My Hometown

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about the Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program and how they are helping Long Islanders affected by this horrible disease. Our guests today include Reyna Machado, their assistant director, along with Desiree Abdelkader, one of their social work interns.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk about Nassau BOCES, which offers state-of-the-art programs for learners of all ages and abilities as well as cost-effective services for school districts and municipalities. Our guests are Dr. Robert Dillon, District Superintendent of Nassau BOCES, and Michele Cohen, principal of Nassau BOCES Adult Education.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk with The President of the Farmingdale Community Summit, Mr. Ken Ulrich, and Summit Vice President and Farmingdale Expo co-chair, Ellen Krammer. The Farmingdale Community Summit is a coming together of communities in the Farmingdale Union Free School District for the common good

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk with Jennifer Cantone, the Director of Development for Special Olympics Long Island. They are holding a special fundraiser called the Polar Plunge along with The Town of Oyster Bay on Saturday, March 16th at Tobay Beach, and we learn all about the organization on the show.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel learn about SocialPreneurship with the President and Founder of the Long Island Breakfast Club, Valentina Janek. The Long Island Breakfast Club is an organization providing advocacy, support, career, employment counseling, referrals and more with the goal to prepare mature individuals for productive employment.

Bill Horan discusses the Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education with their Executive Director, Ms. Susan Samaroo! The Maurer Foundation’s mission is to save lives through breast health education that focuses on breast cancer prevention, healthy lifestyle choices, early detection and risk reduction.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Linda Sama, Associate Dean and Professor at St. John’s University, and the founder of Global Loan Opportunities for Budding Entrepreneurs (GLOBE) – an academic microcredit program that engages students in providing microloans to entrepreneurs living in poverty around the world. In this program, borrowers develop small businesses or expand existing ones...

Bill Horan talks with Douglas Miller, the Census Recruiting Manager and Jennifer Albert, their Partnership Specialist – as we learn about the 2020 census coming up soon, and how you can get paid to help! More info can be found at https://www.2020census.gov/jobs

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Ilan Danieli, founder and CEO of Precipio, a cancer diagnostics company focused on battling the devastating problem of cancer misdiagnosis. Precipio’s mission was achieved by establishing a platform that matches up the patient’s biopsy with the right academic experts within its network, to ensure the right diagnosis is achieved. With its full service c...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Paul Rubin, Founder and Executive Director of Camp Good Mourning. He is also a Clinical Mental Health Counselor-LP specializing in grief and loss. For the past 16 years, Paul has been supporting children, parents, and families in a variety of different roles. As a Crisis Counselor for Hurricane Sandy survivors, he was recognized by the Nassau County Ex...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Dr. Adrian Krainer from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. His lab studies the mechanisms of RNA splicing, ways in which they go awry in disease, and the means by which faulty splicing can be corrected. In particular, they study splicing in spinal muscular atrophy, a neuromuscular disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants. It was rece...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Bernadette Starzee, an editor/reporter for the Long Island Business News. She covers a broad range of industries and topics impacting the Long Island business community. She edits a weekly section on a specific industry that varies from week to week. She also edits the Movers & Shakers page, which features news about new hires and promotions in Nassa...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Eugene Alletto, CEO and Founder of BEDGEAR. Eugene is the innovator and creative force behind the fast-growth brand of BEDGEAR PERFORMANCE lifestyle products. He has propelled BEDGEAR to rank on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies and Crain’s New York Fastest Growing 50 Companies. He believes in being a global ambassador and building a brand...

Bill Horan talks with Maureen Dolan Murphy, Executive Programs Manager for Citizens Campaign for the Environment. CCE is a not-for-profit grassroots environmental organization working to protect public health and natural resources. Maureen has been part of the organization for 17 years. Today's program will discuss the various local, state, and federal campaigns to advance renewable energy, reduce...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Tom Gibson, the founder of Interchange Business Organization (IBO), a business development networking organization where people learn, grow and build relationships with a team of professionals. Tom began IBO in 2006 with the notion that businesses can dramatically increase sales through the right connections. Tom has been teaching the members of IBO ho...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Randell Bynum, CEO of Girl Scouts of Nassau County. Randell will talk about the latest happenings at GSNC, as well as their 100 years of service in Nassau County, including how their program meet the needs of today's girls, the critical issues initiative, opportunities in STEM, how they provide for girl scouts in underserved communities, and more.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Major Chuck Kilbride, a retired member of the United States Marines, about Toys for Tots, a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for the holidays. We also speak with Lance Wolff, the Assistant General Manager and Brand Ambassador for Miller’s Ale House of...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Neil Goldberg, owner of Main Street Board Game Café in Huntington, and former sports producer of New York One News. Neil talks about how he turned his hobby of board gaming into a profession and started his own small business around the concept.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Amanda Milberg, Co-Founder of From Our Hearts to Your Toes. Amanda and her sister Allie started the organization back in 2011, when they were just teenagers. Our Hearts to Your Toes inspires confidence in children by making them feel their best with beautiful repurposed dance recital costumes. They recently relocated their space from Jericho Commons to...

Bill Horan talks with Karen Micciche, Executive Director, Literacy Nassau. During her tenure, she has tripled the annual budget and developed programs to widen its service population, including small group tutoring, free citizenship application assistance and legal consultations for immigrants, an inclusive book club model for adults with developmental disabilities, and more. Karen works with Lite...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Lance W. Elder, President and CEO, and Sarah Muller, Development and Marketing Assistant, both from the EAC Network, a local non-profit social service agency that administers over 70 programs across Long Island and the five boroughs of New York City. They will talk today about the EAC Network and the upcoming outdoor fundraising rappelling event, Oct...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Allah Supreme Brown, Executive Director of the Youth Empowerment Institute in Uniondale. Their mission is to foster and preserve excellence in the Arts, especially Performing Arts, Production Arts, Media Arts and Art Education. They do this by providing youth and adults in Nassau County with access to the Arts, and by facilitating the creation and ma...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Jennifer Cona, Managing Partner at the elder law and estate planning firm of Genser, Dubow, Genser & Cona, located in Melville. Ms. Cona assists seniors and their families with the preservation of assets, Medicaid planning, estate planning, wealth transfer strategies, estate litigation, guardianships and disability planning. She also assists clients...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Patrick J. Ryder, the Commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department. He recently completed his 34th year in law enforcement, serving the last 32 years with the Nassau County Police Department. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice and Intelligence-Led Policing here at Nassau Community College! Today, we talk about the School Safet...

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Reine Duell Bethany, author of a brand-new book from Arcadia Publishing titled Hempstead Village. Reine is an adjunct English professor at NCC as well as a writer and editor. She was appointed Hempstead Village Historian two years ago. She shares her experience of writing this book and explains why she thinks the Village of Hempstead is critically im...