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Riding the Wave with Mark Healey

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“Riding The Wave with Mark Healey” is the first-ever podcast to be produced by The Wave, Rockaway's Newspaper since 1893. Hosted by Mark Healey.

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BHPOA President Hank Iori Is Riding The Wave

August 09, 2017 19:00 - 36 minutes - 32.3 MB

For more than 68 years, the Belle Harbor Property Owners Association has represented the people of Belle Harbor, New York. Its mission is to protect and enhance the quality of life in the Belle Harbor community. Hank Iori, who has been the president of the organization for the last five years, recently sat down with The Wave's Managing Editor Mark C. Healey to discuss the challenges facing Rockaway.

Covering The Issues With State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

August 07, 2017 18:30 - 35 minutes - 31.2 MB

State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. represents the 15th Senatorial District which includes Broad Channel and Rockaway. Elected to the State Senate in 2008, after serving seven years in the New York City Council, Joe works on issues involving housing, health, transportation, taxes, education, military, public safety and more, including efforts, as a member of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force on Hurricane Sandy, to aid those affected by the superstorm.  He visited The Wave on Aug. 7, and ...

Thomas Kerr Is Riding The Wave

August 02, 2017 15:00 - 28 minutes - 25 MB

Thomas Kerr, the editorial cartoonist for The Wave since 2010, is professional illustrator and a graduate of the Alberta College of Art & Design. He holds a Masters in Visual Journalism from School of Visual Arts. He has been published in every major newspaper in the United States with his editorial illustration seen on the pages of  The New York Times,  Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune,  Newsday, The Village Voice, The L.A. Times, The San Francisco Chronicle amongst...

Far Rock's Rising Star

August 01, 2017 16:30 - 36 minutes - 32.9 MB

Founded in 1917, the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A's) is the national trade association representing the advertising agency business in the United States. In honor of  4A's 100th anniversary, the longtime advertising celebrating the people, agencies and ideas that drive the advertising business. Far Rockaway's Bennett D, Bennett was recently named one of the Top 100 "People Who Make Advertising Great." Bennett, who works at ad giant BBDO sat down with The Wave's Managing E...

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis Is Riding The Wave

July 31, 2017 21:30 - 25 minutes - 22.7 MB

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is running to become Mayor of New York City. She will join The Wave's Managing Editor Mark C. Healey for a tour of Beach 116th Street, then visit The Wave's office to appear on the newspaper's podcast. Malliotakis was elected to the State Assembly on November 2, 2010, defeating a two-term incumbent with 55% of the vote. She was re-elected three times in her district which covers Brooklyn and Staten Island. 

Mayoral Candidate Sal Albanese is Riding The Wave

July 25, 2017 18:00 - 29 minutes - 26.5 MB

Sal Albanese is hoping the third time is a charm. The former city councilman, educator and now attorney is runnng for mayor of New York City because he thinks he can do a far better job than New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.  On July 24, Albanese visit The Wave to tell us why.

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato is Riding The Wave

July 24, 2017 18:00 - 30 minutes - 27.1 MB

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato sat down with The Wave's Managing Editor Mark C, Healey to discuss issues that concern Rockaway.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is Riding The Wave

July 21, 2017 19:00 - 43 minutes - 38.7 MB

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio joins Managing Editor of The Wave Mark C, Healey to discuss the issues concerning Rockway and its residents.

Walker Hornung: A Man And His Music

May 30, 2017 19:30 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MB

"Singer-songwriter Walker Hornung has been introducing musicians and audiophiles alike to his unique style of flamenco-infused rock music, for more than 30 years. In that time, Hornung has performed all over the globe and has even shared a stage with such mainstream musicians as John Fogarty, Shaggy, Busta Rhymes, Allison Hinds, Doug E. Fresh and Collie Budz, to name a few." (Q&A With Singer-Songwriter Walker Hornung, Daniel Offner, The Wave, 5/27/16). Walker stopped by The Wave on May 30 ...

Chris Romulo's "Champions Uprising: Fall 7 Times, Stand Up 8"

May 22, 2017 16:00 - 24 minutes - 21.6 MB

Chris Romulo stopped by The Wave newspaper in Rockaway Beack, where he owns and operates CROM Physical Culture with his wife Sarah, to talk about his first book "Champions Uprising: Fall 7 Times, Stand Up 8."   He talks with Wave Managing Editor Mark Healey about his book, which details his twenty-year journey through the study of Muay Thai, which took him from New York City to Bangkok, Thailand and back again. 

Mike Scala Is Running For City Council

May 15, 2017 15:30 - 26 minutes - 23 MB

Attorney Mike Scala, who is First Vice President of the Queens Public Transit Committee (QPTC), stopped by The Wave to announce his intention to run for the District 32's City Council seat this coming November. 

Theater Of War: Reg E. Cathey

April 12, 2017 17:00 - 24 minutes - 21.5 MB

Award-winning actor Reg E. Cathey, best known for his roles in The Wire, House of Cards and Oz, will join host Mark Healey to discuss Cathey's upcoming performance in  the dramatic reading of Sophocles’ “Ajax,” presented on April 17 at the Rockaway Theatre Company’s Post Theater at Fort Tilden from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Theater Of War: Bryan Doerries

April 11, 2017 18:00 - 23 minutes - 20.4 MB

Bryan Doerries, the artistic director of Theater of War Productions, joins host Mark Healey to discuss how his production can assist those afflicted with PTSD. Theater of War is a dramatic reading of Sophocles’ “Ajax,” presented on April 17 at the Rockaway Theatre Company’s Post Theater at Fort Tilden from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m,   The company presents readings of Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes to military and civilian communities across the United States and Europe. These ancient plays timelessly ...

