Heart of the East End

Stony Brook Music's director of undergraduate performance, Dr. Joanna Kaczorowska, brings violin students, Elizabeth Yea-Rin Kim and Athena Wilkinson, to WLIW-FM studio for a discussion and LIVE double violin concerto performance on Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe ahead of Wilkinson and Kim's duet during a Stony Brook Orchestra performance at 7:30 pm. on April 28 at the Staller Center for the Arts.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Director of Stony Brook Medicine's Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Center, Dr. Guy Schwartz, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst Parkinson's Awareness Month and, later in the hour, we speak with Brian Costello, brother of non-verbal autistic Patchogue author, Danny Costello, during Autism Awareness Month and ahead of the April 18 release event for Danny's brand-new book of poetry, "All We Know… …Is In the Air” 2-5 p.m. at Island Kava in Lindenhurst. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Mattituck-Laurel Library's Jim Underwood and Roland Walker—local spin instructor at Sportime in East Quogue/Maximus Health & Fitness in Riverhead and retired New York State Park Police officer—join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Mattituck-Laurel Library's Third Annual Health Fair April 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Kasia Klimiuk of Our Fabulous Variety Show joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the East End Arts Council's upcoming TEENY Awards at Westhampton Beach High School, as well as OFVS' Teen Views on the News collaboration with Southampton Youth Bureau and the Youth Advisory Committee.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Wainscott residential graduate of Phoenix House, Danny, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst National Prevention Week to showcase the work of communities and organizations across the country preventing substance abuse and promoting positive mental health. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Jacqui Lofaro of Hamptons Doc Fest joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of next weekend's Docs Equinox screenings April 24-26 at Southampton Arts Center. Later in the hour, fortepianist Daniel Adam Maltz calls in ahead of his performance at Bridgehampton Museum's Nathaniel Rogers House on April 19 at 5 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Fred Raimondo joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the April 25 Laurel Canyon celebration of the music of the 1960's and 1970's featuring 28 local musicians at the East Hampton ClubhouseListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Lara Sweeney joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM as she steps into her new role as incoming executive director of East Hampton's 16-acre sculpture garden, LongHouse Reserve, ahead of the nonprofit's FREE “Spring Awakening” community gathering 12:30 to 5 p.m. on April 18 Listen to the "Spring" playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

The North Fork Breast Health Coalition's Melanie McEvoy and a 2026 Pink Pearl Gala honoree, Debbie Hughes of Strength For Life, join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the April 17 fundraiser at the Riverhead Hyatt Place's Sea Star Ballroom.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Central Park Conservancy historian emerita, Sara Cedar Miller, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of her “Flowers/Ocean” exhibition at William RiS Gallery in Jamesport on Saturday, April 11, from 3 - 6 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Kim Tetrault of Cornell Cooperative Extension's Suffolk County Marine Environmental Learning Center joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about how this winter has affected local oyster growers and the shellfishery at large.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Part One of this all-music edition of The Heart recorded LIVE from the WLIW-FM studio in Southampton features a playlist crafted by Gianna Volpe of songs with “Peace” in the title.

Kathryn Maher joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Apr. 10 opening of her solo show at Christensen Gallery in Babylon running through May 2, which explores the transformative power of light and color in urban landscapes.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Multi-Grammy Award-winning musician, Randy Brecker, joins Choral Society of the Hamptons' Lylla Carter and David Brandenburg on WLIW-FM's Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe ahead of the 80-year-old nonprofit organization's sold-out jazz show at LTV Studios 5:30 p.m. on April 11 Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Long Island musicians James O' Malley and Candice Baranello join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about how they began making beautiful music together after losing their respective spouses. See them play after 8 p.m. at Grounds & Sounds on April 10.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch Take 2's interview and live performance of "Rosie" on WLIW-FM YouTube

Broadcast journalist Soledad O' Brien joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss her docuseries profiling women pioneers, She Was First, airing on WLIW and THIRTEEN.Listen to the “She Was First” playlist on Apple Music

