The Lisa Wexler Show

Award-winning children’s book author and composer Carolyn Sloan joins Lisa Wexler to discuss Welcome to Broadway: A Showstopping Adventure into the World of Musical Theatre. With three pigeon tour guides and 12 interactive sound buttons featuring Broadway stars, the book introduces young readers to beloved show tunes and the magic behind the curtain. Sloan shares how she chose the songs and how families can spark a lifelong love of music.

Author and Tulane professor Joel Dinerstein joins Lisa Wexler to discuss The Last of the Ellis Island Jews: A Brooklyn Memoir. From Yiddish humor and street-corner debates to a volatile father and disastrous family celebrations, he revisits working-class Jewish Flatbush, and asks what survives when a neighborhood’s culture disappears. He also reflects on the tragic building collapse just six blocks from his childhood home.

Lisa Wexler covers top daily news this Veterans Day and interviews her uncle, Dr. Seymour Zaret who was an army dentist, Jay Nygren on the basics of assisted living, Walter Schuppe on his Faces of Freedom Veteran project & Peter Propp on the 2026 StartUp Westport finalists.

Walter Schuppe joins Lisa Wexler on Veterans Day to discuss Faces of Freedom, his project dedicated to preserving the firsthand stories and memories of U.S. Armed Forces veterans. He shares highlights from newly collected veterans’ stories. Learn more at facesoffreedom.us.

Peter Propp, co-founder of StartUp Westport, joins Lisa Wexler to preview PITCH ’26, a Shark Tank-style Connecticut startup competition. Four finalists—Batch Global, PayScopeMD, Biome Botanicals and Starteryou—will compete for $30,000 in prizes, including a $25,000 grand prize, at the live finale on November 19 at 6 p.m. at the Westport Library. He also highlights a small business accelerator at the University of Bridgeport. Learn more at upinnovations.com by searching for “Bridgeport Accelerator.”

Dr. Seymour Zaret, Lisa’s uncle, joins Lisa Wexler to share memories of his service as an Air Force dentist after graduating as valedictorian of his class at NYU’s dental school.

Jay Nygren, director of sales and marketing at The Greens at Cannondale and a dementia care practitioner, joins Lisa Wexler to explore why people choose assisted living, from daily support to social connection and peace of mind. He weighs the pros and cons of staying at home, home care, assisted living and skilled nursing, and explains the different types of dementia and how they affect care needs. He also discusses Medicare’s coverage limitations, paying for care that isn’t covered and the challenges of planning for Medicaid eligibility in Connecticut.

Lisa Wexler covers top daily news and interviews Dominic Phua Founder & CEO Gangnam Medical Concierge , Matt Mandell on the Cribari Bridge controversy, and Mark Shelhamer, ScD about his new book: Are We Ready For Mars? Plus Lisa's monologue on antisemitism in the wake of what happened in Philiadelphia over the weekend.