Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by senior reporter Michael Wright for a discussion about how East End restaurants survived the winter in the pandemic and how they are looking forward to the upcoming summer season.
Apr 16, 2021•35 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors talk about Bay Street Theater’s recently revealed plans for its new theater in Sag Harbor, and plans to purchase the adjoining “Fort Apache” building and plans to demolish it and add it to the John Steinbec...
Apr 09, 2021•31 min
In this week's edition of 27Speaks, Express News Group editors Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw and Brendan J. O’Reilly discuss the mandatory police reform plans that were due April 1 statewide. Town and village police departments on the East End, just like every other police agency in New York State, were required to seek community input and then submit a reform plan, or risk state funding. Whether these plans will result in meaningful change remains to be seen. 27Speaks is available on Apple Pod...
Apr 03, 2021•40 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by East End singer-songwriter Inda Eaton and Nick Kraus, the managing partner of the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, and Express News Group Director of Events Ellen Dioguardi (a live music super...
Mar 27, 2021•54 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by Express News Group senior writer Michael Wright for a discussion on the current state of COVID-19 vaccine distribution on the East End, and the opening of a New York State mass vaccination sit...
Mar 20, 2021•44 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by book reviewer and former educator Joan Baum, who penned a Viewpoint column in this week’s paper on the controversy surrounding the decision to stop publishing six Dr. Seuss books, for a discus...
Mar 12, 2021•39 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by reporter Desirée Keegan and Sports Editor Drew Budd for a discussion about the upcoming “fall” sports season (which will be played in the spring), including football, volleyball and cross coun...
Mar 05, 2021•31 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by veteran reporter Stephen J. Kotz and Kathryn Szoka, the co-owner of Canio’s Books, for a discussion about the Steinbeck House in Sag Harbor, which hit the market last week for $17.9 million. A...
Feb 26, 2021•36 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by veteran reporter Stephen J. Kotz for a discussion on plans by the Shinnecock Nation to build a 76,000-square-foot casino on the Shinnecock Territory, just west of Southampton Village.
Feb 20, 2021•56 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by veteran sports reporters Cailin Riley and Desirée Keegan for a discussion about the resumption of high-risk high school sports — basketball, wrestling and cheerleading — earlier this month. Th...
Feb 12, 2021•52 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by East Hampton Town Councilman David Lys and Express Group senior reporter Michael Wright for a discussion about “Truck Beach” in Amagansett, which was the subject of a recent Appellate Court ru...
Feb 05, 2021•50 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by former Sag Harbor Express Publisher and Editor Bryan Boyhan and naturalist and South Fork Outdoors columnist Mike Bottini for a discussion on the migration of the eastern coyote to the East E...
Jan 29, 2021•50 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by Co-Publisher Gavin Menu, who also serves as president of the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce, for a discussion about proposed paid parking programs in the villages of Sag Harbor and East Hampt...
Jan 23, 2021•50 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by senior reporter Michael Wright for a discussion about the ongoing rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the questions, confusion and anxiety about getting vaccinated.
Jan 16, 2021•41 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by former U.S. Representative Tim Bishop, who shares his unique perspective on the events in Washington, D.C., this week and the future of our democracy.
Jan 09, 2021•47 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by reporters Stephen J. Kotz and Michelle Trauring, as well as Sag Harbor Express Publisher Emeritus Bryan Boyhan, and the group discusses The Express News Group’s Persons of the Year selections...
Jan 02, 2021•43 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by reporter Kitty Merrill and Heart of the Hamptons Executive Director Hilton Crosby in a discussion about the success of this year’s (virtual) Polar Bear Plunge and the great work that the orga...
Dec 19, 2020•30 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors discuss the spike in COVID-19 cases, and predictions of what the next couple months might bring as the country — and world — await the much promised vaccine.
Dec 12, 2020•41 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by reporter Michelle Trauring and talk about the upcoming holiday season and how East End houses of worship are planning for the holidays in the wake of increased COVID-19 numbers.
Dec 05, 2020•37 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors talk about their Thanksgiving plans and relate stories about Thanksgivings past, holiday traditions and the different foods that have been part of their holidays throughout the years. Happy Thanksgiving, e...
Nov 26, 2020•36 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by reporter Cailin Riley, who penned a wonderful column in the spring on parenting during the pandemic. The podcast explores the trials and tribulations of taking care of kids during coronavirus...
Nov 21, 2020•35 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors talk about villages on the East End, revitalization efforts, how they are dealing with the pandemic and how they envision the future of their communities.
Nov 13, 2020•46 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by Bay Street Theater Executive Director Tracy Mitchell and Express reporter Stephen J. Kotz to talk about a recently announced deal in which the theater has purchased the Water Street Shops in ...
Nov 07, 2020•36 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors, who are joined by senior staff writer Michael Wright, talk about voting — early voting, their first times voting, the voting process and all other things voting.
Oct 30, 2020•38 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors talk about ghouls, ghosts and goblins! With Halloween on the horizon, the editors recount their own personal ghost stories and Ms. Hinkle talks about an event she held at the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, whe...
Oct 24, 2020•41 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by reporter Kitty Merrill and Leon Goodman, who is walking from Manhattan to Montauk in a silence protest of police brutality and to draw awareness to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Oct 17, 2020•40 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors talk about an interview published this week with Gopal Char, a 61-year-old Southampton Village resident who was diagnosed with COVID-19 in March. Mr. Char spent months recovering from the illness, includin...
Oct 10, 2020•36 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors talk about the iconic Stargazer sculpture on County Road 111 in Eastport, which was damaged in August during Tropical Storm Isaias. Discussions are underway on whether to repair the sculpture, which would ...
Oct 03, 2020•31 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors talk about East End restaurants, how they survived the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they hope to fare in the weeks and months to come.
Sep 25, 2020•29 min
Welcome to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. The Express News Group editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by Sag Harbor Express Publisher Emeritus Bryan Boyhan to discuss an article he wrote on the 50th anniversary of the tragic flight of The Free Life, a hot air balloon that was launched from Sprin...
Sep 18, 2020•37 min
