Deeper Dive with Dara Kam
By Dara Kam
Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Image by Dara Kam
Category: News Commentary
Open in Apple Podcasts
Open RSS feed
Open Website
Rate for this podcast
Subscribers: 2
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 173
Description
Hosted by the News Service of Florida's Senior Reporter, Dara Kam, A Deeper Dive with Dara is a weekly podcast that dissects Florida's top political stories. Each episode captures exclusive updates from Florida legislators, insights from policy influencers and industry experts who shape the political discourse across the Sunshine State.
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
|
Episode 172: Reporter Roundtable from the Rotunda
|
Jan 25, 2026 |
|
Episode 171: Chicken and Rice with Senate President Ben Albritton
|
Jan 18, 2026 |
|
Episode 170: Reporter Roundtable with Jason Delgado and Forrest Saunders
|
Jan 11, 2026 |
|
Episode 169: Mary Mayhew Dives into Health Care
|
Dec 21, 2025 |
|
Episode 168: AI Data Centers
|
Dec 14, 2025 |
|
Episode 167: Reporter Roundtable with Forrest Saunders and Jason Delgado
|
Dec 07, 2025 |
|
Episode 166: Recalling the Recount, Part 2
|
Nov 30, 2025 |
|
Episode 165: Hanging Chads & Butterfly Ballots? Bush v. Gore, 25 Years Later
|
Nov 23, 2025 |
|
Episode 164: Olivia Keller Gives the Down-Low on Parking, Permits and the ADA
|
Nov 14, 2025 |
|
Episode 163: U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis Dishes with Dara
|
Nov 02, 2025 |
|
Episode 162: Drinking & Dueling — Tallahassee Tales!
|
Oct 26, 2025 |
|
Episode 161: Mid-Decade Redistricting with Amy Keith
|
Oct 19, 2025 |
|
Episode 160: From Speaker to Governor? Paul Renner Is Running
|
Oct 12, 2025 |
|
Episode 159: Reporter Roundtable with Jason Delgado & Forrest Saunders
|
Oct 05, 2025 |
|
Episode 158: Reporter Roundtable with Peter Schorsch & Matt Dixon
|
Sep 28, 2025 |
|
Episode 157: David Jolly After Dawn
|
Sep 21, 2025 |
|
Episode 156: Dave Aronberg After Dark
|
Sep 14, 2025 |
|
Episode 155: Former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate
|
Sep 07, 2025 |
|
Episode 154: Attorney General James Uthmeier
|
Aug 31, 2025 |
|
Episode 153: Archbishop Thomas Wenski
|
Aug 24, 2025 |
|
Florida Media Conference, Part 2: Katie Sanders and Michael Kelly
|
Aug 17, 2025 |
|
Florida Media Conference, Part 1: Sergio Bustos and Kat Wingert
|
Aug 10, 2025 |
|
Episode 150: Rocky Hanna Speaks Up for Students (And Staff)
|
Jul 27, 2025 |
|
Episode 149: Julie K. Brown Digs into the Epstein Files
|
Jul 20, 2025 |
|
Episode 148: Friends of the Everglades Executive Director Eve Samples
|
Jul 13, 2025 |
|
Episode 147: Reporter Roundtable with Forrest Saunders
|
Jul 06, 2025 |
|
Episode 146: U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
|
Jun 22, 2025 |
|
Episode 145: Atlantic Hurricane Season with NWS Meteorologist Mark Wool
|
Jun 15, 2025 |
|
Episode 144: Reporter Roundtable with Forrest Saunders and Jason Delgado
|
Jun 08, 2025 |
|
Episode 143: Rep. Allison "Tiny But Mighty" Tant
|
Jun 01, 2025 |
|
Episode 142: John "Pot Daddy" Morgan, Part 2
|
May 25, 2025 |
|
Episode 141: John "Pot Daddy" Morgan's New Team
|
May 18, 2025 |
|
Episode 140: Reporter Roundtable with Steve Bousquet
|
May 11, 2025 |
|
Episode 139: Senate Minority Leader Lori Berman & Sen. Tina Polsky
|
May 04, 2025 |
|
Episode 138: Reporter Roundtable with Jeffrey Schweers
|
Apr 27, 2025 |
|
Episode 137: Reporter Roundtable with Alexandra Glorioso and Lawrence Mower
|
Apr 20, 2025 |
|
Episode 136: Reporter Roundtable with Forrest Saunders and Jason Delgado
|
Apr 13, 2025 |
|
Episode 135: Chancellor Ray Rodrigues, Part 2
