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NOAA recommends scaling back coastal drilling plans listen
10/12/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: NOAA, oil drilling
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recommends dramatically scaling back a Bush-era plan to drill for oil and natural gas of the coasts of America. That’s according to a letter released today on the website of PEER, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
If accepted, the [Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2010-2015](http://www.mms.gov/5-year/...
1 commentsThe Laramie Project 10 years later listen
10/12/09 Mark AndersonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: gay rights, theater
11 years ago today, gay college student Matthew Shepard died after being beaten and tortured in Laramie, Wyoming, in a crime motivated by his sexual orientation. To commemorate the event and help educate the public on gay rights issues, the American Stage Theater Company presents and epilogue to Moishe Kaufman’s play, The Laramie Project – 10 Years Later. The one-time performance is tonight at 7:30 in downtown St. Petersburg.
The Laramie Project – 10 Years Later, is being simultane...
Be the first to commentClaire Lynch
10/10/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Claire Lynch, well known singer-songwriter, came into the studio and we talked about her music and her life. We particularly talked about her latest cd Whatcha Gonna Do. Claire has one of the richest, purest singing voices in music today-but her heart is just as rich and full.
Be the first to commentFamily-a film
10/10/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Faith Trimel talked about the reasons for making this film. In the film she used a wide variety of characters to illustrate the problems of being closeted in the African American and women of color community, and of coming out to their families. Issues as widely diverse as church values to athletic endorsements are discussed.
This film is part of the Tampa LGBT film fest. www.cliptampabay.com
Be the first to commentTraining Rules-a film
10/10/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Dee Mossbacher MD. Phd. with Fawn Yacker talks of the reasons for making this film. Dr. Mossbacher wanted to do a film talking about the homophobia in sports. When the situation with the Penn State Women's Basketball team and coach became known, she had the subjects for her film. Rene Portland, the former coach of women's basketball at Penn State, had three rules: no drugs, no drinking,and no lesbians. Dee talked about the ramifications of these policies.
Be the first to commentHannah Free-a film
10/10/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Wendy Jo Carlton, the director of Hannah Free, talked about the adaptation of the play by Claudi Allen into this movie.
Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey) plays Hannah and the film deals with her lifelong love of Rachel. By the use of flashbacks we follow the women from children to the present, in which they are both in a nursing room. Hannah is bedridden and cannot visit Rachel, who lies comatose in a different wing. But the reasons for her inability to see Rachel are not only based on...
Be the first to commentI Can't Think Straight-a film
10/10/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Shamin Sarif, writer-director of I Can't Think Straight talked about the film. The film is about the relationship between Tala, a beautiful well-to-do Palestinian Christian raised in Jordan and living in London, and Leyla, a Muslim living in London with her Indian immigrant parents. The film is part of the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Be the first to commentTampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
10/10/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Margaret Murray, the programming director of the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, about many of the films at the festival and ramifications thereof.
Be the first to commentNational Equality March
10/10/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Sherry Wolf, one of the organizers of the National Equality March in Washington D.C., talked about the events from Friday, October 9 through the march on Sunday the 10th. Wolf talked about the workshop she and Cleve Jones were giving on the struggle for LGBT Libertion.
Wolf is the author of Sexuality and Socialism, History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation published by Haymarket Books. the websaite of the march ...
Be the first to commentCandidates in St Petersburg Mayoral Race discuss differences listen
10/09/09 Lance RobsonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: elections, St. Petersburg
Thursday evening, forerunners in the St Petersburg mayoral race met for a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters. The event was held in St Pete City Council chambers downtown.
One often-repeated belief about the forerunners in the St Pete mayoral race is that they agree on the majority of issues. To some degree both candidates accept the need for more community policing, neighborhood revitalization, and for further educational efforts .
Asked by the moderator what issues might hi...
Be the first to commentRally for health care reform listen
10/09/09 Joshua Lee Holton and Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: health care reform
U2 is in concert tonight at Tampa’s pro football stadium, drawing thousands of fans, even hours before the gates open. Advocates for health care reform are taking advantage of the crowds to rally on the corner of Columbus and Dale Mabry until 8pm tonight. WMNF spoke with volunteer reporter Josh Holton, who was on the scene a short time ago.
Holton explained, "Well, I am down here on the corner of Columbus and Dale Mabry. There is a protest today outside Raymond James Stadium with everyb...
Be the first to commentEd Begley Jr. talks sustainability listen
10/09/09 Arielle StevensonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Many people may recognize Ed Begley Jr. from tv and film, most recently the HGTV reality series on Begley’s sustainable home called “Living with Ed”. He has been an active environmentalist since the 1970’s and recently published Ed Begley, Jr.’s Guide to Sustainable Living.
Begley spoke Friday at USF’s Green Expo about cleaner living through green technology.
WMNF spoke with Ed Begley Jr. Friday, and asked him why it was important to speak to college students about green energy.
Be the first to commentHigh Speed Rail Panel At USF Green Expo Friday listen
10/09/09 Arielle StevensonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high speed rail, USF, green expo
The University of South Florida hosted the second annual Going Green Tampa Bay Expo Friday in Tampa. Hundreds descended upon USF’s Marshall Center to learn more about sustainable technologies.
One of the many workshops presented was on hot button issue High Speed Rail. Anasi Hedad is an engineer with the Florida Department of Transportation. He has been working on producing a working high speed rail system in Florida for over thirty years.
The state’s application for 8 billion dollar...
Be the first to commentStreet Car gets Whiting extension line listen
10/09/09 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: streetcar, transit, TECO, HART
Today the Teco Line Street Car System’s Whiting Street Extension had it’s groundbreaking ceremony at the downtown YMCA. The extension will use federal stimulus money and is one measure to bring more public transportation to the Tampa Bay Area.
The 4th grade class from the Rampello Downtown Partnership School Band played at the ceremony. City council members John Dingfelder and Linda Saul-Sena attended, along with all the TECO board members and HART’s engineering staff. TECO’s David Ar...
Be the first to commentReaction to Obama winning Nobel Peace Prize listen
10/09/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Ali Abunimah
Today the Nobel Committee awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama. In a five minute speech at the White House, Obama said he was surprised and deeply humbled by the decision. He says the problems of the 21st Century can’t be confronted by any one leader or nation.
President Obama, "And that is why my administration has worked to establish a new era of engagement in which all must take responsibility for the world we seek. we cannot tolerate a world in which nucle...
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