Shows
Sundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Matt Raynor | 03/28/2021This week on the show, we talk to Hampton Bays photographer and artist Matt Raynor about his creative process, his accident that left him paralyzed, his near death experience, and how art continues to be an emotional outlet for him.2021-03-2854 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Amanda Green | 03/21/2021This week, we chat with our old buddy, East Hampton resident and Broadway composer/cabaret artiste Amanda Green. She is the recipient of the 2013 Frederic Loewe Award from the The Dramatists Guild of America (with collaborator Trey Anastasio of Phish) for her music for "Hands On A Hardbody" (lyricist; co-composer). She's been nominated for a Tony Award, three Drama Desk Awards, and an Outer Critics Circle Award, including a nod for her lyrics (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) for "Bring It On."
We talk about the difference between writing pop/country and writing for the stage, her incredible Broadway/H...2021-03-2154 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Mark Harris | 03/14/2021We chat with journalist/author Mark Harris ("Mike Nichols: A Life"). He is the former executive editor of Entertainment Weekly, contributing editor for New York Magazine and Vulture, along with editor-at-large for TIME, and is also known for his books "Pictures At A Revolution" and "Five Came Back," which was turned into the Netflix series of the same name. Mark lives in New York with his husband, "Angels in America" Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Tony Kushner.2021-03-1454 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Kara Hoblin | 02/28/2021If you live on the East End, then you’ve no doubt seen the beautiful imaginings of artist Kara Hoblin, Kara Bella Art, at restaurants and other places on both forks, like First And South and Love Lane Kitchen.
From whales made of flowers, to lungs made of coral, to her now-famous “thank you” to healthcare heroes drawn on a driveway, her art expresses the connectivity of nature, but in a form as fleeting as chalk. Why chalk? Join us as we discuss her choice of medium, her near-death experience, and the art of letting go.2021-03-0154 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Marissa Bridge | 02/14/2021Marissa Bridge is well-known on the East End for her botanical paintings and her unique "paper-rolling" technique for art creation. Now, she is also known for her instant-hit podcast, "The Apology Line" on Wondery, which hearkens back to NYC in the '80s, when Marissa's late husband, Allan Bridge, hosted an anonymous phone apology line for 15 years. It started as a conceptual art project and a way of atoning for his own guilty secrets. Then, a serial killer called.2021-02-1454 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Julie Ratner | 02/07/2021Julie Ratner of The Ellen Hermanson Foundation celebrates the life of her sister, Ellen, who was struck down by breast cancer as a young mother. That tragic event became the soil in which the East End-based institution bloomed into a 25-year source for helping other women. We also discuss Ellen's Run, the upcoming winter gala on March 6, turning poison into medicine, and more.2021-02-0754 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Scott Bluedorn | 01/31/2021Join our convo with artist/organizer/environmentalist Scott Bluedorn. Among many other topics, we discuss growing up on the East End, his surreal, unique artwork, his community involvement, Richard Scarry's Busytown, making a living as an artist, and Greenport Harbor Brewing co.
2021-01-3154 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Sophie B. Hawkins | 01/24/2021In honor of the inauguration, it's our inaugural show this weekend -- a revamped rebroadcast of our first episode with the brilliant singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, recorded in September of 2018.2021-01-2454 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Jeremy Blutstein | 01/17/2021We talk to localism-obsessed chef Jeremy Blutstein about growing up in Amagansett, eating too many pancakes at Estia's, getting his produce from places like Balsam Farms, LLC, his total and complete love of restaurants, and more. Plus, why Wu-Tang Clan?2021-01-1754 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Kate Mueth | 01/10/2021If you know Kate Mueth and The Neo-Political Cowgirls, then you know Kate isn't just creative on her own, but has spent a lifetime providing a platform for others to create -- whether through art, dance, theater, prose, film, and more.2021-01-1054 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guests Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton | 12/27/2020Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton discuss family, collaboration, writing, movies, and the creative process on an updated rebroadcast.2020-12-2753 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest David Falkowski | 12/20/2020Mushrooms. Cannabis. Plant medicine. Farming. This week we talk with Bridgehampton's own maven of mycellium, David Falkowski of Open Minded Organics, LLC and the OMO Apothecary in Sag Harbor, about his journey, his roots, his involvement with his community and on educating the public.2020-12-2054 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Peter Guimaraes | 12/13/2020This week our guest is Peter Guimaraes, partner in the Bice Cucina restaurant brand, CEO of Tipsy Girl, former cast member on Real Housewives of New York City, and now a candidate for mayor of NYC. Join us for this wild discussion about restaurants, the Rat Pack, growing up as an immigrant, and his decision to enter the political arena.2020-12-1454 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Duncan Darrow | 12/06/2020Cancer. It used to be whispered about. Not anymore. On this week's show, we have a discussion with Duncan Darrow, executive director of Fighting Chance, a