The Floyd Memorial Library Podcast is dedicated to gathering and preserving the history of the people on the North Fork.
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Episode 245 with Christopher Bianchi, The Final Chapter: Stories, Art, and the Power of Listening
Today on the Floyd Memorial Library Podcast, we’re turning the microphone around for a very special episode.
Since its beginning, this podcast has focused on the stories of the people who make up the North Fork community. Over 244 episodes, Christopher Bianchi has had the opportunity to sit down with artists, historians, community leaders, longtime residents, and people from all walks of life to hear their experiences and preserve their stories.
For this episode, the roles are reversed. Library Technology Assistant and Library Coordinator Ian Fleury sits down with Christopher to talk about his own story.
Christopher shares stories about his family background and ancestry, growing up in New Orleans, and the experience of living through Hurricane Katrina. He reflects on his early interest in the arts, his career journey, how he found his way into libraries, and what ultimately brought him to Greenport, New York.
The conversation also looks at Christopher’s work as the Reference and Local History Librarian at Floyd Memorial Library, his passion for preserving local history, and the creation and growth of the Floyd Memorial Library Podcast.
Over the course of the conversation, Christopher reflects on what the podcast has meant to him, the relationships and connections it has created, and the experience of bringing so many voices from the community together through storytelling.
After spending the last two and a half years behind the microphone listening to and sharing the stories of so many others, this episode offers something a little different: a chance to hear Christopher’s own story.
24 Aug 2026
Episode 244 with Margaret Rose de Cruz, A Healing Journey for Self, Earth, and Community
Today on the Floyd Memorial Library Podcast, I’m joined by Margaret Rose de Cruz for a conversation about healing, community, and our relationship with the world around us.
Born in Philadelphia to an Irish mother and Filipino father, both of whom worked in healthcare, Margaret’s journey has taken her from Philadelphia to Brooklyn and eventually to Greenport, where she settled in 2014. Since then, she has become involved in a wide range of community and environmental efforts, including the North Fork Environmental Council and the Repair Café at Floyd Memorial Library.
We talk about her family and upbringing, her journey into holistic healing, what brought her to Greenport, and what has inspired her commitment to community and environmental stewardship. We also look ahead to her hopes for the future of North Fork.
20 Aug 2026
Episode 243 with Ann Hurwitz, Educator and longtime member of the Southold community
Today on the Floyd Memorial Library Podcast, we're joined by Ann Hurwitz, an educator and longtime member of the Southold community. Raised in New York City, Ann grew up with a strong connection to her family history and ancestry, while spending nearly every weekend throughout the year coming out to Southold.
Her professional life was spent in education, including many years at Bank Street School for Children in New York City. But the North Fork has remained a constant part of her life, eventually becoming a place where she would build deep community connections and become involved in the life of Southold.
In our conversation, Ann reflects on her family history and ancestry, growing up in New York City, and those many trips out to Southold that became such an important part of her life. We talk about her career in education, her involvement in the community, what she loves about the North Fork, and her hopes for the future of the place she has known and cared about for so many years.
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