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Eve Prang Plews Discusses TMAO Levels and Whether There Is a Political Cause of Obesity
05/06/13 Robert LoreiSustainable Living and Alternative Health Listen to this entire show:
Tags: obesity in U.S., TMAO levels, heart disease, stroke, stomach bacteria, self medication, fatty food
Sarasota area nutritionist Eve Prang Plews returns for a discussion about health and nutrition. Rob Lorei asked her about a new Cleveland Clinic Study on TMAO levels as reported last week by CBS News .
Rob also asked her to comment on this article: The Political Roots of American Obesity.
Be the first to commentReligious, Civil Liberties and Progressive Leaders Discuss the 2013 State legislative Session
05/06/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: youth kept in solitary confinement, human rights, wage theft, speed up of the death penalty, usurpation of local control, Medicaid expansion
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll discuss the just ended 2013 session of the state legislature with three guests: Rev. Russell Meyer is Executive Director of the Florida Council of Churches, Julie Ebenstein a staff attorney with the Florida ACLU and Damien Filer of Progress Florida
1 commentsNewly Released FBI Documents Link Sarasota Family to 9/11 Hijackers; and The Growing Military Role of the CIA
05/03/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 9/11 investigation, Prestancia neighborhood, 9/11 hijackers, Broward Bulldog, Senator Bob Graham, military role of CIA
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. Today we’ll hear two guests before we open the phone lines. We’ll talk with a South Florida Reporter who has been following up on the activities of the 9/11 hijackers- as they lived in Sarasota in the months before the attacks on New York and Washington. There’s new information about what the FBI knows- and as a result Senator Bob Graham has called for a new investigation of 9/11. And later we’ll talk with a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter about t...
Be the first to commentUhuru activists want St. Pete Police out of their neighborhoods for good listen
05/03/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Uhuru, African rights, African-Americans, St. Petersburg, civil rights, human rights, St. Pete Police
Activists from the Uhuru are demanding that St. Pete Police officers remove themselves from black communities. During a protest in front of the police station today, nine people spoke out against the agency for what they call terrorizing black neighborhoods.
“The street crimes unit is a special unit of the police department that act as armed thugs in the African community.”
That’s Chimerenga Waller with the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement. Waller led the group in ch...
Be the first to commentAuto text reader from the Florida House, Mary, talks about the legislative session
05/03/13 Janelle IrwinLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: legislative session, florida, Medicaid expansion
After the Florida House of Representatives failed to pass a measure that would expand the state's Medicaid program under the federal healthcare law, House Democrats used a parliamentary stall tactic to try to force the conversation.
Democrats asked that bills be read in their entirety on the Senate floor. That text can be hundreds of pages long. So House Republicans fired back by using an auto text reader named Mary.
Mary answers questions about Medicaid expansion and we talk about ...
Be the first to commentFormer State Senator Paula Dockery Discusses the Legislative Session Including the Debate over Medicaid Expansion and the Parent Trigger Bill
05/02/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: health insurance for low inclome Floridians, parent trigger bill, cahrter schools, education spending, rightward drift of GOP, former Senator Paula Dockery
Good morning- welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk about the almost completed work of the 2013 state legislative session. Joining us will be former state senator Paula Dockery from Lakeland.
But first one listener comment. After yesterday’s interview about the vast amounts of methane hydrates located at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico the conversation veered to energy efficiency and automobiles. Here’s what one listener had to say after yesterday’s program.
T...
Be the first to commentSt. Pete City Council puts off next phase of pier funding listen
05/02/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Pete City Council, the Pier, the Lens, Charlie Gerdes, Leslie Curran, Jim Kennedy, Wengay Newton, WOW St. Pete, Concerned Citizens of St. Pete
St. Pete City Council members won’t decide whether to approve $1.5 million for the new St. Pete Pier for another two weeks. Council members voted 5-3 Thursday in favor of putting the decision off until city staff can give board members a better idea of how that money is being spent.
The city’s head architect, Raul Quintana, had asked the city to green light the next design phase so that the project could stay on schedule.
The Lens design chosen to re...
Be the first to commentTampa City Council weighs options on what more to do about panhandling listen
05/02/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa, panhandling, homelessness, Tampa City Council
Thursday Tampa City Council considered further crackdowns on panhandling.
The discussion was still going on when we went to air.
During public comment in the morning nine people asked council to enact an ordinance putting more limits on when and where people can ask for handouts. Shawn Robinson, president of Hillsborough Community College's Ybor City campus, says panhandlers harass students and faculty.
However, two people opposed additional constraints on panhandling. Jon Dengler wo...
Be the first to commentImmigration reform targeted during Ybor City May Day celebration listen
05/02/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: immigration, AFL-CIO, May Day, International Workers' Day
Immigration reform could become a reality now that some United States Senators have suggested ideas that would provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million people. Activists made that their focus Wednesday during a May Day protest in Ybor City’s Centennial Park. The ACLU of Florida’s Paola Everett said the legislation is a start, but more needs to be done.
Be the first to comment"We really need to make sure that this immigration reform includes fair access to education. That it allows people to go back to ...
Governor Scott signs new ethics and campaign finance reform legislation
05/02/13 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Scott, Dan Krassner, Integrity Florida
Dan Krassner with Integrity Florida joined the program to talk about new campaign finance and ethics reform bills Florida Governor Rick Scott signed on Wednesday.
Among the changes include raising the individual campaign contributions of individuals to candidates from $500 to $1,000 for local candidates, and to $3,000 for those running for state-wide office, something Integrity Florida applauds, but groups like the League of Women Voters oppose.
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