Heart of the East End

Jim Blauvelt, Lys Marigold and Steve Long of East Hampton Historical Society join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the annual Holiday House Tour fundraiser Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Kayla Matters joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about Guild Hall's Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg100 opening on Nov. 15 at noon with book talk at 5 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Dr. Silvana Obici, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology at Stony Brook Medicine and Medical Director of the Stony Brook University Hospital Diabetes Center, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM and discusses GLP-1 drugs during Diabetes Awareness MonthListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Stephen Hamilton joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Nov. 13 opening of Fahrenheit 451's Literature Live! run through November at Bay Street Theater.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

U.S. Army Vietnam veteran Tom Guldi joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM and talks about his experiences during the war ahead of the Southampton Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events' Veteran's Day program. Later in the hour, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Ellen Kuras joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Southampton Playhouse's Nov. 11 screening of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with a post-film interview with Ellen and SHP's artistic director, Eric Kohn of the Movie People podcast.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch Tom's interview on WLIW-FM YouTubeWatch Ellen's interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Susan Scarf Merrell joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Nov. 11 Writer's Speak event celebrating Merrell, co-creator of the BookEnds Fellowship novel revision program, professor in the MFA in Creative Writing and Literature at the Lichtenstein Center of Stony Brook Southampton, fiction editor of The Southampton Review and director of The Southampton Writers Conference.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Dr. Carol Adrienne Smith and Kevin Scott join Heart of The East End on WLIW-FM ahead of Dr. Smith's recital with Jonathan Howe at Southampton Cultural Center at 2 p.m. on November 23. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Molly Bishop of Heart of the Hamptons joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the Art from the Heart and other campaigns to keep locally food and fund insecure folks fed and able to enjoy the holiday season as SNAP benefits continue to be withheld on the federal level.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Minerva Perez of OLA of Eastern Long Island joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about OLA's rapid response team amid recent Immigrations and Custom Enforcement activity on Long Island's East End. Later in the hour, Anita Boyer calls into Heart of The East End on WLIW-FM from the Hampton Bays Fire Department where protesters gathered to condemn ICE's recent use of the local fire department's grounds.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Nicole Petti of Urban Coyote Farms and Rachel Stephens of Sweet Woodland Farm join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM after the Nov. 1 opening of the Riverhead Indoor Farmer's Market running 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through April at the Twin Fork Beer Co.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Robert Vitalli of the LGBT Network joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the Fall Into Pride fundraiser at Little Fish in Southold on Saturday, November 8.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Rebecca Kelliher joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss her book, Just Pills: The Extraordinary Story of a Revolution in Abortion Care, released in September. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

