On this episode of Let's Talk About It we speak with Musician Michael Bacon of The Bacon Brother Band. We learn about his roots in music and theatre

Tonight's Episode of Let's Talk About It is a very special meeting with author, poet, and documentarian Mario Finesse Wright. Lehman College Students Paul Williams and Destini Belton along with Lehman College English Professor Mariposa Fernandez speak frankly and candidly with Mr. Wright about his life from early childhood to the present. Mr. Wright is the Author of Poetic Freedom - Born A Caged Bird and The Janitor - a children's book among other titles. Mr. Wright was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey - a tough city. In this compelling interview Mario shares his story with us on Let's Talk About It from Lehman College in The Bronx, New York City

These students grew up in the shadow of Yankee Stadium, the Bronx's most iconic landmark. The new stadium opened in 2009, in what used to be a public park. As a condition of using public land - and getting all kinds of assistance from the city and state - the team was supposed to give something back to the community. These students investigate whether the Yankees kept their promise. With reporting by Leslie Almanzar, Ashley Castillo, Elias Dominguez, Giulia Gionta, Victor Marinez, Michelle Martinez, Tiana Ramirez, Anni Nicole Rubio Reyes. Narrated by Victor Marinez, Elias Dominguez and Tiana Ramirez. - Betting on the Game: by Kendrick Davis explores how New York State's decision to legalize online sports gambling has changed what it means to be a fan. 

Mariposa María Teresa Fernández is an award-winning Afro Puerto Rican poet, spoken word performance artist, visual artist, educator, activist, scholar and Bronx native.

Mariposa’s poetry has been published in numerous anthologies including African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song, a Library of America Anthology, The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature, The Afro Latin@ Reader: History & Culture in the United States, Manteca: Anthology of AfroLatin@ Poets and Bumrush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam. Mariposa’s poetry has been featured on HBO Latino in the critically acclaimed series Habla Ya! and Americanos: Latino Life if the U.S. Mariposa’s work is also featured in the documentary In Her Own Words: Nuyorican Poet and Activist, a film by Wilfried Raussert and Alina Muñoz Knudsen and Fragments of Belonging: El Alma Dividida de Puerto Rico, a film by Friederike Bischoff and Raphael Vazquez, both produced by Bielefeld University. We are pleased to have Mariposa on Tonight's Episode of Let's Talk About It

"Are we okay? Unsafe and Unsheltered in NYC" asks how Bronx residents struggled to keep roofs over their heads during COVID. Students traced connections between housing precarity, stressors to mental health, environmental racism, and the city's shelter systems.

Meet Your New New York City Council is a special production of the Lehman Journalism Program and City Limits Online politics Magazine. 

Lehman Journalism students interviewed new and returning Bronx City Council Members in their goals and aspirations for 2022.

Lehman College/CUNY students talk Destini Belton, Fran Colon, Coral Reyes and their classmates talk about real issues facing real college students in New York City. The issues range from crime on the New York City Subway system, Women's Medical issues Issues, Gentrification and more! Give us a listen! You'll get some information from the inside track of college students.

Lehman JMS student interviews Bronx residents on their homelessness conditions, an NYC Catastrophe.

Created: July 5, 2022