Heart of the East End

Amanda Cain joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Gallop NYC’s Oct. 3 Family Fun Day at Sunrise Stables in Howard Beach, Queens, and Oct. 29 annual gala

Dan Koontz joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about The Free Life podcast and record of songs related to The Free Life’s story shortly after the 56th anniversary of the hot-air balloon’s September 20, 1970 ill-fated flight from Springs headed across the Atlantic.

Kelly Dodds of the Sag Harbor American Music Festival joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the 16th annual event, which has been rescheduled to October 1-3 due to inclement weather. Later in the hour, Kevin MaC calls into the show ahead of Southern Rounds writer’s round featuring himself, Hannah Dasher and D. Vincent Williams, which will now be the opening act of headliner, Raul Midón, at Bay Street Theater on Sept. 25 at 8 p.m.

Thalia Olaya joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst Hispanic Heritage Month telling her story of moving to Sag Harbor from Colombia at two years old, growing up in East Hampton, attending law school, working for The Retreat and mentoring under former NY Assembly member Fred Thiele before becoming Suffolk County’s representative to NY Governor Kathy Hochul. Later in the hour, Minerva Perez of OLA of Eastern Long Island calls in to discuss the schedule of films screening locally this weekend for the 23rd Latino Film Festival of Hamptons

Joshua Radin joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst the release of the 20-year anniversary of debut album, We Were Here, and ahead of the Sept. 25 benefit concert at the Stephen Talkhouse for the national no-kill nonprofit, North Shore Animal League America

Kevin Menard of Dragon Hemp Apothecary joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM and begins telling the story behind starting a wellness business in Sag Harbor.

President of the Sag Harbor Historical Museum and editor of Sag Harbor in the Revolution, Zach Studenroth, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to continue a conversation about Sag Harbor leading up to—and through—the American Revolution during days leading up to the society’s September 18 cocktail party at the Hannibal French house.

Elizabeth and Jeny De Jesus of De Jesus Deli & Market join Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe on the first morning of Hispanic Heritage Month ahead of serving tacos at Southampton Playhouse 6 p.m. on Sept. 17 for Latino Film Festival of Hamptons’ opening night screening of MOSCAS with Q & A to follow with co-writer Vanesa Garnica

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Award-winning American theater director, writer and choreographer, Bill Castellino, joins Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe

Paul Baldassano of Baiting Hollow joins Spine Medicine and Surgery of Long Island’s director of pain management, Dr. Antigone Argyriou, on WLIW-FM’s Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe to talk about how a minimally invasive outpatient procedure offered by Boston Scientific helped resolve chronic back pain for Baldassano, a Vietnam War veteran and retired electrician.