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Local news and politics program, broadcasting from Sarasota's own WSLR 96.5 LP FM, every Wednesday & Friday at 6 pm (with a Week in Review on Saturday at Noon). Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or at www.WSLR.org.
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Episode 404: WSLR News Wed., Dec. 10: MCR Health; Rattlesnake Key; Defend Florida; Siesta Key beach battles
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Episode 403: WSLR News Wed., Dec. 3: New Manatee County Commission chair; art erasure lawsuit; Venezuela ambassador; The Amish Project
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Episode 402: WSLR News Fri., Nov. 28: Polluter out, affordable housing in; Tallevast contamination; pesticide drones
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Episode 401: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 26: Hunger; twice-erased muralist; Mengele survivor; wild turkeys
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Episode 400: WSLR News Fri., Nov. 22: Juvenile curfew; oil drilling; Heal Palestine; Unidos Now quince
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Episode 399: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 19: Sarasota school board; Siesta Key development; CONA; UnidosNow
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Episode 398: WSLR News Fri., Nov. 14
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Episode 397: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 12: Climate resilience conference; canopy walkway; Alligator Alcatraz protest
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Episode 396: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 7: New College DOGE'd; Manatee approves more CDDs; funding for Sarasota Land Preservation Program
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Episode 395: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 5: Sarasota school shuffle; underused schools; Publix open carry pushback; truly affordable housing; clergy vs. ICE
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Episode 394: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 31: SEE Squads; special education school takeover; Disappeared in America; Newtown hoop takedown; Performing Arts Foundation gala
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Episode 393: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 29: Legislators seek to take control over port from Manatee County; Sarasota takes back Polytech consolidation plans; Thaxton surprises; Ukraine activists
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Episode 392: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 24: Hoop trouble; Sarasota Sheriff loves ICE; New College denies emeritus status; VanWezel preservation; active shooter training
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Episode 391: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 22: Kristi Noem; No Kings; more school consolidation; DR Horton rejected again; power undergrounding
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Episode 390: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 17: judge orders ICE to release undocumented father; The Bay Phase 3; Lakewood Ranch park expands; bathroom boondoggle
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Episode 389: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 15: No Kings protests; Phillippi Creek dredging; Tallevast trouble Part 2; Voces de Inmigración 2
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 388: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 10: Yoav Gallant in Sarasota; Mater Academies seeks Manatee schools, too; Betty Osceola; Hermitage Artist Retreat; Tallevast contamination
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Episode 387: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 8: Sarasota school stays open; Sarasota School Board race; The Bay picks politically connected restaurateur; stormwater politics; Stuart Eizenstat
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Episode 386: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 3: Redistricting potest; feeding immigrants in distress; school closings; vaccine politics; Hispanic art
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Episode 385: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 1: Florida's jail to ICE pipeline; Nuestro Vaiven; Eat Local Week; remembering Breonte; pickleball champ
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Episode 384: WSLR News Fri., Sep. 26: Schools of Hope; open carry confusion; deportation; Hermitage retreat struggles
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Episode 383: WSLR News Wed., Sep. 24: Peak hurricane season; jail to ICE pipeline; school closings; hat man
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Episode 382: WSLR News Fri., Sep. 19: School closings in Sarasota; a rubber-stamp board for developers?; Culverhouse project
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Episode 381: WSLR News Wed., Sep. 17: Botanical garden's treet cutting; immigrant family in distress; prayer vigil; free speech on campus
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Episode 380: WSLR News, Fri., Sep. 12: DR Horton hearing; small business in Charlie Kirk trouble; Florida's failing sex ed; 9-11 remembrance
