My Hometown

Bill Horan and Michael DeMarco learn about a grassroots nonprofit organization from Long Island that creates opportunities that connect communities called the Love Your Neighbor Project from their guests, Aimee Renaud, their President, and Jaime Teich, their founder and “Chief Neighbor!”

Bill Horan and Michael DeMarco learn about the law in the areas of real estate, personal injury, and commercial litigation - with their guest and friend of the show, Enza Brandi, Esq., the founder of the Enza Brandi Law Firm, with an office in Huntington Station.

Bill Horan and Mike DeMarco learn all about the Long Island Parrot Society, an organization that is dedicated to responsible bird ownership through education and example. Our guest today is Robert Gross, a board member of the Long Island Parrot Society, and the “Bird Man of Wantagh.”

Bill Horan and Michael DeMarco introduce you to an organization called Sunshine Alternative Education & Prevention Center - who are working to build drug- free and violence-free communities here on Long Island. Their guest is Carol Carter, their Founder and CEO.

Bill Horan and Mike DeMarco talk with Eva Kopelman, a sophomore at South Side High School in Rockville Centre, and a recent contestant on Top Chef: Family Style, which can be seen on the Peacock streaming service from NBC. Eva is joined by her co-star and mother, Jenn.

Bill Horan and Michael DeMarco learn about a program at Nassau Community College called The Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program, or CSTEP, which aims to increase and support the number of economically disadvantaged or historically underrepresented minority students, through programs in mathematics, science, technology, health-related fields, and the licensed professions at Nassau Community College. Our guests are Kevin Fox, the Director of CSTEP, and Matthew DiGiovanni, the Associate Director.

Bill Horan and Michael DeMarco introduce you to an organization that does some great work here on Long Island for health care workers facing the world’s greatest health crises to help build resilient communities and a healthier, more equitable world. Their guests are Cassie Peppe and Dan LaConti, who are both Crisis Counselors with the organization Project Hope.

Bill Horan and Michael DeMarco introduce you to a new business that opened in the summer of 2021 on Long Island - and learn what it was like to open a new business centered around food and hospitality in the middle of a pandemic! It's called Irish Poet Restaurant Bar, located at 1891 Wantagh Avenue in Wantagh, and our guest today is one of their owners, Mike McNiff.

Bill Horan and Michael DeMarco learn about a non-profit organization called Last Hope Animal Shelter - who are dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of death-due pound, stray and abandoned animals. Their guest is Joanne Anderson, Last Hope’s outreach coordinator.

Bill Horan and Michael DeMarco learn about the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum, a non-profit organization located at 1 Railroad Plaza, adjacent to the entrance to Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park, in Oyster Bay, with their guest, the museum’s President, John Specce.