free cancer counseling center on the East End, with a new office in Southampton along with the office in Sag Harbor. Duncan is always a great guest, and we learn so much. We talk about his own journey, what made him want to start an organization like Fighting Chance, the psychology of a cancer diagnosis, and more.2020-12-0654 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Rachel Stephens | 11/29/2020While some of us learn to become more self-sufficient during these strange times, Rachel Stephens of Sweet Woodland Farm, an avid homesteader, has been doing that for years. Join us this week to learn about the beauty of honoring nature's rhythms, growing your own vegetable and fruits, the local farmers' markets, what fire cider is, and the importance of chicken poop.2020-11-3054 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Bonnie Michelle Cannon | 11/22/2020Ayni. It's a Quechua word that means "community" or "reciprocity." There are few people on the East End who embody that more than Bonnie Michelle Cannon of Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, i.e. The Center. If you think it's all about childcare and recreation, you've got another thing coming. Listen in to an episode this week about gratitude, strength, and, most of all, LOVE.2020-11-2354 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Nancy Atlas | 11/08/2020This week we talk with Nancy Atlas, local legend, about live music and the plight of musicians on the East End during the Summer that Wasn't. Nancy, Nancy Atlas Project , and her friends (other rock stars like Johnny Blood-John Leitch, Joe Delia and others) will be performing a six-week series to raise funds for the Stephen Talkhouse.2020-11-0853 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Kathleen Russo | 11/01/202011/01/20 - Interested in podcasting and storytelling?
Sag Harbor's Kathleen Russo was married to one of the greatest of storytellers, the late Spalding Gray, and she speaks about his brilliant monologues, and her creative process producing podcasts like Alec Baldwin's "Here's The Thing" and HRC's new podcast "You and Me Both," and the Stony Brook University's Audio Podcast Fellows program, which she co-founded several years ago.
Listen in as we chat with Russo about providing a platform for storytellers (and about her own fascinating journey).2020-11-0200 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guests Jules Feiffer and JZ Holden | 10/25/2020Oscar and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist/screenwriter Jules Feiffer and journalist/playwright JZ Holden talk to Alec and Bridget about life, love, and humor …2020-10-2653 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guests ANDREA GROVER & CARLOS LAMA | 10/18/2020We talk with East End power couple Andrea Grover, executive director of Guild Hall of East Hampton and Carlos Lama, arts educator, vinyl maven, and renowned DJ. Hear about their journey from Houston to the Hamptons, navigating the arts scene and parenting during Covid, and what lies ahead.2020-10-1853 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Melissa Errico | 10/11/2020This week we are lucky enough to chat with Melissa Errico -- Broadway chanteuse, New York Times and Purist writer, wife, mother, East Ender. We discuss her trilogy of concerts with The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik, her association with the legendary French composer Michel Legrand, her marriage to Patrick McEnroe and his early battle with COVID, and more.2020-10-1153 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Lisa Votino | 10/04/2020If there is one person on the East End who could be symbolized simply by a raised fist, it would be community organizer Lisa Votino. From her hands-on work at the U.S.-Mexico border, the marches and peaceful protests she has had a hand in supporting gender equality, LGBTQA+ causes, and more recently Black Lives Matter, Lisa is on the front lines of leveling the playing field for everyone (while also parenting her daughter and "partner in crime," Lily).2020-10-0453 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Sybille Van Kempen | 09/20/2020Sybille van Kempen, owner of the Bridgehampton Inn and Loaves & Fishes Cookshop, and the Sagaponack-based Loaves & Fishes Foodstore, is bringing a new collection of small, carefully-curated and locally based farm-to-table cookbooks to the market over the course of the year. Listen to her favorite recipes for this fall season, about her family and the many important farming families that make the East End everything it is.2020-09-2046 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guests Amy Zerner and Monte Farber | 09/06/2020Bridget and Alec have their first in-person interview since the beginning of the pandemic, with world-renowned artists/authors/astrologers Amy Zerner and Monte Farber.2020-09-0749 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guests Meg Noonan and Stephen Desaulniers | 08/30/2020WLIW Freeform Radio host Meg Noonan and musician Stephen Desaulniers join Bridget and Alec to discuss music, wiffle ball, and friendship.2020-08-3045 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guests GE Smith and Taylor Barton | 08/23/2020Legendary axe man GE Smith and singer-songwriter-producer Taylor Barton -- both of Amagansett -- talk about GE's latest album, Stony Hill, recorded with famed blues musician LeRoy Bell, the music video "America," produced by Taylor, and offer how musicians and others survive -- and thrive -- in 2020 and beyond.2020-08-2353 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guests Jonathan and Rene Shapiro | 08/09/2020We talk with Jonathan and Rene Shapiro, founders of the Mixology clothing line, about their new business, Mindset Wellness CBD, their long, successful marriage, Jon's hip-hop career as Jon Saint and his several mental breakdowns on his journey.2020-08-0955 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Paul Annacone | 08/02/2020East Hampton's own Paul Annacone talking about growing up on the East End, playing pro tennis, coaching Sampras and Federer, and his latest book.2020-08-0250 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Erica Heller | 07/26/2020Join us as we engage in a conversation with author and memoirist Erica Heller about her latest book, "One Last Lunch." Within the pages, Kirk Douglas asks his father what he thought of him becoming an actor. The Anglican priest George Pitcher has lunch with Jesus. Kate O'Toole dines with her dad, Peter O'Toole. Bob Balaban imagines lunch with Groucho Marx. And more...2020-07-2648 minSundays On The East EndWLIW |Guest Palak Patel | 07/19/2020A talk with "Beat Bobby Flay" chef and Food Network personality Palak Patel about her arrival in the states as an immigrant child, her rise up the corporate ladder and how food plays such an important role in our lives, memories, and spirit.2020-07-1951 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Rex Miller | 07/12/2020Join us as we chat with filmmaker Rex Miller about tennis and Black people — namely his award-winning American Masters documentary about Althea Gibson, and his upcoming Arthur Ashe doc — plus his relationship to the East End (hint: it has to do with tennis).2020-07-1248 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Jenny Lumet | 07/5/2020Screenwriter and producer Jenny Lumet, daughter of director Sidney Lumet and granddaughter of movie star Lena Horne, discusses working with Jonathan Demme, her upcoming series, Clarice, for CBS, and growing up on the East End.2020-07-0547 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guest Joel Melia | 06/28/2020We speak with EHHS graduate, trans advocate, global citizen and forensic entomologist Joel Melia about trans rights, dead bodies, and bugs.2020-06-2850 minSundays On The East EndWLIW | Guests Dr. James Banks & Richie Byrne | 06/21/20Join us as we speak with Dr. James Banks, coordinator of multicultural affairs for Suffolk County Community College, and comedian Richie Byrne, founder of "United We Laugh," a diverse stand-up comedy tour that has frequently played on the East End. Hear about how this duo met and teamed up to change the narrative through laughter and meaningful dialogue.2020-06-2148 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Memory Lane | 06/14/20This week, join Alec and Bridget as we take a little stroll down Memory Lane. June 14 is our last show in this current incarnation, at 11 a.m. on 88.3 WPPB - FM, as next week — drumroll please! — we change over to a new time and new call letters (but same place on your radio dial). Beginning with the June 21 show, we will still be Sundays on the East End with Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow at 88.3 WLIW FM, and we will air on Sunday at 4 PM -- right after Broadway to Main Street and right before the new weekend edition of NPR...2020-06-1456 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Nicole Delma | 05/31/2020This week, Alec and Bridget talk with Sag Harbor resident Nicole Delma, founder of the "Air, Land + Sea" environmental film series of the Hamptons International Film Festival, a former "Survivor" contestant, a mom, a maker, and a doer. Nicole has recently launched a petition campaign to see if Amazon will offer plastic-free packaging, and as of the show's recording, she had received over 356,000 signatures. She has also recently launched, pre-COVID-19, a company of eco-friendly "maker's kits" with her new company, mindoffline.org.2020-05-3152 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest T.E. McMorrow | 05/24/20This week's show features author/third-generation journalist T.E. McMorrow, talking comparatively about the 1918 flu pandemic and coronavirus (including the shocking mistakes repeated by the Powers That Be), the challenges facing Census 2020 (he's been personally involved with the U.S. Census Bureau since the 1980s), and his journey from actor/punk rocker to court reporter.2020-05-2451 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | guest Matthew Raynor | 04/26/2020Bridget with this week's co-host, actress and eldest child, Georgia Warner, talkin with commercial fisherman turned artist Matthew Raynor, who was paralyzed from the chest down in 2019 and lost the use of his fingers as well. But Matt has found ways to adapt to his disability and continues to create art and inspire hope.2020-04-2654 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Ray Crist | 04/12/20Bridget and Alec interview yoga teacher and shaman Ray Crist of the Jaguar Path.2020-04-1200 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Inda Eaton | 03/01/2020Alec and Bridget interview singer-songwriter-storyteller Inda Eaton.2020-03-011h 00Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Patrick McLaughlin and Jack Pearson | 02/23/2020Our guests are Patrick McLaughlin of Douglas Elliman and Jack Pearson of Compass Realty.2020-02-231h 02Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan and Gillian Gordon Crozier | 02/09/2020Bridget and Alec talk movie magic with Sag Harbor Cinema's artistic director Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan and its executive director Gillian Gordon Crozier.2020-02-091h 00Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Co-host Joe Shaw and guest Nancy Atlas | 01/26/20Bridget LeRoy with special co-host Joe Shaw of the Express News Group and singer-songwriter, bandleader, and all-around rock goddess Nancy Atlas.2020-01-261h 04Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Eric Fischl, Patty McCormick, Steven Friedman | 01/19/20Alec and Bridget welcome noted artist and philanthropist Eric Fischl, National Book Award-nominated children's book author and educator Patty McCormick, and sports writer and journalist Steve Friedman, to discuss the new Prime House Writers' Retreat in Sag Harbor.2020-01-2057 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Judy