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Episode 379: WSLR News Wed., Sept. 10: At least 15 more years for the Van Wezel; Midnight Pass dredging; how to get a COVID booster; headwinds for Sister Cities; Sarasota clergy protest immigrant detention
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Episode 378: WSLR News Fri., Sept. 5: Sarasota County hikes water bills by 10%; commissioners raise stormwater fees; New College privatization; David Jolly interview; One Stop Housing
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Episode 377: WSLR News Wed., Sep. 3: Manatee joins suit against SB 180; Sarasota sheriff presents scaled-down jail project; trouble at Streets of Paradise; Labor Day action
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Episode 376: WSLR News Fri., Aug. 29: Manasota Beach Road; Village of Art removal; Teamster victories; stagehand union
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Episode 375: WSLR News, Wed. Aug. 27: Street art removal; new Manatee superintendent; Zenith redevelopment; private government trouble in Manatee; Van Wezel fixes
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Episode 374: WSLR News, Fri., Aug. 22: Manatee showdown avoided; Q&A with Sarasota's stormwater czar; Sarasota County: tough talk, no cuts; local reactions to Alligator Alcatraz ruling
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Episode 373: WSLR News Wed., Aug 20: City moves on Purple Cow; PGT fires deaf worker; life after deportation; deportation protest; Rob Lorei, RIP
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 372: WSLR News Fri., Aug 15: A dportation experience; SPAC fundraising falls behind; Westminster vote; vaccination lag; Newtown Family Center
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Episode 371: WSLR News Wed., Aug. 13: Report from ICE detention; Sarasota School Board resignations; stormwater czar; DR Horton returns; Manatee superintendent finalists; outpriced renters
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Episode 370: WSLR News Wed., Aug. 6: E coli in the Bay; right-wing restlessness in the GOP; Manatee lobbies against SB 180; Sarasota rejects synagogue project
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Episode 369: WSLR News, Fri., Aug. 1: Donors sue New College Foundation; paying taxes to developers; Alligator Alcatraz vs. the environment; Manatee superintendent search; North Water Tower Park
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Episode 368: WSLR News, Wed., July 30: Manatee County vs. Florida; rural hospital squeeze; self deportation; twin tower project; Rage Against the Regime; yoga for houseless Sarasotans
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Episode 367: WSLR News Fri., July 25: Teenage edition! Colson Hotel; Sarasota school troubles; a flooded city commissioner; neighborhood canopy program; Freedom School
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Episode 366: WSLR News Fri., July 18: Florida's second detention camp; FPL undergrounding; Good Trouble protest; rainbow crosswalks; Pastor Gibbs;
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Episode 365: WSLR News Wed., July 16: Protest, vigil for Tampa man killed in West Bank; Floridians stand to lose health insurance; New College master plan; airport succession; gambling dens
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Episode 364: WSLR News, Fri., July 11: Planned Parenthood merger; Sarasota stormwater redux; the Van Wezel's future; North Port finance crunch
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Episode 363: WSLR news Wed., July 9: Sarasota budget woes; sports arena; stormwater czar; Adagio; city manager search reboot
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 362: WSLR News Fri., July 4: Medicaid cuts and MCR Health; Manatee County vs Pat Neal; Clean Water campaign needs miracle; Pride Month in tough times
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Episode 361: WSLR News Wed., July 2: Neglected stormwater system; Sarasota stormwater reshuffle; Lulu a 'danger for community'; Alligator Alcatraz blowback; Purple Ribbon, one more episode
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Episode 360: WSLR News Fri., June 27: New College finances; Martin Hyde on New College; Turning Point USA; deportation case; plants and flooding
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Episode 359: WSLR News Wed., June 25: Sarasota school cuts; Manatee denies Neal project; League of Women Voters protest; Florida cattle drive
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Episode 358: WSLR News Fri., June 20: Private government; anti-abortion picketers; Planned Parenthood services; a stroll in the new Bay Park
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Episode 357: WSLR News Wed., June 18: Florida budget losers; No Kings protest; immigrant protest; Sarasota Ballet dancer exodus
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Episode 356: WSLR News Fri., June 13: Mass surveillance and immigrant crackdown; LA and Florida protests; Nine Devils; Juneteenth
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Episode 355: WSLR News Wed., June 11: Lulu's deportation; immigrant rights march in Bradenton; 'No Kings' protest; Manatee school superintendent hiring; The Prom
