Rick's Podcasts

Pensacola Habitat for Humanity’s annual 11th Women Build will be a historic one for the affiliate, as this year’s fundraising efforts will help Women Build total over $1 million raised across the event’s 11-year history. Quinn Luehring-Buerkett shares the details.

The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival Committee announces the launch of the 2024 Foo Foo Festival website, detailing the day-by-day calendar of events for the 11th annual iteration, with more events to be added in the coming months, including those presented by Friends of Foo. This year’s Foo Foo season is highlighted by the 2024 grant recipients including the 309 Punk Project, Choral Society of Pensacola, Fiesta Pensacola, Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida, Legal Services of North Florida, Night Moves Inc, PenArts, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola Opera, Pensacola State College, The University of West Florida Historic Trust, Wide Angle Photo Club, and WSRE TV Foundation. 

The Foo Foo Fest Committee invites local organizations that are hosting events that fit the nature of the Foo Foo Festival, occurring during the scheduled event dates of Oct. 31 - Nov. 11, 2024, to submit to become a Friend of Foo. Submissions for 2024 Friends of Foo are open now through Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. Becoming a Friend of Foo adds organization events to the overall event lineup and Foo Foo Fest website, as well as integrates them into Foo Foo Fest’s regional advertising campaign. Eligible organizations include: 

There is a submission and approval process for the Friend of Foo program. If accepted, the organization will be notified. Click here to apply!

Buck Mitchell discusses Rosie O'Grady's 57th anniversary, which is Friday, Aug. 16.

J.T. Young, vice president & general manager, Florida Power & Light NW Florida, discusses the massive infrastructure work they did in downtown Pensacola and how the utility is working the City of Pensacola on the New Palafox project. 

Sheriff Chip Simmons is the first Escambia County sheriff in over a century that wasn't challenged in his first re-election bid. He also discusses who he has endorsed in the Aug. 20 primary.

Mark Zubaly, the architect behind the "blackface" mailer, had to pay $50,000 to settle a defamation lawsuit in Santa Rosa County. Attorney Alex Andrade has the details.

The full show: Sena Maddison, Robert Bender, Mike Dobuski, D.C. Reeves, and Guy Garrett.

CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology industry and workforce, honored the University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity with the Pathway Champions: Cybersecurity Award. Guy Garrett shares the details.

Shortly after the beginning of the year, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves unveiled his top priorities for the city, calling them his “24 for ’24.” They touch on nearly every corner of city government and challenge city administration, directors, and staff to bring better services to the residents of Pensacola. The mayor discusses several priorities.

Supervisor of Elections Robert Bende to warn voters about fake text messages regarding their ballots. The messages are false and have raised concerns from our election workers and voters.