90.7 WMFE's Intersection

Singer songwriter Anthony Rouhana has been attending and hosting open mic nights in Orlando for years. Rouhana says it's a good way to network with other musicians and help foster the musical talent in Orlando.

Growing school rolls, shrinking numbers of college students looking for careers in education, and attrition. These are some of the reasons for a nationwide shortage of teachers. Orange County school board member Linda Kobert and Volusia County School Board member Linda Cuthbert join us to discuss what their school districts are doing to attract and retain teachers.

The US is facing a teacher shortage. Research by the Learning Policy Institute published last month poses a question: will this shortage turn into a crisis? This research highlighted shortages in specific areas- math, science, bilingual education and special education. Joining the program – school board members from Orange and Volusia Counties. They’ll talk about where they’re having trouble hiring and what they’re doing to attract and retain good teachers.

Also, we hear from Haitians in Orlando about how they’re helping Haiti after the island was left reeling from the destructive path of Hurricane Matthew.

And Orlando area musician Anthony Rouhana joins us for a conversation about music- and a performance.

Lines workers are still restoring power to thousands of residents affected by Hurricane Matthew. Christopher Emrich, who's an expert in disaster response, explains why the power grid is still vulnerable to big storms more than a decade on from Hurricane Charley. And he says Matthew is a unique opportunity to learn what motivates people to evacuate ahead of a big storm.

16 year old Winter Park singer-songwriter Bailey Callahan takes inspiration from the Dixie Chicks, Taylor Swift and 90's rock group Four Non Blondes. Callahan joins us to talk about balancing music with school, her career as a country musician and she perform some songs.

A Federal Judge has granted a 24 hour extension of the deadline to register to vote while he considers a request to extend the deadline by a week. That's after the Florida Democratic party sued Governor Rick Scott, saying the extension was needed because of disruption caused by Hurricane Matthew. Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Mike Ertel joins us to discuss the merits of extending voter registration deadlines, and how this highly charged presidential campaign is driving registration.

The deadline for Floridians to register to vote has been extended for one day.

That’s after Hurricane Matthew grazed the state last week, knocking out power to a million homes and the Florida Democratic party sued Gov. Rick Scott, asking him to extend the deadline for a week.

Scott said people have had plenty of time to register, and he wouldn’t extend the deadline. But Monday, night a federal judge ordered the deadline extended by 24 hours.

We talk to Seminole County Supervisor of elections Mike Ertel about the merits of extending voter registration deadlines plus how and where people can sign up to vote and how this highly charged presidential campaign is driving registration.

Then, Christopher Emrich, who’s an expert in how people respond to hazards and disasters explains why more than a decade on from the ‘04 hurricane season the power grid is still vulnerable to big storms.

And, singer songwriter Bailey Callahan has her heart set on Nashville. She joins us for an in studio performance. First this news.

The Orlando Philharmonic just launched its new season. Music director Eric Jacobsen stops by to chat about Schubert & Beethoven, why conducting is like weightlifting, and why he’ll probably never beat his brother at tennis.    

The massive construction effort to reshape 20 miles of I-4 was supposed to encourage drivers to use Orlando’s new commuter train instead. Dan Tracy and David Porter say that hasn’t really happened, and in fact commuters aren’t even avoiding I-4. So will a new Saturday service for SunRail get more people riding the rails?

This evening, the Florida Family Policy Council hosts a community forum titled “An Honest Discussion About a Difficult Election- a forum for Christians wrestling with why and how to vote in 2016". John Stemberger of the Florida Family Policy Council blames ‘reality TV’ voters for making Donald Trump the GOP candidate. So will he vote for someone he called “the most immoral and ungodly man to ever run for President of the United States”?