Stony Brook Medicine’s Chief of Breast Surgery and Director of the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Center, Dr. Brian O’Hea, joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End Medical Monday segment underwritten by Jennifer Benton amid Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 

Ashley Bell and Sergio Martínez of Divaria Productions joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for the Heart of The East End HOTsounds segment underwritten by Sag Harbor Cinema ahead of their opera “Joan of Arc” playing October 14 at Bay Street Theater.

Bob DeLuca of Group for the East End joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End Friday Morning Tea underwritten by Village Overhead Doors to talk invasive plants, water quality issues and exploring what the Green Amendment passed in 2021 actually means as his organization joins Save the Sound and Peconic Baykeeper advocating for an eighth of a penny sales tax toward funding new wastewater systems and consolidating the county’s 27 sewer districts.

Riverhead skater and fundraiser for the Wesley Dean Ackley Skatepark, Chris Patti, joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End HOTsounds segment underwritten by William RiS Gallery ahead of the park’s next fundraising event on October 28.

John McCaffrey, co-author of “A Milonga for Gabriel Isaacs,” joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for the Heart of The East End Thoughtful Thursday segment ahead of the performance of he and Matt Singer’s musical and theatrical work at LTV Studios 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21.

This all-music edition of The Heart features a playlist crafted by Gianna Volpe of music from all decades and genres with the word "Bird" in the title recorded LIVE from the WLIW-FM studio in Southampton.

Lynn Mara joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM studio for a special segment underwritten by Southampton Arts Center on The Heart of The East End ahead of the final weekend of Water and Light at Glen Hansen Gallery. Mara is also currently exhibiting her work at M&T Bank in Westhampton Beach, the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture and Galaray House in Lexington, Mass.

Will Ryan joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for the Heart of The East End HOTstudio segment underwritten by Peconic Landing ahead of two fundraisers for victims of Maui’s wildfires occurring at The Talkhouse on Oct. 15 and ABNY Gallery on Oct. 20 benefitting Lahaina Giving Circle and Art Bags for Maui through the Anna Mirabai Lytton Foundation.

Jeremy Dennis of Ma’s House BIPOC Arts Center joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for the Monday Meditation on The Heart of The East End during Indigenous Peoples’ Day to talk about the designation from an indigenous perspective, as well as share information about his Nov. 11 nature collage workshop in connection with his Nature Conservancy artist residency at the Andy Warhol Preserve in Montauk. 

Jack Evans and Badir Awe of Far Tortuga, as well as Daniela Kronemeyer of the Peter Matthiessen Center, joins Gianna Volpe in the WLIW-FM studio for Movie Monday underwritten by Jennifer Benton on The Heart of The East End following the “Adapting Far Tortuga” event at The Church in Sag Harbor.