Licht & Jerry Della Femina | 01/05/20News veteran Judy Licht and advertising guru and columnist Jerry Della Femina joined Alec and Bridget to discuss local journalism, deep fakes, and more.2020-01-0555 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Steve Skrynecki | 12/22/2019Our guest is Southampton Town Police Chief Steve Skrynecki, talking about a lifetime in law enforcement.2019-12-2257 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Dell Cullum | 12/15/2019Bridget and Alec talk to wildlife rescuer, photographer, and children's book author Dell Cullum, about his journey through loss, love, redemption, and having a pet squirrel.2019-12-1558 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Joe Delia | 12/8/2019Bridget and Alec talk with rocker, film composer and arranger, and local legend Joe Delia.2019-12-081h 11Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Tom Clavin & Bill Goldstein | 11/10/2019Alec and Bridget with guests Tom Clavin, best-selling author, and Bill Goldstein, former sports agent and raconteur.2019-11-101h 02Sundays On The East EndWPPB | GuestsJesse Warren and Aki Goldberg Terwilliger | 11/3/2019Alec and Bridget welcome Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren and Aki Goldberg Terwilliger of Aki's Kitchen to discuss entrepreneurship, community, and more.2019-11-0355 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Alejandro Saralegui | 10/27/2019Bridget and Alec talk with Alejandro Saralegui, director of Madoo Conservancy, about art, nature, and growing up in NYC.2019-10-2757 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Talia Carner | 10/20/2019Alec Sokolow interviews author and activist Talia Carner.2019-10-2059 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Bryan Downey & Ginew Benton | 10/13/2019Bridget and Alec welcome Bryan Downey, local photographer, filmmaker, and cinematographer, and Ginew Benton, filmmaker, musician, and member of the Ojibwe people, to discuss their films, "Nashville Long Island" and "Looking Glass."2019-10-1356 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest author Maureen Callahan | 10/6/19Bridget and her guest co-host, actress Georgia Warner (also her daughter) interview Maureen Callahan, author of "American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century."2019-10-0658 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Bill Smith of East End Naturals & Sam Healey of Papa & Barkley | 9/29/2019Bridget with guest co-host The Independent's Executive Editor Rick Murphy, talking to Bill Smith of East End Naturals and Sam Healey of Papa & Barkley, discussing CBD. How do you know which products to take? Who can take them and who can't? What are the benefits? And what regulations may be coming down the pike as CBD increases in popularity?2019-09-301h 00Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Taylor Berry and author of Zen Bender | 9/8/2019Bridget and Alec interview ghostwriter and author of "Zen Bender" and Taylor Berry, owner of Sag Harbor's Berry & Co., a book and botanicals store.2019-09-2257 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest is The Food Lab founder and Emmy Award winning producer Geoffrey Drummond. | 9/15/2019This week, join Bridget and Alec with Geoffrey Drummond talking about food, memory, and Julia Child. Geoffrey is executive director of The Food Lab at SUNY Stony Brook/Southampton. Over a 40-year career in film and TV, Geof was president of Saga Productions (producer of the cult classic "My Dinner with Andre") and president of A La Carte Communications, where he produced and collaborated with Julia Child for well over a decade.2019-09-1556 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | East Hampton Library's Authors Night 2019 | Part 1Bridget LeRoy interviews Alec Baldwin, Rosanne Cash, Candace Bushnell, Robert Caro, and many others during East Hampton Library's Authors Night 2019.2019-08-1550 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | East Hampton Library's Authors Night 2019 | Part 2Bridget LeRoy interviews Alec Baldwin, Rosanne Cash, Candace Bushnell, Robert Caro, and many others during East Hampton Library's Authors Night 2019.2019-08-1535 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | East Hampton Library's Authors Night 2019 | Part 3Bridget LeRoy interviews Alec Baldwin, Rosanne Cash, Candace Bushnell, Robert Caro, and many others during East Hampton Library's Authors Night 2019.2019-08-1435 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | East Hampton Library's Authors Night 2018Bridget LeRoy interviews Alec Baldwin, A.J. Finn, Lee Child, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Chris Whipple, and many others at the 14th annual East Hampton Library's Authors Night 2018.2019-08-121h 54Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Emmy-nominated TV producer Sam Sokolow and Julia Fowler of the Southern Women Channel on YouTube | 08/04/2019Julia Fowler-Sokolow discusses her viral Southern Women YouTube channel, her books, and more, Sam Sokolow talks about his Emmy-nominated Nat Geo hit series "Genius" and growing up on the East End, mom Diane Sokolow gets a word in edgewise occasionally, and me and Alec are doing our regular blah-blah-blah.2019-08-0456 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Sybille Van Kempen of Loaves & Fishes and the Bridgehampton Inn and Restaurant. | 07/21/2019This week, our guest is Sybille van Kempen of Bridgehampton Inn & Restaurant, the Loaves and Fishes Cookshop, and the Loaves & Fishes Food Store in Sagaponack. Sybille will speak about how, after 40 successful years in the Hamptons, she continues to innovate and evolve each business. Sybille and her businesses have a devoted following of celebrity fans including Jimmy Fallon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Katie Lee, and more. She started her culinary career working for Ina Garten and has raised her family out here.2019-07-2155 