First Coast Connect

On Thursday’s First Coast Connect we spoke with Ken Burns . The legendary filmmaker is in Jacksonville for a Thursday night screening and discussion panel of his latest documentary The Mayo Clinic Faith - Hope - Science at UNF (01:21). Watch The Video We heard about the musical performance Tropical Depression coming to the Cummer Museum on Friday. It was inspired by Hurricanes Matthew and Irma. We spoke with songwriter Corey Driscoll and co-producer Aaron Garvey (43:13). The Jacksonville Film

It’s National Suicide Prevention Week . On Wednesday’s First Coast Connect we talked about the suicide crisis among veterans and what is being done locally to combat it with Katherine Eicher , the lead suicide prevention coordinator for VA in North Florida and South Georgia and Daniel Henry, Public Information Officer for the region’s VA (01:10). We spoke with Barbara Goldstein . She has spent over 30 years engaging communities on the importance of public art. She’s the keynote speaker at this

Tuesday on First Coast Connect we discussed the progress involving treating opioid addiction on the First Coast with Beaches Recovery Medical Director Dr. Marcus Decarvalho and Teresa Holton , Client Care Coordinator and an alumna of the program (01:06). Our most recent edition of Moveable Feast with Leigh Cort of the Women’s Food Alliance we spoke with Cowford Chophouse creator and owner Jacques Klempf (28:30). Our First Coast Connect Bookclub blogger Stacey Goldring talked about The Great

On Monday’s First Coast Connect we took a look at Hurricane Irma, which was soaking Jacksonville one year ago today.

Our Friday Media Roundtable on First Coast Connect featured Andrew Pantazi of the F lorida Times Union , blogger Fred Matthews , A.G. Gancarski from Florida Politics and Jacksonville Daily Record reporter David Cawton. Topics included, Gubernatorial nominees Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Ron DeSantis select their running mates. Duval County Public Schools will show videos to students on how to react to an active shooter on campus. The State Attorney’s Office launches an investigation

Wednesday on First Coast Connect we spoke with Darcy Richardson. The Jacksonville resident is the Reform Party candidate for Governor (01:16). Related: Florida Gubernatorial Nominees Announce Their Running Mates Our Art Attack gang talked about how Jacksonville’s art and culture scene is heavily influenced by the region’s LBGTQ community Our guests included: Lee Hamby of the 5 and Dime Theatre Visual artist Elaine Hosking Theatre and film actor Eric Yarham Filmmaker Keagan Anfuso PS27 Ventures

Tuesday on First Coast Connect we spoke with Jeff Weaver , campaign manager for Bernie Sanders in 2016. He was in town for a book signing of How Bernie Won: Inside The Revolution That’s Taking Back Our Country (01:18) We learned about a new program that brings online access to veterans in Jacksonville . Senior Executive VP and Chief Diversity Officer for Comcast for Comcast David Cohen explained how it works (35:49). Some people run into financial trouble is by not living within their means. One

On Tuesday’s First Coast Connect our topics included prison reform, heart health and St. Augustine’s Sing Out Loud Festival.

Our Friday Media Roundtable on First Coast Connect featured Florida Times-Union reporter David Bauerlein , radio host Angela Spears , WJCT contributor Charles Griggs and Jacksonville Business Journal editor Timothy Gibbons . Our topics included: After a bloody weekend in Jacksonville with shootings at a Raines-Lee High football game and at The Jacksonville Landing local officials and community activists called for more changes aimed at reducing gun violence in the city. In a major upset

Thursday on First Coast Connect, on the heels of the deadly weekend in Jacksonville there are more calls to address the roots of Jacksonville’s gun violence . We spoke with Ben Frazer from the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, Wells Todd from the Jacksonville Progressive Coalition and Atlas Rankin , pastor of the New Life Community Church (01:10). We heard about the root causes of instability in the workforce with Louis Hyman . He’s the author of the new book Temp: How American Work, American