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Episode 354: WSLR News Fri., June 6: New College Foundation finances; Sarasota stormwater department; hurricane prep; Manatee land-use battles; healthy eggs
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Episode 353: WSLR News Wed., June 4: Property tax cut ripples; shrinking Manatee County government; FPL rate hike; hurricane hunters
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Episode 352: WSLR News Fri., May 30: Flooding: Is Sarasota ready? Bradenton wastewater planning; Sarasota County undoes the Moran makeover of social servicess;
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May 30, 2025 |
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Episode 351: WSLR News Wed., May 28: Tearing down the Van Wezel; New College retention problems; public school cuts; Old Miakka cell tower
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May 28, 2025 |
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Episode 350: WSLR News Fri. May 23: More felony charges for Piccolo; New College alt graduation; community workshops; NOAA cuts
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May 23, 2025 |
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Episode 349: WSLR News Wed., May 21: Manatee school superintendent firing; tourism tax fight; ALICE; homeless camping ban
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May 21, 2025 |
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Episode 348: WSLR News Fri., May 16: Van Wezel's future; developer-run government; Operation Tidal Wave expands; fish farms in the Caribbean
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May 16, 2025 |
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Episode 347: WSLR News Wed., May 14: Skyscraper project falls to opposition; the rising cost of challenging developers; filling a Venice city council seat; Frost & Murphy town hall
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May 14, 2025 |
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Episode 346: WSLR news Fri., May 9, 2025: Developer-run governments; Operation Tidal Wave; Medicaid cuts
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May 09, 2025 |
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Episode 345: WSLR News wed., May 7, 2025: City covers ex-commissioner's legal fees; New College shuts down childcare; Maxwell Frost Q&A; Lakewood Ranch Southeast; mixed messages on transit
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May 07, 2025 |
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Episode 344: WSLR News Fri., May 2, 2025: The Van Wezel and climate change; Piccolo Jr.; Synia Carroll R.I.P.
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May 02, 2025 |
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Episode 343: WSLR News Wed., Apr. 30, 2025: Veterans housing; public education crisis; mental health school funding; May Day protest
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Episode 342: WSLR News Fri., Apr. 25: Manasota Beach Road; Canadian snowbird diplomat; microforests; museum trouble
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Episode 341: WSLR News Wed., Apr. 23, 2025: Sarasota strips builders of funding; troubles in Gran Paradiso; how New College hired Piccolo; Ringling Museum town hall; Venice vacancy; Obsidian delayed
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Episode 340: WSLR News Fri., Apr 18 2025: FSU shooting witness; New College arrest; New College firing; bank tellers unionize
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Episode 339: WSLR News Wed., Apr. 16, 2025: Venice City Council resignation's ripples; Fauci in Sarasota; tumbling real estate prices; local economic ripples of Trump measures; Canadian snowbirds
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Episode 338: WSLR News Fri., Apr 11, 2025: Neal gets his way, Venice councilmember resigns; homeowner buyouts; Hi Hat Ranch; affordable housing
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Episode 337: WSLR News Apr. 9, 2025: New College takeover of USF-Sarasota; Russell Brand; Pat Neal in Venice; Hands-Off protests; Sarasota Schools end mental health program; cattle drive
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Episode 336: WSLR News Fri Apr. 4: Downtown design critics; Manatee County comp plan re-write; Sarasota Film Festival
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Episode 335: WSLR News Wed., Apr. 2: Spring membership drive; New College fires Chinese professor; New College student newspaper revival; Sarasota County wants to dump stormwater management; DOGE cancels Sarasota speaker on peace with China
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Episode 334: WSLR News Mar. 28: Van Wezel flooding; twin tower projects; farmworkers; Women in Resistance
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Episode 333: WSLR News Wed., Mar. 26: Sarasota stormwater shuffle; destroying a microforest; farmworker organizing; Red Tide and brain health
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Episode 332: WSLR News Mar. 21: Border czar in Sarasota; anti-Homan protest; RIP Synia Carrol
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Episode 331: WSLR News Mar. 19: Performing Arts Center vote postponed; downtown Sarasota's race for height; Tom Homan at New College; Tesla Takedown protest; Red Tide research
