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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

Sybille van Kempen, owner of the Bridgehampton Inn and Loaves & Fishes Cookshop, and the Sagaponack-based Loaves & Fishes Foodstore, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.