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The documentary “Love Wins Over Hate” features a series of honest and thought-provoking interviews with former white supremacists, and others who held extreme views but have since renounced them. It attempts to get to the heart of why people hate, and sometimes take on extremist ideologies like white supremacy — and what it takes to escape that world, and in some cases go on to work to help others escape. We talk with its producer and director, Susan Polis Schutz.

The Naples Discussion Group and Florida Gulf Coast University Honors College are kicking off their 2021-2022 lecture series this Friday, October 22 with a talk titled “The Future of the Humanities, The Future of Our Country” by Dr. Andrew Delbanco, Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University and president of the Teagle Foundation. We get a preview.

We learn about the Fort Myers nonprofit My Autism Connection, which as brought adults on the spectrum together since 2012. Its mission is to provide experiential opportunities for adults diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder to help them develop skills towards independence and building healthy relationships.

One of the systems that’s had to respond to social distancing in ways it’s never done before is the court system. To get a sense of how these past three months have unfolded, and what modifications have been made, and how things are proceeding as the state opens up, we’re joined by Judge Michael McHugh, Chief Judge of Florida’s 20th Judicial Circuit, which includes Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties.

A growing number of states, including Florida, are contracting our long-term medical care with what's known as managed care organizations.It's a way for…

As millions of Americans lost their jobs and incomes due to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention issued an unprecedented moratorium on evictions. That moratorium is set to expire on December 31 if lawmakers in Congress do not extend it. The National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates as many as 19 million people in 6.7 million households are at risk of being evicted if they don’t.

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering whether to ask Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution, and it has already drafted one article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for "Inciting Insurrection" at the U.S. Capitol. To discuss the events that are unfolding we speak with Dr. Peter Bergerson, political science professor at Florida Gulf Coast University; and Dr. Susan MacManus, Distinguished Professor Emerita in political science at the University of South Florida.

Since 2012 the Fort Myers nonprofit Pick Up the Ball has been mentoring young men in low-income, high-risk areas in order to give them opportunities with the intent of raising their level of expectations for life, increasing their chances of success, and improving their understanding of different communities.

Back in mid-October the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began discharging billions of gallons of water from Lake Okeechobee down the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Rivers. And with Tropical Storm Eta dumping rain across the region they have continued, for now.

We’re continuing our series of conversations with speakers from the Naples Discussion Group’s 20-21 schedule today by talking with Dr. William Felice, he’s Professor of Political Science at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. We’re getting a bit of a preview of his talk titled “The Ethical Dimensions to International Relations and American Foreign Policy.”