Mark Van Wagner of Marquee Projects joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the start of his gallery's 10th season, as well as final day of his current solo exhibition, Repercussions, at Gallery North in Setauket, and his work's inclusion in the upcoming “Materials Speak” exhibition opening on April 18th at the Bridgehampton Museum.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Andrew Visconti joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst Second Chance Month to discuss his work teaching memoir writing at Suffolk County Correctional Facility, as well as an ongoing search for volunteers to teach English as a second language in East Hampton through local non-profit organization, Ruta 27.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe takes a call from her mom, Diane Amodio, on WLIW-FM and touches on Amodio's grandma, Carolina Bongiovanni, an NJ business owner in the 1950s.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Southampton Writer's Conference Director Christian McLean joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe and East End Beacon's Beth Young on WLIW-FM before Gail and Adam Baranello alongside Carrie Koeberl and Nick Mele of the East End Special Players during the first hour on the show with a focus on Beth and the Beacon in the second hour celebrating ninth birthday of the biforkal broadsheet.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch Christian's interview on WLIW-FM YouTubeWatch Adam, Gail, Carrie and Nick's interview on WLIW-FM YouTubeWatch Beth's interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Wendy Weiss, Brittany Barszczewski and Chris Jones of the East End Arts Council joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during the final day of the spring fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

A recent interview with Grammy Award-winning rapper and singer-songwriter, Everlast, and The Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM, during the final day of the spring fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Clammer Steve Kuhn joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe to talk about his book, “Hard Work: My Life as a Clammer on the Great South Bay,” during the final days of the spring fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Local sixth-grader Dylan joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe to discuss being one of more than 500 student artists featured in Southampton Arts Center's First Light exhibition during the final days of the spring fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Lina Maxine and Dean Aladay join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM for a Studio 51 session on release day for brand-new single, Feels Like Forever, during final days of the spring fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating & curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FM

Anita Boyer and Minerva Perez join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe in the final days of the spring fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station. All donations made online to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Cardiologist and professor Dr. Mary Roman of New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical College joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe to talk about aortic aneurysms, as well as The Marfan Foundation, amidst the spring fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Christina Strassfield of Southampton Arts Center joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst the First Light exhibit celebrating student arts of Southampton and in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station during WLIW-FM's Spring 2026 fund drive. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Pennie Schwartz of Slow Food East End joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the community bake sale benefitting OLA of Eastern Long Island at the Hold Fast, Stay True Studios on Saturday, March 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station during WLIW-FM's Spring 2026 fund drive. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Barbara and Ray Bozello with Lillian Lennon of RSVP Inc. join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station during WLIW-FM's Spring 2026 fund drive. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Esperanza Leon of the Brooks-Park Home & Studios (and her mother, Blanca) join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station during WLIW-FM's Spring 2026 fund drive. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Pamela Glazer, president of the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, AIA Peconic, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM, to talk about the future of affordable housing in the region and in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station during WLIW-FM's Spring 2026 fund drive. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Southampton Arts Center's newest board member and artist-in-residence, Brendan Johnston, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM, in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station during WLIW-FM's Spring 2026 fund drive. All donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Claudia Jacobs, Gail Field and Rachelle Rossi join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM (with Claudia's friend, Christina) ahead of Folkie Fest's Women of Song concert at Moriches Community Center on Sunday, March 22 from 2-4 p.m. and in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station during WLIW-FM's Spring 2026 fund drive. All donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

