With the stage set for a 2024 Republican primary showdown between Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump, Florida Atlantic University political science professor Kevin Wagner analyzes strategies for success for the GOP candidates.

City & State Florida Editor-In-Chief Jim Rosica joins Dara to discuss Gov. Ron DeSantis' jump into the 2024 presidential race, and what’s next now that DeSantis has thrown his hat into the ring in what promises to be a Republican primary showdown with former president Donald Trump.

LGBTQ-advocacy organization Equality Florida fought against a "slate of hate" during the 2023 legislative session, and the group’s Press Secretary Brandon Wolf joins Deeper Dive to chat with Dara about the new laws' potential impact on Floridians. Wolf also talks about his experience as a survivor of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting.

Tallahassee Democrat investigative reporter Jeff Burlew joins Dara for episode 40 to walk listeners through the public corruption trial of former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum. Dara and Jeff recount several tumultuous days of jury deliberations and take you behind the scenes of the federal courthouse where the trial played out.

Andrew Warren, a twice-elected Hillsborough County state attorney whom DeSantis suspended from office, joins Dara once again on a Deeper Dive. A federal judge ruled that DeSantis' suspension was unlawful, but the court lacked the power to do anything about it. Warren breaks it down with Dara and talks about his new role as "Mr. Mom."

League of Women Voters of Florida President Cecile Scoon and Dara discuss a wide-ranging elections bill, as well as recent laws that Scoon, a civil-rights attorney, said have made it more difficult for Floridians to vote.

In the second of a two-part episode with state Rep. Vicki Lopez, the Miami Republican tells Dara about coming home from prison, her advocacy for incarcerated women and girls and the road to her November election to the state House.

Joining Dara on Deeper Dive this week, Republican state Rep. Vicki Lopez shares her personal insight into the criminal justice system. Rep. Lopez's journey includes time in federal prison, a presidential pardon, advocacy for women and girls "inside" and more before her 2022 election to the state House.

The dynamic duo of Dara and Jim Rosica, City & State Florida editor-in-chief, are back to help listeners catch up on what lawmakers have been up to through the first half of the 2023 legislative session.

Take a trip to the Deeper Dive kitchen with Dara and Chef Justin Timineri, Florida's executive chef and culinary ambassador, on this fresh, farm-to-table episode.