Episodes

  • Bedgear

    Bedgear
    Jan 30 2025
    Bill Horan and Stacy Raine learn about the Long Island based company called BEDGEAR. They speak with Eugene Alletto, their CEO and Quarterback. BEDGEAR has created over 280 global Patents, Trademarks and Patents-pending, developing the world’s only performance bedding brand.
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    28 mins
  • Wild Ones

    Wild Ones
    Jan 23 2025
    Bill Horan and Stacy Raine learn about Wild Ones, a national non- profit organization with local chapters that promote the many benefits of landscaping using native plants such as wildflowers, shrubs, trees, and grasses. They speak with Wild Ones New York Metro Region’s president, Fred Nass, and Olivia Cunningham, who is a Community Hub Leader at Wild Ones for the towns of North Hempstead and Smithtown.
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    27 mins
  • Long Island Cat & Kitten Solution

    Long Island Cat & Kitten Solution
    Jan 16 2025
    Bill Horan and Stacy Raine talk with John DeBacker - the Vice President of a foster based animal rescue group called Long Island Cat and Kitten Solution, with the goal to rescue and save as many animals as humanly possible.
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    28 mins
  • Chaminade High School Flyer Partnership Program

    Chaminade High School Flyer Partnership Program
    Dec 16 2024
    Bill Horan (a Chaminade alum!) and Stacy Raine learn about a program at Chaminade High School in Mineola called The Flyer Partnership, with a goal to increase the daily interaction between special needs students and Chaminade’s student body so the students can learn transferable job skills. They speak with Carlo Mansueto, their Supervisor of Grounds, and Tina Smith, their Librarian, both of whom have worked with students in this amazing program.
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    28 mins
  • "Class With Lauryn" Ciardullo

    "Class With Lauryn" Ciardullo
    Dec 12 2024
    Bill Horan and Stacy Raine talk with Lauryn Ciardullo from Valley Stream, who played Princess Jasmine and many other roles in the award- winning Broadway production of Aladdin as an original cast member and can be heard on the Original Cast Album and performed on the 2014 Tony Awards. BUT when Broadway closed its doors in March 2020, Lauryn started offering online song and dance classes which has now grown into a place for young performers to work on singing, acting and dance called ‘Class with Lauryn.’
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    28 mins
  • Nassau County Tourism This Winter

    Nassau County Tourism This Winter
    Dec 5 2024
    We don’t usually think of Nassau County as a place for tourists since we LIVE here. But luckily, there are people that are paid to do so, for the people who DON’T live here to come and visit - or maybe, you can have a STAYCATION this winter. Bill Horan and Stacy Raine find out more from Kristen Stucchio-Suarez, Project Director at RRDA, the official tourism and promotions agency for Nassau County.
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    29 mins
  • Families For Inclusion

    Families For Inclusion
    Nov 21 2024
    Bill Horan and Stacy Raine learn about an organization in Nassau County called Families For Inclusion - where they promote education about autism, neurodiversity, and inclusion in elementary schools, and to assist the process wherever they can. They speak with Gina DeGregorio-Sonbert, the Founder of Families For Inclusion, and the author of a children's book series called Theodore Bearkins, about the first autistic, non-speaking main character in a children’s book where autism is NOT the focus of his tale.
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    28 mins
  • Love, Nana

    Love, Nana
    Nov 14 2024
    Bill Horan talks with Joan Hyland, the founder of Love, Nana - a Community Service Project presented by another group called Backyard Players and Friends, Incorporated. They are a volunteer & donation based non-profit whose mission is two-fold: to assist local families in need by providing gently used clothing for newborns and offering a skills training and community experience program for their participants. He also speaks with Ellen White, the Director of Backyard Players & Friends, Incorporated.
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    29 mins