
Cary Barbor
All Thing Considered Host, Reporterczahaby@wgcu.org
Cary Barbor is the local host of All Things Considered and a reporter for WGCU. She was a producer for Martha Stewart Radio on Sirius XM, where she hosted a live interview show with authors of new books called Books and Authors. She was a producer for The Leonard Lopate Show, a live, daily show that covered arts, culture, politics, and food on New York City’s public radio station WNYC. She also worked as a producer on Studio 360, a weekly culture magazine; and The Sunday Long Read, a show that features in-depth conversations with journalists and other writers. She has filed stories for The Pulse and Here & Now.
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Several legislative policies have been handed down from the state that affect the classroom this year. The new Lee County Superintendent of Schools talked to us about them.
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Dr. Yungman Kwak is a Korean ob-gyn who immigrated to the US after the Korean War and took up his practice in the rural Minnesota town of Horse’s Breath. Now, toward the end of his career, the foundation he’s built is shifting. Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s new novel The Evening Hero is Kwak’s story.
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Author Marie Myung-Ok Lee couldn't depend on her parents to tell her about their experiences during the Korean War and immigrating to the U.S., so she looked elsewhere.
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Rent has risen drastically all over the country. But it turns out that the largest increases are close to home.
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The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow in a dispute about a 2011 state law that threatens stiff penalties if city and county officials pass gun-related regulations. The so-called ‘preemption law’ is being challenged by more than 30 local governments and dozens of local officials, as well as Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried. We talk with Fried about the lawsuit and issues around gun violence. Fried is also a Democratic candidate for Governor.
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On June 9, the State Supreme Court will hear a case challenging a 2011 Florida law that allows state law to overrule local governments regarding gun safety.
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Six Kentucky nuns built a hospital in rural India in 1947. Jyoti Thottam's book "Sisters of Mokama" tells the story of their success.
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Six Kentucky nuns set up a hospital in India in 1947. Jyoti Thottam wrote the history in Sisters of Mokama and we talk to her on GCL Book Club.
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Six nuns from Kentucky traveled to India to set up a hospital just as India was breaking free of English rule. We talk to the author of this compelling history.
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Author Alison Espach discusses why she decided to write her new novel Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance in the second person.