In this episode, actors Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern talk about their work in Florian Zeller’s latest film The Son. They dive into the impact that reading the play had on them before starting work on the movie, and how the experience of acting in The Son profoundly changed how they interact with everyone from strangers on the street to their own children. The Son played recently at the Hamptons International Film Festival and will be in theaters nationwide on Friday, November 25th.If you or someone you know is in emotional crisis, call or text 988. This will connect you to the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for confidential, free support at any time.

Neal Shapiro is not only president and CEO of The WNET Group, but he has been a lifelong Yankees fan since his childhood in Albany. In this special interview, he dives deep into his love of baseball with Long Island Morning Edition Host Michael Mackey. The two public media veterans talk about everything from how the game has changed since they were young to the significance of the New York Yankees. Shapiro shares insight on how the lessons learned in baseball inform his leadership style.

Holly Peterson is a producer, journalist, novelist, and East End resident. Among her many published works are two satirical novels set in The Hamptons. She shares special insight into what inspired her to write about the lifestyles of the very wealthy, the class dynamics of surfing and the definition of "summer", balancing motherhood with her career, and much more in this extended interview with General Manager Diane Masciale.

Fitzhugh Karol is a sculptor born in New Hampshire and currently splitting time between Brooklyn and his home in Springs, where he and his wife Lyndsay Caleo Karol strive to create a balanced triangle with their home, studio, and garden. In this edition of WLIW-FM In Conversation, Fitzhugh explains this ideal life dynamic, forming the Brooklyn Home Company with Lyndsay and her brother, how his childhood in New Hampshire continues to inform his practice, and much more.

In this episode, WLIW-FM’s General Manager Diane Masciale speaks with iconic investor and writer Howard Marks. Marks founded his company Oaktree Capital Management with six tenets of investing, which he outlines along with the story of how his seminal “memos” came to be. He also shares the philosophy behind funding a remedial writing program at his alma mater, UPenn, and keeping alive the spirit of the East End.

Anna Deavere Smith is an actor, playwright, professor, and visionary. She discusses her recent MoMA honor, identity, Black theater, the extent of art's power to create social progress, and much more in this enlightening conversation with ALLARTS Artistic Director James King.

Deborra-Lee Furness is an actor, director, human rights advocate for vulnerable children, founder of OurHopeland and Adopt Change, and a long time east-ender. She and Hopeland co-founder Nicholas Evans join our own Brian Cosgrove to discuss how their organization is building a platform for action and advocacy to improve the lives of children growing up without a safe, loving family and to create a better world for them where they can thrive. Find our more at ourhopeland.org

Deborra-Lee Furness is an actor, director, human rights advocate for vulnerable children, founder of OurHopeland and Adopt Change, and a long time east-ender. She and Hopeland co-founder Nicholas Evans join our own Brian Cosgrove to discuss how their organization is building a platform for action and advocacy to improve the lives of children growing up without a safe, loving family and to create a better world for them where they can thrive. Listen to the entire conversation Saturday, June 12th at 6:30pm ET.Learn more at ourhopeland.org

Jenna Flanagan, co-host of The WNET Group’s nightly local news and public affairs series MetroFocus, speaks to Dr. Francis Lee, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Youth Anxiety Center Research Co-Director; Dr. Anne Marie Albano, Professor of Medical Psychology in Psychiatry and Clinical Site Director of the Youth Anxiety Center, Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders; and digital creator and political activist Amelie Zilber about the mental health issues of today’s youth and the Youth Anxiety Center.If you or someone you know has thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255 and talk to a real, caring human being who will listen and help. Learn more at afsp.org.

Hear the extended version of WLIW-FM host Gianna Volpe's conversation with Sarah Arison, President of the Arison Arts Foundation and Chair of the Board of National YoungArts Foundation, who talks about the foundations, her family’s long-standing commitment to the arts and their support of emerging artists and the institutions that foster them.