Rick's Podcasts

After several months operating as Our Corner, its board made the decision to revert to the Keep Pensacola Beautiful name.  CEO Charles Bare explains why.

Grover Robinson suggests the Escambia County School Board looks outside of education for the next school superintendent.

The full show for Friday, May 19, 2023.

The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival Committee announced the public grant scoring for the 10-year anniversary of the Foo Foo Festival, naming 16 grant recipients and allocating nearly $500,000 in grant funding for this November’s events – the most grant funding ever awarded by the Foo Foo Festival Committee and the highest number of fully-funded grant recipients awarded since Foo Foo Fest’s inception. Therese Felth McKenzie has the details.

On Wednesday, PEN America, Penguin Random House, and a diverse group of authors joined with parents and students in Escambia County to file a federal lawsuit in Pensacola challenging removals and restrictions of books from school libraries. It's a first of its kind challenge to unlawful censorship.  Protect Democracy is partnering with PEN America on the federal lawsuit. Its counsel, Shalini Agarwal, discusses why the suit was filed in Escambia County, Fla.

Rick Outzen uncensored.

Inweekly publisher Rick Outzen recaps the vote to oust School Superintendent Tim Smith and shares the buzz flying around in the aftermath.

Council on Aging of West Florida will host an open house event May 24 at 2 p.m. to showcase the second tiny house for a project funded by a $50,000 AARP Community Challenge Grant. Emily Echevarria has the details.

The University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity highlighted the success and impact of the National Cybersecurity Workforce Development Program at a showcase held at Florida International University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Eman El-Sheikh, associate vice president for UWF’s Center for Cybersecurity and principal investigator for the national program, shared an overview and highlighted its impact.

The full show for Wednesday, May 17, 2023.