The Shelter Island Historical Society is hosting the upcoming 60s Dance Party Saturday. Host Susan Carey Dempsey sat down with event chair Adam Bundy to learn about what's going on.

Lisa Shaw on the Shelter Island Historical Society community musical

Jul 22nd, 2022 18m 55s

The curtains open on a new Shelter Island Historical Society community musical Friday night through Sunday."The Prospect of Summer" is written and directed by the Island's Lisa Shaw and it is about the legendary prospect Hotel.Ms. Shaw join

Donnamarie Barnes on the fascinating, enduring history of Sylvester Manor

Jun 20th, 2022 22m 1s

Historian Donna Marie Barnes joins us from Sylvester Manor, where stories continue to unfold from centuries ago.The Shelter Island reporter podcast features conversations with some of the island's most fascinating people. It is hosted by Susa

Veteran journalist Karl Grossman on 'Cold War Long Island'

Feb 18th, 2022 21m 1s

Journalist Karl Grossman has covered Long Island since 1962, including authoring the long-running Suffolk Closeup column in the Shelter Island Reporter. His recent book, published by The History Press, takes a look at "Cold War Long Island." Gr

A look at the first 50 years of the Shelter Island Police Department

Sep 2nd, 2021 21m 2s

The Shelter Island Police department turns 50 this year. Shelter Island Reporter staffers Susan Carey Dempsey and Charity Robey discuss the department's history in the return of our Conversation podcast.

Shelter Islanders remember Canon Paul Wancura

Mar 17th, 2020 34m 32s

It's been two years since Canon Paul Wancura died of injuries inflicted in a home invasion on Shelter Island.In Susan Carey Dempsey's recent conversation she spoke with Wancura's close friend, Father Charles McCarron of St. Mary's Church, as

Find out what it's like to live and work in Shelter Island's Mashomack Preserve

Feb 4th, 2020 29m 35s

Jeremy Samuelson is the Director of the Nature Conservancy's Mashomack Preserve.In Susan Carey Dempsey's recent conversation with him, they spoke about what it's like to live and work in the midst of a 2,000-acre jewel of unspoiled nature.

Margaret Garrett draws inspiration from her natural surroundings and her background in the ballet

Jan 22nd, 2020 27m 22s

Shelter Island's Margaret Garrett is an artist who lives and works on Shelter Island. In Susan Carey Dempsey's recent conversation with Garrett, they spoke about the artist's background in ballet, her passion for art, and her recent focus on

Sgt. Terry LeGrady from the SIPD remembers Det. Brian Simonsen

Dec 6th, 2019 17m 24s

In Susan Carey Dempsey's recent conversation with Sergeant Terry LeGrady, they discuss the recent loss of LeGrady's former NYPD partner Det. Brian Simonsen and the Shelter Island community's outpouring of support in the months that followed.

Jimbo Theinert talks post traumatic growth in the wake of his brother's tragic passing

Nov 12th, 2019 27m 36s

Shelter Island's Jimbo Theinert has dedicated much of his time to helping veterans and their families since the tragic passing of his brother Joseph J. Theinert nearly 10 years ago. In Susan Carey Dempsey's recent conversation with Theinert,

Fighting Chance provides free counseling to East End cancer patients

Oct 30th, 2019 22m 11s

A native of Sag Harbor, Duncan Darrow is the founder of Fighting Chance, a free cancer counseling center that has served the East End of Long Island since 2002.In Susan Carey Dempsey's recent conversation with Darrow, they spoke about the cen

Award-winning writer Robert Lipsyte on how he made his career and what makes him cry

Oct 14th, 2019 27m 41s

Robert Lipsyte is an award-winning writer who has personal recollections about some of the giants of our time.In Susan Carey Dempsey's recent conversation with Lipsyte, they spoke about these stories including his top memories with Muhammad A

Food historian Charity Robey talks eating and drinking locally

Oct 8th, 2019 22m 36s

Shelter Island's Charity Robey is a food historian as well as a chronicler of many interesting Island lives.In Susan Carey Dempsey's recent conversation with Robey learn why she thinks our bay scallops are the best in the world, the joy of he

Shelter Island's Lois B. Morris can map your personality

Sep 26th, 2019 24m 24s

Lois B. Morris has been a travel writer, psychology journalist, and most recently the developer of a personality test called New Personality Self Portrait. She has a special offer for listeners. Map your personality at www.npsp25.comSusan C

Author Sara Bliss' new book Take the Leap will inspire you

Sep 23rd, 2019 26m 6s

Filled with valuable advice, Sara Bliss' book Take the Leap: Change Your Career, Change Your Life, offers over 50 inspiring stories centered around making transformative career changes. Susan Carey Dempsey recently spoke with Bliss as she

Shelter Island's Aterahme Lawrence on her life's obstacles, successes, hopes and dreams

Sep 18th, 2019 23m 12s

Shelter Island’s Aterahme Lawrence, a finalist in the Miss New York competition, is determined to overcome life's obstacles and fulfill her hopes and dreams with drive and positivity.Susan Carey Dempsey recently spoke with Lawrence covering e

Journalist Bill Geist on summers in the Ozarks and life on Shelter Island

Aug 15th, 2019 19m 44s

Bill Geist's reports on CBS Sunday Morning have entertained us for more than 30 years and now the Shelter Island resident has published a memoir called "Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America."Susan Carey Dempsey recent

Author Tom Junod on Shelter Island and the man you know as Mr. Rogers

Jul 18th, 2019 31m 58s

From the Shelter Island Reporter, Conversation is a series of talks with interesting people on or around Shelter Island, New York. This week, Susan Carey Dempsey speaks with author Tom Junod, a senior writer at ESPN. While writing for Esquire

Episode 4: Laura Jens-Smith

Dec 20th, 2018 40m 40s

Grant Parpan speaks with Riverhead Town Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith as she wraps up her first year in office.This episode of Conversation was sponsored by Beth Hanlon Agency http://bit.ly/bethhanlon

Episode 3: Jim Bunchuck

Dec 6th, 2018 28m 48s

Southold's longtime Solid Waste Coordinator Jim Bunchuck clears the air on the future of recycling during confusing times. He talks about the reasons why changes are necessary to the program and shares tips for concerned homeowners.Conversati

Episode 2: Joe Townsend

Nov 21st, 2018 1h 18m

Host Grant Parpan speaks with North Fork native Joe Townsend on growing up in Greenport in the 1950s and 60s, serving as the village's youngest mayor and his ongoing battle with ALS.This week's episode of Conversation was sponsored by Peconic