Sundays On The East End

Bridget 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.

Julia 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.

This 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.

Our 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 SCIBA award.  She is the author of the bestselling "A Cup of Tea;" "One Sunday  Morning;" "White Rose;" and "Loose Diamonds," a collection of modern  essays, pieces of which appeared in Vogue and The New York Times.

This 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.

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.

This 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!).

Our 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 to Shape" back to Bay Street Theater this month. Former magazine editor and gossip columnist Timothy McDarrah is a regular on the East End. His father, Fred W. McDarrah, is the iconic photographer who captured a generation of artists in their milieu (currently at the Parrish Art Museum), but also Tim will discuss the newly re-released "Pride: Photographs after Stonewall," a book of his father's ph

Interviewing 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.

You 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.

Our 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 now.

Guest 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.

This 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 Alexander.

Cuba.  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.

This 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 Bridge-Sag Turnpike. Listen on 88.3 WPPB - FM, 883wppb.org, on the TuneIn app, or Simple Radio, at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Tune 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?

There'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.    Law is a second career for Liz, who was trade magazine editor for 10  years before choosing to go to law school.  That experience has given  her a valuable non-lawyer’s perspective on work place dynamics between  co-workers and how confusing the current Me Too movement might be for  many people.  We look forwa

Guests 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.

Amagansett 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 Kevin's primary focus. 

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