|
Apr 06, 2025 |
|
Episode 134: Chancellor Ray Rodrigues
|
Mar 30, 2025 |
|
Episode 133: State Sen. Blaise "GovGoneWild" Ingoglia
|
Mar 23, 2025 |
|
Episode 132: Legislative Check-in with House Speaker Daniel Perez & Senate President Ben Albritton
|
Mar 16, 2025 |
|
Episode 131: Republican Party of Florida Chairman Evan Power Gets Disruptive
|
Mar 09, 2025 |
|
Episode 130: Reporter Roundtable with Forrest Saunders and Jason Delgado
|
Mar 02, 2025 |
|
Episode 129: Sen. Jennifer Bradley Classes Up the Show
|
Feb 23, 2025 |
|
Episode 128: Sen. Joe Gruters Delivers the Goods
|
Feb 16, 2025 |
|
Episode 127: Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo
|
Feb 09, 2025 |
|
Episode 126: Reporter Roundtable with Kimberly Leonard & Ana Ceballos
|
Feb 02, 2025 |
|
Episode 125: Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson
|
Jan 26, 2025 |
|
Episode 124: Finding Opportunities with House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell
|
Jan 19, 2025 |
|
Episode 123: 'Educated We Stand' with Jennifer Jenkins
|
Jan 12, 2025 |
|
Episode 122: Miscarriage of Justice with Seth Miller
|
Jan 05, 2025 |
|
Episode 121: Reporter Roundtable
|
Dec 29, 2024 |
|
Episode 120: Sen. Kathleen Passidomo
|
Dec 15, 2024 |
|
Episode 119: What the Heck Happened, with Nikki Fried
|
Dec 08, 2024 |
|
Episode 118: Never Trumper "Mac" Stipanovich Dissects MAGA
|
Dec 01, 2024 |
|
Episode 117: Advocating for the People with Karen Woodall
|
Nov 24, 2024 |
|
Episode 116: Palate Cleanse with Chef Justin
|
Nov 17, 2024 |
|
Episode 115: Red, red, red! Early Election Postmortem with Dan Smith
|
Nov 10, 2024 |
|
Episode 114: Reporter Roundtable
|
Nov 03, 2024 |
|
Episode 113: Reporter Roundtable
|
Oct 27, 2024 |
|
Episode 112: Getting Saucy in the Speakeasy with Beth Matuga
|
Oct 20, 2024 |
|
Episode 111: Tracking Truth During Storms AND Elections
|
Oct 13, 2024 |
|
Episode 110: (Restoring) Power to the People!
|
Oct 06, 2024 |
|
Episode 109: Florida Votes!
|
Sep 29, 2024 |
|
Episode 108: Vote! Vote! Vote!
|
Sep 22, 2024 |
|
Episode 107: Reporter Roundtable with Steve Bousquet
|
Sep 15, 2024 |
|
Episode 106: Dems on the Move in Florida
|
Sep 08, 2024 |
|
Episode 105: No Beyoncé, but Plenty of Brat
|
Sep 01, 2024 |
|
Episode 104: Understanding the Death Penalty
|
Aug 25, 2024 |
|
Episode 103: The People who Brought You Weekends with Rich Templin
|
Aug 18, 2024 |
|
Episode 102: From the Soapbox to Substack: Protecting the First Amendment with Bobby Block
|
Aug 11, 2024 |
|
Episode 101: Journalism Roundtable with Florida Editors
|
Aug 04, 2024 |
|
Episode 100: Gov. Jeb Bush
|
Jul 28, 2024 |
|
Episode 99: Rep. Vicki Lopez
|
Jul 14, 2024 |
|
Episode 98: Senator-Elect Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando
|
Jul 07, 2024 |
|
Episode 97: House Speaker-Designate Daniel Perez R-Miami
|
Jun 30, 2024 |
|
Episode 96: 'Pot Daddy' John Morgan
|
Jun 23, 2024 |
|
Episode 95: Florida's CFO Jimmy Patronis
|
Jun 16, 2024 |
|
Episode 94: Incoming Senate President Ben Albritton Part 2
|
Jun 09, 2024 |
|
Episode 93: Incoming Senate President Ben Albritton Joins The Show
|
Jun 02, 2024 |
|
Episode 92: The Deeper Dive Hurricane Season Preview with Mark Wool
|
May 26, 2024 |
|
Episode 91: Mike Watkins Talks Mental Health
|
May 19, 2024 |
|
Episode 90: Dave Aronberg Returns to Deeper Dive
|
May 12, 2024 |
|
Episode 89: Sure, AI Is Scary Good... But There's No Need to Fear!
|
May 05, 2024 |
|
Episode 88: April's Reporter Roundtable with Jim Rosica
|
Apr 28, 2024 |
|
Episode 87: Abortion in Florida: Opponents Speak Out on Amendment 4
|
Apr 21, 2024 |
|
Episode 86: Could Recreational Weed Start Budding in Florida?
