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  • My guest today is Eric Raddatz. He’s a man of many...things, known by many people around southwest Florida. He’s probably most publicly known as the man…
  • Over the course of seven days at the beginning of 1923 a white mob killed at least five Black residents of the mostly-Black town of Rosewood, Florida about 45 miles southwest of Gainesville and burned every Black-owned building to the ground. We talk with two student reporters from the University of Florida College of Journalism to talk about their story, “Remembering Rosewood: Descendants mark racial violence that razed Florida town 100 years ago.”
  • West Nile Virus has now been detected in mosquitoes in both Lee & Collier Counties. Mosquitoes become infected with the virus when they feed on birds that have it, and it can be spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Both Lee and Collier Counties have robust mosquito control operations to protect human health, and human standard of living. And they have extensive monitoring operations to try and stay ahead of the flying pests, and track the presence of viruses like West Nile, Dengue, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Chikungunya, and Zika.
  • Bears begin eating more calories in the fall to pack on additional fat needed during the winter months. Bears will consume up to 20,000 calories per day and will snack on anything that’s convenient, including what's in your garbage.
  • Bears begin eating more calories in the fall to pack on additional fat needed during the winter months. Bears will consume up to 20,000 calories per day and will snack on anything that’s convenient, including what's in your garbage.
  • We’re exploring life for people who are visually impaired during the coronavirus outbreak and the social distancing guidelines that have come with it.
  • Rabies is preventable, but it still plagues around 60,000 people a year.
  • A bombing killed 14 people in Kabul on Thursday.
  • "When people ask me if Ed Koch is a racist..."
  • A company called Alcor freezes dead people, hoping to restore them to health one day.
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