Rick's Podcasts

Rick's Podcasts

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Rick's Podcasts episodes

  • Episode 2566: WCOA Celebrates 98 Years
    From the second floor of the Pensacola Museum of History - which once was Pensacola City Hall, we celebrated WCOA's rich history with Sena Maddison, Bill Mitchem, Rob Overton, Jeff Weeks, Martha Saunders, Howard Reddy, Sid Williams-Heath, Ashton Hayward, Reggie Dogan and Erica Grancagnolo.
    1 hr 26 min
  • Episode 2565: Happy Birthday, Jackie
    Surveillance video from a city park in Wichita, Kansas, has provided crucial clues about the people responsible for stealing a life-sized statue of baseball legend and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson last Thursday.Blurry nighttime video showed two people cutting the bronze sculpture off at the ankles, loading it into the back of a pickup truck and then speeding away. On Monday, police recovered the truck. However, the statue was found shattered in a dumpster that had been set on fireJim Ryan shared this morning on "Real News" that people have been donating $42 apiece to a GoFund.me account to replace the statue. I made my contribution this afternoon - here.
    6 min
  • Episode 2563: Gospel coming to WSRE
    A half-hour sneak peek of the new documentary series GOSPEL—from executive producer, host and writer Henry Louis Gates Jr.—presented with performances by two local choirs: the Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church Choir and the Voices of Victory Radio Choir.WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6 WHERE: WSRE Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio at Pensacola State College WHY: To engage the local community in the PBS release of “GOSPEL”—the new documentary series from Henry Louis Gates Jr.—in observance of Black History Month.  HOW: Admission is free. Seating is limited, so reservations are requested at wsre.org/events.
    6 min

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Author and newspaper publisher Rick Outzen explores the news behind the headlines with newsmakers and the journalists that cover them.