After a brief chat with Dr. Stephen G. Post of Stony Brook University's Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics, Karine Hannah joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of her and John James' “Songbird: The Singular Tribute to Barbra Streisand” at The Suffolk 8 p.m. on March 21, and in support of the Spring 2026 fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station. All donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to let us know why they love WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Arlene Hinkemeyer and Terese Wildrick of the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork join League volunteer Megan Noonan, host of Freeform Radio, on The Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe amidst the Spring 2026 fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station. All donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to let us know why they love Long Island's NPR stationListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Emily Weitz of M Takes the Mic joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about new single, Dwindling Light, just before teaching a yoga class at John Jermain Public Library, amidst the Spring 2026 fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station. All donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line following one's donation to let us know why they love Long Island's NPR station Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Alexa Annunziata of Peconic Baykeeper, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst the Spring 2026 fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station, WLIW-FM, where all donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line following one's donation to let us know why they love Long Island's NPR stationListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Mark Parash of Sip n' Soda and Anthony Meras formerly of Star's Confectionary join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about jump-starting their families' storied traditions of making chocolate after 40 years amidst the Spring 2026 fund drive for Long Island's only local NPR radio station, WLIW-FM, where all donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line following one's donation to let us know why they love Long Island's NPR stationListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Belinda Nagy of Queen Bee Bakes joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM and talks about building her brand and baking out of Jerri's Cakery and Confections in Eastport, as well as supporting Long Island's only local NPR radio station, WLIW-FM, during Spring 2026 fund drive where all donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line following one's donation to let us know why they love Long Island's NPR stationListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Darren St. George of Southold Historical Museum joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss upcoming events for the historical society and in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station, WLIW-FM, during Spring 2026 fund drive where all donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line following one's donation to let us know why they love Long Island's NPR station.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Rachel Sullivan of Grand Pistachio joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM, ahead of the theater troupe's puppet-laden presentation of Layer The Walls: Part 1 on the Staller Center for the Arts' main stage at 4 p.m. on March 22 and in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station, WLIW-FM, during the Spring 2026 fund drive where donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating in curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line following one's donation to let us know why they love Long Island's NPR station.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Dr. Rabih Chaer, chief of vascular and endovascular surgery at Stony Brook Medicine, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM, ahead of a Venous Thromboembolism Awareness Day conference on March 18 at Stony Brook University Hospital and in support of Long Island's only local NPR radio station, WLIW-FM, during the Spring 2026 fund drive where donations to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating in curating a listening experience that is Long Island's own with opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line following one's donation to let us know why they love Long Island's NPR station.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Dr. Deborah Nagle, Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Stony Brook Medicine, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. for those under 50, according to a new analysis, amid national colorectal cancer awareness monthListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Dr. Aaron Sasson, director of the Pancreatic Cancer Center at Stony Brook Medicine and Chief of the surgical Oncology division at the Stony Brook Cancer Center, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss the first new treatment in nearly 30 years for adults with locally-advanced pancreatic cancer in the United States.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe is joined in the WLIW-FM studio by Mary Crosby, president/CEO of East End Hospice, as well as Matt Zukosky, MA, NRP, professor and emergency medical care and fire programs coordinator at Suffolk County Community College to discuss a brand-new partnership between EEH and SCCC.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Tina Marie Realmuto joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the March 13-15 weekend run of her first stand-up comedy show, “Tales of an Italian Millennial,” at Southampton Cultural Center. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Hamptons International Film Festival's chief creative officer, David Nugent, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the March 13 screening at Guild Hall of East Hampton of Stanley Kubrick's 1957 epic film, Paths of Glory, with talkback by Nugent and HamptonsFilm Co-Chair Alec Baldwin alongside social and cultural historian of modern European history with a specialization in twentieth-century war and society, Nerissa Aksamit. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

This all-music edition of The Heart recorded LIVE from the WLIW-FM studio in Southampton features a playlist crafted by Gianna Volpe of songs from all decades and genres with “Real” in the title.

Anne Sherwood Pundyk joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about her new solo exhibition of new prints and selected paintings at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport and curated by Rainer Gross, “Getting Lost on Purpose,” on view through April 19. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Jeffrey Sussman joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of local readings for his newest book, Mafia Hits, Misses, Wars, and Prosecutions: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in America, on March 14 at Amagansett Free Library and March 28 at East Hampton Library.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube