The Florida Roundup

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Each week, The Florida Roundup brings us up to speed on all things Florida- be it politics, the environment, the economy, culture and more. Join host Tom Hudson for lively discussion with newsmakers, journalists and you! Email the program radio@TheFloridaRoundup.org

Episode Date
Free speech and consequences, new data on Alligator Alcatraz, PolitiFact and more
Dec 12, 2025
Congressional redistricting, AI regulation and weekly news briefing
Dec 05, 2025
Winter reading special
Nov 28, 2025
The Epstein files, Keeper and Killer podcast and weekly news briefing 
Nov 21, 2025
Government shutdown ends, Florida’s death penalty record, weekly news briefing
Nov 14, 2025
2026 Florida Governor's race, Floridians consider leaving over rising costs, federal shutdown and more
Nov 07, 2025
ACA enrollment amid government shutdown, PolitiFact and weekly news
Oct 31, 2025
Property tax reforms, football finances, “River of Grass” film & other news
Oct 24, 2025
‘Schools of Hope’ expansion, week 2 of shutdown, hedge funds and newspapers
Oct 17, 2025
Book removals, COVID-19 vaccine availability and the government shutdown
Oct 10, 2025
Florida and the government shutdown, a new book on voting rights in the state and PolitiFact
Oct 03, 2025
DOGE audits Orange County, property tax reform, open carry, tropics update, and remembering El Faro
Sep 26, 2025
Free speech after Charlie Kirk’s death, Florida and California on immigration
Sep 19, 2025
Trump's mega spending bill, Florida’s school voucher program, Donna Adelson guilty verdict and mailbag
Sep 12, 2025
Paul Renner enters governor's race, street art removals, weekly news briefing, PolitiFact and Carl Hiaasen on ‘Fever Beach’
Sep 05, 2025
Summer reading encore: Pythons, mangos and a Florida vegetarian
Aug 29, 2025
A conversation with Florida’s CFO, judge orders halt of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, food and climate change, and weekly news briefing
Aug 22, 2025
What Texas can learn from Florida’s voucher program, condo owners vs board members, weekly news briefing.
Aug 15, 2025
Florida DOGE ramps up audits, congressional redistricting and weekly news briefing  
Aug 08, 2025
Florida heatwave, investigation into Brightline deaths, and weekly news briefing
Aug 01, 2025
Florida ‘Doge’ audits, DOJ questions Ghislaine Maxwell in Tallahassee, impacts of public media funding cuts, weekly news briefing 
Jul 25, 2025
Taxes on social security, new college accreditor, flash flooding and weekly news briefing
Jul 18, 2025
Who is in charge of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’? Property insurance reforms and weekly news briefing 
Jul 11, 2025
Encore: Pythons, mangos and a Florida vegetarian
Jul 04, 2025
What we know about 'Alligator Alcatraz,' public beach access, 2025 legislative wrap, weekly news briefing
Jun 27, 2025
'Hot' and 'cold' states, Florida lawmakers pass $115 B budget and weekly news briefing 
Jun 20, 2025
Condo and home prices fall in Florida, paying college athletes, lawmakers closer to state budget vote and weekly news briefing.
Jun 13, 2025
One family’s immigration story, Jolly enters Florida’s Governor race, State budget negotiations continue, education news
Jun 06, 2025
Leadership changes at Florida universities, how ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could impact Floridians, still no state spending plan and weekly news briefing
May 30, 2025
Summer reading special: pythons, mangos and a Florida vegetarian 
May 23, 2025
Doge impact on Florida’s disaster preparedness, state budget remains at impasse and weekly news briefing
May 16, 2025
State tax debate, one year into Florida’s 6-week abortion ban, new ballot initiative law and weekly news briefing
May 09, 2025
Tourist Development Tax, session ends without budget, soon-to-be Florida college grads look ahead and weekly news briefing
May 02, 2025
Legislative session goes into overtime amid infighting, Canadian snowbirds rethink Florida and weekly news briefing.
