Rick's Podcasts

The disastrous Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023 - it gets better after a rocky start: Todd Thomson, Jeff Atwood, Allyson Anderson, Lumon May, and Matt Gutman.

Author Jeff Atwood is coming to Bodacious Books this weekend from 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16. He is author of the popular Need to Know series.

A remarkable interview with ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman.   For nearly two decades working for ABC News,  Gutman lived with a secret. In "No Time to Panic," the award-winning reporter opens up about his stop-at-nothing journey to find a remedy to halt his panic attacks in their tracks.  In his live broadcasts, viewers saw an unflappable and gregarious reporter, known for shaking off close scrapes with danger to get the critical scoop—surviving captivity under Venezuela’s secret police, anacondas in the Amazon, the eyes of literal hurricanes, and sniper fire abroad. What viewers didn’t see was Matt’s decades long grapple with panic attacks, hidden behind the façade of imperturbability he’d carefully constructed in their wake.  A January 2020 broadcast regarding the crash that killed Kobe Bryant caused this public persona to crumble. Mid-panic,  Gutman would misstate the facts of a major story, leading to a month-long suspension, public shame, and overwhelming regret. Gutman candidly shares his story.

Commissioner Lumon May shares his frustrations with Baptist officials and the Escambia Children's Trust.

At the presser, Mayor Reeves announced the Pensacola Fire Department and Escambia County Healthy Start have partnered to educate local families about unsafe infant sleep environments to reduce infant sleep mortality in the Pensacola community. Escambia County has one of the state’s highest rates of infant deaths related to an unsafe sleep environment.  In 2021, 30% of all infant deaths in Escambia County were such fatalities. Ninety percent of the deaths were outside a crib or bassinet, and 70% occurred while sleeping with others. Healthy Start’s Direct On Scene Education (DOSE) safe sleep program trains first responders to identify unsafe sleep environments while responding to emergency and non-emergency calls.  Healthy Start executive director Allyson Anderson has the details.

Don Gaetz discusses the Florida Commission on Ethics, Triumph Gulf Coast, and the possibility that he might run the Florida Senate.

The full show for Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023: Eric Gilmore, D.C. Reeves, Andy Prince and Jim Ryan.

Andy Prince of Manchester Orchestra discusses Night Moves Fest that will kick off 2023 Foo Foo Fest on Nov. 4. For tickets, visit nightmovesfest.com.

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses his negotiations with Baptist Hospital.

Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore discusses the lessons he learned helping Lafayette County recover from Hurricane Idalia.