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Nutritionist Eve Prang Plews
03/28/11 Robert LoreiSustainable Living and Alternative Health Listen to this entire show:
Tags: nutrition, health, alternative health
Another edition of Alternative Health with Eve Prang Plews and Rob Lorei
3 commentsIt gets Better: A Movement to Stop Bullying and Reduce Teen Suicides
03/28/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday)
Tags: It Gets Better, Dan Savage, LGBT, Terry Miller
You're listening to Radioactivity on WMNF. I'm Rob Lorei. Last summer the nation was rocked by a spate of gay teen suicides: youths who took their own lives because of gay bullying. In September 2010, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a YouTube video with his partner Terry to inspire hope for young people facing harassment. They wanted to create a personal way for supporters everywhere to tell LGBT youth that, yes, it does indeed get better. The “It Gets Better” project has t...
Be the first to commentWar correspondent talks about covering Afghanistan and Pakistan
03/28/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday)
Tags: Kim Barker, foreign correspondents, Afghanistan, Pakistan, war, media
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Our first guest today is Kim Barker, author of the new book THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE. She chronicles the years she spent reporting on the forgotten war, doing the “Taliban Shuffle” between Afghanistan and Pakistan after the U.S. military had decamped for Iraq. Barker was an unlikely foreign correspondent—she did not own a passport, spoke only English, and knew little to nothing about Osama bin Laden or Islam. But, in the wake of 9/11, her bos...
Be the first to commentFlorida House passes bill targeting union dues process listen
03/25/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Scott, unions, Florida legislature, Bill Frishe, Rick Kriseman, Jeff Clemens, Chris Dorworth, Joe Gibbons, Irving Slosberg, Gwendolyn Clark-Reed, Scott Plakon
As the battle over state workers’ unions continues in Wisconsin, the Sunshine state may be in for a fight of its own. Today the State House of Representatives passed a bill that would prevent state and local government employees from paying their union dues by way of automatic paycheck deduction. Opponents say the bill’s GOP supporters are trying to strip away workers’ rights.
Lake Worth Democrat Jeff Clemens told his colleagues that his job has an elected member of the Florida House of R...
1 commentsCEO of Children's Board on mental illness & early childhood education listen
03/25/11 Dawn Morgan ElliottWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: mental illness, research, USF, education, Children's Board
Dr. Luanne Panacek is the CEO of the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County. This week she attended the 24th Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference in Tampa, and sat on a panel that responded to keynote speaker Geoffrey Canada, a somewhat controversial education reformer and founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone in New York.
WMNF’s Dawn Morgan Elliott interviewed Panasek today, and began by asking her to explain the role of the [Children’s Board](http://www.childre...
Be the first to commentLast Call with Alexander Zaitchik
03/24/11 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Alexander Zaitchik, Glenn Beck, Alex Jones
Alexander Zaitchik comes on the show to discuss Glenn Beck and Alex Jones and their success doing conservative talk.
Be the first to commentRick Scott signs teacher pay and tenure bill then is protested at Tampa charter school
03/24/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Scott, education, SB736, SB6, charter schools
Governor Rick Scott signed his first bill as governor this morning in Jacksonville. The governor later spoke at Pepin Academy, a charter school in Tampa, to discuss the future of education in Florida.
Senate Bill 736, or "Son of 6" as many opponents are calling it, is a bill that requires teacher pay be linked to student performance. According to information released by Scott’s administration, tests, including the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test or FCAT, will be used to measure stude...
Be the first to commentDespite Scott opposition, fed official touts health care reform in Tampa listen
03/24/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: health care overhaul, Rick Scott, Pam Bondi, tea party, health care reform
One year and one day have passed since President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act, a measure critics refer to as Obamacare. A federal official touted the benefits of the law to a handful of small business owners in Tampa today, even though Florida has turned down a few of the act’s key provisions.
The women’s small business roundtable took place in the very room where, in 2009, a town hall on health care reform nearly turned into a riot. Most in attendance wanted to know how t...
