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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Republican-led states, including Florida, try to stop Biden Administration student debt cancellationThe Biden Administration is trying to cancel more student debt, while Republican-led states — including Florida —are trying to stop him.
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This live edition of the Gulf Coast Life Book Club features Fort Myers writer Annabelle Tometich and her new memoir, The Mango Tree.
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Military veterans who receive GI benefits may need to make a change in their banking this month.
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An indictment of a Southwest Florida Sheriff's deputy was announced today.The case involves excessive force that was captured on body cameras worn by Hendry deputies.
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A male ring-tailed lemur was born at the Naples Zoo.
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Two Florida legislators from opposite sides of the aisle came to Florida Gulf Coast University this week to discuss proposed legislation.
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Florida residents were undercounted in the last census, although Southwest Florida counties did pretty well at responding.
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Kaveh Akbar is a well-known poet, publishing regularly in The New Yorker and elsewhere. Now he has written a novel, and it is excellent.
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A local organization has distributed nearly two million books to children since 2005.
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Dr. Hollis Stewart is a wildlife veterinarian. She worked on the Florida Panther Project, to help repopulate the endangered cats.