Our Hamptons Podcast

09/26/2023

Real Estate in the Day: Allan M. Schneider, Tina Fredericks and the Way it Was has dropped. Let’s face it, we are all real estate voyeurs; it is the East End’s unofficial spectator sport. And the industry, like the world, has certainly changed. Today, you can walk in to a global real estate office in any East End hamlet and talk Montauk, or Dubai. But in the 1970’s, Allan M. Schneider saw opportunity in an industry relatively unchanged since the 1950’s. Tina Fredericks created a Boutique Agency, branding herself the Realtor to the Stars. And Mrs. Condie “Boots” Lamb was the go to for the East Hampton summer colony. Join us for a fun and nostalgic look back at everyone’s favorite subject. And please interact here if you have any of your own stories to share. We’re relatively certain we all have a “woulda, shoulda, coulda” to tell! Special thanks to and his terrific a great resource for this podcast!

09/11/2023

In the 1920’s, Richard B. Allen began buying land east of the village of Amagansett. By the mid 1930’s, Allen’s holdings of 200 acres extended along the ocean from present day Beach Lane to Napeague Lane and running inland to Bluff Road and Montauk Highway. The goal: to develop a community of beach houses for the middle class, called Beach Hampton. A fascinating story of an amazing place, and it’s available now, wherever you get your podcasts. Special thanks to Art and Architecture Quarterly for the pic and text. Thanks to friends .in.kind_easthampton and Pam K!

08/26/2023

By the time the Dunes was completed in 1912, Wiborg’s 600 acres were down to about 80. In 1941, Sara Murphy was unable to sell or rent The Dunes, and the expense to maintain it was untenable. Hence, the East Hampton Fire Department purposely demolished and burned down the Dunes. Sadly, East Hampton’s grandest estate did not survive to see its 30th year.

07/05/2023

In years gone by, hamlets like Montauk and Sag Harbor were often considered the “Un Hampton”. While subjective, let’s just say times change and leave it there. Shelter Island however, feels different. Is it the extra step of the ferry? The mom and pop nature of its shops and businesses? That one third of the island is the Mashomack Nature Preserve? Nanette Lawrenson is not only the Executive Director of the Historical Society, she is a Shelter Island “kid”. Her stories of Shelter Island then, and now will take you deep into what the place is truly all about. Listen on your preferred platform, from our bio here, or at ourhamptonspodcast.com

04/17/2023

Do you know the story of Leisurama? LIVE Podcast via Zoom Tuesday April 18 at 1 PM!
Eight participating Suffolk County Libraries!
Interactive Q&A after the Podcast!
Zoom link in our bio!

04/14/2023

We will be podcasting LIVE via Zoom with 8 participating Suffolk County Libraries. An interactive Q&A with the audience will follow. Sign up with your local library or email us for the link at [email protected]

02/21/2023

We love this painting by Robert Dash, according to This current episode has so many elements that fascinate us. The history, the storied East End families that participated, and the sheer physical beauty of speed on ice. We knew the Town of Southampton restored the shed. But we thank of the Rachel wrote and told us the Town gave a lease to the building to the Mecox Yacht Club in 2018. We invite you to listen here in our bio, on your preferred platform or visit our website ourhamptonspodcast.com

01/04/2023

Our current episode chronicles the golden anniversary, 50 years of Bridgehampton Commons. There was quite the brouhaha circa 1972 when the East End’s first shopping mall arrived. Was this the floodgates opening, strip centers on every corner, the onset of up island suburbanization? We’ll let you decide all that. But one thing that was displaced as Bridgehampton Commons expanded was the loss of the Hamptons Drive In. In fairness, this sacred piece of Americana is disappearing everywhere; times change, land is too valuable and the economics simply don’t work. But a common theme in is to go back in time. Let this wonderful pic transport you to a Bridgehampton of 50+ years ago. Watching a movie from your car, surrounded by farm fields and an endless dark sky. #1972

12/09/2022

We at are deeply moved by this picture of Jeff White, John N. White and John C. White. Standing on the land their family has worked since the 1600’s, this picture from 1985 is well within our lifetime. Yet it speaks to a moment in time that feels far removed from present day eastern Long Island. The connection of the White family to Sagaponack and their ancestral land, and the unfortunate turn of events is our current episode. Find it in our bio here, or any podcast platform. We extend our gratitude to for their support in sharing this photograph with us, and to for his efforts on our behalf.

12/04/2022

A haunting 2011 article in Vanity Fair magazine inspired this Tuesday’s podcast. Prior to becoming one of America’s priciest zip codes, Sagaponack was primarily a farming community. And the White’s, one of Sagaponack’s oldest families, have farmed their land since the 1600’s. The White’s small cottages nestled in the Sagaponack dunes, were rented seasonally; the simplicity of the setting was one of a kind. But the story takes an unsettling, and troubling turn. A different kind of that you won’t want to miss.

12/02/2022

11/30/2022

Only a select few are members of what I’ll call the one name club. Bono. Madonna. Cher. On eastern Long Island, we had Cyril. And if you ever drove on the Napeague strip on a summer weekend afternoon, there was a word for you, usually reserved for a traffic report on the BQE: rubbernecker. Because you couldn’t help but gape at what seemed to be partiers standing 10 deep and a mile long at this iconic roadside shack. Good chance Cyril was inside holding court, in what called “a sarong and sport jacket”. The described its signature drink as a BBC, for Bailey’s Irish Cream, banana and colada. In fact, Cyril told a reporter form the Irish Times, “No one in the U.S. sells as much Irish Cream as we do”. The sign at the front entrance summed it up best: “Cyril’s…A Sunny Place For Shady People”. If you have a Cyril’s story (and we know you do) please share it here. And be sure to listen to Watering Holes of the East End in our bio, or wherever you get your podcasts.