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Episodes

What USF’s rise in academics and research means for enrollment, and diving with a purpose

Florida’s political landscape is still red, but the nation’s changes are out of the blue

Growth and affordability in Manatee County, and defining democratic socialism

Manatee County at the crossroads of Florida's affordability, growth and development woes

Spanning music genres – and Tampa Bay – to celebrate Public Radio Music Day

Census changes could leave some communities invisible, and a bookmobile of Epstein files

Are Florida’s local governments losing autonomy? Also, Halloween sweets talk

How the World Series-bound Tampa Bay Rays play ball on and off the field

Angie Nixon makes her case for a U.S. Senate seat, and remembering the late Joe Redner

Why the Seminole Tribe and DraftKings are at odds, and the psychology of a good scare

Florida's Black vote is more complex than polls show, and roller coaster safety

Factors that affect a food pantry's goal, and businesses opposing the SoHo flood project

What nonprofits are thinking about Amendment 3, and a new film finds Florida's underbelly

Explaining the Hope Florida expunge ruling, and caregiving without losing yourself

Foreclosure pressures grow on homeowners, and the big debate over four vaccines

A historical motto or painful reminder on driver's licenses? Also, razing Tampa's past

SNAP changes and the impact of food banks, plus a media merger with warning flags

Hubbard's Marina fills us in on the Cross-Bay Ferry's progress, and cop Flock abuse

Trop site's future awaits winner of St. Petersburg's mayoral race, and Brightline’s bankruptcy

In search of accountability in the Hope Florida saga, and SpaceX launches