Heart of the East End

Group for The East End’s Jen Skilbred and Brody Eggert of Surfrider Foundation’s Eastern Long Island chapter join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM for Earth Day ahead of the organization’s collaborative dune grass planting with members of the community at Baby Beach on Saturday, April 25, from 9 to 11 a.m. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music Watch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTu...

Dr. Thomas Manuel and Dr. Oliver Nelson Jr. of The Jazz Loft join Stony Brook Southampton’s Wendy Pearson on WLIW-FM ’s Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of The Jazz Loft performance of Oliver Nelson’s Afro/American Sketches 7 p.m. on April 23 at The Avram Theater Listen to the playlist on Apple Music Watch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

United States Marine Corp veteran, Joseph Gonzalez Jr. , joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the second anniversary creating wooden sculptures by chainsaw in Center Moriches alongside his wife, Amanda, a United States Air Force veteran . Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Celebrated New York folk musician, Willie Nile , joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM , ahead of April 24 People Pub performance with long-time bassist, Johnny Pisano . Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Ridge musician Bob Sinclair joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Words and Music edition of Folkie Fest at Moriches Community Center 2 - 5 p.m. on May 3 Listen to the playlist on Apple Music Watch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Elisabeth Biondi joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss curating The Church Sag Harbor’s “A Thousand Words: Photography at The New Yorker” exhibit running through May 3 featuring images by legendary photographers on staff at The New Yorker during Biondi’s 15 years as the magazine’s visuals editor: Richard Avedon , Ruvén Afanador , Mary Ellen Mark , Gilles Peress , Sylv...

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...

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...

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 Music Watch the intervie...

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 Music Watch 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 Clubhouse Listen 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 Music Watch 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 Music Watch 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 Music Watch 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 Music Watch 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 Music Watch 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 Music Watch 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 Music Watch 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 Music Watch...

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 Music Watch the interview on WLIW-FM YouT...

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