SOFO Shark Research and Education Program Field Coordinator and Southampton marine sciences teacher Greg Metzger joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss the discoveries made researching sharks in the New York Bight through the decade as part of WNET's Forces of Nature collection exploring sustainability and our natural world. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Local musician Robbie Harte joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM and tells the story behind her newest single, “My Mama's Daughter,” on the day it debuted on platforms. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Sag Harbor Cinema's artistic director Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Fifth Annual Festival of Preservation running November 7-11Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Kitty Merrill of East Hampton Food Pantry joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM before Justine Haupt and Robert Bruey of Robert Bruey and The Shadow Cats come into the studio ahead of the band's People's Pub performance on Nov. 7 at 8:30 p.m. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Tijuana Fulford of The Butterfly Effect Project joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of BEP's first annual Halloween Spooktacular table and treat event 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 31 at their 1146 Main Road campus in Riverhead Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Justine Haupt and Robert Bruey of Robert Bruey and The Shadow Cats join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of People's Pub performance on Nov. 7 at 8:30 p.m. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Sherry Davis and Tom Cugliani of the East End Arts Council join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of East End Arts' closing party and awards ceremony for the Entangled fiber arts installationListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Adam Baranello joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Vampire Masquerade dance and screening of Baranello's film, “Night” at LTV Studios Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Mara Ahmed joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Nov. 14 world premiere of her film, “The Injured Body: A Film About Racism in America” at Huntington's Cinema Arts Centre, including post-film discussion with Ahmed, the film's director, artist and curator Brianna L. Hernández of Ma's House and BIPOC Art Studio, as well as writer Uzma Aslam KhanListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Matthew Brand joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM after the Cherry Bombs' Oct. 24 Stephen Talkhouse performance and ahead of their Halloween show at The Delancey.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Mary Powers and George Loizides from the Hampton Theatre Company join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst HTC's Oct. 16 to Nov. 2 run of Larissa FastHorse's The Thanksgiving Play Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Susie Roden, Moira Downes-Sabo and Joe Gaviola of Lucia's Angels and the Coalition for Women's Cancers join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their next combined fundraiser, Girl's Night Out, at Gurney's Montauk, Saturday, November 15 at 7 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Xiomáro joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Nov. 1 publishing of latest photo book, Street Photography of New York City: Street Haunting in the Big AppleListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Dr. Silvana Obici, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology at Stony Brook Medicine and Medical Director of the Stony Brook University Hospital Diabetes Center, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss lifestyle choices ahead of Diabetes Awareness Month.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Gail Storm joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Nov. 1 concert at the Jamesport Meeting House featuring Gail and her quartet with social to follow afterwardListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Thea Fry of the Southampton Village July 4th Parade Committee joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Oct. 20 dinner fundraiser at the Southampton Elks Lodge between 5 and 7:30 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Lora René Tucker joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to share an essay about identity, as well as self acceptance, care and love on Black Poetry Day.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Christian McLean and Bob Reeves of Stony Brook Southampton College's MFA in Creative Writing join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the program's upcoming open house at the Southampton College campus on Oct. 21 at 4:30 p.m. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Broadway to Main Street's Larry Maslon joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Southampton Playhouse's screening of Psycho featuring libations from Maslon's new book, “Hitchcocktails” and a conversation with the Playhouse's Eric Kohn, who called into the show after Maslon to discuss other spooky screenings happening this month.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Nick Bates of Davey Tree Long Island joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about a number of invasive species affecting trees throughout Long Island.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Inda Eaton joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of IndAmericaTM performance as part of the East End Underground series at LTV Studios 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Theresa Roden and Jennifer Casper Fowkes from i-Tri Girls joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk celebrating local Wonder Women at annual Giving Day fundraiser at LTV Studios on Oct. 23. Later in the hour, Mary Ellen Adipietro, Katy Binder and Melanie McEvoy of the 26th annual Shelter Island Fall 5K stop by ahead of the Oct. 18 race supporting Lucia's Angels, the Coalition for Women's Cancers and the North Fork Breast Health Coalition.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the i-Tri interview on WLIW-FM YouTubeWatch the 5K interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Cait Jacobs joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM on the day their debut novel, “The Princess Knight,” is published by HARPER Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Hector Martignon joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Oct. 15 premiere of Hofstra University's EscuchARTE on ALLARTS filmed live in Studio A exploring the diverse physical and musical landscapes of Latin America, venturing from the Rio Grande to Patagonia shining a spotlight on a vibrant constellation of cultures.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Matthew Floyd, Jack Weber and Barbara Weber-Floyd join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Nov. 6 benefit screening for the Riverhead Lions Club at The Suffolk Theater showing documentary film, Lessons from 100: Reflections in my Centennial Year, about a 70+ year member of their organization, Jack Weber, made by a team including his daughter, Barbara Weber-Floyd, and grand-son, Matthew FloydListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Jonathan Nash Glynn and Connor Flanagan of Bridgehampton Museum join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Glynn's “New Space” exhibition 7-9 p.m. on Oct 11.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Jacqui Leader and Julian Garcia of East End Special Players join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of “All Ghosts on Deck” at Bay Street Theater on Oct. 25 at 4 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Honora Campbell, Doug Gallo and Chris Gallo ”West Landing” join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the doc's screening at Hamptons International Film FestivalListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Margaret Rose de Cruz of North Fork Environmental Council joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of NFEC's repair cafe Oct. 25 from 1-4 p.m. at Jamesport Meeting House Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Randy Hemming and Bob Kaplan join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Oct. 10 opening of Boots on the Ground Theater's production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” running through Oct. 26 at the Southampton Cultural Center.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Bob DeLuca is President and CEO of Group for the East End, a nonprofit leading the way in protecting and restoring the environment of Eastern Long Island through education, conservation, and advocacy. He holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from Fordham University and an M.S. in Environmental Science from the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse. DeLuca joined Gianna Volpe on Heart of the East End as part of The WNET Group's Forces of Nature series. They start with a brief explanation of the rebound of the osprey population, then dive into the work that Group for the East End is doing for Long Island's water quality. DeLuca outlines details of water quality restoration funding, the impacts of "forever chemicals" in drinking water, how different septic systems have different environmental impacts, and more.

Stony Brook Medicine infant apnea coordinator and Nurse Practitioner in the newborn nursery, Susan Katz, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about safe sleeping and other practices to help parents combat Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, the leading cause of death in infants between one month and one year old.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Joe Pallister joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst the current run of “A Steady Rain” at LTV Studios directed by Stephen Hamilton and featuring both Pallister and Edward Kassar as two Chicago cops telling an audience the same story from two perspectives.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Caroline Sutton joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about her book, “Eyes in the Soles of my Feet: From Horseshoe Crabs to Sycamores, Exploring Hidden Connections to the Natural World” ahead of her 10/18 BookHampton event with Carl Safina.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Kate Fix joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the disappearance of her brother, Michael, first mate on the Mikeno, one of the ships in Samud Flotilla attempting to carry humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. Later in the hour, Ari and Ali Selinger come into the WLIW-FM studio ahead of the world premiere of Ari's film, “On The End,” as part of the 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Robin Aviv and Jim Hood of Generation S.O.S. join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their presentation in the East Hampton School District amidst National Substance Use and Misuse Month.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Hamptons International Film Festival's chief creative officer David Nugent joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Nancy Kane, Roy Stevenson and Rosane Cassella join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Southamptonfest kicking off with a party hosted by Southampton Rotary. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Mbachi Kumwenda joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM after her apartment in Sag Harbor burned down when she was at work on September 12 leading to a GoFundMe.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music