Florida Matters

Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico a year ago this month, and on WUSF's Florida Matters we're hearing the stories of people who fled to the Tampa area when they had to evacuate. On today's podcast, a conversation with WUSF reporter Roberto Roldan.

Robin Sussingham had a chance to speak with Jordan Peterson before his appearance at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg this weekend, catching up with him while he was in Miami for a book tour event there.

WUSF's expert on all things related to USF, Mark Schreiner, joins Robin to talk about his series on entrepreneurs with ties to the University of South Florida. And USF President Judy Genshaft is retiring. Mark discusses her impact at the University.

It was an exciting state primary election with some unexpected results, and we break it down with Zac Anderson, editor of the Sarasota Herald Tribune, and William March, longtime political analyst and journalist.

Florida's primary election was full of surprises. WUSF reporters Steve Newborn, Mark Schreiner and Roberto Roldan sit down with host Robin Sussingham to talk about the evening's upsets and drama.

Five candidates for Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services sit down with WLRN Public Media, editors of the Miami Herald, the South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post.

This week on Florida Matters, we're spotlighting some special news reports and features that won awards in 2017.

GrowHealthy and Trulieve are licensed medical marijuana treatment centers, authorized to cultivate, process and dispense medical marijuana in Florida. They tell us you will need very deep pockets to get started in the medical cannabis biz in Florida.

We're only weeks away from Florida's primary election, and while the gap between the two Republican candidates for Governor seems to be widening, the five Democratic candidates are in a real horse race for the nomination.

On this week's podcast, we talk about what makes a craft beer special. Does it matter if it's been acquired by a big corporation? What is a "hoppy" taste? And we taste the hugely popular Cigar City Jai Alai IPA.