State Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson joins Deeper Dive this week to talk with Dara about the state's gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe and Gov. Ron DeSantis' veto of $100 million for a land-protection program that's one of Simpson's legislative priorities. Don't miss the first of this two-part series!

Episode 48 of Deeper Dive brings together three long-time reporters who combined have more than a century of experience to talk about journalism and walk down memory lane to share some of their fave stories. Veteran reporter and City & State Florida columnist Bill Cotterell joins the two mooks, Dara and Jim Rosica.

For episode 47 of Deeper Dive, Senate President Kathleen Passidomo chats with Dara about her approach to leadership, legislation that came out of the 2023 session and her priorities going into her second session leading the chamber. Stick around to hear Passidomo talk about her famous pasta sauce recipe!

In the second installment of a two-part episode with Brown University Professor Scott Rivkees, who also is a former Florida surgeon general, Rivkees chats with Dara about recent op-eds he has written criticizing some states' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former Florida surgeon general Scott Rivkees, now a professor at Brown University, joins Deeper Dive to discuss his time as the Sunshine State's top doctor, the current state of public health and much more. This is the first of a two-part episode.

As Florida enters into the 2023 hurricane season, Dara chats with Citizens Property Insurance Corp. President and CEO Tim Cerio about the property-insurance landscape in the Sunshine State.

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.