Theater Of War: Alex Morf

April 10, 2017 15:00 - 28 minutes - 25.5 MB

Theater of War is a dramatic reading of Sophocles’ “Ajax,” presented on April 17 at the Rockaway Theatre Company’s Post Theater at Fort Tilden from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m,  Theater of War aims to confront some of the issues that result from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition with which many people on the peninsula may already be familiar.  One of the actors featured in this reading, Alex Morf (Daredevil, Madame Secretary), joins The Wave's Managing Editor Mark Healey to discuss the sho...

A Day For The Irish

February 26, 2016 14:00 - 31 minutes - 27.5 MB

A schoolteacher’s beef with the Department of Education has inspired the Irish-American community of New York City to call for St. Patrick’s Day to be treated with the respect that a centuries-old holiday deserves. The Wave has learned that Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder not only agrees with the sentiment, he tells The Wave he’ll push his colleagues in the State Assembly to make it a law. On Feb. 26, Goldfeder will join The Wave's managing Editor Mark Healey on "Riding The Wave" to talk about th...

Build It Back's Amy Peterson Is Riding The Wave

June 19, 2015 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30 MB

Amy Peterson, the Director of the City’s Housing Recovery Office and the head of the Build It Back program talks about the agency's efforts to deliver on its promises to get the people of Rockaway, Broad Channel and Breezy Point back home.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer is Riding The Wave

April 03, 2015 14:00 - 30 minutes - 26.8 MB

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer has released his office's audit of the Build It Back program. On this week's Riding The Wave with Mark Healey, he'll discuss the audit and other issues Rockaway cares about the most.  Thanks again to Rockaway Roasters for the hospitality and great coffee.    

Zach Grenier and Marin Ireland are Riding The Wave

December 05, 2014 15:30 - 40 minutes - 36.3 MB

Actors Zach Grenier and Marin Ireland, who will performing  in Rockaway on Dec. 6, is our guest on this week's podcast with host Mark Healey. Grenier, who has appeared  in The Good Wife, Deadwood and Fight Club and Ireland, whose credits include Homeland, The Divide and Mildred Pierce.will be appearing in "Theater of War" an event which presents dramatic readings from Sophocles’ Ajax at Fort Tilden.  Hosted by the Rockaway Theatre Company at the RTC’s Post Theater, the performance is part of...

Anthony Weiner is Riding The Wave

October 24, 2014 14:00 - 29 minutes - 26.5 MB

This week, former NYC Councilman and U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner will join the show to discuss the latest issues facing Rockaway.  Weiner, who now concentrates on being a dad and pursuing media and consulting opportunities is still very much talked about on the peninsula, and many wish he, not Bill de Blasio, were the mayor of NYC.

Jack Freidman, Executive Director of The Queens Chamber of Commerce

October 17, 2014 14:00 - 27 minutes - 24.3 MB

On this week's Riding The Wave, Jack Freidman, Executive Director of The Queens Chamber of Commerce, will join us to discuss the upcoming Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21.  The newly formed Rockaway Beach Merchant Association will be throwing the party, which will run from noon to 5 p.m. at Beach 94th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard. We'll also discuss the QCC's support of the Queens Way project, which by it's very nature, directly opposes the efforts for the complete restoration of th...

NYC Councilman Donovan Richards is Riding The Wave

September 12, 2014 17:00 - 34 minutes - 7.75 MB

This week, NYC Councilman Donovan joins the show to to speak on a number of issues, including the controversey surrounding Rockaway Youth Task Force leader Milan Taylor, the revelations that Level 3 sex offenders are living in the homeless shelter at the former Daytop Village drug rehab facility, as well as the Councilman's efforts to improve transportation in Rockaway.  Also, the Councilman will discuss a city-wide anti-violence initiative that is coming to Rockaway, as well as his efforts t...

NYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. is Riding The Wave

September 05, 2014 16:00 - 31 minutes - 6.91 MB

This week, New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. joins the show to discuss the topics that concern Rockaway.  After serving seven years in the New York City Council, Senator Addabbo was elected to the NYS Senate in 2008.    Hosted each week by Mark C. Healey, managing editor of The Wave, Rockaway's newspaper since 1893, Riding The Wave is a Rockaway Podcast.  To subscribe to The Wave, visit rockawave.com, where you can purchase a print and / or online subscription.  You also purchas...

Queens BP Melinda Katz is Riding The Wave

August 22, 2014 16:30 - 29 minutes - 6.61 MB

On this week's Riding The Wave, we're joined by Queens Borough President Melinda Katz.  She will discuss the latest and most crucial issues facing the peninsula with host Mark Healey, the Managing Editor of The Wave, Rockaway's newspaper since 1893.

CB14 DM Jonathan Gaska is Riding The Wave

August 05, 2014 16:00 - 30 minutes - 6.75 MB

This week, Jonathan Gaska, the District Manager for Community Board 14, joins the show to discuss the latest developments in Rockaway.  Gaska is entering his 25th year at the helm of CB14, and has seen just about everything there is to see on the peninsula.  

NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich is Riding The Wave

July 18, 2014 13:00 - 27 minutes - 6.18 MB

This week's "Riding The Wave" features a Q&A with NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich, talking about the issues that most concern Rockaway.  Ulrich discusses the Wounded Warriors project, the rise in gun violence and what to do about it, as well as the recently passed NYC budget and how it affects the peninsula.   Hosted by Mark Healey, the managing editor of The Wave, Rockaway's Newspaper since 1893.