Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/15/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. One of the top climate scientists in the country is speaking tonight in St. Petersburg. We’ll meet him in just a moment. First… Read more »
Deadline to Sign Up For the Affordable Health Care Act is December 15; Premiums Expected to Remain Flat or Decline Slightly
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SDS wants USF to do more to increase Black student enrollment
Tampa Bay SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) will rally on Thursday to support increasing enrollment of Black students at the University of South Florida. Our guest on WMNF’s MidPoint from Tampa Bay SDS was Elizabeth Kramer. According to the Facebook event page, “USF has a 10.7% African American student body which is not only… Read more »
“National Disability Employment Month” on Morning Energy
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). NDEAM is a national campaign held to raise awareness about employment issues for disabled people and to also celebrate their accomplishments and contributions to society. NDEAM is also an extension of “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week”, which came into existence in 1945 when Congress enacted Public Law… Read more »
City of Tampa will host a Community Resource Fair
This weekend the City of Tampa is hosting a “Community Resource Fair” to give residents information about city services and job opportunities. WMNF spoke about it with Vanessa McCleary, Tampa’s Housing and Community Development manager. “This fair is about all the different services that we think that people might be needing and not sure how… Read more »
How Scientology and its Church members have secretly bought much of the property in downtown Clearwater
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 10/24/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning- welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—the mystery behind the recent purchase of much of the commercial property in Downtown Clearwater by the Church of Scientology and… Read more »
Tampa City Council will workshop CRAs
On Monday Tampa City Council, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency will hold a workshop about CRAs, including the possibility of hiring an executive director to oversee the city’s Community Redevelopment Areas. City Council member Bill Carlson has concerns that the rest of Tampa residents are unfairly subsidizing some CRAs. “There are eight of them… Read more »
A Kurdish American in South Florida raises concerns about the US withdrawal from Syria and an interview with Russian investigative journalists
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 10/23/19 from the drop down menu Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Later in the program we’ll meet a Kurdish American now living in South Florida who will give us his perspective on the decision by the US to pull… Read more »
Adjunct professors vote to unionize at St. Petersburg College
On Tuesday, adjunct faculty at St. Petersburg College voted to unionize. They’ll be with SEIU FPSU Faculty Forward. WMNF interviewed Angela Edwards-Luckett, an adjunct professor of world religions at St. Petersburg College. Professor Edwards-Luckett says that adjunct faculty earn only a fraction of the wages of full-time professors. “I voted to unionize because I recognize… Read more »
Cult Expert Explains How President Trump Uses Mind Control
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 10/22/19 from the drop down menu Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Host Rob Lorei: Later in the program we’ll talk with cult expert Steven Hassan about his latest book The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How The President Uses Mind Control (Simon & Schuster). Hassan is… Read more »
Carrollwood residents want to protect cypress wetlands from development
A group of Hillsborough County residents is trying to save cypress wetlands near Dale Mabry Highway from rezoning that could lead to development. They’ve started a change.org petition and a Facebook group, Save Carrollwood’s Wetland. WMNF spoke with Lauren McFadden, a resident of Carrollwood-Northdale area. Listen: “What they’re wanting to do in this wetland area… Read more »
Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter Debunks President Trump’s Deep State Conspiracy Theory
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 10/17/19 from the drop down menu Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—we’ll look at the origins of the investigation into Russia’s alleged ties to Donald Trump. But first three listener comments about yesterday’s program on which we played… Read more »
Consumer groups’ report: many used vehicles have unrepaired safety recalls
When you go shopping for a used car, chances are some of the vehicles for sale on the lot will have dangerous flaws that have not been fixed; a report released Tuesday by consumer protection nonprofits found that more than 10 percent of used vehicles surveyed at select AutoNation lots across the country have unrepaired… Read more »
“Florida is about to execute an innocent man,” says attorney
“Florida is about to execute an innocent man.” That’s what an attorney with the federal public defender’s office told WMNF News. It’s also the position of the Innocence Project. James Dailey is scheduled to be executed on November 7 for the 1985 murder in Pinellas County of 14-year-old Shelly Boggio. Carol Wright, with the federal… Read more »
Unionized newspaper reporters demonstrate in Lakeland, elsewhere
Newspapers are in crisis: budgets are being cut, reporters are getting laid off, and large media conglomerates are merging and even shuttering some newspapers completely. So unionized reporters are fighting back to try to save their jobs and strengthen journalism. During their lunch hour Thursday, reporters from The Ledger in Lakeland demonstrated as part of… Read more »
