This week on Snacky Tunes, Finger on the Pulse are joined by Emilie Papatheodorou of Le Fooding who previews some of their upcoming events. Later in the show, Brooklyn-based synth duo Light Asylum performs three songs and explains how they joined to start this project. This episode was sponsored by Roberta's

Growing Good gets spiritual and heady as Alessandra Iavarone is joined by friend and healer Augustine aka "White Flight". Together they discuss sound and light as a healing force and how integrated consciousness and music are so closely related. Think less with your brain and more from your heart and learn how to share good energy with your child and all those around you. Learn more about "White Flight" and his latest musical endeavor on his Kickstarter page. This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

In spite of Hurricane Sandy, Burning Down the House soldiers on! This week, Curtis B. Wayne calls in from his emergency weather shelter to talk with Richard Yancey, project director at Green Light New York, Inc. Green Light New York, Inc., is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote quality, energy efficient lighting in New York City by creating a center for training, design assistance, and educational resources. Curtis and Richard discuss the importance of maximizing daylight use in building design, and what it can mean for energy prices and the environment. Learn why education is instrumental in changing behaviors that lead to wasted energy, and what New York City schools are doing to inform today's youth. Could a ban on incandescent lamps ever be possible in New York City? Find out what percentage of energy usage is attributed to lighting. And how does population density factor into energy efficiency in an urban environment? Find out this and more on this episode of Burning Down the House! This program has been brought to you by Heritage Foods USA.

"Of our $15 billion dollar energy bill, $3.4 billion or so is lighting. It accounts for 27% of our total electric use 17% of our total energy, and represents 12% of our total carbon footprint. So there's a big potential impact out there." [14:00]

-- Richard Yancey on Burning Down the House