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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
June 1st, 2026 - Dr. Kimi Chapelle
Stony Brook University assistant professor and paleobiologist, Dr. Kimberley Chapelle, joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during National…
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June 1st, 2026 - Beth Young; Scott Schwartz
Beth Young of the East End Beacon joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the paper’s June edition on the Beacon website’s 13th…
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May 29th, 2026 - Mary Boochever, Kevin Teare and Wendy Weiss
Mary Boochever, Kevin Teare and Wendy Weiss of East End Arts Council join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the 30th anniversary Mosaic…
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May 29th, 2026 - Joe Campisi
Joe Campisi of Deadwood joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Deadwood & Friends’ shows May 30 and 31 at the Treiber Barn in Southold…
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May 28th, 2026 - Christine Scuilli
Battle of the Fantasy Girl Bands co-founder Christine Scuilli joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the ninth edition of BOTFGB at…
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May 28th, 2026 - Candyce Paparo
Long Island Aquarium’s director of animal training, Candyce Paparo, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of her 8 p.m. Geek Talk on May 28…
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May 27th, 2026 - Regina Calcaterra
Regina Calcaterra joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during National Foster Care Awareness Month to talk about her memoir, Etched in Sand, the…
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May 26th, 2026 - Annie Trezza
Annie Trezza joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM, premiering upcoming single, “Straight Town,” ahead of its July release and Annie’s Allstar…
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May 26th, 2026 - Chelsea Christine, Tim Almeida and Jody Gambino
Chelsea Christine and Tim Almeida of Rebels East join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM alongside guitarist, Jody Gambino, playing with the duo…
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May 22nd, 2026 - Megan Euell
Megan Euell joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the opening of “In The Presence of Light” benefitting the North Sea Maritime…
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May 22nd, 2026 - Elyce Arons
Elyce Arons of Frances Valentine, which has a shop in Sag Harbor, joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM, to discuss her memoir, “We Might…
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May 21st, 2026 - Taylor Barton-Smith and G.E. Smith
Taylor Barton-Smith and G.E. Smith join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM for a special Studio 51 session featuring songs from Taylor’s new…
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May 21st, 2026 - Chris Polhemus
Coach Chris Polhemus of United Cerebral Palsy of Long Island joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of an 80-mile walk starting May 29…
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May 20th, 2026 - Xiomáro
Xiomáro joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM following his recent trip to Greenland for a contemporary historical documentation of world’s…
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May 20th, 2026 - Tiffany Rafii
Tiffany Rafii of ColorPop Workshop joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the burgeoning brand boasting kids’ art workshops and…
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May 19th, 2026 - Justin Harris and Heather Draskin
Justin Harris and Heather Draskin of the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the…
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May 19th, 2026 - Mary Motto Kalich
Mary Motto Kalich of North Fork Community Theater joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of June 13 gala supporting NFCT at the…
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May 18th, 2026 - Joe Brondo
Joe Brondo of East Hampton Library joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the summer reading program incentivizing kids age two…
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May 15th, 2026 - George Loizides, Anna Tatishvili and Catherine Clyne
George Loizides, Anna Tatishvili and Catherine Clyne of Hampton Theatre Company join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of The 39 Steps…
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May 15th, 2026 - Dr. Anna Thonis
Dr. Anna Thonis joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of a box turtle conservation field study alongside Dr. Kris Hoffman with…
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May 14th, 2026 - Iris Ornig
Iris Ornig of East End Jazz joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the Tiny Toes and the Jazz Crew series launch on May 16 at…
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May 14th, 2026 - Karen Testa
Karen Testa of Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during mating and nesting season to remind folks how best…
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May 13th, 2026 - Steven Kasher
Steven Kasher joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of his book release celebration and signing for Memoir of a Collection: Finding…
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May 13th, 2026 - Darcy Dunn and Marshall Coid
Darcy Dunn and Marshall Coid of The Moss Ensemble join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the quartet’s performance 4 p.m. on May 17…
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May 12th, 2026 - Peter Watrous and Jess Frost
Jess Frost and Peter Watrous of the Arts Center at Duck Creek join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss the East Hampton arts…
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May 12th, 2026 - Debra Markowitz
Former Nassau County film commissioner and president of the Long Island Film-Tv Foundation Debra Markowitz joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on…
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May 11th, 2026 - August Gladstone
August Gladstone joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss the writing—and May 16 release of—his brand-new record, “The Golden West.”…
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May 11th, 2026 - Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan
Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan of Sag Harbor Cinema joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss the cinema’s “Summer Noir” film series running…
