Heart of the East End

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 “Snow” in the title.

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 “Word” in the title.

Kenneth Jackson and Wendy Weiss of the East End Arts Council join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk six years of the MLK Portrait Project, which feature student-made mosaic portraits of figures from the civil rights movement and beyond. This year's portraits are currently displayed at Floyd Memorial Library through March 29.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Leah Schanke joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss her debut children's book, Freedom At Dawn: Robert Smalls's Voyage Out of Slavery amid Black History MonthListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Southold Winterfest chair Jennifer Del Vaglio of East End Pool King joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Fifth Annual Southold Winterfest on Sat, Feb. 21Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Long Island musician and tarot reader Rorie Kelly joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM and pulls a card for the community amid the Lunar New Year, which is also Mardi Gras. Also in this episode is a pre-recorded conversation with local student artist, Addison, in connection with Southampton Arts Center's current exhibition through May 3, First Light: Celebrating Students Artists of Southampton, featuring 500+ artistsListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Guillaume Côté joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM in a pre-recorded interview ahead of The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark at 8 p.m. on Friday, February 13 at the Staller Center For The ArtsListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Kathryn Casey Quigley joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about her journey further into politics as she seeks to challenge chair of Suffolk's Democratic Party. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Pat Ruhlman, Mary Beth Cronin and Bob Gallo of the DRIVE Car's tribute band join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of April 4 Stephen Talkhouse performance.Listen to the “DRIVE” playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Tall Mutha Shucka Keenan Boyle joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM and talks two decades of selling oysters ahead of his Feb. 19 Geek Talk about Blue Point oysters, which will kick off at 6:30 p.m. at übergeek Brewing Company on Hallett Street in Riverhead.Listen to the “DRIVE” playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Director of Undergraduate Performance Studies and Chamber Music at Stony Brook University Dr. Joanna Kaczorowska joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York violin master class hosted by the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame at their Stony Brook location on February 11 at 7 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Greater Calverton Civic Association president Toqui Terchun joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Gina and Vinny Centauro of Rescuing Families joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM after the January 22 premiere of “Family to the Rescue” on PBS Channel Thirteen airing at 7 p.m. Thursdays through February on WLIW-FM sister public TV station, WLIW-21.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Rising international opera singer, Taylor Burgess, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the 2014 Riverhead High School graduate's Feb. 8 Black History Month tribute to the Harlem Renaissance, “Winter Moon,” 5 p.m. at the Jamesport Meeting House.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Erika Cabral, Dylan Finder, Faith Welch and Alex Cabral of Greenport High School's “Freaky Friday The Musical” this weekend join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FMListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Columbia University professor Bruce Robbins joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of release of his new book with Melville House, “Who's Allowed to Protest?” Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Southampton African American Museum's Brenda Simmons and Eastville Community Historical Society's Dr. Georgette Grier-Key join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the 3-5 p.m. Feb. 7 opening reception of The Power of Resilience on view at SAAM through March.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Hampton Classic president Dennis Suskind joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of 51st Annual Classic amid Suskind's last year as president since 1987.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Deborah Acquino joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Southampton Arts Center's Feb. 7 opening reception of the First Light exhibition celebrating Southampton's student artists from 4-6 p.m. when families are invited to participate in a painting workshop ahead of a slate of other workshops, including a Feb. 12 Valentine's collage-and-sip event for adults, as well as student workshops on Feb. 16, Feb. 18 and Feb. 20Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Meg Noonan of WLIW-FM's Freeform Radio joins Gianna Volpe on The Heart of The East EndListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Freetown's Kevin Scott joins Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to kick off Black History Month coverage on The Heart of The East End Listen to the commUNITY playlist on Apple Music

Denise Silva-Dennis and Marit Molin of Hamptons Community Outreach join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Third Annual Love Fest fundraiser at 230 Elm in Southampton Village on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 5-7 p.m. Listen to the commUNITY playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

North Fork Breast Health Coalition's Melanie McEvoy and Dr. Michelle Iona join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their free seminar, “Integrative Approaches to Breast Cancer Care,” featuring top physicians and medical professionals from MSK Sloan Kettering, New York Cancer & Blood Specialists, Northwell Health Cancer Center and Stony Brook Cancer Center at Hotel Indigo from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 31Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Jack Licitra joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of February 1 charity event supporting Running Towards Change 2-5 p.m. at Westhampton Beach Brewing Company Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Minerva Perez of Organización Latino Americana joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the community gathering and discussion hosted by the North Fork Action Center at Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Southold at 6 p.m. this Monday, Feb. 2, where folks can learn more about OLA's Rapid Response Team and their text line: 631-500-5001Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

