Sundays On The East End

We chat with Grubhub Senior VP and East Hampton resident Maggie Drucker about food, working for Martha Stewart, providing counsel for The New York Times finding your creative voice in the legal world, and food. Did we say food? And her life on the East End, of course.

On our penultimate show, we chat with Anne Chaisson, executive director of the Hamptons International Film Festival, about the importance of movies, her journey from business to producer to executive director, about film festivals in general and their place  in the landscape, and, of course, about the East End.

What does it take to become America's premiere college essay mentor?). For Chris Hunt, it took a lifetime in international journalism (The Wall Street Journal's Hong Kong correspondent in the '90s, among other gigs), two published books (one about motorbiking the Ho Chi Minh trail), and his own blue-chip education (Dartmouth, The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE). Listen in, during this week of college acceptances, to hear about Chris's journey and what it takes to make the admissions offices sit up and pay attention.

This 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.

This 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/Hollywood upbringing (daughter of Adolph Green and Phyllis Newman), and her upcoming projects -- plus laughs and a few surprises.

We 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.

If 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.

Marissa 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.

Julie 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.

Join 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.

In 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.

We 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?

If 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.

Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton discuss family, collaboration, writing, movies, and the creative process on an updated rebroadcast.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.