Gianna catches up with fashion entrepeneur Kathleen Kirkwood to discuss her environmental project Bra Recycling Agency. Learn more about B.R.A.

Gianna spoke with Michael Affatato of The Village Cheese Shop. Listen to Heart of the East End every weekday morning from 9am to 11am on 88.3 WLIW-FM or wliw.org/radio. 

Janice Jaworski of Beads and Boards in Flanders discusses starting a business selling jewelry and hand-made wooden objects with husband, Frank, from their East End home during the pandemic.

WLIW-FM Host Gianna Volpe talks with Co-Founder Bennett Konesni and Archivist Donnamarie Barnes about Sylvester Manor Educational Farm on Shelter Island, their "Plain Sight Project" and how local organizations, like Sylvester Manor, work to regularly support East End communities coupled with their efforts during the pandemic.

Civil rights activist Robert Zellner tells Gianna about growing up in Montgomery, Alabama during the Civil Rights movement shortly after the premiere of “Son of The South,” based on Zellner’s autobiography, “The Wrong Side of Murder Creek.” The grandson of a Klansmen, Zellner talks about how & why his father chose family disownment and left the Klu Klux Klan.

Helen Higginbotham of “When Black Women Gather” discusses diversity matters in 2021

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 9-11 week day mornings with a  night-owl replay at midnight streaming at wliw.org/radio

Prominent painter and North Fork resident Rainer Gross joins Gianna for the Hot Studio and discusses his work, his artistic approach, and more. 

Learn more about Gross's artwork.

Listen to Heart of the East End on 88.3 weekdays from 9am to 11am.

Gianna speaks with founder of The Butterfly Effect Project Tijuana Fulford and their new program and development director Brienne Ahearn. They discuss expanding through the pandemic with a new Poospatuck chapter of the organization, joining forces with the Peconic Community School, and going wherever they are most needed.

Find out more about The Butterfly Effect Project.

Gianna welcomed Dr. James Banks of the Anti-Bias Task Force in Southampton and the African American Educational Cultural Festival to talk about Kwanzaa, systemic racism, abuse of power, and more. You can learn more about the AAECF here.