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Award-winning independent filmmaker, Catherine Tambini, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss her new short film, Bird Aid, premiering Nov. 13-15 at Doc NYC. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Health Empowerment Alliance of Long Island’s senior director of integrated care, Blanka Oh, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss HEALI’s mission to connect eligible Long Island Medicaid members with social benefit programs including food and dietary assistance, housing, transportation, asthma and diabetes support, mold/pest removal and more. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

The man behind bringing steamroller printing to the East End, Mich Miller of East End Arts, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM after East End Arts’ first annual Steamroller Printmaking Festival in connection with printmaking workshops and companion exhibitions through mid-December, The Print Continuum juried exhibition and The Art of Communication. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Vietnam Veteran Paul Baldassano joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss “From Brooklyn through Vietnam and Back: A Soldier’s Story of Fun and Disaster” Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Carah Von Funk of Hamptons Service Dogs joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about how HSD helps people responsibly train psychiatric service animals. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Dan Welden joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the 10th anniversary celebration of Dan Welden at Alex Ferrone Gallery in Cutchogue, “A Decade of Expressions: Dan Welden and Alex Ferrone Gallery” with Nov 7 opening reception from 5-7 p.m. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Ed German of WLIW-FM’s Urban Jazz Experience and Friday Night Soul joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Boots of the Ground Theater’s 10th anniversary production of Ed's one-man show, Deep Down in Brooklyn, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 7 and 8 over at Southampton Cultural Center Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Bill Polchinski of Blotto band joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Blotto Fest free with admission at Long Island Music Hall of Fame on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan of Sag Harbor Cinema joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about the Martin Scorsese 6th Annual Festival of Preservation Nov. 6 to 9. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Beth Young of the East End Beacon joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about Election Day – journalists’ Super Bowl – and November edition of bifocal broadsheet! Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Gabriella Macari, cofounder of Cab Franc Forward NY and the only U.S. candidate among the Institute of Masters of Wine’s seven newly named Masters of Wine, joins WLIW-FM’s Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe after Macari was welcomed into the fold on Oct. 27 in London and awarded the 2026 Vintners’ Company Award. Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Jeremy Dennis of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about exhibitions and On Site Project heading into Indigenous Heritage Month Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Estefany Molina and Erin Ambrose of RGNY Vineyard join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the local vineyard’s sold-out Dia de los Muertos celebration on Nov. 7 Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Daniel Shea of Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach Program joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst the organization’s 25th anniversary and ahead of Nov. 1 start to Maureen’s Haven’s Emergency Winter Shelter Program through the coldest months Listen to the playlist on Apple MusicWatch the interview on WLIW-FM YouTube

Jim Lauter joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of Nov. 4 reading from his memoir, So What Have I Learned?, at 7 p.m. at the South Huntington Public Library Listen to the playlist on Apple Music