Riding the Wave with Mark Healey

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is running to become Mayor of New York City. She will join The Wave's Managing Editor Mark C. Healey for a tour of Beach 116th Street, then visit The Wave's office to appear on the newspaper's podcast.

Malliotakis was elected to the State Assembly on November 2, 2010, defeating a two-term incumbent with 55% of the vote. She was re-elected three times in her district which covers Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Sal Albanese is hoping the third time is a charm.

The former city councilman, educator and now attorney is runnng for mayor of New York City because he thinks he can do a far better job than New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.  On July 24, Albanese visit The Wave to tell us why.

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato sat down with The Wave's Managing Editor Mark C, Healey to discuss issues that concern Rockaway.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio joins Managing Editor of The Wave Mark C, Healey to discuss the issues concerning Rockway and its residents.

"Singer-songwriter Walker Hornung has been introducing musicians and audiophiles alike to his unique style of flamenco-infused rock music, for more than 30 years. In that time, Hornung has performed all over the globe and has even shared a stage with such mainstream musicians as John Fogarty, Shaggy, Busta Rhymes, Allison Hinds, Doug E. Fresh and Collie Budz, to name a few." (Q&A With Singer-Songwriter Walker Hornung, Daniel Offner, The Wave, 5/27/16).

Walker stopped by The Wave on May 30 for this week's podcast to talk w The Wave's managing Editor Mark Healey about his music, his new album “The Great Silence of Outer Space,” and what's on tap for the summer.

Chris Romulo stopped by The Wave newspaper in Rockaway Beack, where he owns and operates CROM Physical Culture with his wife Sarah, to talk about his first book "Champions Uprising: Fall 7 Times, Stand Up 8."   He talks with Wave Managing Editor Mark Healey about his book, which details his twenty-year journey through the study of Muay Thai, which took him from New York City to Bangkok, Thailand and back again.

Attorney Mike Scala, who is First Vice President of the Queens Public Transit Committee (QPTC), stopped by The Wave to announce his intention to run for the District 32's City Council seat this coming November.

Award-winning actor Reg E. Cathey, best known for his roles in The Wire, House of Cards and Oz, will join host Mark Healey to discuss Cathey's upcoming performance in  the dramatic reading of Sophocles’ “Ajax,” presented on April 17 at the Rockaway Theatre Company’s Post Theater at Fort Tilden from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Bryan Doerries, the artistic director of Theater of War Productions, joins host Mark Healey to discuss how his production can assist those afflicted with PTSD. Theater of War is a dramatic reading of Sophocles’ “Ajax,” presented on April 17 at the Rockaway Theatre Company’s Post Theater at Fort Tilden from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m,   The company presents readings of Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes to military and civilian communities across the United States and Europe. These ancient plays timelessly and universally depict the visible and invisible wounds of war. By presenting these plays to military and civilian audiences, the hope is to de-stigmatize psychological injury, increase awareness of post-deployment psychological health issues, disseminate information regarding available resources, and foster greater family, community, and troop resilience.

Theater of War is a dramatic reading of Sophocles’ “Ajax,” presented on April 17 at the Rockaway Theatre Company’s Post Theater at Fort Tilden from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m,  Theater of War aims to confront some of the issues that result from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition with which many people on the peninsula may already be familiar.  One of the actors featured in this reading, Alex Morf (Daredevil, Madame Secretary), joins The Wave's Managing Editor Mark Healey to discuss the show and its purpose.