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David M. Alpern

David M. Alpern ran the “Newsweek On Air” and “For Your Ears Only” radio shows for more than 30 years, hosted weekly podcasts for World Policy Journal, and now records news stories for the visually impaired at gatewave.org from his home in Sag Harbor.

Iris Smyles

Iris Smyles is the author of the novels "Iris Has Free Time" and "Dating Tips for the Unemployed," which was a semi-finalist for the 2017 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Founder and editor of the web museum Smyles & Fish, she edited and wrote the afterword for the cult book, "The Capricious Critic" by Ari Martin Samsky, based on a column she commissioned for that site.