Riding the Wave with Mark Healey

Inspiring kids to make healthy choices is about to get a lot less “tricky.”

Right after leading a school assembly with 4th and 5th graders at PS 104 in Bayswater, hip-hop legend, TV personality and Netflix series actor Rev Run is going back to his Queens roots by joining The Wave's Editor-in-Chief Mark Healey on this week's Riding The Wave.

Rev will discuss his personal connection to diabetes, and how his health journey began 

How he makes smart, healthy choices while traveling around the globe to deejay, act, film, cook, and tourEncouraging Americans to find out about their risk of type 2 diabetes and raise awareness about the need for early screeningThe importance of educating the African American community about their risk, considering African Americans are twice as likely to develop diabetesHow he and his family revamped the way they eat and the lifestyle they live once he and his wife Justine became spokespeople for Novo Nordisk’s Ask.Screen.Know campaign

State Senator James Sanders Jr. joined The Wave’s Managing Editor Mark Healey for this week’s edition of the “Riding the Wave” podcast. Sanders began the conversation with an enthusiastic plug for Rockaway’s Caribbean Carnival on August 18th—an event that has been a rousing success each year since its inception.

Attorney Slawomir Platta is hoping his legal skills can convince the Republican voters of the 15th Senatorial District that he -- not Thomas Sullivan -- should be the candidate to face State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. in the upcoming election.

Platta stopped by The Wave to talk with Managing Editor Mark Healey about his campaign.

“Proven leader,” “fighter” and “environmentalist” were a few of the words used to describe Tom Sullivan, says he will use his two decades of experience in the military and the private sector to reduce wasteful spending, lower property taxes and curb the overdevelopment of local neighborhoods if the GOP hopeful is elected to office.

On Aug. 7, he sat down at The Wave with our managing editor Mark Healey to discuss his candidacy.

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato has announced that she will be seeking re-election for the 23rd Assembly District. Pheffer Amato was elected to her first term as Assemblywoman in 2016 and has been endorsed by the Democratic, Independence, and Working Family parties. 

She joined The Wave's managing Editor Mark C. Healey to discuss her campaign and to discuss local issues.

Mike Stoller — part of the iconic songwriting team Leiber and Stoller -- will join the podcast this week to discuss the return of Broadway’s longest-running musical revue, Smokey Joe’s Café  , currently playing at Off-Broadway’s Stage 42 in Times Square.  Born in Belle Harbor, Stoller has real Rockaway roots and will talk about growing up by the beach with The Wave's Managing Editor Mark Healey.  Stoller will also discuss his partnership with Jerry Leiber, and how they changed the sound of American music forever.

Walker Hornung, Jimmy Dowd and Steve Stathis are throwing the 12th consecutive Rockstock & Barrels Surf and Music on Saturday June 23! 

The live music, surf competition includes all kinds of vendors and things to do.  It’s a family-friendly day on the boardwalk at Beach 90th Street all day long and 100 percent free!   Walker, Ecstatic Madmen, Baked Shrimp, Grits, Trick Candles, Phil and Family Band, Indaculture and the Skells will perform all day, and Exit Verona and Disfunction will play the after-party, starting at 6 p.m. at Epstein’s Beach!

On this segment of Riding The Wave, Dowd joins the show to promote the awesome annual festival!

New York City Councilman Donovan Richards visited The Wave on June 4 to discuss the ongoing plans to develop Downtown Far Rockaway and other projects including the proposed affordable housing development at the former site of Peninsula Hospital.

On May 21, just days before the scheduled opening of Rockaway’s beaches, NYC Parks Commissioner Mitch Silver announced that because of “safety concerns,” the beaches from Beach 91st Street to Beach 102nd Street would be closed for the summer.

When we asked how Parks how it will address the loss of revenue – as well as thousands spent on seasonal workers, food, drink, supplies, improvements for the vendors and businesses that are located within the closure area – the response was the agency would try to come up with supplemental opportunities to draw patrons to the area; including possibly bringing in more music and events.

As the city and its agencies figure out how to deal with the impact of its decision; we sat down with members of the Rockaway Business Alliance to see what ideas they have.

NYC Parks has announced that Rockaway Beach will be closed this summer in the area between Beach 91st Street and Beach 102nd just days before the beaches were supposed to be opened for the summer.

The community's concerns have been unheeded for years, Councilman Eric Ulrich will join the podcast to share his thoughts on a possible solution.