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Heart of the East End
The morning show on Long Island’s only local NPR radio station, 88.3 WLIW-FM, hosted by award-winning multi-platform journalist, Gianna Volpe, features music from all decades & genres, as well as folks from all walks of life. The Heart airs LIVE 9am to 11am weekday mornings, with a nightly replay at midnight streaming at wliw.org/radio
Episodes
- Heart of the East End
September 8th, 2026 - Joshua Ruff
Joshua Ruff of the Long Island Museum joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their Flashpoints: Protests and Controversies on Long Island…
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September 4th, 2026 - Brody Eggert
Brody Eggert from the Surfrider Foundation's East End chapter joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their upcoming Surf Movie Night…
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September 4th, 2026 - David Cataletto
East Hampton Middle School teacher and town trustee, David Cataletto, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM for a discussion on his new book…
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September 3rd, 2026 - Lindsay Morris, Barbara Dayton and Susan Nieland
Lindsay Morris, Barbara Dayton and Susan Nieland of Spitnkitn join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their Sept. 4 show at the Sag Harbor…
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September 3rd, 2026 - Tia Greene Granger and Nick Reisini
Tia Greene-Granger of Liebe PR and Chef Nick Reisini of Honest Plate join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during Zero Waste Week. Honest Plate is…
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September 2nd, 2026 - Sophie Elgort
Sophie Elgort of ALL ARTS TV’s Portrait Mode joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the Emmy-nominated series’ second season…
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September 2nd, 2026 - Ray Torres
Ray Torres of Age Well Recreation joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst Yoga Appreciation Month to talk about teaching more than 60…
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August 28th, 2026 - Noah Khosbin, Marcelo Gabriel Yáñez and Matthew Leifheit,
Curators Noah Khosbin and Marcelo Gabriel Yáñez, alongside artist, Matthew Leifheit, of The Watermill Center’s exhibition, The Disappearance of Landscape…
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August 28th, 2026 - Noah Khoshbin, Marcelo Gabriel Yáñez and Matthew Leifheit
Curators Noah Khoshbin and Marcelo Gabriel Yáñez, alongside with artist, Matthew Leifheit, of The Watermill Center’s exhibition, The Disappearance of…
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August 28th, 2026 - Rivers Burke
Rivers Burke joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about how his career caring for others led to a new mission reforesting the East Coast…
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August 27th, 2026 – David Saint
Director David Saint joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of The Center at West Park’s star-studded staged reading of The Big Chill at…
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August 27th, 2026 - Elyn Kronemeyer
Elyn Kronemeyer joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the 12th Annual Mountainfilm on Tour screening at Southampton Arts Center at…
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August 21st, 2026 - Max Alpert
Suffolk County Teen Poet Laureate, Max Alpert, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM Listen to the playlist on Apple Music Watch the interview on…
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August 21st, 2026 - Pam Brown
Pam Brown joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the opening of her solo exhibition in the Arts Center at Duck Creek’s Little Gallery…
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August 20th, 2026 - Liz Bloomfield and Eric Kohn
Liz Bloomfield of the Marianne Boesky Gallery and Eric Kohn of Southampton Playhouse drop in for a visit with Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM…
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August 20th, 2026 - Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan
Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan of Sag Harbor Cinema joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their next installments of the Summer Noir series and…
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August 19th, 2026 - Nick Kerzner and Dana Locatell
Nick Kerzner and Dana Locatell of Unplugged join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of their next duo performance at SALT on Shelter Island…
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August 18th, 2026 - Gay Bamberger, Barbara Maslen and Joyce Tuttle
Gay Bamberger, Barbara Maslen and Joyce Tuttle of the 26th Annual Box Art Auction supporting East End Hospice join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on…
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August 18th, 2026 - Zoltan Kaszas
Zoltan Kaszas joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of his August 30 stand-up performance at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center…
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August 17th, 2026 - David Dean Bottrell; Violet Spann, Karin Hoelzel and Kate Mueth
David Dean Bottrell joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of “Teenage Wasteland: Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen” at North Fork Arts Center on…
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August 17th, 2026 - Kerry Kearney
Kerry Kearney joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe with Harmony Fox on WLIW-FM ahead of the next Folkie Fest: Summer Night’s Dream presents The Velvet…
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August 14th, 2026 - Sandy Opatow
Sandy Opatow of Emma’s Revolution joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of social justice-minded musical duo’s September 13 performance at…
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August 14th, 2026 - D'yan Forest
Guiness Book of World Record’s oldest working woman comic, D’yan Forest, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Southampton Playhouse and…
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August 13th, 2026 - Pat and Faith Mullaly
Pat and Faith Mullaly join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Faith’s next public performance opening the 78th Artist and Writer’s Softball…
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August 13th, 2026 - JoAnn Proscia
JoAnn Proscia joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about her Playbill collection currently on view at Sachem Public Library, ninth and…
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August 12th, 2026 - James Salomon
James Salomon, editor and creator of the Daydreams book, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the book’s Longhouse launch party from…
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August 12th, 2026 - Milen Planas and Meley Ghirmay
Milen Planas and Meley Ghirmay of The Lazarus Mission joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the August 16 “Afternoon For Good” 2-6 p.m…
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August 11th, 2026 - Dr. Georgette Grier-Key; Bonnie Grice
Dr. Georgette Grier-Key of Eastville Community Historical Society joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of upcoming events kicking off on…
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August 11th, 2026 - Dr. Candice Foy
Stony Brook Children’s Hospital pediatrician and medical director of the newborn nursery, Dr. Candice Foy, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM…
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August 10th, 2026 - Sandra Lazar; Nina Romano and Tim Smith
