"Sundays on the East End with Bridget LeRoy and Alec Sokolow"
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12/27/20 - Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton discuss family, collaboration, writing, movies, and the creative process on an updated rebroadcast.
12/20/20 - Mushrooms. 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.
12/13/20 - This 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.
12/06/20 - Cancer. 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.
11/29/20 - While 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.
11/22/20 - Ayni. 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.
11/08/20 - This 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.
10/25/20 - Oscar and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist/screenwriter Jules Feiffer and journalist/playwright JZ Holden talk to Alec and Bridget about life, love, and humor …
10/18/20 - We 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.
10/11/20 - This 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.
10/04/20 - If 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).
09/20/20 - Guest Sybille Van Kempen, owner of Bridgehampton Inn & Restaurant, the Loaves and Fishes Cookshop, and the Loaves & Fishes Food Store in Sagaponack. She 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.
09/06/20 - Bridget 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.
08/30/20 - WLIW Freeform Radio host Meg Noonan and musician Stephen Desaulniers join Bridget and Alec to discuss music, wiffle ball, and friendship.
08/23/20 - Legendary 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.
08/09/20 - We 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.
08/02/20 - East Hampton's own Paul Annacone talking about growing up on the East End, playing pro tennis, coaching Sampras and Federer, and his latest book.
07/26/20 - Join 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...
07/19/20 - A 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.
07/12/20 - Join 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).
07/5/20 - Screenwriter 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.
06/28/20 - We speak with EHHS graduate, trans advocate, global citizen and forensic entomologist Joel Melia about trans rights, dead bodies, and bugs.
06/21/20 - Join 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.
06/14/20 - This 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 All Things Considered. This Sunday, we will play a few soundbites of our favorite shows, including our interviews with Sophie B. Hawkins, April Gornik, Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton, G.E. Smith and Taylor Barton, Bonnie Michelle Cannon of the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreation Center Inc, and Alec's cool baby brother, producer Sam Sokolow with his better half, Julia Fowler of the Southern Women Channel. Tune in for a fun look back and an exciting look ahead!
05/31/20 - This 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.
05/24/20 - This 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.
04/26/20 - Bridget with this week's co-host, actress and eldest child, Georgia Warner, talking 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.
04/12/20 - Bridget and Alec interview yoga teacher and shaman Ray Crist of the Jaguar Path.
03/01/2020 — Alec and Bridget interview singer-songwriter-storyteller Inda Eaton.
02/23/2020 — Our guests are Patrick McLaughlin of Douglas Elliman and Jack Pearson of Compass Realty.
02/09/2020 — Bridget and Alec talk movie magic with Sag Harbor Cinema's artistic director Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan and its executive director Gillian Gordon Crozier.
Bridget LeRoy with special co-host Joe Shaw of the Express News Group and singer-songwriter, bandleader, and all-around rock goddess Nancy Atlas.
Alec 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.
News veteran Judy Licht and advertising guru and columnist Jerry Della Femina joined Alec and Bridget to discuss local journalism, deep fakes, and more.
Julie 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.
