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On this episode of Intersection: a conversation about vegetarian food for the holidays; Limbitless solutions debuts a new prosthetic arm & we hear from Orlando singer-songwriter and contestant on NBC's 'The Voice', Chloe Hogan.

COVID-19 vaccinations have begun in Central Florida. On this episode of Intersection: the logistics, the science and the PR push behind the vaccination effort. Plus what can medieval literature teach us about this pandemic- and live opera returns to Orlando.

WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green has spent some 10 years reporting on the Everglades and she spent the better part of this year working on a podcast - Drained- to explore some of the details behind this mind bogglingly complex plan to restore the River of Grass. On this episode of Intersection, Green joins us for a deep dive into her reporting on the plan to save the Everglades.

Businesses have struggled throughout the pandemic, but for those that were able to adapt and survive- there’s light on the horizon. We’ll talk to a panel of business owners about how they got through the year and what’s in store for 2021. Joining the program- Matt Hinckley, owner of Hinckley's Fancy Meats in East End Market; Dena Jalbert, CEO of Orlando-based Align Business Advisory Services; and Mauricio Toro, CEO and co-founder of Daytona Beach based Techfit Digital Surgery.

And- Orlando band Beemo returns to performing- and to Intersection- after a hiatus brought on by the pandemic. We’ll chat to the band about their new music video which involves gnomes and classic cars; and about going from the pub to the porch for socially distanced performances. 

On this episode of Intersection: examining the plan to restore the Everglades; talking business survival during the pandemic; and a band navigates the new, socially distanced era of live performance

This week Florida became the third state - behind Texas and California- to hit one million coronavirus cases. Several vaccines are on the way, but in the meantime, health experts are bracing for a surge in cases after the Thanksgiving break. On this episode of Intersection: how the sunshine state navigates the next few months of the pandemic.

On this episode of Intersection, we’re talking about President Barack Obama’s signature health care law- the future of which is in the hands of the Supreme Court, even as coronavirus cases surge and millions of Americans face unemployment and the loss of health insurance.

Latino voters in Florida turned out this election- but they may not have voted the way some pollsters and pundits were expecting. 

Democrats were hoping to turn out Latino voters in Florida and deliver the sunshine state for former vice president Joe Biden and his running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris. 

Instead, Florida went for President Trump- and by a bigger margin than he won the state four years ago. 

On this episode of Intersection we discuss the assumptions and misconceptions about Latino voters in Florida, and their importance in the Florida electorate. 

Joining the show are Professor Luis Martinez-Fernandez, with UCF’s Puerto Rican research hub; and El Sentinel editor Jennifer Marcial. 

Later in the show we also speak with Democratic congressman Darren Soto, and Republican state representative Rene Plasencia for a conversation about what the Trump and Biden campaigns got right- and wrong- in 2020.

On this episode of Intersection we discuss the assumptions and misconceptions about Latino voters in Florida, and their importance in the Florida electorate.

As the votes are tallied in the 2020 presidential election- all eyes are on the states where the race will be decided. And this time it’s not Florida in the national spotlight.

Law professor Ciara Torres Spelliscy talks about how the election could end up in the court; we revisit a conversation about the Ocoee Massacre, and Joyce Cummings-Cusack talks about her involvement in the civil rights movement and activism today.