East End Jazz's Iris Ornig and Hamptons Music Educators Association's Chris Mandato join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the next East Meets West: Jazz Jam Session featuring the HMEA Big Band at Southampton Cultural Center 2-5 p.m. on Feb. 1Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Chris Paparo of Fish Guy Photos and SoMaS joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about Geek Talks planned through spring at Riverhead's Übergeek brewery.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Dr. Lisa Libatore joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk ten years of Luv Michael and the upcoming Luv is in the Air dance celebrating the neurodiverse community on Feb. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. at The MusesListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Mark Torres joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during International Holocaust Remembrance Day to discuss his latest book, “Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance”Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Jonathan Shoemaker and Nick Weber of the Accobonac Theater Project join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the local organization's inaugural production, This Land is Your Land, taking place in Hoie Hall at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Jan. 30 to Feb. 1. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Dr. Sotiria Everett, registered dietician and clinical assistant professor at Stony Brook Medicine, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM following the release of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins 2025-2030 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which offer updated recommendations for a healthy diet and provide the foundation for federal nutrition programs and policies. They come as Kennedy has for months stressed overhauling the U.S. food supply as part of his Make America Healthy Again agenda.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Tom House of Hamptons Pride Inc. joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst their Pride film series at Bay Street Theater, where the non-profit screens a film on the last Sunday of every month between January and April, including films C.R.A.Z.Y. and Carol.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Kim Nichols of the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM discussing ways A.R.F. helps local families in need keep their pets at home such as through low-cost behavior classes, at-cost vaccinations and directing all food/toy donations to regional food pantries, plus a note that folks sharing adopted pet pictures and rescue ‘love stories' like Nichols' own foster fail, Finley the Corgi, are being featured by the local animal rescue on their social media pages & weekly newsletter leading up to Valentine's Day. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Joann Proscia of Northport joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about her extensive Playbill collection, which was preserved by Northport-East Northport Library staff, and is currently on display at Greenport Village's Floyd Memorial Library. An opening reception for the “Playbill Throughout the Years” exhibition will take place on Friday, Jan. 23 from 5-7 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Dr. Ariel Graykowski, a research scientist at the SETI Institute, where she leads the Unistellar Citizen Science Comet Program, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk 31/ATLAS ahead of 1/22 7 p.m. virtual lecture “Comets and Interstellar Visitors: Exploring the Dynamic Sky” cohosted by Hamptons Observatory and Suffolk County Community CollegeListen to the playlist on Apple Music

Oscar Molina of J. Oscar Molina Gallery joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about his journey from war-torn El Salvador to the United States in 1989, as well as displaying his “Children of the World” series at 61st International Art Exhibition after being chosen to represent the Republic of El Salvador marking the first time in history that El Salvador will participate with its own national pavilion at the Biennale.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Jennifer Murray of Turtleback Conservation Center joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about bald eagle viewing etiquette amidst national birds' nesting season. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Reverend Kimberly Quinn Johnson of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Fork joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of her congregation's Jan. 20 Free America Open House from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. developed in congruity with the national walk-out organized by Women's March for 2 p.m. on the anniversary of President Trump's inaugurationListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Dr. Sharon Nachman, Chief of the pediatric infectious diseases division of Stony Brook Children's Hospital, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss vaccines and other preventative pediatric treatments following a recent reduction of recommended vaccines for kids by the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Anita Boyer, a lead organizer of recent local protests against ICE enforcement, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the next protest at the Macy's parking lot in Hampton Bays 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 17, MLK Day Brunch at Blue Mar at 9 a.m. and a national walk-out Jan. 20 at 2 p.m.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Colin Palmer joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of his “All Things Must Pass” evening of songs and stories from the past hundred years, reflecting on North Fork life at Jamesport Meeting House this Saturday night, Jan.17 at 7:30 p.m., featuring Dan Grable, Luke Sisson and Tim Palmer plus surprise guests. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Dr. Lars Clemensen, Superintendent for Schools, Hampton Bays Union Free School District, Wendy Pearson, Stony Brook Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Executive Director of Stony Brook Southampton and Dr. Mary Reese, Executive Dean and Chief Operating Officer, Suffolk County Community College's Eastern Campus join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the new Sharks and Seawolves at Stony Brook Southampton partnership between Stony Brook University and Suffolk County Community College designed to strengthen the educational and career pathways for East End students and residents. It offers fully-accredited, transferable classes at the Stony Brook Southampton campus for high school students, current college students and adults interested in returning to college. Starting Monday, January 26, 2026, this program offers three classes, two taught by Suffolk faculty and one by Stony Brook faculty in one location.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Gillian Schroeder joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the run of “Mauritius” directed by Bob Kaplan, which opens Jan. 16 at the North Fork Community TheatreListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Emily Weitz and Katlyn Albrecht of M Takes the Mic joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio and debuts their new single, “Brave Girl, New World” on WLIW-FM's Heart of The East End Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

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 “Good” in the title.

Chris Paparo of Fish Guy Photos and SoMaS gives us a mini lesson in diadromous fish in the first hour before Allie Sandt, Teddy Holly and Jedd Kronberg join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe LIVE in the WLIW-FM studio and play upcoming single, “The Right Time,” later on in the showListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

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 “Cold” in the title.

Valerie Virgona of Peconic Estuary Partnership and Alexa Annunziata of Peconic Baykeeper join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst Winter Watershed Walk seriesListen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Jules Devito joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of hula classes she will be teaching Thursdays at Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library and Wednesdays at Riverhead Free Library starting tomorrow through the next six weeks.Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

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 “Wrong” in the title.

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 “Game” in the title.