My Hometown

Bill Horan and Corey Kaufman learn about The Safe Center in Bethpage, which provides comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Our guest is D.J. Rosenhaum, Campus Education Coordinator at The Safe Center.

Bill Horan and Corey Kaufman talk about a non-profit on Long Island that goes the extra mile in helping veterans and their families. Here to Help Military and Families provide free and confidential counseling to active and discharged military from all branches, and to their families as well. Guests include Vice President and Head of Membership, Rhoda Shapiro, Board Member Judith Charnet, and anoth...

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about a tragic, local story that happened right here in Nassau Country in July of 2016, with Jacqueline Franchetti, the founder of the Kyra Franchetti Foundation, which is named after her 2 year old daughter who passed away as a result of a horrific murder performed by her biological father. Warning: Some of the content is sensitive for any young listeners.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about The Guide Dog Foundation with Lorin Bruzzese, their Puppy Program Manager, and her puppy in training Gil.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about a service organization that is trying to bring better sight to the community – The Rockville Centre Lions Club. Our guests include Joan Hope MacNaughton, the President of the Rockville Centre Lions Club, and Wendy Abrams, a member of the Rockville Centre Lions Club and a Regional Director for Dime Community Bank

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk with Sara Joel, who was an original cast member of the Cirque de Soleil’s Zumanity, and now an avid pole dancer who has been learning under Lara Michaels, who was the United States Pole Dancing Federation Champion in 2017 and teacher at Body & Pole in Manhattan, and Regina Armand, an Aerial Performer and Competitor, and Owner of The Aerial Loft in Mineola.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel shine a spotlight on a speaking agency whose goal empower the next generation of female leaders. Our guest today is Kim Weiler who is an author, motivational speaker, Certified Health Coach and the Founder and CEO of the Long Island based organization called The Love Group.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk with Greta Guarton, Executive Director of the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless, about their goal to end homelessness on Long Island.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk with Talent Acquisition Specialist, Brooke Simeone from Enterprise Holdings on Long Island, about what it takes to land your first job on Long Island (and beyond.)

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk to Laurie Carey, the Founder and Executive Director of “We Connect The Dots.” Their mission is to excite, inform and educate students about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) careers. Through a collaboration with the community, education, government and the technology industry, WCTD provides awareness and education of the 21st Century workforce...

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk to the leader of the largest Law Of Attractions meetup group on Long Island, Helen Cernigliaro. She’ll be talking about the Law of Attraction - the ability to attract into our lives whatever we are focusing on – and how we can make it work for us instead of against us. It is believed that regardless of age, nationality or religious belief, we are all susceptible to t...

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk to the Crime Victims Center at Parent’s for Megan’s Law that helps the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse & rape. Our guest is Laura Ahearn, an attorney in private practice, and the Executive Director of the The Crime Victims Center at Parents for Megan’s Law.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about a caregiver support initiative being run out of a health care and rehabilitation site here on Long Island. Guests include Dawn Hagen who is the Program Director of Parker Jewish Institute For Health Care & Rehabilitation, and Audrey Rudolph, the Volunteer Coordinator of the Willing Hearts, Helpful Hands Program.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk with Andrew Parton, the President of the Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center on Museum Row right next to Nassau Community College. The Cradle of Aviation is celebrating a “Countdown to Apollo at 50” on Saturday, July 20th. They invite everyone to come and celebrate the amazing work accomplished right here on Long Island and we hope that it inspires future...

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk what it takes to work for a Volunteer Ambulance Corp. with Mark Tomlin, Chairman of the Board of Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about Collecting Art, with Dr. Harvey Manes, Long Islander who is not only an attorney and orthopedic surgeon, but also the author of Collecting Art for Pleasure and Profit, and he is on the board at the Nassau County Museum of Art.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk with James Coll, Founder and Director of changeNYS.org, a nonprofit organization that strives to engage our citizens in a dialogue to educate and advance a concept of smaller, leaner, honest and limited state government.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk with Donna Pagano, 3rd Vice-President of The New Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of The American Society of Travel Agents Small Business, and the Metropolitan Association of Travel Agents, and owns her own travel agency, “Travelling with Donna.”

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about parenting with the Long Island Parenting Institute, a division of the EAC Network. Joining us today is Grazielle Simonetti Long Island Parenting Institute Parent Educator, and their Program Director Kathryn Cannino.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about Island Harvest, who provides food and services for people who are hungry, and a voice for people who are in need. Island Harvest is the largest hunger relief organization on Long Island – and their President and CEO, Randi Dresner, joins us in studio.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about The Olivia Hope Foundation and learn all about it with their President and Founder, Shelley LoRusso, along with Ali Donato, their Marketing Director. The Olivia Hope Foundation raises awareness and funding for innovative targeted therapies for childhood cancer treatments and improve overall survival rates and quality of life.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about The Long Island Authors Group with Roland Allnach, their President. The mission of the Long Island Authors Group is to encourage, support and promote authorship, primarily in the Long Island, New York area.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about the Greater Long Island Running Club, Long Island's largest and most active running club, with a membership that spans all of Nassau and Suffolk Counties and beyond. with their President, Mike Polansky, and Sue Fitzpatrick, who is the Executive Director of the organization.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk to Mimi Pierre-Johnson, who was named the Franklin Square and Elmont Person of the Year for 2018 from the Long Island Herald newspapers! She is also the founder of the Elmont Cultural Center.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about PRIDE FOR YOUTH, a Division of the Long Island Crisis Center. Bellmore-based Pride for Youth, in its 25th anniversary year of providing programs and services to young LGBTQ people, is proud to announce that it is expanding to Suffolk County. Our guests today include Joe Walsh, Crisis Center Director, and Fran Karliner, their Director of Development.