journalism

Listen: Governor Ron DeSantis’s administration sent a cease-and-desist letter to an Orlando Sentinel journalist reporting on HOPE Florida, Casey DeSantis’s charity under criminal investigation.  The letter is raising eyebrows from First Amendment and ethics advocates. ...

Trump’s self-appointed “First Buddy” is leaving the office today, as Elon Musk marks his last day leading the president’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (aka DOGE). “The legacy will be a dark legacy,” Orlando-based Rep....

Betsy Leondar Wright – Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Two questions that seem...

Listen: One thing is for certain each year in Florida: hurricanes.  And with widespread power outages from Helene and Milton, many Floridians turned to their radios for the latest updates. Now, a new technology officials will...

Nationally syndicated columnist, Stephanie Hayes of the Tampa Bay Times joins us for a Year in Review across the spectrum of Florida news from the important to the absurd and the mundane.

Listen: The Republican party had a lot of wins in the 2024 election, turning some historically blue areas red.  Analysts reflected on what worked and what didn’t at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club.  Political analyst...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking unprecedented and legally questionable steps to influence this year’s elections, particularly two citizen-led petitions that seek to restore reproductive rights and legalize marijuana, says independent Florida journalist Jason Garcia. Garcia,...

Former President Barack Obama celebrates his 63rd birthday as Vice-president Kamala Harris continues her trajectory to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. Former president #45 attend the National Association of Black...

The state of abortion two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned Monique Shaw is the senior program officer of the Rober Wood Johnson Foundation and she is speaking up about how she feels on...

Alt-weeklies are getting increased attention this year, thanks in part to Tricia Romano’s new book about the Village Voice “The Freaks Came Out To Write” and a must-listen Audible podcast, “Hold Fast.” Tampa Bay has...

Susan Glickman has been involved in environmental policy-making for decades. In January she was named Vice President of Policy & Partnerships of the CLEO Institute, aka Climate Leadership Engagement Opportunities. The Miami-based nonprofit calls itself...

Tampa Bay Times reporter Justin Garcia appeared on the Tuesday Cafe with Sean March 12 to discuss how the Tampa fire chief called the police when he requested the personnel records of a firefighter who...