Rick's Podcasts

The Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament is already drawing thousands of attendees to Escambia County’s Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park, with approximately 3,200 attending the tournament during the first two days.The SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament kicked off Oct. 29 and runs through Nov. 5, starting with 10 SEC soccer teams that have been narrowed down to four teams competing for the SEC Championship title.This marks the second year in a row that Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park has served as the location for the SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament, with last year’s event drawing record-breaking attendance and generating $2.5 million in local economic impact.Tickets for the remaining games are available for purchase online. Click here for ticket information.

The full show for Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023: Dan McFaul, Neils Anderson, D.C. Reeves, Therese McKenzie, Mike Dobuski and Sena Maddison.

Foo Foo chair Therese McKenzie talks about Foo Foo Fest's first weekend. 

Gulf Coast Veterans Week, along with Rep. Michelle Salzman, UWF Military and Veteran Resource Center, Veterans Memorial Park, Veterans Upward Bound at PSC, and VetCV, have created a week-long celebration to support and recognize our brave veteran - Nov. 4 to Nov. 11. Niels Anderson shares the details.

Dan McFaul served as the chief of staff for our congressmen--Joe Scarborough, Jeff Miller and Matt Gaetz, and now is the managing partner of Ballard Partners' D.C. office.  Dan offers insights into the new House Speaker, Mike Johnson (R-La.).

Pensacola D.C. Reeves talks about the difficulty convincing Florida Legislature to pay for demolish of old Baptist Hospital - What do Florida taxpayers get for $18 million? Why should the state bail out a hospital system that invested $650 million in a new location without planning anything for the neighborhood it left? 

The full show for Monday, Oct. 30, 2023: Jeff Bergosh, Alex Andrade, Ray Palmer, Emmie Paulos, Jason Nathanson and Sena Maddison.

Pensacola Sports Ray Palmer reviews the first round contests and discusses Tuesday's quarter round matchup, featuring Alabama v. Mississippi State.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a federal lawsuit last week against Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, alleging the apps use "manipulative" features to maximize young people's time on social media. It contends Meta intentionally made social media addictive by deceptively downplaying negative impacts on the mental health of teens and other young people. Locally, Levin Papantonio Rafferty attorney Emmie Paulos has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube on behalf of the Escambia County School Board.

Friends' co-star Matthew Perry passed away this weekend. We talked about him with ABC News' Jason Nathanson.