Rick's Podcasts

Walker Wilson questions the fairness of hold another referendum on the school superintendent during the presidential primary.

Lamplighters, Inc., Pensacola Tigers Elite Dance Team, and Redd Diamondz headline the action-packed seventh installment of Gulf Coast Omega Step/Dance Extravaganza (GCODE) at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, at Pensacola High School. All tickets are priced at $30 and available for purchase through any of the performing members. For more information about GCODE, please visit www.GCODE850.com. Bryan Freeman of  Pensacola Omega Lamplighters has the details. 

The University of West Florida sophomore will appear in the Jeopardy! High School Reunion Tournament on Thursday, March 2. The 14-day special event pits 27 former teen contestants in the traditional College Championship format with a $100,000 grand prize for the champion. Brown was the Tate High School Class of 2021’s co-salutatorian. She was on the 2020 Senior Homecoming Court and named to the 2021 Senior Hall of Fame. At UWF, she is the Honors Council service chair and Student Government Association secretary. Brown is also a Gulf Coast Diplomacy Council intern and helps coach Ransom Middle’s academic team.

The wait is over for “Cocaine Bear.” The darkly comedic, bloody, tru-ish tale of a bear who finds a package of cocaine in the woods and goes nuts is now in theaters. Jason Nathanson has seen it, and can tell you if it’s awesome or not.

The cover story in the Feb. 23 edition of Inweekly features Celestine Elizabeth Tolliver Harrison, her family and the bed and breakfast named in her honor.  Read Peeling Back the Layers of The Celestine Bed and Breakfast.

The full show for  Friday, Feb. 24, 2023: Walker Wilson, ChatGPT, Jason Nathanson, Cornelia Robinson Edwards, Bryan Freeman and Maggie Brown.

FlashPoint Live and Mr Pillow were in Pensacola pushing Christian nationalism last week. The Lincoln Project's Ryan Wiggins discusses how the weaponizing of religion is hurting the GOP and churches.

County Commissioner Lumon May believes the Escambia Children's Trust is failing those children in most need its help.  He is disappointed that the $5.1 million handed out by the Escambia Children's Trust last week didn't focus on the children living in pockets of poverty.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google arguing that the tech giant should not be immune from suit for its own alleged conduct in recommending and/or suggesting terrorist content. Levin Papantonio Rafferty shareholder Kim Adams wrote an amicus brief for this case.Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that regulates internet service providers. The section has been broadly interpreted to provide almost unlimited legal immunity from liability for internet service providers.Adams' amicus brief states the argument that Google-generated recommendations and should not be protected by Section 230.

ABC News' Brad Garrett has talked about gun violence and ways to reduce it but the missing piece has always been communities' commitment and law enforcement's collaboration with them.  That's why he is so impressed with Omaha, Nebraska's "Omaha 360," which is a dedicated partnership with 120 or so non-profits, churches, mobile mental health units and law enforcement.  Reports show a 50% reduction in the number of people shot between 2009 and 2022 and a homicide clearance rate of 87%.