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Brittany Gillespie of Panama City Aerial Dance talks about how she got started and what keeps her excited about her art.

Steve Henson: Keep those letters coming, but ...

Photographer and Artist Brittany Reidy comes into the studio to discuss DIY galleries in Savannah, as she’s recently opened up a new space in her home called The 2201, a reference to it’s address on Price Street. Artist Kevin Clancy acts as co-host, as he’s one of the main folks behind another successful DIY space, The Hen House.

The local author talks about his writing process and his John Jordan Mysteries series.

Dr. John Halpern and David Blistein discuss their new book, “Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World,” and the dangers of opioids this week on "Story in the Public Square."

Michael Redd reflects on his basketball career

Times-Union reporter David Bauerlein talks with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods about the Jacksonville City Council starting workshops to discuss the potential sale of JEA.

According to a press release from the Fort Walton Beach Police Department, officers responded to the burglary at a home on Hollywood Boulevard on Nov. 6.As David Starks, who is 49, entered the home through an “open large dog door,” a woman inside was able to lock herself in a bedroom until officers arrived, the release said.Starks admitted to entering the house and taking the guitars, which were located by a backyard fence and returned to the owner.FWBPD reported that Starks was also identified as a suspect in another burglary case, which is being investigated. He was charged with burglary to an occupied structure, the release said.

Charlie, a Florida Time reader shares childhood memories in St. Pete from the ballpark on  34th Street all the way to 62nd Avenue South, which got him to the Ferry then to Tampa Bay. He remembers that 65-year-old Skyway Bridge, too. 

Dig a little deeper, learn a little more with these resources:

The first Skyway Bridge opened 65 years ago. It was a triumph. Then came the tragedy: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2019/09/06/the-first-skyway-bridge-opened-65-years-ago-today-it-was-a-triumph-then-came-the-tragedy/

Ferry plan calls to mind Tampa Bay's steamship past: https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/ferry-plan-calls-to-mind-tampa-bays-steamship-past/2289334/

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In a special Worcester Culture Watch Podcast, Victor Infante and intern Monica Sager discuss the current search for the new poet laureate and youth poet laureate posts in Worcester, and we listen to poems from area writers Tony Brown, David Macpherson, Eve Rifkah, Richard Fox, Alyx McCoy, Ashley Wonder and Joe Fusco Jr.