Heart of the East End

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 t...

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 l...

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 opportu...

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 opport...

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 t...

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 o...

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 kno...

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 creatin...

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 th...

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...

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...

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...

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 cre...

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 oppo...

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...

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 r...

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 curat...

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 i...

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 l...

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 cr...

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...

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’...

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-...

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...

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 month Listen to the playlist on Apple Music