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Your spot for real, daily conversations. Where neighbors become storytellers, newsmakers explain why and how changes happen and where locals — natives to the area and newcomers — discover and delight in the community they share.

Episodes

Breaking down what’s new for the school year, and improv takes center stage in Ybor

Challenges facing Florida’s corrections system: At the top and inside the walls

New guidance on kids and psychotropics, and a red flag over FWC surveillance

Police chases: Finding a balance between speed and safety. Also, assembling a voter guide

How 3D printing is revolutionizing home construction, and Tampa's luxury boom

Daylight saving time all the time? Plus, a youngster who has a way with swords

How the Fishback decision affects the governor’s race, and school supplies’ skyrocketing costs

Charlie Crist makes his case for St. Petersburg, and two Florida executions in one day

Encore: Want to bike from Tampa Bay to Titusville? A 250-trail is nearly complete

Encore: A guide to the weird, wild and obscure parts of Tampa

Encore: Life after prison, and the cost of mass incarceration

Seeking Arcadia answers, making every splash safer, green burials, heads of the class

Groveland Four restitution, Stop WOKE stalled, girls that wanna rock, the art of anonymity

Environmental update, star rescue, pooling your resources, making the grade (plus)

A late entry in the governor’s race, getting oysters back in bed, stories of the FBI

Meet a snake charmer, breaking down the Surfside report, game over for PlayStation, dog beach

Flood-fix rainchecks, targeting spiked drinks, red-faced over a red card, teen game-changers

PTSA bridges a gap, a ‘woods to table’ chef, TPS ruling aftermath, tapping into dance

Inflation and foster care, earthquake update, new angle on property taxes, NIL hope and water

America at 250: Reflecting on fractured unity, having a blast (safely), speaking in tongs