Be the first to commentTampa delays decision on contract for red-light cameras listen
03/24/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa City Council, red-light cameras, Charlie Miranda, Pam Iorio, Mary Mulhern, Yvonne Yolie Capin, Bob Buckhorn
Tampa City Council has delayed a decision on a contract for red-light cameras. In its last regular meeting before newly-elected members join in April, Council deadlocked 3-3, pushing the decision to the next regular meeting on April 7.
Curtis Stokes, who was defeated in his bid for a citywide seat on the council, and Mary Mulhern and Charlie Miranda, who were re-elected, voted against the contract. Miranda’s main concern is that revenue would be slated for the city’s general fund and not ...
Be the first to commentBob Buckhorn wins runoff to become next Mayor of Tampa listen
03/23/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bob Buckhorn, Rose Ferlita, Mayor, Tampa, election, Ed Turanchik, Pam Iorio
After nearly a year on the campaign trail, Bob Buckhorn has felt the rush of not one, but two victories. Just a few weeks ago, Buckhorn celebrated at a sports bar in Ybor City as he grabbed a seat in the run off election against Rose Ferlita, barreling over front runner Dick Greco in the process. Then yesterday he celebrated again. This time from a stage located in Channelside. A larger crowd, a larger venue and a larger victory welcomed him last night. His supporters were not just hopef...
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03/23/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Japan, earthquake, tsunami, nuclear power, radiation, Japan earthquake, Fukushima
Japan's police agency says more than 9,500 people are dead after an earthquake and tsunami, and 16,000 are missing, although those tallies are likely to overlap.
The country’s government says the economic costs of the catastrophic March 11th earthquake and tsunami could reach $309 billion.
Tokyo's utility company says black smoke has been seen emerging from Unit 3 of the crippled nuclear plant in northeastern Japan, prompting a new evacuation of the complex. Workers have been temporaril...
Be the first to commentPSTA approves rate hike for bus system for people with disabilities listen
03/23/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas, transit, PSTA, transportation, disabilaties, busses
Disabled bus riders who rely on Pinellas County’s on-demand bus system to get around will have to make a little more room in their budgets if they want to keep riding. The county’s transit board raised the system’s fares by 50 cents in what they’re calling a stop-gap measure to help deal with massive revenue shortfalls.
Pinellas Park activist Marshall Cook said he uses Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s Demand Response Transportation, or [DART](http://psta.net/da...
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03/23/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, war, Barack Obama, peace, Robert Gates
President Barack Obama is ruling out a land invasion of Libya to force Moammar Gadhafi out. Obama told the television network Univision that an invasion is absolutely out of the question.
1 comments"What this is is a very specific military action that's time limited, that is in support of an international effort to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Libya. And to establish a no-fly zone so that Gadhafi cannot use his forces against his own people. We've been successful in pushing his forces back so t...
Annual tax call-in show part two
03/23/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: federal income tax, Phil Scheidt, Lee Hewitt, Malcolm Hayes, taxes, IRS
Good morning, welcome to part two of our annual tax call-in series. Today, we're joined by Andy Mason and Phil Scheidt, two CPA's who are here to take your phone calls and e-mails about filling out your federal income tax forms.
Be the first to commentTampa mayoral runoff hits final day - will it be Ferlita or Buckhorn? listen
03/22/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bob Buckhorn, Rose Ferlita, Curtis Stokes, Tampa Mayor's race, 2011 election
Tampa voters have just a few hours left to cast a ballot in the race for mayor and several City Council seats. Throughout town, candidates have amped it up for the home stretch despite a paltry turnout so far at the polls.
"Hi, we're calling on behalf of Bob Buckhorn. He's running for Mayor today."
With just hours to go, campaign workers at mayoral candidate Bob Buckhorn’s Ybor City election headquarters were still plugging away this afternoon, dialing everyone listed on the voters rol...
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