Rick's Podcasts

Jason Nathanson and Sena Maddison talk about how Taylor Swift's concert ticket sales crashed Ticketmaster.

Walker Wilson loses beer concession at World Cup games and more.

All the interviews from Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022.

Children of all ages are invited to enjoy a morning of holiday fun with Santa and Santa’s elves, Saturday, Nov. 19 from 8 a.m. to noon at Gulf Coast Kid’s House, 3401 N. 12th Ave. in Pensacola. Stacey Kostevicki has the details.

State Senator Doug Broxson discusses being the new chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee.He said, "$112 billion will come across my desk, and we'll have to spend it according to the needs of Florida. Frankly, about 95% of that is pre-spent through education and children and family and healthcare, roads, prisons, law enforcement, just running the government. But what's left is a lot of money."Sen. Broxson said the recovery from Hurricane Ian and Nicole will be big ticket items. He is looking forward to the special session on insurance. "The impact of our insurance industry has got to be reevaluated, and we're going to do that in special session in a few weeks. And if we don't, then increased premiums are really a form of a hidden tax that people simply cannot afford."He continued, "So we have a lot of pressure to get it right and to get the rates going the other way rather than doubling every year as they have for the last two years."

Lincoln Project Chief of Staff Ryan Wiggins discusses what she learned from the 2022 election results."Trump was a symptom of the political movement," Wiggins said. "He was not the political movement. And I think in a lot of ways that political movement has outgrown Donald Trump. And so, I mean, you're going to  see this continue to play out with these far right-leaning people."She added, "I think the midterm said this--'we want to move back more to the middle.' I don't think that this was a referendum that said America wants to move left, or America wants to move into the progressive space. I think what it said was we are more moderate than this extremism." 

At the University of Virginia, a former honors student gunned down and killed three fellow students.  The same day, four students from the University of Idaho were murdered by unknown person, though as a statistical matter it is most likely to have been a male person. ABC News' Brad Garrett has the latest info on both.

HCA Florida West Hospital received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. This national distinction celebrates HCA Florida West Hospital’s achievements in protecting hospital patients from preventable harm and errors. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Vinay Pallekonda has the details.

All the interview from Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.

Community activist Mel Pino shares her thoughts on what lies head for Escambia County.