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Southwest Florida’s rate of sea level rise speeding up
The southwest coast of Florida, especially its beaches and mangroves, are being increasingly impacted by rising seas caused by global warming; on WMNF News’ MidPoint we spoke with Mike Barry — an environmental contractor with...
2015 ALEC meeting in San Diego will include 7 Florida Lawmakers
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) will be convening in San Diego for their annual meeting this week . ALEC is a non-profit status organization of conservative lawmakers and corporate lobbyists who get together to draft...
Cuban flag now flies over embassy in Washington
The Cuban flag was raised inside the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. Monday morning for the first time in 54 years; our guests in the studio who took calls about this issue were Rayshawna Black...
Chance Drawing from Americana Fest, 7/18/15
Thanks to all who supported the Chance Drawing at the 10th Annual Americana event on Saturday, July 18th… These items are waiting at WMNF to be picked up by the lucky winners: CD Block:...
Political Strategist Barry Edwards gives a run down on the current state of Florida politics
Today on Radioactivity, we talk the facts and figures of Florida politics with Barry Edwards, a political strategist who has worked locally with both Democratic and Republican Parties. We talk about the upcoming congressional redistricting...
Green Party presidential nomination candidate Jill Stein makes her case on Radioactivity
On Radioactivity Host Rob Lorei talks with Jillian Stein, a physician from Massachusetts who is running for the 2016 Green Party Nomination for the Presidency. She ran for president once before for the Green Party...
Tampa caregiver Patricia Walker goes to Washington to call for better wages for home-care workers
Despite the growing demand for home healthcare as an alternative for the aging US population, home-care workers often struggle to making a living off their wages, which on the low end can be as little...
Expert says Iran’s nuclear program was never a weapons threat
Today we talk with William Beeman chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of Minnesota, who in a recent article argues that Iran its recent negotiations over its nuclear program, saying the country’s negotiators...
Florida League of Woman Voters “thrilled” with congressional redistricting
Yesterday the Florida Supreme Court determined that 8 congressional districts had been unfairly drawn to favor the GOP in 2012 and ordered that they be redrawn by state legislatures within 100 days . The Court...
We listen to last Friday’s episode of Florida this Week, a political discussion show moderated by Radioactivity host Rob Lorei. This week’s discussion centers on a major decision by the Florida Supreme Court ordering legislatures...
Videos from Come Back Alice / Trae Pierce & T-Stone Band jam
Come Back Alice and Trae Pierce & T-Stone Band jammed on stage together to end the night at Skipper’s Smokehouse on 10 July 2015. Part 1: Part 2: Trae Pierce & T-Stone Band cover Rage...
