Perspectives

Once again, WFSU partners with Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Darko Butorac to present a diverse cross-section of seasonal songs. Selections include classical and popular expressions of peace, joy, hope and a little bit of humor thrown in. -Jussi Bjoerling, O Helga Natt -Have Yourself a Merry Christmas, Karen Carpenter -African Noel, Andre Thomas -Candlelight Hanukkah, Maccabeats -Silent Night, 2Cellos -Father Christmas, Greg Lake -It Is Beginning To Look a Lot Like

Marshalling every available resource into rapid-response teams may prevent suicide and provide greater healing to suicide survivors. That’s the premise for a conference coming up January 27 th and 28 th at Tallahassee Community College. Speaking about it are: conference keynote speaker and nationally recognized expert on suicide prevention Dr. Frank Campbell; Mary Bowers with NAMI Tallahassee; Apalachee Center President and CEO Jay Reeve; and Tallahassee Community College Chief of Police Chris

It’s a roundtable featuring the last four presidents of TCC: Dr. Jim Hinson (1983-95); Dr. T.K. Wetherell (1995-2002); Dr. Bill Law (2002-2010); and Dr. Jim Murdaugh (2010-present). They talk about the school’s illustrious history, its remarkable successes and hopes for the future.

Tallahassee’s two universities offer a wide range of free services for both business start-ups and existing enterprises. To talk about those resources, Keith Bowers, regional director of the Small Business Development Center at Florida A&M University and Mike Campbell, director of the North Florida Operations at the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship at Florida State University.

Leon County’s new Office of Economic Vitality is dedicated to, not only attracting new outside business to the area, but also helping promote local existing and startup business. To talk about is the office’s Director Al Latimer, Jay Revell, vice president of the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, Lucas Lindsey, executive director of DOMI Station, Cecilia Homison, CEO of First Commerce Credit Union, and Alyce Lee Stansbury, president of Stansbury Consulting and member of Institute for

Since first being elected in 1984, Willie Meggs has been the state attorney for Florida’s Second Judicial Circuit. Now, with retirement coming up fast and his hand-chosen successor also the pick of the voters, Meggs remembers some of his more interesting prosecutorial experiences and the many personalities he’s dealt with over these many years in office.

Does a constant exposure to political news – particularly the high-intensity kind from cable TV news channels and talk radio – cause changes in such things as brain chemistry, attitudes and behavior? Florida State University’s Dr. Brad Schmidt, distinguished research professor and director of the Anxiety & Behavioral Health Clinic and Sociology Professor Dr. Deana Rohlinger discuss what that means, not only for our political, but also our personal well-being.

On November 9 th , the Holocaust Education Resource Council (HERC) hosts its annual Remembrance Dinner at FSU’s Turnbull Center. The featured speaker will be former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Pamela Marsh, who will talk about the 2011 discovery of a 16 th Century art masterpiece, stolen by the Nazis in World War II, that wound up in the state art museum in Milan, Italy and then brought to Tallahassee’s Brogan Museum as part of a traveling exhibit. On this Perspectives, Ms

Tallahassee is known for its trees. Lives oaks line the city’s canopy roads, pines tower in parks and crepe myrtles bloom. But as many city residents have learned following Hurricane Hermine, those same trees can create a liability when a storm comes. Joining us in the studio are: Perry Odom an electric utility arborist with the city of Tallahassee. Jennifer Magavero an urban forestry specialist with the city. Stan Rosenthal , a forester with Big Bend Forestry and extension agent emeritus.

A new city budget, concerns over crime rates, community initiatives and Hermine clean up—Tallahassee is growing and sometimes that can leave city leaders in a rush to keep up. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum joins WFSU for a about how he helps the community navigate change.