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest, author Amy Ephron | 07/14/2019Our guest this week is young adult author Amy Laura Ephron. Her latest book "Carnival Magic" the continued, startling, sometimes magical adventures of Tess and Max, is a bestseller and was featured in Teen Vogue, among many other magazines and journals, and is in talks as a film. It has been nominated for an American Library Association award, and the Grand Canyon Award to be announced in 2020. A companion to "The Castle in the Mist," (the intro to Tess and Max and their Aunt Evie,) was an Amazon Best pick, a B&N pick, and claimed a nom for a...2019-07-141h 00Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest World renowned pianist, raconteur, and NPR host of "Jazz Inspired," Judy Carmichael | 07/07/2019This week on our show we host world-famous jazz pianist, performer and raconteur Judy Carmichael, a Sag Harbor resident when she's not touring the world playing for kings and celebrities plus regular folks.
She is also the host of the NPR show "Jazz Inspired," which has been broadcast nationally for the past 20 years, featuring guests like Billy Joel, Frank Gehry, and Robert Redford.
Judy is a consummate storyteller and we discuss the jazz — or improvisational — lifestyle, and also where we each find those moments of music in our lives.2019-07-0756 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Peter Wood and Fred Romano, discussing writing, films, and the "sweet science" of boxing.This week we'll be talking boxing, books, movies, and overcoming your fears with Golden Gloves fighter/author Pete Wood ("Confessions of a Fighter" and "The Boy Who Hit Back") and Frederick Romano (author of "The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television" and "The Boxing Filmography"). Bridget dared to fisticuff with Pete, who has fought in Madison Square Garden and went 14-1, and has never been knocked out. Sok didn't.2019-06-3058 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests G.E.Smith and Taylor Barton | 06/23/2019This week our guests are guitarist and musical director extraordinaire G.E. Smith and his wife and partner, Taylor Barton, a singer-songwriter and the producer of the "Portraits" series at Guild Hall of East Hampton.
Looking forward to talking about music, with lots of fun anecdotes, but also about health and self-care — a road that many of us don't discover until we realize that we're not 10-feet-tall and bulletproof (usually after 50!).2019-06-2358 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests performer/writer/radio personality Walker Vreeland and Timothy McDarrah | 06/02/2019Our guests this week, at the beginning of Pride Month, are Walker Vreeland and Timothy McDarrah.
Walker Vreeland is an award-winning monologist and radio personality, producer, writer, actor, singer and voice-over artist. He is best known for having hosted The Afternoon Show on WBAZ out here, and as the creator and host of the podcast "Interview with the Artist," where he has interviewed such stars as Cyndi Lauper, Joy Behar, Betty Buckley, David Brenner, James Frey, Cheech Marin, Sandra Bernhard, and Jane Krakowski. He’s also been heard on WEHM. Walker is bringing his one-man show "From Ship t...2019-06-0253 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest co-host Joe Shaw with our guest, singer-songwriter/actor/humorist/author/etc Loudon Wainwright III. | 05/26/19Interviewing the incomparable Loudon Wainwright III, with guest co-host Joseph P. Shaw of the Southampton and East Hampton Press newspapers. We talked about familial relationship and dysfunction (but in a fun way), about Loudon's new Netflix film, "Surviving Twin," directed by Christopher Guest and produced by Judd Apatow, and about his upcoming show at Guild Hall of East Hampton on June 28, among other things.2019-05-2754 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Pamela Greinke discusses human trafficking on the East End | 05/19/19You might think we're safe from human trafficking out here on the East End, but you'd be wrong. This week join Bridget and Alec and their guests, Pamela Greinke and Nicky Banks, to talk about the very real trafficking trade on Long Island. Alec is best known for his work on "Toy Story," but he also produced the film "I Am Jane Doe," about the efforts to halt underage sex trafficking in the U.S., and also co-wrote and co-directed an animated short, "I Am Little Red," to help schoolchildren identify possible dangerous encounters.2019-05-1954 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | with guest co-host Eric Johnson, guests Meg Noonan of WPPB's Freeform Radio, & Gianna Volpe of WPPB's Heart of the East End. | 12/05/2019Our guests this week are Meg Noonan and Gianna Volpe, two of the voices of our local NPR station. Gianna is the new morning radio host of "Heart of the East End," Monday through Friday from 9 to noon, and Meg hosts Freeform Radio on Sunday evenings from 6 to 8 PM. These two rocking, badass females will join Bridget and her co-host this week, Eric Johnson, whose father, Christian Johnson, was a DJ on WLNG, and a well-known local troubadour back in the day. We'll talk about the deep, visceral effect that music can have, and about their journeys up until no...2019-05-1257 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Bonnie Cannon of the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center. | 05/05/2019Guest this week, Bonnie Michelle Cannon of the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, talking about children, affordable housing, fundraising, and "The Center" and its historical importance to the African American community.2019-05-0554 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests local healing arts practitioners and educators Erika Haberkorn and April Alexander. Guest co-host, Eric Lemonides. 04/21/2019This week Bridget's co-host is the always-fun Eric Lemonides from Almond Restaurant & Bar and L & W Market in Bridgehampton.
