness

Domestic violence scars for life. Kerry Moles, Director of Children's Aid's Family Wellness program, and Manny Yonko, facilitator of the program's men's and teen groups, discuss how Children's Aid supports and helps all members of families affected by domestic violence.
Every School a Community School!

Assistant Executive Director Jane Quinn discusses what community schools are and why they benefit children and families.
Money Stress

WNYC Rookie Reporter Erikka has lived in poverty her whole life scraping enough money together to pay rent and have enough for the things kids want.
Promotion in Doubt

WNYC Radio Rookie AJ has always just skated by, and he needed to change his ways. AJ reports on how higher standards impacted his work ethic.
The Chernobyl Disaster

WNYC Rookie Reporter Irina saw herself as a Chernobyl victim but the more she learns about its effects, the less she sees herself as a victim.
Incarcerated Parents

WNYC Radio Rookie Keith remembers his tenth birthday better than any other birthday before or since: it was the day his mom get arrested.
My Mother's Disease

WNYC Radio Rookie Vikky struggles to cope with her mother's illness and the ways it's taken over the mother she once knew.