Sandra Lazar of Haircutters of Love Lane joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss opportunity to rent a barber chair currently available…
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August 10th, 2026 - Alex King, Kyle Cranston and Olivia Sachtleben
Alex King, Kyle Cranston and Olivia Sachtleben of the Southampton Village Ocean Rescue join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the August…
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August 7th, 2026 - Versha Gupta, Nancy DePas Reinertsen and Sara Jones
Versha Gupta, Nancy DePas Reinertsen and Sara Jones of ReWild Long Island’s North Fork Chapter join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of…
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August 7th, 2026 - Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner
Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of his Aug. 8 performance at LongHouse Reserve celebrating 99th birthday of…
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August 6th, 2026 - Carole Huston and Elizabeth Gardiner; Ari Selinger
Carole Huston and Elizabeth Gardiner of the Brookhaven League of Women Voters join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of The Suffrage Cantata…
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August 6th, 2026 - Michelle Madonna
Michelle Madonna of Clarity Mind Studio joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Aug. 8 sweat event at Southampton Arts Center and Aug. 16…
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August 5th, 2026 - Pete Topping and Alexa Annunziata of Peconic Baykeeper
Pete Topping and Alexa Annunziata of Peconic Baykeeper join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM discussing Aug. 9 Bonackers documentary showing at…
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August 5th, 2026 - Joseph Charles Mollica and Maggie Harrigan
Joseph Charles Mollica of Slums of the Hamptons and Maggie Harrigan of Stitch & Crown join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM discussing modern…
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August 4th, 2026 – David Agtsteribbe; Meryl Lieberman, Ed Simioni and Toni Maloney
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel David Agtsteribbe of Hampton Bays American Legion Hand-Aldrich Post 924 and Epic World Solutions joins Heart of The East…
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August 3rd, 2026 - Pat Mundus and Luna Crowley
Pat Mundus and Luna Crowley join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about Crowley as a third-generation captain chartering century-old…
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August 3rd, 2026 - Annette Azan
Annette Azan joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM in celebration of World Boob Day discussing the development of Nuddii System boobwear and…
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July 31st, 2026 - Emma Ferrera and Maily
Emma Ferrera, who grew up in Sag Harbor and lives in Southampton, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM with her 12-year-old bully bassett rescue…
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July 31st, 2026 - James Brayton-Hall
Garden Conservancy president and CEO James Brayton-Hall joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst conservancy’s Open Days and ahead of…
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July 30th, 2026 - Kimiko Hahn
New York State Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the free Salon in the Garden screening of “Earth I Thank…
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July 30th, 2026 - Amy Racine
Amy Racine of JF Restaurants joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss the Unfiltered Project series ahead of the August 13 evening event…
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July 29th, 2026 - Monte Farber and Amy Zerner
Amy Zerner and Monte Farber of Enchanted World join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about their new book, “Your Cosmic Blueprint: Master…
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July 29th, 2026 - Robert Nava
Robert Nava joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the “Brunch With Bob” interview event with Bob Colacello at 11 a.m. on Aug. 3 at Peter…
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July 28th, 2026 - Klyph Black
Klyph Black joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of The Englishtown Project’s Stephen Talkhouse performance on Wednesday, July 29, at 8:00…
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July 28th, 2026 - Lisa Gavales
Lisa Gavales of North Fork Environmental Council joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of NFEC’s third annual clothing swap 6 p.m. on…
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July 27th, 2026 - Harmony Fox
Four-year-old Harmony Fox joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM Listen to the playlist on Apple Music Watch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube
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July 27th, 2026 - Dr. David Jackson
Dr. David Jackson of Cold Spring Harbor Lab joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM after being inducted as a Fellow into the Royal Society—putting…
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July 23rd, 2026 - Melanie Crader, Amy Kirwin and Anthony Madonna
Melanie Crader, Amy Kirwin and Anthony Madonna of Guild Hall join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of incoming exhibition, “Ross Bleckner…
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July 23rd, 2026 - Louisa Benton
Louisa Benton of the Hope For Depression Research Foundation joins The Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM kicking off the Week of Hope during their…
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July 21st, 2026 - Gabrielle Raymond McGee
Gabrielle Raymond McGee joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss her new book, “Ocean Superheroes: How Ocean Animals Help Protect Our…
- Heart of the East End
July 21st, 2026 - Tracy Kolsin and Casey Farrell; Mark Epley
Tracy Kolsin of the Southampton Youth Bureau and Casey Farrell of Friends of Southampton Town Youth join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of…
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July 20th, 2026 - Larry Maslon
Larry Maslon of WLIW-FM’s Broadway to Main Street joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe ahead of Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea series’ Swell-agent…
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July 20th, 2026 - Kerri Walsh Jennings; Daniela Kronemeyer
Kerri Walsh Jennings joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the second Hero Volley beach volleyball tournament supporting Hamptons…
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July 17th, 2026- Liz Bard; John Wittenberg, Peggy Lauber and Wendy Weiss
Liz Bard of the Children’s Museum of the East End joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of CMEE’s 16th Annual Family Fair fundraiser from…
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July 17th, 2026 - Gail Baranello
Gail Baranello joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM on her birthday ahead of LTV dance party fundraiser supporting A & G Dance Company and East…
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July 16th, 2026 - Jonathan Nash Glynn, Connor Flanagan and Jonathan Shoemaker
Jonathan Nash Glynn, Connor Flanagan and Jonathan Shoemaker join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Nash Glynn’s July 18 Wings Over Haiti…
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July 16th, 2026 - Kate Mueth and Antoinette Lanza
Kate Mueth and Antoinette Lanza of LTV’S Act & Sip series supporting Neo-political Cowgirls join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst the…