|
Apr 14, 2024 |
|
Episode 85: Abortion on the Line in Florida
|
Apr 07, 2024 |
|
Episode 84: March's Reporter Roundtable with Steve Bousquet
|
Mar 31, 2024 |
|
Episode 83: Beth Matuga Gets Spicy in the Terracotta Room
|
Mar 24, 2024 |
|
Episode 82: Defending Civil Rights with ACLU of Florida's Howard Simon
|
Mar 17, 2024 |
|
Episode 81: Sine Die! Deeper Dive Drops the Hanky on the 2024 Legislative Session
|
Mar 10, 2024 |
|
Episode 80: Lobby and Politics with Nick Iarossi
|
Mar 03, 2024 |
|
Episode 79: Reporter Roundtable With Steve Bousquet
|
Feb 25, 2024 |
|
Episode 78: Celebrating Black History Month
|
Feb 18, 2024 |
|
Episode 77: Republicans Speak Up About Abortion Rights
|
Feb 11, 2024 |
|
Episode 76: Gary Fineout Visits the Terracotta Room
|
Feb 04, 2024 |
|
Episode 75: All Things GOP (and more) With Al Cardenas
|
Jan 28, 2024 |
|
Episode 74: Waterbeds, AI & Healthy Living: Legislative Priorities, Part 2
|
Jan 21, 2024 |
|
Episode 73: Karma, Cher & Braciole: Dishing Up Florida Leaders' Legislative Wish Lists
|
Jan 14, 2024 |
|
Episode 72: Oyez, Oyez, Oyez! Florida Supreme Court Justice John Couriel, Part 2
|
Jan 07, 2024 |
|
Episode 71: Oyez, oyez, oyez! Florida Supreme Court Justice John Couriel, Part 1
|
Dec 24, 2023 |
|
Episode 70: Rick Wilson Zeroes in on DeSantis' Political Future, the RPOF & Much Much More
|
Dec 17, 2023 |
|
Episode 69: Barbara Petersen on the Fight for Access to Public Records
|
Dec 10, 2023 |
|
Episode 68: Steve Bousquet Returns for Reporter Roundup
|
Dec 03, 2023 |
|
Episode 67: David Jolly on 2024, 2026, and Leaving 'Party Constraints' Behind
|
Nov 19, 2023 |
|
Episode 66: 'Never Again Means Now:' Jewish Lawmakers Dig into Israel, Anti-Semitism and War
|
Nov 09, 2023 |
|
Episode 65: Future Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo
|
Nov 05, 2023 |
|
Episode 64: Steve Bousquet Breaks Down The Randy Fine-Ron DeSantis Rift
|
Oct 27, 2023 |
|
Episode 62: The Way-Too-Early 2026 Gubernatorial Race Podcast
|
Oct 15, 2023 |
|
Episode 61: Looking Back at Hurricane Michael, Five Years Later
|
Oct 08, 2023 |
|
Episode 60: Where's #Florida Man? Film Florida Executive Director John Lux
|
Oct 01, 2023 |
|
Episode 59: Honoring Women at the Above & Beyond CSFL Awards
|
Sep 24, 2023 |
|
Episode 58: John Stemberger Speaks about Abortion
|
Sep 17, 2023 |
|
Episode 57: A Deeper Dive Into The Response To Hurricane Idalia
|
Sep 10, 2023 |
|
Episode 56: State Rep. Angie Nixon Speaks Out After Jacksonville Hate Crime
|
Sep 03, 2023 |
|
Episode 55: Talking Tourism with Stacy Ritter
|
Aug 27, 2023 |
|
Episode 54: Attorney John Lockwood Gives the Down Low on Cannabis & Gaming
|
Aug 20, 2023 |
|
Episode 53: Nikki Fried Promotes Efforts to Pump Up Florida Democrats
|
Aug 13, 2023 |
|
Episode 52: Jeff Brandes Questions Florida's Long-Term Legislative Strategy
|
Aug 06, 2023 |
|
Episode 51: Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Part 2
|
Jul 30, 2023 |
|
Episode 50: Reporters' Roundtable -- Deeper Dive Turns 50 (Episodes)
|
Jul 23, 2023 |
|
Episode 49: State Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson
|
Jul 16, 2023 |
|
Episode 48: The State of Media, Then and Now, with Bill Cotterell
|
Jul 09, 2023 |
|
Episode 47: Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo
|
Jul 02, 2023 |
|
Episode 46: Part 2 With Scott Rivkees, Former State Surgeon General
|
Jun 25, 2023 |
|
Episode 45: Former Florida Surgeon General Speaks Out
|
Jun 18, 2023 |
|
Episode 44: Citizens CEO Tim Cerio On Florida's Property-Insurance Market
|
Jun 11, 2023 |
|
Episode 43: Kevin Wagner Breaks Down the Looming Republican Primary Showdown
|
Jun 04, 2023 |
|
Episode 42: He's Running! DeSantis' Glitchy Presidential Launch
|
May 28, 2023 |
|
Episode 41: Brandon Wolf On Legislation Targeting LGBTQ Floridians
|
May 21, 2023 |
|
Episode 40: Talking Through the Andrew Gillum Trial with Jeff Burlew
|
May 14, 2023 |
|
Episode 26.1: Andrew Warren Discusses His 'Vindication' By a Federal Judge
|
May 05, 2023 |
|
Episode 39: Cecile Scoon, League of Women Voters of Florida President
|
Apr 30, 2023 |
|
Episode 38: Part 2 with State Rep. Vicki Lopez
|
Apr 23, 2023 |
|
Episode 37: State Rep. Vicki Lopez - From Federal Prison to the State House
|
Apr 16, 2023 |
|
Episode 36: Back In The Terracotta Room
|
Apr 09, 2023 |
|
Episode 35: Florida's Culinary Ambassador, Chef Justin Timineri
|
Apr 02, 2023 |
|
Episode 34: U.S. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, D-Fla.
