Rick's Podcasts

The full show for Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023: Stephanie Shepard, D.C. Reeves, John Cohen and Hannah Pennell.

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeve recaps his trip to D.C,. and discusses the need to focus on military in our area.

Glenn Miller Orchestra is returning to the National Naval Aviation Museum for a live, in-person concert in February that will be open to the general public. The performance takes place Monday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. Concertgoers are invited to attend a pre-show cocktail hour starting at 5:30 p.m. General admission tickets are on sale now. Hannah Pennell has the details.

Less than one month into 2023, the United States has totaled 36 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive.  The mass shooting of this past Sunday, which killed 11 and injured 9, has almost exclusively affected the Asian American community.  John Cohen is an ABC News contributor and the former acting undersecretary for intelligence and counterterrorism coordinator at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He talks about the challenges dealing with the rise in mass shootings and the possible role of social media.  

Last October, Stephanie Shepard lost her son, age 18, to a drug overdose.  Since then, she has formed a nonprofit Hope Above Fear to establish a youth inpatient rehab in Escambia County.  She is running three surveys to provide the county's Opioid Task Force with data on the opioid/fentanyl abuse among local children ages 19 and under.• Parent Substance Abuse Survey - this is for parents who currently have children ages 13-19 who have in the past or are currently struggling with substance abuse.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FGP9C7B• Youth Substance Abuse Survey - this is for youth ages 13-19 who have struggled or know a peer who has struggled with substance abuse.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7BS25YN• Relative Substance Abuse Survey - this is for a relative (grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister, niece, nephew, cousin) who has had a relative or currently has a relative between the age of 13-19 struggling with substance abuse.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FGG7CHC

The full show for Monday, Jan. 23, 2023: Alex Andrade, Karen Travers, Jeff Bergosh, Delarian Wiggins and Kim Adams.

Biden is getting a new chief of staff. Karen Travers has the details.

State Rep. Alex Andrade recaps last week's committee meetings and discusses the move to expand school vouchers.

Mayor D.C. Reeves and District 7 Councilman Delarian Wiggins will host a District 7 Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 5:30 p.m. at Sanders Beach-Corinne Jones Resource Center, located at 913 S. I St.  Councilman Wiggins previews the meeting.

County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh recaps last week's board meeting and the gun violence roundtable.