Apr 25, 2025
Charity Hope Florida under scrutiny, how Florida and California tackle troubled insurance markets, FSU shooting and legislative updates 
Apr 18, 2025
Florida’s tax cut proposals, economic uncertainty, ‘Your Florida’ legislative session week 6 and weekly news briefing 
Apr 11, 2025
Live from Jacksonville: City criminalizes illegal immigration, a school district deals with rapid growth and a new women’s basketball league
Apr 04, 2025
Police in Florida take on immigration, Medically Unnecessary, ‘Your Florida’ legislative session week 4 and weekly news briefing
Mar 28, 2025
Property tax elimination, consumer sentiment dips in Florida, ‘Your Florida’ legislative session week 3 and weekly news briefing
Mar 21, 2025
Federal job cuts felt in Florida, Senate President Albritton on legislative priorities, ‘Your Florida’ Project and weekly news briefs 
Mar 14, 2025
UF looks for new leadership, federal role in weather forecasting, Florida’s famed springs
Mar 07, 2025
Unpublished study raises concerns over Florida’s insurance industry, fight over water fluoridation, weekly news briefing
Feb 28, 2025
Homeowners insurance and climate risk, Florida scores drop on nation’s report card, weekly news briefing 
Feb 21, 2025
New immigration laws, love in the Sunshine State, 7 years after Parkland, weekly news briefing
Feb 14, 2025
Live from Zoo Miami: Housing affordability, government spending and invasive species
Feb 07, 2025
Florida’s Immigration Bill, federal spending freeze, school start times and Dreamers’ in-state tuition
Jan 31, 2025
Snowfall in Florida, special legislative session ahead, Trump and the Christian Right, struggling citrus crops and looming seaweed
Jan 24, 2025
DeSantis’ push on immigration, Marco Rubio as secretary of state and fact checking Biden's promises
Jan 17, 2025
Florida’s laws for kids and social media, fact-checking and media literacy, weekly news briefing
Jan 10, 2025
Three perspectives on Florida’s economy and reputation
Jan 03, 2025
Encore: Climate change in Florida
Dec 27, 2024
Statewide year in review, from Barabicu to BBQ, only-in-Florida food stories
Dec 20, 2024
Countdown for condos, decisions await DeSantis, Florida’s illegal casinos and weekly news briefing
Dec 13, 2024
2025 Medicare enrollment, Sunshine State politics go to Washington, PolitiFact and weekly news briefing
Dec 06, 2024
Climate change in Florida: Shrinking mahi population, home insurance crisis
Nov 29, 2024
FEMA disaster response, tuning out of politics and Florida's new leadership
Nov 22, 2024
Florida's outsized role in national politics and how snowbirds are handling more storms
Nov 15, 2024
Florida and California: What the two can learn from each other post-election
Nov 08, 2024
Election anxiety, Florida's shifted politics and increased health risks after hurricanes
Nov 01, 2024
The Fight over Amendment 4, early voting and NPAs, PolitiFact checks claims, weekly news briefing
Oct 26, 2024
Filing insurance claims and voting after back-to-back hurricanes
Oct 18, 2024
Hurricane Milton, PolitiFact checks claims, diary of an evacuee
Oct 11, 2024
Hurricane Helene recovery, how to cast your ballot and this week's dock workers strike
Oct 04, 2024
Hurricane Helene, PolitiFact claims check, weekly briefing.
Sep 27, 2024
State investigates Trump assassination attempt, mosquito control, PolitiFact checks claims, environmental news
Sep 20, 2024
The condo crisis, EVs and charging, abortion ballot initiative fact-checks, deaths in jail and hurricanes update
Sep 13, 2024
DEP worker dismissed over leaked parks plan, political polling, swing voters, fact-checks and a weekly briefing.
Sep 06, 2024
State drops controversial parks plan, Florida jobs outlook and weekly briefing
Aug 30, 2024
Partisan school board races, DNC fact-check and environmental news
Aug 23, 2024
School cellphone bans, UF student journalist uncovers Sasse’s spending, remembering Hurricane Charley and Debby recovery efforts
Aug 16, 2024
Live from Key West: Sustainability, affordability and healthcare
Aug 09, 2024
Florida's higher education leadership, Venezuela's election crisis, weekly briefing
Aug 02, 2024
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, free speech on social media, school phone bans, NIL deals and Florida Olympians
Jul 26, 2024
Florida lawmakers on security and civility post-assassination attempt, homeless encampment ban and weekly briefing
Jul 19, 2024
Short-term rentals, presidential politics in Florida and the stalled financial forecast for abortion amendment
Jul 12, 2024
Encore: Authors Lauren Groff, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Dick Batchelor
Jul 05, 2024
Condo safety reforms, Florida’s swing state status and arts funding slashed
Jun 28, 2024
Police civilian oversight boards, sports betting clears hurdles and updates on trans healthcare policy in Florida
Jun 21, 2024
Access to Canadian drugs, state budget highlights and the truth behind '40 Acres and a Mule'
Jun 14, 2024
‘NIL’ deals for high school athletes, teacher apprenticeships and meteorologists on climate change
Jun 07, 2024
Finding Florida teachers in new WLRN series "Role Call'
May 31, 2024
Summer reading special: Authors Lauren Groff, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Dick Batchelor on Florida
May 24, 2024
Florida’s infant mortality crisis, new FAFSA issues and FAMU’s failed donation
May 17, 2024
School districts plan closures, impact of state immigration laws and Florida’s Wildlife Corridor
May 10, 2024
Florida’s 6-week ban, campus protests, public funds for sports stadiums, and environmental news
May 08, 2024
Florida sees rise in antisemitism, historical markers and fact-checking Biden’s Tampa speech 
Apr 26, 2024
Why some retired Floridians return to work, remembering Bob Graham and environmental news
Apr 19, 2024
The politics of language, new limits on 'forever chemicals' and final Delta IV launch
Apr 12, 2024
Florida Supreme Court allows recreational marijuana, abortion on November ballot
Apr 05, 2024
Coral reefs in the warming Atlantic, Disney settles Florida lawsuit and weekly briefing
Mar 29, 2024
Florida’s growing property insurance crisis, changes to real estate commissions, weekly news brief
Mar 22, 2024
Faith and politics, settlement over parental rights law, Black student-athletes urged to avoid Florida and environmental news
Mar 15, 2024
2024 legislative session ends, healthcare cyber attack, Florida takeaways from Biden’s SOTU and more
Mar 08, 2024
Transportation planning, measles, and a new way to remove school books
Mar 01, 2024
Local heat ordinances, the 2024 hurricane season, and fact-checking claims from session
Feb 23, 2024
New Florida law threatens labor unions, and six years since Parkland 
Feb 16, 2024
A social media ban for minors, Florida sends more troops to Texas, State Supreme Court tackles abortion ballot measure
Feb 09, 2024
Changes to child labor laws, Woodward and Bernstein reflect on Watergate, homelessness in Florida
Feb 02, 2024
Coastal migration, DeSantis returns to Florida full-time and a legislative briefing
Jan 26, 2024
Florida's kratom industry, DeSantis a distant second in Iowa caucus and federal lawsuits could upend the real estate industry 
Jan 19, 2024