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
February 5th, 2022 - clean water initiatives, affordable housing, congressional redistricting, and fatal Riverhead fire
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including clean water initiatives; affordable housing; congressional redistricting maps; and an update on the fatal fire in …
January 29th, 2022 - masks in schools, East Hampton Airport, open meetings law, and Express News Group's The Rising Tide
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including the debate over masks in schools; the East Hampton Airport, the Open Meetings Law; and The Express News Group’s ne…
January 22nd, 2022 - Southold Town Board, open meetings law, property tax reassessments, and temporary closing of East Hampton Airport
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including the new Southold Town Board, revisions to the Open Meetings Law, property tax reassessments and the temporary clos…
January 15th, 2022 - Covid status, Riverhead revitalization, Westhampton Beach sewer project, CCA for Long Islanders, individual actions against climate change, and a tragic house fire
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including a possible plateau of Covid numbers, the response of schools to the current state of Covid, Riverhead’s revitaliza…
January 8th, 2022 - Zeldin's campaign, cannabis, Omicron, redistricting, and virtual meetings
On this week’s edition of Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses the year’s upcoming stories, Zeldin’s campaign for New York Governor, cannabis, the implications and differences of the Omicron var…
December 18th, 2021 - Continued COVID coverage, social media school threa, Tony Walton retrospectice, fatal crash, and recreational cannabis
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including COVID and the new mask mandate; a social media school threat; a Tony Walton retrospective in Sag Harbor; a fatal c…
December 11th, 2021 - cannabis dispensaries, Riverhead School Disctrict cyberattack, affordable housing, and COVID-19
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including where legalized cannabis dispensaries will be located, a cyberattack in the Riverhead School District, affordable …
December 4th, 2021
Beth Young, Denise Civiletti, and Brendan O'Reilly join Joe Shaw.
November 20th, 2021 - tragic fire in Riverhead, tornadoes, Covid, phone scams, and the future political climate
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including the tragic fire in Riverhead that left five people dead; tornadoes on the South Fork; rising COVID numbers; the da…
November 13th, 2021 - Veterans' day, COVID breakthrough cases, kids' vaccines, supply chain issues, and Riverhead puppy mill law
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including Veterans Day; COVID-19 breakthrough cases; vaccinations for kids; supply chain issues; and an update on the Riverh…
November 6th, 2021 - election outcomes, campaign finance reform, ballot propositions, and cannabis legalization
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including the recent town and county elections; campaign finance reform; ballot propositions; and the latest news on the leg…
October 30th, 2021 - open meetings law, burying power lines, proposed hotels, changing nature of the East End, and beach access
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including proposed changes to the state’s Open Meetings Law; efforts to bury the power lines at the Downtown Montauk gateway…
October 23rd, 2021 - COVID-19, East End homeless population, local elections, immigration reform march, 65th wedding anniversary, and a murder mystery
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including COVID-19 breakthrough infections and vaccine booster shots; the East End homeless population; local elections on N…
October 16th, 2021 - Community Housing Act, Open Meetings Law, a disease killing deer, and efforts to rescue abandoned rabbits
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including final passage of the Community Housing Act and affordable housing in general on the East End; Open Meetings Law co…
October 9th, 2021 - Covid in schools, mask mandates, restaurant staffing issues, puppy mill law, Riverhead supervisor's race, and HIFF
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including COVID in schools; masking mandates; restaurant staffing problems on the East End; passage of the Puppy Mill law in…
October 2nd, 2021 - vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, a new podcast, Harbes Winery liquor license, North Fork traffic, and recreational marijuana for the Shinnecock Nation
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including the vaccine mandate for hospital and health care workers; Mr. Parpan’s upcoming podcast, “Suburban Smuggler”; the …
September 25th, 2021 - new podcast on climate change, Calverton groundwater pollution, sand mines, vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a new podcast that just dropped produced by Mr. Allen and WSHU, “Higher Ground,” capping off a longer discussion of climate change; Groundwater …
September 18th, 2021 - masks in schools, high school sports, disease in deer, deaths of Eddie Partridge and Ron Goerler Sr., North Fork winery industry, East Hampton airport, and Southampton town traffic mitigation
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the ongoing debate about masks in schools; high school sports this season; a recently discovered disease that is k…
September 11th, 2021 - 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, COVID-19 booster shots and vaccine hesitancy, indictment in fatal overdoses, East Hampton Airport, and Riverhead puppy mill legislation
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks; the latest on COVID-19, booster shots and vaccine hesitancy; i…
September 4th, 2021 - masks in schools, Riverhead revitalization, Tumbleweed Tuesday, Stargazer restoration, and East Hampton Cannabis Expo
This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of issues, including masks in schools; Riverhead revitalization and a number of proposed new apartment buildings; Tumbleweed Tuesday; a…