It seems that nearly every year there is some bipartisan support in Florida for banning oil and gas drilling procedures known as fracking. But a full ban has not been passed. Brooke Errett, the Florida organizer with Food and Water Action, hopes the Governor and Legislature will change that. She’s helping to organize a series… Read more »
The epidemic of overdoses by certain drugs is likely even worse than reported in a major national database; that’s the conclusion of a study published Tuesday by a researcher at the University of South Florida. WMNF interviewed Troy Quast, an associate professor of health economics at the USF College of Public Health. The study was… Read more »
Do you believe part of Nostradamus’s prophecies has come true? The famous French doctor and alchemist from the 16th century, apparently predicted the beginning of the Second World War, Hitler’s ascension, the fall of communism, President J. F. Kennedy’s assassination, India’s independence and the occurrence of Israel State on the world map. According to Nostradamus… Read more »
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Follow this link and select 01/03/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—we’ll discuss the assassination last night of Iraq’s top military leader and the prospects for a wider military conflict in the Middle East…. Read more »
James Dailey is on death row for the 1985 murder in Pinellas County of 14-year-old Shelly Boggio; another man was also convicted of the murder who says he acted alone. In October WMNF interviewed an attorney with the federal public defender’s office in Tampa; Carol Wright said that “Florida is about to execute an innocent… Read more »
One of the most famous guitar manufacturers in the world is suing a much smaller company that makes guitars in Tampa; Gibson is suing Tampa’s Armadillo Enterprises, which makes guitars under the Dean and Luna brands. Gibson says three Dean or Luna guitars violate its trademarks. Law professor Darryl Wilson, an associate dean at Stetson… Read more »
“They would rather us starve than be allowed to live out here.” On the morning of September 3rd, Matthew Conway stood on a median in downtown Tampa holding a sign that read ‘Jesus loves you’, until Tampa police officers detained and arrested him. He spent 10 hours in jail before he was bailed out. In… Read more »
Journalist, author and CNN national security analyst, Peter Bergen’s timely new book, Trump And His Generals reads like an outrageous fantasy thriller, set in Washington DC. The antics of the president and his cohorts as they proceed without customary norms to select generals for major posts in his administration could be sub-headed, “Truth Is Definitely… Read more »
On Thursday archaeologists announced they had found 55 more caskets when they scanned a new section of land near a Tampa Housing Authority development known as Robles Park Village. The newly-discovered caskets bring the number to about 200 of the expected 800 burials at what was known as Zion Cemetery. Friday at a Tampa Tiger… Read more »
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 12/18/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— A class-action lawsuit filed in Federal Court in Tampa claims that redistricting is actively depriving African Americans of the right to… Read more »
The U.S. House will vote on impeaching President Donald Trump on Tuesday; so, before the vote, WMNF asked U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) for her thoughts. “It’s a very busy week in Washington. But the most serious vote of all will be to impeach the President. “But we really have no choice in this. The… Read more »
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 12/17/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Earlier this month Israel’s new defense minister ordered plans to build new settler housing in the volatile West Bank city of Hebron. Israel’s pro-settler… Read more »
On Tuesday the Highlands County Commission considered — but voted against — a resolution to make the county a “Second Amendment sanctuary;” the 4-to-1 vote came after dozens of residents spoke for or against the resolution. On MidPoint Monday we played much of the public comment from this meeting. Listen to the show here. About… Read more »
On Wednesday the U.S. House will vote on whether or not to impeach President Donald Trump; on MidPoint, we talked to an activist who is organizing a demonstration in St. Petersburg Tuesday evening supporting impeachment. Wednesday vote is expected to succeed, mostly along party lines, to impeach a sitting U.S. president for only the third… Read more »
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has given a Texas company a permit to drill six exploratory wells for oil and gas in the Panhandle; but environmental groups say that’s a bad idea. WMNF interviewed Georgia Ackerman, Riverkeeper and executive director at Apalachicola Riverkeeper. “The Florida DEP Oil and Gas Program has issued exploratory oil… Read more »
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 12/13/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: This weekend at the Stageworks Theatre in Tampa a reading of parts of the Mueller report will be performed. It’s a staged reading called “The Investigation: A Crime in 10… Read more »
Why are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, and hope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered explanations for centuries, but their accounts often ignore or even avoid human evolution. Evolutionary scientists answer with proposals for why ritual, religion, and faith make sense as adaptations to past challenges or as by-products… Read more »
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 12/12/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In This program was videotaped and put on our WMNF News Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/WMNFNews/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Last week we had a conversation with the executive… Read more »
If the Trump administration goes ahead with its plan to expand offshore drilling for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean there are likely to be severe threats to Florida, even on land. That is part of the findings from a new report from Environment Florida. WMNF interviewed Jenna Stevens, state… Read more »
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 12/11/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In This program was videotaped and put on our WMNF News Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/WMNFNews/ Intro: Good morning welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. In the background we’re listening to one of the… Read more »
Last week, video was released of a migrant teenager who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody; it’s deaths like this – and of outright violence by U.S. border officers — that triggered activists to hold a vigil Tuesday afternoon in Ybor City. A small group held what they’re calling a “solidarity vigil” across the street… Read more »
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 12/10/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In The first part of this program was videotaped and put on our WMNF News Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/WMNFNews/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. Congress first approved the Equal Rights Amendment in… Read more »
Critics of three proposed toll roads through rural Florida are combining their efforts to fight back against the highways. Cris Costello, organizing manager for the Sierra Club, says the task forces put together to give the state input on the proposed roads are a “sham.” “When Senate Bill 7068 was racing through both chambers of… Read more »
The City of Clearwater wants to overhaul a popular waterfront park, Coachman Park; the city is seeking input from residents through a series of four public information sessions that continue Wednesday evening. It’s from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Countryside Library, 2642 Sabal Springs Drive. The next two are: Dec. 7, 11 a.m…. Read more »
Environmentalists in the United States and India often face different types of challenges, but they can also learn from each other on innovative ways to confront global problems like climate change. An activist and socially conscious entrepreneur from New Delhi, India will speak Tuesday evening in St. Petersburg about these environmental challenges. The community conversation… Read more »