It's almost Earth Day, and it's also almost summer — seems like a good time to talk about methods of de-stressing, centering, and honoring our planet. We'll be discussing ways to wind down and loosen up, plus how to stay on an even keel and keep your energy positive.
We'll be talking with Erika L Haberkorn of Harmonious Earth & Soul, an expert sound healer, yoga practitioner, and Amagansett resident, and with North Fork herbalist, beekeeper, and gardener April...2019-04-2256 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests photojournalist Cynthia Carris Alonso, author of A TASTE OF CUBA and local musician Alfredo Merat. | 04/14/2019Cuba. Just the name elicits the music, the sights, flavors, smells, and history of this beautiful island. Our guests this week, Cynthia Carris Alonso, award-winning photographer and author of "Passage to Cuba" and "A Taste of Cuba," and Alfredo Merat, local musician, who recorded an album of Jacques Brel's music with a Cuban beat, will talk about their relationships with "El Cocodrilo," their visits there, and how the country inspires their art.2019-04-1459 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Sag Harbor resident, James S. Henry, Esq., a leading economist, attorney, and investigative journalist. 04/07/2019This week Bridget is MIA, but Alec will be conversing with James Henry, Esq., of www.sagharbor.com.
James S. Henry, Esq. is a leading economist, attorney, and investigative journalist who has written and spoken widely on the issues of tax justice, financial secrecy, offshore havens, and development finance. He has served as Director of Economic Research (chief economist), McKinsey & Co.; VP Strategy, IBM/Lotus Development; Business Development Manager, Chairman's Office (Jack Welch), GE; and Senior Consultant, Monitor Company.
It is sure to be an exciting and elucidating talk. Coming to you from Estia's on the Br...2019-04-0855 minSundays On The East EndWPPB| Guests April Boitano, the Tick Lady, and Brian Kelly of East End Tick & Mosquito Control. | 03/31/2019Tune in this week on 88.3 WPPB - FM, as we speak with Tick Wise Education, Inc.'s April Nill Boitano and Brian Kelly of East End Tick and Mosquito Control about those nasty little bloodsuckers that have affected so many people out here.
You'll want to learn about signs, symptoms, and solutions (Bridget believes some garlic keeps them away, and if she gets attacked she can stab them through the heart with a toothpick).
Hear about Lyme, Alpha Gal, and where do we go from here?2019-04-0153 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest employee relations and sexual harassment attorney Liz Hook of Braxton Hook in Southampton. | 03/24/2019There's a lot of talk about sexual harassment in the workplace. Besides the obvious, there are many shades of gray -- in fact, you may be surprised to find out what does and doesn't constitute harrassment.
Our guest this week is Liz Hook, who has been practicing employment law for 28 years. For 16 years she represented banks, publishers, airlines, and manufacturers she worked with Citigroup's Human Resources and Employee Relations.
Since 2006 she has been back in private practice with Braxton Hook PLLC in Southampton, which provides counseling and litigation for both employment law and special education law. 2019-03-2548 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Kenny Mann of AcaciaMoyo.org and photojournalist Doug Kuntz. | 03/17/2019Guests Kenny Mann of Acacia Moyo - Where Tradition Meets Technology and photojournalist Doug Kuntz spoke of Africa, refugees, humanity, and connection. It was such a glorious day, we taped outside of Estia's on the Bridgehampton-Sag Turnpike.... Although the show was poignant and profound, it was great to see old friends.2019-03-1953 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Kevin McCallister of Defend H2O | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy and Alec Sokolow | 3/10/2019Amagansett resident Kevin McAllister, Founder and President of DefendH2O, has professional environmental experience that spans 30 years.
His expertise is in the biological sciences and coastal zone management. He has received over 15 awards from government, media, civic and environmental organizations for personal accomplishments in natural resources conservation. Highlights include the Environmental Quality award presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2008.
