Labor and employment attorney Mark A. Torres, tells the true and shameful story about the scores of Suffolk County migrant farm labor camps that housed hundreds of migrant workers on the North Fork and other of Long Island’s east end towns and villages between 1943 and 2000. The book chronicles the many aspects of this dark history including the human suffering of the camps’ inhabitants; the cause and effect of these camps; and the factors leading to their eventual decline. (WPKN, July 2021)

In the October episode of Hazel Kahan’s North Fork Works, Peggy Lauber, president of North Fork Audubon Society, talks about the many ways this flourishing local organization serves and protects not only the environment and ecosystem but also what it offers visitors and those who live and work on the North Fork.

Mattituck High School seniors Zoe King and Ryan Harned spent much of the year developing a presentation to inform Southold residents what can and must be done to conserve water and protect the Town's fragile single source aquifer from depletion and salt water intrusion. They worked in collaboration with Anne Murray, NFEC's Land Use Coordinator to develop sources for the presentation

Executive Director Minerva Perez talking about the Latino-focused nonprofit advocacy OLA of Eastern Long Island: its history, growth and presence on Long Island's east end.

Amy Folk, Southold Town historian, talks about the North Fork Project, its goal of naming all the town’s enslaved people and what was entailed in the process of finding the enslaved as well as their enslavers.

Steve Schott, Marine Botany/Habitat Restoration Educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension, talks about sugar kelp and eelgrass, plants crucial to protect and restore the waters around Long Island, and the responsibilities that come with managing the ecology of our estuarine habitats. Re-broadcast on WPKN June 4, 2025 and archived.

Greenport native Candace Hall talks about being Greenport’s Village Clerk along with some candid personal revelations: the complexities of being part of a large family in a small town, being the first young black woman to achieve community prominence and the psychological importance to her of black representation. (WPKN May 7, 2025)

Nick Krupski, Municipal Solid Waste Coordinator for Southold Town, talks about the town’s waste management policies and practices, the challenges he faces now and those he anticipates he will meet in the future. (WPKN, April 2, 2025)