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Criminal Justice Sunday, October 01st 2023

The Incarceration Nation

Alexandra Bailey calls in to the Forum to discuss efforts to end mass incarceration in federal prison. She talks about the bipartisan First Step Act...

American History Friday, September 08th 2023

Counting The True Costs Of War. The Secret Lives Of Young Arab Women.

Norman Solomon – War made Invisible: How America Hides The Human Toll Of Its Military Machine More than twenty years ago, 9/11 and the war...

African American Monday, August 28th 2023

Episode 19: Earnest Coney Chief Executive of CDC of Tampa

CDC of Tampa is a social service organization that is responsible for making society better by providing skills for the modern workforce, real estate for...

African American Monday, August 07th 2023

Episode 18: Andrea Debose a Prose in the Tampa Federal Court System and Won. However, experiencing unnatural delay.

How to represent yourself in federal civil courts as a Prose.

Human Rights Monday, July 24th 2023

Asylum in the US: thoughts on Human Rights

Asylum-seekers treated as invaders as Republican politicians scheme against them lead discussion. Revelations about the “Guantanamo Candidate” documentary. Also, President Joe Biden will designate a...

African American Monday, June 26th 2023

Episode 16, June 19, 2023: Commemoration of Juneteenth History at WMNF 88.5 FM

In 2021, Juneteenth became a federal holiday remembered as an end to the institutional chattel slavery in Galveston, Texas(1865). Union General Gordon Granger and his...

Human Rights Tuesday, November 19th 2019

Long Time Peace Activist Touts Non-Violence As Effective Way to Bring About Positive Social Change

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/19/19 from the drop down menu: https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Non-violence was used successfully in the last...

WMNF photo: Tampa Tiger Bay Club debate on Florida sex education

Education Monday, November 18th 2019

Florida sex education debate: abstinence-only or comprehensive?

When students in Florida schools are taught about sex, should it be from a comprehensive sex education curriculum or should it be abstinence-only? On Friday the Tampa Tiger Bay Club hosted a conversation about sex...

Climate Friday, November 15th 2019

Interview with climate scientist Michael Mann ahead of his speech in St. Petersburg

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/15/19 from the drop down menu: https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. One of the top climate scientists in...

Health Wednesday, November 13th 2019

Deadline to Sign Up For the Affordable Health Care Act is December 15; Premiums Expected to Remain Flat or Decline Slightly

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/13/19 from the drop down menu: https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity, I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk about access to...

Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease - white-plague disease coral disease FWC - stony coral tissue loss disease

Environment Tuesday, November 12th 2019

Are probiotics a key to slow spread of Florida’s devastating coral disease?

The most extensive coral disease ever is still spreading and could cause several species to go locally extinct in Florida, but scientists are studying how probiotics could help slow the spread of stony coral tissue...

Homeless Tuesday, November 12th 2019

Legal Advice for Veterans on Appeals, Spousal Benefits, Burn Pits, Blue Water, Upgrading “Bad Papers”, Veterans Courts and the New Form System

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/12/19 from the drop down menu: https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Yesterday was Veterans Day. Many people serve...

Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in St. Pete, Florida by Sean Kinane

Environment Monday, November 11th 2019

Sea Shepherd founder: “no whales will be killed in international waters” this year

According to its website, the “Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization.” They rely on direct-action tactics to stop illegal activities and are often involved in a confrontation with other...

News and Public Affairs Friday, November 08th 2019

President Trump Hires Controversial Televangelist Who Got Her Start in Tampa

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/08/19 from the drop down menu: https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: The New York Times reported two weeks ago: “Paula White, a televangelist based in Florida...

Climate Thursday, November 07th 2019

Athena Society hears about Florida Climate Reporting Network

Climate change is affecting Florida more than just about any other state; that’s one reason why a coalition of 18 partners, including news organizations, have banded together to form what’s called the Florida Climate Reporting...

Health Wednesday, November 06th 2019

Florida Health Advocates Speak Out about Possible Cuts to the Medicaid Disability Program and in Favor of Medicaid Expansion

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/06/19 from the drop down menu: https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, I’m Rob Lorei and this is Radioactivity. Medicaid is health coverage set up...

Kathy Castor talks about climate change effects on birds

Climate Tuesday, November 05th 2019

New Audubon report paints bleak future for birds because of climate crisis

Because of the worsening climate crisis, many bird species “will be forced to relocate to find favorable homes. And they may not survive.” Those are some of the findings of a new report from Audubon....

Environment Tuesday, November 05th 2019

Hillsborough HIKING SPREE starts this weekend; The Time’s Festival of Reading this Saturday; And new allegations of Saudi Government involvement in 9/11

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/05/19 from the drop down menu: https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—now that the weather is getting...

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