WLIW-FM In Conversation is a new half-hour public radio program featuring dynamic conversations with voices from the East End and beyond. Launching with four episodes, WLIW-FM In Conversation will air weekly beginning Sunday, May 2 at 6:30 p.m. on 88.3 WLIW-FM and wliw.org/radio. The program will encore Mondays at 11:30 p.m.
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Ma’s House Founder Jeremy Dennis and Director of Production Hunter Begun with WLIW-FM General Manager Diane Masciale
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Jeremy Dennis is an Indigenous artist and founder of Ma’s House, an art studio for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) artists on Shinnecock land. Hunter Begun is Director of Production at Ma’s House, as well as an Indigenous artist and host of the Ma’s House podcast. They joined General Manager Diane Masciale at the WLIW-FM studio for a…
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In this episode, actors Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern talk about their work in Florian Zeller’s latest film The Son. They dive into the impact that reading the play had on them before starting work on the movie, and how the experience of acting in The Son profoundly changed how they interact with everyone from strangers on the street to their own chi…
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Neal Shapiro is not only president and CEO of The WNET Group, but he has been a lifelong Yankees fan since his childhood in Albany. In this special interview, he dives deep into his love of baseball with Long Island Morning Edition Host Michael Mackey. The two public media veterans talk about everything from how the game has changed since they were…
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Holly Peterson is a producer, journalist, novelist, and East End resident. Among her many published works are two satirical novels set in The Hamptons. She shares special insight into what inspired her to write about the lifestyles of the very wealthy, the class dynamics of surfing and the definition of "summer", balancing motherhood with her caree…
Fitzhugh Karol is a sculptor born in New Hampshire and currently splitting time between Brooklyn and his home in Springs, where he and his wife Lyndsay Caleo Karol strive to create a balanced triangle with their home, studio, and garden. In this edition of WLIW-FM In Conversation, Fitzhugh explains this ideal life dynamic, forming the Brooklyn Home…
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In this episode, WLIW-FM’s General Manager Diane Masciale speaks with iconic investor and writer Howard Marks. Marks founded his company Oaktree Capital Management with six tenets of investing, which he outlines along with the story of how his seminal “memos” came to be. He also shares the philosophy behind funding a remedial writing program at his…
Anna Deavere Smith is an actor, playwright, professor, and visionary. She discusses her recent MoMA honor, identity, Black theater, the extent of art's power to create social progress, and much more in this enlightening conversation with ALLARTS Artistic Director James King.WLIW-FM
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Hopeland Co-founders Deborra-lee Furness and Nicholas Evans with WLIW-FM Host Brian Cosgrove
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Deborra-Lee Furness is an actor, director, human rights advocate for vulnerable children, founder of OurHopeland and Adopt Change, and a long time east-ender. She and Hopeland co-founder Nicholas Evans join our own Brian Cosgrove to discuss how their organization is building a platform for action and advocacy to improve the lives of children growin…
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Teaser: Hopeland Co-founders Deborra-lee Furness and Nicholas Evans with WLIW-FM Host Brian Cosgrove
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Deborra-Lee Furness is an actor, director, human rights advocate for vulnerable children, founder of OurHopeland and Adopt Change, and a long time east-ender. She and Hopeland co-founder Nicholas Evans join our own Brian Cosgrove to discuss how their organization is building a platform for action and advocacy to improve the lives of children growin…
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New York Presbyterian Hostpital Youth Anxiety Center's Dr. Francis Lee & Dr. Anne Marie Albano and Digital Creator & Activist Amelie Zilber MetroFocus Host Jenna Flanagan
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Jenna Flanagan, co-host of The WNET Group’s nightly local news and public affairs series MetroFocus, speaks to Dr. Francis Lee, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Youth Anxiety Center Research Co-Director; Dr. Anne Marie Albano, Professor of Medical Psychology in Psychiatry and Clinical Site Director of …
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Extended Interview: Board Chair of National YoungArts Foundation Sarah Arison with WLIW-FM Host Gianna Volpe
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Hear the extended version of WLIW-FM host Gianna Volpe's conversation with Sarah Arison, President of the Arison Arts Foundation and Chair of the Board of National YoungArts Foundation, who talks about the foundations, her family’s long-standing commitment to the arts and their support of emerging artists and the institutions that foster them.…
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National YoungArts Board Chair Sarah Arison with Gianna Volpe, plus NYAF alumnae Yusha-Marie Sorzano and Aileen Park
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WLIW-FM host Gianna Volpe speaks to Sarah Arison, President of the Arison Arts Foundation and Chair of the Board of National YoungArts Foundation, who talks about the foundations, her family’s long-standing commitment to the arts and their support of emerging artists and the institutions that foster them. Arison is joined by National Young Arts Fou…
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ALL ARTS Artistic Director James King interviews philanthropist Agnes Gund, founder of Studio in a School and the Art for Justice Fund, and President Emerita of MoMA The Museum of Modern Art about the importance of arts and culture for young people and as a way to address social justice issues.WLIW-FM
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WLIW-FM host Brian Cosgrove speaks to Jonathan Tisch, Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels & CO, co-owner of The New Year Giants and long-time East Ender about his family businesses, the state of the hospitality business and sports franchises as they battle back from the pandemic.WLIW-FM
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Extended Interview: Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels Jonathan Tisch with WLIW-FM Host Brian Cosgrove
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The complete, unedited version of the conversation between WLIW-FM host Brian Cosgrove and Jonathan Tisch, Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels & CO, co-owner of The New Year Giants and long-time East Ender. They touch on everything from his family businesses, the state of the hospitality business and sports franchises as they battle back from the pand…