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Episode 330: WSLR News Fri., Mar. 14: New Sarasota Dem chair; Phillippi Creek dredging; New College land grab; Working Families Lobbying Corps
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Episode 329: WSLR News Mar. 12: Phillippi Creek; storm recovery spat; FEMA hangups; Tesla Takedown; chemicals in drinking water
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Episode 328: WSLR News Fri., Mar. 7: Adagio; Sarasota downtown master plan; undocumented immigrants
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Episode 327: WSLR News Wed., Mar. 5: 50501 protest in Sarasota; developer tax loophole; Project 180; flood victim, half a year later; OB/GYN crisis
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 326: WSLR News Fri., Feb. 28: Trucker strike; George Kruse q&a; sewage spills; economic storm
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Episode 325: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 26: Sarasota commisisoners slow down big project; resistance to The Ringling takeover; historic designation for the Purple Cow; Economic Blackout
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 324: WSLR News Fri., Feb. 21: Ukrainian immigrants in North Port react to Trump; Manatee County stormwater systems; SBA chugs on in Sarasota
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Episode 323: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 19: Federal workers; DOGE protests; LGBTQ star speaks at New College
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 322: WSLR News Fri., Feb. 14: Super tall, for the super rich; political mini-quake in Sarasota; suburban farming
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Episode 321: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 12: DR Horton plans die in county commission; city megaproject gets costlier; Florida may defund public arts; immigrant protest
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Episode 320: WSLR News Fri., Feb. 7: Sarasota school administrators discuss ICE raids; civil rights photo exhibit; Great Florida Cattle Drive
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Episode 319: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 5, 2025: New College expansion; cell phone use in Sarasota schools; funding freeze affects Sarasota Bay Estuary Program; Lakewood Ranch plaintiff interview;
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode 318: WSLR News Fri., Jan. 24: County burns volunteer firefighters; non-profit news outlet relaunches; coalition building; John Lennon
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Episode 317: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 22: Lessons from flooding; Lakewood Ranch Southeast lawsuit; light pollution at Myakka; marches in Sarasota
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 316: WSLR News Fri., Jan. 17: Lessons learned from flooding; farmworker heat bill; coalition building; MLK Day events
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Episode 315: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 15: The cost of keeping the Van Wezel; volunteer firefighter battle heats up; the state of immigration; women's march
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Episode 314: WSLR News Fri. Jan. 10, 2025: $210m HUD disaster grant; bilingual school; transparent Manatee County Commission; immigrant forum
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Episode 313: WSLR News Wed., Jan 8, 2025: KVO sues, as new Manate County Commission chair sets priorities; Pat Neal gets his way in Venice; roundabouts in Sarasota; Sarasota's new logo; MLK Day;
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 312: WSLR News Fri., Jan 3: Sarasota workforce housing; Lakewood Ranch Southeast; Midnight Pass; SEE Alliance; U.S. warfare
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Episode 311: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 1, 2025: Water, water, water - effects of climate change on water; dolphins in Sarasota Bay; stormwater management challenges; watershed politics
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Episode 310: WSLR News Fri., Dec. 27: Colson Hotel; Gulf Coast Trails; anti-terror law; recycling
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Episode 309: WSLR News Fri., Dec. 20, 2024: Tall tower builders try to overcome zoning; the value of higher education; young voters; Amazon picketers
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Episode 308: WSLR News, Wed. Dec. 18, 2024: Protecting rural areas; volunteer fire department clings to life; Teamster pickets take on Amazon; Rays stadium deal
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 307: WSLR News Fri., Dec. 13: Sarasota County Commission's new chair; Sarasota strategic planning; Obsidian round 2; risky pregnancies
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Episode 306: WSLR News Wed., Dec. 11: The 'new' Manatee County Commission; Forest Cove workforce housing; John Nichols; US-Mexico event; Conversations Across the Aisle
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 305: WSLR News Fri., Dec. 6, 2024: HOA discrimination; public service union decline; big theater project
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Dec 06, 2024 |