Regular listeners will have noticed that this show’s normal host, Julie Glenn, has not been around for the past three months or so. She’s been out on medical leave after being diagnosed with a brain tumor at the beginning of July.

While Southwest Florida’s arts community is active year-round, the advent of autumn typically brings an avalanche of new arts offerings including live music performances, gallery exhibitions, live theater and much more.

We're exploring the life of Barron Gift Collier with local author and historian Marya Repko. Her book, "The Story of Barron Collier" tells the story of Collier, who made a fortune with his advertising business before investing in Florida. He became the largest landowner in Florida, bought hotels, operated telephone systems, published newspapers, and undertook a road-building project across the swamps of the Everglades.

Originally published on June, 20, 2019. The first edition of Spectrum comes to Nice Guys Beer & Pizza Lounge on June 22. The event serves as a live-art exhibit and queer experimental showcase including drag performances and musical acts. Spectrum aims to foster the development of safe spaces and performance venues for all of the LGBTQ community to connect, unwind, network and get inspired. We’ll meet the event’s creator and drag performer Ava Garden. We’ll also hear a live in-studio

According to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Florida leads the nation when it comes to new cases of HIV. The Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-West Palm area leads the nation in terms of per capita cases of HIV, with Orlando at number 2, Jacksonville at number 7, and the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area at 49th.

The party makeup of Florida’s electorate has changed quite a bit in recent years. There are currently more than 3.6 million voters registered as No Party Affiliation – that’s more than 1 in 4 voters – and because of Florida’s closed party primary system , those voters – as well as people registered to smaller parties – are unable to cast votes in the primaries for their state legislators, the governor’s race, and cabinet members.

This past summer, Atlanta-based singer and pianist Dara Carter made the WGCU studios the first stop on her recently concluded North American tour after releasing her new album, “ Hello Freedom ” earlier this year. We’ll listen back to our conversation with Carter including music from the new album performed live!

Back in 2005 we had the honor of sitting down with legendary political journalist and author Cokie Roberts , who was in town for a talk at the Naples Council on World Affairs . Her book "Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation" had just come out in paperback. This show’s founding host Ryan Warner spent the hour discussing that book and her love of history. Their conversation was also wide-ranging, getting her take on the way politics in the U.S. had changed over the decades she’d spent

Back in 2015, news spread of a widespread epidemic of Zika fever in Brazil, caused by the Zika virus. It spread to other parts of South and North America, including around Miami. It also affected several islands in the Caribbean. In February of 2016 the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern as evidence grew that Zika can cause birth defects like microcephaly . Then, in November of 2016 the WHO announced the epidemic had ended.

According to the Centers for Disease Control the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems among teens is growing in the United States, with more than 1 in 10 being diagnosed with anxiety, about 1 in 13 with behavior disorders, and about 1 in 17 with depression. Teens these days have a lot on their plates, and the pressures of school and life can often be magnified, or perhaps distorted by things like social media. On today’s show we’re going to learn about a local effort to