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May 8th, 2026 - Colleen Merlo
Colleen Merlo of the Association for Mental Health and Wellness joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss local events during Mental…
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May 8th, 2026 - Minerva Perez
Minerva Perez of OLA of Eastern Long Island joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM before Pedro Gonzalez’s 5/30 show at Westhampton Beach…
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May 7th, 2026 - Shelby Raebeck
Dr. Shelby Raebeck joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of his Amagansett Library reading of “Six Goofy Geese” and more on Saturday…
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May 7th, 2026 - David Roth
David Roth joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of his solo performance at the Jamesport Meeting House on Saturday, May 16, at 7…
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May 6th, 2026 - Kaitlyn Knapp and Rich Vandenburgh
Rich Vandenburgh of the Greenport Harbor Brewing Company and Kaitlyn Knapp of the North Fork Animal Welfare League joins Heart of The East End with Gianna…
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May 6th, 2026 - Delaney Hafener
Delaney Hafener of The Belle Curves joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about her band’s brand-new record, Tides and Rain, and…
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May 5th, 2026 - Jeanne Knudsen
Jeanne Knudsen—A 23-year world history, civics and economics teacher retiring from the Longwood school district and a runner-up recipient of the Road Scholar’s…
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May 5th, 2026 - Dina Mondello
Award-winning pianist, composer and filmmaker Dina Mondello—director of Anything Goes at North Fork Community Theater— joins Heart of The East End with Gianna…
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May 4th, 2026 - Reverend Carol Pinkham Oak
Reverend Carol Pinkham Oak joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the May 11 & June 7 orientation sessions for summer’s…
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May 4th, 2026 - Amy Zerner and Monte Farber
Amy Zerner and Monte Farber join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of screening and talk back for the “Amy & Monte: A Legacy of Love And…
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May 1st, 2026 - Beth Young
Beth Young from The East End Beacon joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss the May 2026 Edition of broadsheet covering both forks…
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May 1st, 2026 - Alexa Annunziata; Steve Israel
Alexa Annunziata of Peconic Baykeeper and the Southold Conservation Advisory Council joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of CAC’s…
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April 29th, 2026 - Dr. Marilyn LoPresti
Dr. Marilyn LoPresti of North Fork Bodies in Motion joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk ten years of her total fitness program…
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April 29th, 2026 - Jackie Karnavogel and Brendan Belluardo
Jackie Kanarvogel and Brendan Belluardo of Human Understanding and Growth Services Inc joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM on National…
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April 24th, 2026 - Christopher Walsh
Christopher Walsh of The Cherry Bombs joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe and Harmony Fox on WLIW-FM, which aired the world premiere of the band’s…
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April 24th, 2026 - Sonomi Obinata and Ira Haspel
Sonomi Obinata and Ira Haspel of KK’s The Farm join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe and Harmony Fox on WLIW-FM ahead of annual free dandelion festival…
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April 23rd, 2026 - Judy Carmichael
Judy Carmichael of Jazz Inspired joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM before her NPR show’s 26th anniversary luncheon/performance at the…
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April 23rd, 2026 - Becky Hill-Genia and Denise Silva-Dennis
Becky Hill-Genia of the Shinnecock Graves Protection Warrior Society and Denise Silva-Dennis of Hamptons Community Outreach join Heart of The East End with…
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April 22nd, 2026 - Brody Eggert and Jen Skilbred
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…
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April 22nd, 2026 - Dr. Thomas Manuel, Dr. Oliver Nelson Jr. and Wendy Pearson
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…
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April 21st, 2026 - Joseph Gonzalez Jr.
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…
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April 21st, 2026 - Willie Nile
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…
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April 20th, 2026 - Bob Sinclair
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…
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April 20th, 2026 - Elisabeth Biondi
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…
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April 17th, 2026 - Dr. Joanna Kaczorowska with Elizabeth Yea-Rin Kim and Athena Wilkinson
Stony Brook Music's director of undergraduate performance, Dr. Joanna Kaczorowska, brings violin students, Elizabeth Yea-Rin Kim and Athena Wilkinson, to…
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April 17th, 2026 - Dr. Guy Schwartz; Brian Costello
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…
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April 16th, 2026 - Jim Underwood and Roland Walker
Mattituck-Laurel Library’s Jim Underwood and Roland Walker—local spin instructor at Sportime in East Quogue/Maximus Health & Fitness in Riverhead and retired…
- Heart of the East End
April 16th, 2026 - Kasia Klimiuk
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…
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April 15th, 2026 – Danny
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…
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April 15th, 2026 - Jacqui Lofaro; Daniel Adam Maltz
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…
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April 14th, 2026 - Fred Raimondo
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…
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April 14th, 2026 - Lara Sweeney
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…