Prior to his current role as chief executive of DefendH2O, Kevin served for 16 years as the founder and leader of Peconic Baykeeper | Protecting Long Island's Waters. Water resources protection and coastal adaptation are K...2019-03-1155 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Tramar Pettaway and Brandon Boyd | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy and Alec Sokolow | 2/24/2019Latest episode of Sundays On The East End2019-02-2559 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Chef Colin Ambrose of Estia's | Guest host Steve Haweeli |2/17/2019Talking with chef, raconteur, arts benefactor, and fisherman Colin Ambrose, coming to you from Estia's Little Kitchen in Sag Harbor. Colin is one of the founders of the Slow Food movement on the East End, and host of American Rivers Tour, a video blog of his adventures fishing and cooking over a fire on some of America's most beautiful waterways.2019-02-1959 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Jeff and Angela of Blocks, Trucks, + Art | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 2/10/2019Latest episode of Sundays On The East End2019-02-121h 02Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Allan Zola Kronzek, magician and author | 1/27/2019Allan Zola Kronzek is an author, educator, and sleight-of-hand artist. He is the author of six magic-centric books, including the NY Times Bestseller "The Sorcerer’s Companion—a Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter" (co-authored with his daughter, Elizabeth), and most recently, of "Grandpa Magic," a treasury of tricks, stunts, puzzles and brainteasers, designed to make grandpa the coolest guy on the block.
Prior to his current career, he was a freelance writer, a jazz DJ, and general manager of a classic rock radio station on Eastern Long Island. He occasionally performs close-up magic at private...2019-01-281h 00Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Eric Lemonides of Almond Restaurant | 1/20/2019This week our guest is Eric Lemonides, co-owner of Almond Restaurant & Bar and L & W Market in Bridgehampton.
In his early teens, Eric was allowed to go to two places without supervision — his uncle’s restaurant, which was right downstairs, or La Gamelle, a nearby French Bistro owned by friends of his dad. At La Gamelle he would sit at the bar, eating steak frites, drinking Pepsi with a splash of red wine, and making small talk with the bartenders and regulars at the age of 13. It was on those nights that he realized how much he love...2019-01-2156 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Ashley Heather of The Spur | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 1/13/2019The Spur is the first private co-working space and innovation lab in the Hamptons, and Ashley John Heather, one of the partners responsible for getting it up and running, along with another local company i-hamptons.com, will be our guest this Sunday.
"It's like WeWork and SoHo House had a baby at the beach," Ashley said. The Spur offers more than a workspace — it hosts panels, health and wellness and kids' programs, Mentorship Mondays, and the already highly popular "Shark Tank"-like "Riptide $ink or $wim".
Curious? Tune in with Bridget and Alec to learn mor...2019-01-141h 02Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Kate Mueth of the Neo-Political Cowgirls | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 1/6/20This week our guest is East Hampton resident Kate Mueth, founder of the avant-garde theater group The Neo-Political Cowgirls and instigator of "January Girls" at Guild Hall of East Hampton, a free weekly workshop this month for girls and women of all ages, led by a different artist each week, helping to find community, self-expression, and support across generations.2019-01-071h 01Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Amy Zerner & Monte Farber | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 12/23/2018This week's guests, Amy Zerner and Monte Farber. We did talk about astrology, wellness, fate, destiny, Einstein, art, Zoroastrianism, and music. And lots more. Check out all of Amy and Monte's incredible books, spiritual tools, and art at www.theenchantedworld.com2018-12-2400 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Minerva Perez of OLA | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 12/16/2018This Sunday tune in to 88.3 WPPB - FM to hear Bridget LeRoy and Dawn Watson Hamptons engage in conversation with Minerva Perez, executive director of OLA of Eastern Long Island, on a wide range of topics from art and humanity to the holidays, the East End's Latino community, and more.
Prior to Organizacion Latino-Americana, Minerva served as the Retreat’s director of residential and transitional services where she ran a 24-hour domestic violence crises shelter for singles and families fleeing domestic abuse.
In 2008, Ms. Perez volunteered her time with OLA, helping to curate the film festival...2018-12-171h 04Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Paton Miller, Artist | Hosts: Alec Sokolow with guest cohost Ann Liguori | 12/9/2018This week on Sundays on the East End with Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow, join Alec and his guest cohost Ann Liguori as they converse with artist/curator/surfer Paton Miller.
After leaving his home in Hawaii to journey through Asia in 1974, Paton Miller arrived on the East End of Long Island with a collection of travel inspired artworks that won him an art scholarship from Southampton College. Graduating with honors, Paton launched his career in over twenty solo and numerous group exhibitions in New York City and throughout the United States. Today, his works are exhibited internationally, in c...2018-12-1059 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest David Nugent, artistic director of HIFF | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 12/2/2018Our guest this week is David Nugent, director of programming and artistic director of the Hamptons International Film Festival.
