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Heart of the East End

Heart of the East End

By: Gianna Volpe WLIW-FM
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 The morning show on Long Island’s only local NPR radio station, 88.3 WLIW-FM, hosted by award-winning multi-platform journalist, Gianna Volpe, features music from all decades & genres, as well as folks from all walks of life. The Heart airs LIVE 9am to 11am weekday mornings, with a nightly replay at midnight streaming at wliw.org/radioWLIW-FM Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • February 20th, 2026 - The Word Edition

    February 20th, 2026 - The Word Edition
    Feb 20 2026

    This all-music edition of The Heart recorded LIVE from the WLIW-FM studio in Southampton features a playlist crafted by Gianna Volpe of songs from all decades and genres with “Word” in the title.
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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • February 19th, 2026 - Kenneth Jackson and Wendy Weiss

    February 19th, 2026 - Kenneth Jackson and Wendy Weiss
    Feb 19 2026

    Kenneth Jackson and Wendy Weiss of the East End Arts Council join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk six years of the MLK Portrait Project, which feature student-made mosaic portraits of figures from the civil rights movement and beyond. This year's portraits are currently displayed at Floyd Memorial Library through March 29.

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    52 mins
  • February 18th, 2026 - Leah Schanke

    February 18th, 2026 - Leah Schanke
    Feb 18 2026

    Leah Schanke joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to discuss her debut children's book, Freedom At Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery amid Black History Month

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    52 mins
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