|
Mar 26, 2023 |
|
Episode 33: Bottoms Up! Advocating for Florida's Breweries
|
Mar 19, 2023 |
|
Episode 32: The Deeper Dive '23 Session Kickoff
|
Mar 12, 2023 |
|
Episode 31: Deeper Dive 'Live' from the Florida Chamber's Legislative Fly-In
|
Mar 05, 2023 |
|
Episode 30: AAC&U President Digs into Florida's Liberal Arts Higher-Ed Policies
|
Feb 26, 2023 |
|
Episode 29: Steve Schale Dishes on Democrats
|
Feb 19, 2023 |
|
Episode 28: Commemorating the 2018 Mass Shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS with Sheriff Bob Gualtieri
|
Feb 12, 2023 |
|
Episode 27: DeSantis' Quest To Remake Higher Education
|
Feb 05, 2023 |
|
Episode 26: Andrew Warren Discusses His 'Vindication' By a Federal Judge
|
Jan 29, 2023 |
|
Episode 25: The Importance and Challenges of Meeting Mental Health Needs
|
Jan 22, 2023 |
|
Episode 24: John Lockwood Returns to Talk Gaming
|
Jan 15, 2023 |
|
Episode 23: Desmond Meade Embodies the Effort for Rights Restoration
|
Jan 08, 2023 |
|
Episode 22: Nikki Fried Reflects On Her Time As Agriculture Commissioner
|
Jan 01, 2023 |
|
Episode 21: How Will Changes to Florida's Insurance Laws Affect Homeowners?
|
Dec 18, 2022 |
|
Episode 20: DeSantis Inauguration, Special Session ... And More!
|
Dec 11, 2022 |
|
Episode 19: House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell on Energizing Dems
|
Dec 04, 2022 |
|
Episode 18: Cannabis Law Expert Talks 'Potlandia'
|
Nov 27, 2022 |
|
Episode 17: House Speaker Paul Renner Talks Priorities
|
Nov 20, 2022 |
|
Episode 16: Deeper Dive Breaks Down The One-Sided Midterm Elections
|
Nov 14, 2022 |
|
Episode 15: Making Discourse Civil Again?
|
Nov 07, 2022 |
|
Episode 14: The Consumer Side of Florida's Insurance Crisis
|
Oct 31, 2022 |
|
Episode 13: The Deeper Dive November Elections Preview
|
Oct 24, 2022 |
|
Episode 12: The Legal Challenge to DeSantis' Migrant Flights
|
Oct 17, 2022 |
|
Episode 11: Florida's Troubled Property Insurance Industry Faces Hurricane Ian
|
Oct 10, 2022 |
|
Episode 10: NRA Titan Marion Hammer Reflects on Career
|
Oct 03, 2022 |
|
Episode 09: Florida's Elections Supervisors Safeguard Democracy
|
Sep 26, 2022 |
|
Episode 08: Mac Stipanovich on the Republican Party's Evolution
|
Sep 19, 2022 |
|
Episode 07: Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers Cultivated A Brand
|
Sep 12, 2022 |
|
Episode 06: Ousted Prosecutor Andrew Warren Asks, Do Elections Matter Anymore?
|
Sep 06, 2022 |
|
Episode 05: Florida Primary Election Recap
|
Aug 29, 2022 |
|
Episode 04: Is 15 Weeks Too Long?
|
Aug 22, 2022 |
|
Episode 03: Florida's Push to Restrict Medical Treatment for Transgender People
|
Aug 15, 2022 |
|
Episode 02: Do Dems Have a Chance in Upcoming Elections?
|
Aug 08, 2022 |
|
Why Republicans Don't Talk to the Press
|
Aug 01, 2022 |
|
Deeper Dive with Dara Kam
|
Jul 22, 2022 |