Heart of the East End

Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe takes a call from her mom, Diane Amodio, on WLIW-FM and touches on Amodio’s grandma, Carolina Bongiovanni, an NJ business owner in the 1950s.

Southampton Writer’s Conference Director Christian McLean joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe and East End Beacon’s Beth Young on WLIW-FM before Gail and Adam Baranello alongside Carrie Koeberl and Nick Mele of the East End Special Players during the first hour on the show with a focus on Beth and the Beacon in the second hour celebrating ninth birthday of the biforkal broadsheet.

Wendy Weiss, Brittany Barszczewski and Chris Jones of the East End Arts Council joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during the final day of the spring fund drive for Long Island’s only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island’s own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FM

A recent interview with Grammy Award-winning rapper and singer-songwriter, Everlast, and The Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM, during the final day of the spring fund drive for Long Island’s only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island’s own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FM

Clammer Steve Kuhn joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe to talk about his book, “Hard Work: My Life as a Clammer on the Great South Bay,” during the final days of the spring fund drive for Long Island’s only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island’s own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FM

Local sixth-grader Dylan joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe to discuss being one of more than 500 student artists featured in Southampton Arts Center’s First Light exhibition during the final days of the spring fund drive for Long Island’s only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island’s own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FM

Lina Maxine and Dean Aladay join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM for a Studio 51 session on release day for brand-new single, Feels Like Forever, during final days of the spring fund drive for Long Island’s only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating & curating a listening experience that is Long Island’s own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FM

Anita Boyer and Minerva Perez join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe in the final days of the spring fund drive for Long Island’s only local NPR radio station. All donations made online to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island’s own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FM

Cardiologist and professor Dr. Mary Roman of New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical College joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe to talk about aortic aneurysms, as well as The Marfan Foundation, amidst the spring fund drive for Long Island’s only local NPR radio station. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island’s own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FM

Christina Strassfield of Southampton Arts Center joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst the First Light exhibit celebrating student arts of Southampton and in support of Long Island’s only local NPR radio station during WLIW-FM’s Spring 2026 fund drive. All donations made to WLIWFM.org or by phone at 800-262-0717 go right to work creating and curating a listening experience that is Long Island’s own with an opportunity for listeners to leave a message on listener line to let us know why they love WLIW-FM