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Presidential Politics
Preserving History and Community
The Jackson House gets a historical marker and $1 million dollars for renovation. The boarding house which housed Black travelers to Tampa, FL during segregation...
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Chip Weiner on preserving Tampa’s past through photographs
Photographer Chip Weiner discusses his two-volume book of historic photographs of Tampa juxtaposed with photos from today that he made in the exact same spots....
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Super Power Africa
The Group of 20 most industrialized nations added the entire African Union as it’s newest member. Yasin Aquil, CEO of Global Business Integratation and son...
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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...
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Labor Day Celebration of Unions and Workers
The President is in Philadelphia celebrating unions and applauded U.S. workers for building the economy. Today we discuss unions, the violent beginnings of Labor Day...
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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...
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Labor Day Celebration of Unions and Workers
The President is in Philadelphia celebrating unions and applauded U.S. workers for building the economy. Today we discuss unions, the violent beginnings of Labor Day following a strike by Pullman Railroad workers, the strike option...
The African Union, The diaspora, the debates
The Forum invited discussion of the African Union and it’s response to crisis on the continent, the diaspora and it’s relationship to the continent and Africa’s place in world events. There was some discussion of...
The Scoop: Thurs., August 3, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Donald Trump to surrender to federal authorities Donald Trump is scheduled to surrender to federal authorities in Washington this afternoon. He will be booked and fingerprinted before being escorted to his arraignment, which has been...
The Scoop: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
UPS reached a tentative contract deal with the 340,000-person strong Teamsters union yesterday, averting a strike.
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 national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother. Till was...
The voice of recording Artist, Jill Scott, kicks off the program with a protest version of “The Star-Spangled-Banner” which exclaims the U.S. is ‘Not the land of the free, but the home of the slave’....
The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Tuesday, June 6th, 2023
Listen: Florida prisoners living with HIV Florida now leads the country in the percentage of prisoners living with HIV. WMNF’s Chris Young reports on the various causes that may have led our state to this...
Radioactivity Thursday: Veteran journalist Craig Unger on his latest book “American Kompromat”
January 28, 2021 Good morning, welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset beginning in the 1980’s according to my guest today. Author Craig Unger makes the revelation...
When you study the scores of images from the January 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol Building, you can easily spot Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, Neo-Militia, unabashed-Nazi wannabes, the MAGA-garbed, the Fascist-cos-play actors, and...
January 5, 2021 Good Morning, welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Today we’ll talk with Peter Dalacos, a community activist who is spearheading the effort to protect 74 acres along the Anclote River in...
December 1, 2020 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll take a deep dive into the November 3rd election and look at voting trends among African Americans in St. Petersburg. But first...
Radioactivity Thursday: Strongmen rulers – from Mussolini to Trump
November 12, 2020 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. President Trump and his allies—including most of the top elected Republican officials in Florida are refusing to concede that Democrat Joe Biden has won...