David also directs the festival’s annual Screenwriting Lab. He has been a juror for the Student Academy Awards as well as the Sarasota, Newport International, Silverdocs, Galway, Gen Art, and Newfest Film Festivals. He has written festival coverage for Indiewire and participated on panels at the Sundance Film Festival and IFP’s Independent Film Week Script to Screen Conference. He has delivered guest lectures at Harvard University and Hunter College and served as a judge for student films at...2018-12-031h 00Sundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 11/25/2018Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton. The iconic actress and her daughter, who have written over 30 books together, discuss life, writing, celebrity, and what it's like to collaborate as a mother and daughter. 2018-11-2559 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guests Legislator Bridget Fleming & Bob DeLuca | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & guest cohost Joe Shaw | 11/18/2018Our guests this week will be Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming and Group for the East End's Bob DeLuca.
Bridget's primary policy initiatives focus on protecting and preserving the natural environment, and particularly water quality, public health, and responsible economic development.
Bridget was a leader in the working group that drafted the first Sanitary Code Revisions in 30 years to allow nitrogen removing systems to replace outdated on-site septic systems that leach nitrogen to groundwater and surface water, leading to brown tides, fish kills and diminishing shell fish and fin fish harvests.
Bridget worked for alm...2018-11-1959 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Duncan Darrow of Fighting Chance | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 11/11/2018Our guest this week is Duncan Darrow.
Duncan Darrow is the founder and chairman of Fighting Chance, a cancer support services organization based in Sag Harbor. In his quest to learn everything he possibly could about cancer, and to share that information with the community, Duncan wrote "Cancer Simplified," an explanation of cancer in layman’s terms to enhance patient literacy.
"Apart from the East End of Long Island, there is nowhere else in America, to our knowledge, with a regionally-focused and free-of-charge cancer counseling charity that has become an integral part of the region's health...2018-11-1257 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Rachel Stephens of Sweet Woodland Farm | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 11/4/18Latest episode of Sundays On The East End with Rachel Stephens from Sweet Woodland Farm.2018-11-0558 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest April Gornik | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 10/28/2018Around the globe, April Gornik is known as one of the world’s most celebrated landscape painters, whose name is often sprinkled into conversations, and on museum walls, with the likes of Hockney, Turner, and Monet.
But around Sag Harbor, she’s also known as Wonder Woman.
Okay, maybe not exactly. But North Haven resident Gornik is involved in myriad causes to protect the environmental and cultural aspects of the area she and her husband, the artist Eric Fischl, choose to call home. She cofounded the Sag Harbor Partnership, which currently is the platform for the renovation of t...2018-10-2959 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Ken Dorph | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 10/21/2018Ken, a leading global expert in financial institution strengthening and Sag Harbor resident, is fluent in Arabic, and speaks indefatigably to share his deep experience of Arab cultures. He launched the East End’s first interfaith Iftar, now an annual tradition, and created a talk entitled, “Gays, Gender, and God in a Changing Arab World.” In addition to Arabic (standard and several dialects), Ken is fluent in Spanish and French and is conversant in several other languages. 2018-10-2357 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Donna Gaines | Host: Bridget LeRoy with guest cohost Mick Hargreaves | 10/14/2018Donna has written for Rolling Stone, MS, the Village Voice, Spin, Newsday and Salon, and published in underground fanzines and scholarly journals. Subjects have included music, tattoos, youth, guns, pornography, TV talk shows, suburbia, spirituality, gender culture, technology and intergenerational love.
Her first book, "Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids" was declared "the best book on youth culture" by Rolling Stone; Newsday dubbed it a "cult classic." "A Misfit’s Manifesto: The Sociological Memoir of a Rock & Roll Heart," Donna's second book, remains an underground favorite among alienated young people and diehard music fans alike. Her third bo...2018-10-1600 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Shane Weeks | Hosts: Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 10/6/2018Shane is a member of the Shinnecock Nation, and currently a member of the Southampton Town Arts and Culture Committee, Watermill Center Fellowship Committee, Shinnecock Nation Natural Resource Committee, and the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Committee. He is also an artist, traditional dancer, traditional drummer, hunter, and fisherman, and gives presentations on Shinnecock life, history, and culture wherever he can, around the U.S. and elsewhere.2018-10-0857 minSundays On The East EndWPPB | Guest Sophie B. Hawkins | Hosts Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow | 09/30/2018"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" and "As I Lay Me Down To Sleep" were huge hits for Sophie -- but all she really wanted was to be the best drummer ever. When she was a kid, she didn't want to be a songwriter. "I wanted to be a song," she told us. Listen to journalist Bridget LeRoy and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Alec Sokolow as they talk to Sophie about her creative process and her continuing journey.2018-09-3051 minSundays On The East EndSundays On The East End (Trailer)2018-09-2900 min