Behind The Headlines
Behind the Headlines is a new one-hour, weekly public radio program featuring conversations about the local and regional news of the week. Providing analysis of the latest local and regional and cultural issues, Behind the Headlines is hosted by Express News Group editors Bill Sutton and Joseph P. Shaw. To bring listeners a diversity of perspectives, voices and views, each week Sutton and Shaw will host a rotating panel of esteemed guest journalists and colleagues, from a robust collection of East End, Long Island, and regional news and public affairs outlets. Confirmed participating organizat
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 194
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Long Island feels effect of federal cuts as hundreds face lay-offs and slashed services
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses federal cuts to local agencies; a new Southampton Town Police program to help victims of domestic violence; efforts to support employees of the …
Express Sessions: Affordable Housing Funds Are Building, but the Challenges Are Towering
Please enjoy this Express Sessions while Behind The Headlines is off. This was recorded live on January 9th, 2025 and has been edited for time and conciseness. An unedited version can be found here.
Crescent Duck Farm advocates for vaccine research following mass euthanization
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses developments at the Crescent Duck Farm; limitations on public meetings in Riverhead; and officials trying to quell immigration concerns in East …
How will Trump’s immigration policies affect Eastern Long Island?
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel takes a deep dive into the current immigration debate, discussing the Trump administration crackdown and local reaction to the threat of enforcement sweep…
Express Sessions: Nonprofit Leaders Discuss Challenges and New Ways Forward
Please enjoy this Express Sessions while Behind The Headlines is off. This was recorded live on November 7th, 2024 and has been edited for time and conciseness. An unedited version can be found here.…
Express Sessions: Solving the Sag Harbor Parking Puzzle
Please enjoy this Express Sessions while Behind The Headlines is off. This was recorded live on December 5th, 2024 and has been edited for time and conciseness. An unedited version can be found here.…
Changes in trash policy could affect Brookhaven Landfill
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the Scott’s Pointe water park in Calverton; Eastern Long Island Hospital’s plans to open a stroke center; the Brookhaven Landfill; affordable ho…
Pot shop conversation continues for East End
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses pot shops; tree clearing restrictions in Southold; dumping in the pine barrens; amortizing sand mines in Southampton; and the Conscience Point S…
Triple Five lawsuit saga in Riverhead continues
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses efforts to save the Horseshoe Crabs; Lee Zeldin’s new role; the Conscience Point Hatchery loses its lease; and the Triple Five lawsuit in Riverh…
What is the wildfire threat on Long Island?
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses fallout from the national election; wildfires; Star Confectionary in Riverhead; nonprofits on the East End.
Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The…
Eminent domain controversy unfolding in Southold
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the budding cannabis industry on the East End; an eminent domain controversy in Southold; a proposed BESS facility in Flanders; and the struggli…
Pot shops popping up on the East End?
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses ballot propositions in the upcoming election; a lawsuit filed over a rejected veterans housing plan in Southampton; an historic church that was …
Kmart's last U.S. location closing in Bridgehampton, and more
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the Community Preservation Fund; the closing of the last Kmart supers store in Bridgehampton; town budgets exceeding the tax cap; and a proposal…
Where does affordable housing stand in Southampton?
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the presidential debate; affordable housing in Southampton; a stalled housing project in Riverhead; and a Bridgehampton teacher who was put on e…
Cell phone bans in schools, Riverhead agritourism, Sagaponack beach access, and more
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses cell phone bans in the light of school shootings; the Riverhead Town Board abandons agri-toruism plan and adopts comp plan; beach access in Saga…
What is the local impact of the presidential election on Long Island?
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the presidential election and its local impact; Southampton Head Start losing its headquarters; pieces of a broken wind turbine floating toward …
Riverhead Town Agritourism zoning proposal stirs opposition, and more
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel a proposed zoning change in Riverhead; Southold rental regulations; Governor Kathy Hochul’s visit to the East End; and the Vail-Levitt Musical Hall.
Affordable housing projects on the East End, and more
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses traffic gridlock during a visit from Donald Trump; the difficulty of reporting fatal accidents; affordable housing projects; and two musicals be…
How will changes in the presidential election affect East End politics?
This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the upcoming election; the moratorium on BESS facilities; Riverhead Police chief retiring; a climate change photography exhibition; and a Shelte…