Florida Matters

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Your spot for real, daily conversations. Where neighbors become storytellers, newsmakers explain why and how changes happen and where locals — natives to the area and newcomers — discover and delight in the community they share.

Episodes

Kathy Castor converses on costs of housing, and how student-athletes can play it safe

The debate over debates in Florida elections, and learning campaign finance loopholes

Parents trapped in a temporary foster care 'side door,' and Florida hunting prep

Poring over the Amendment 3 property tax measure, and a dengue update

A good day to walk or bike (and not drive), and Florida’s fascinating role in film

Pinellas County School District weighs closures and mergers, more on FWC surveillance

Fired over a social media post, and a local club owner’s fight over concert fees

Hospital association CEO ties property taxes to healthcare, and PlayStation's disc-continuation

What is a love bug? Here’s an expert with many flying facts to give

A collective sign from teachers unions, homes built with 3D printing, winning by the sword

Kids left in limbo by closing of juvenile justice facility, and following political money

25 years later: How 9/11 changed the country, the skies and the future

As cyclosporiasis wanes, does lettuce still make you nervous? And where are the hurricanes?

The Clancy trial and understanding postpartum psychosis, plus inside the art of cosplay

Why cats are crowding shelters, and when environmental worry overwhelms

The Rays’ next steps, Hope Florida’s money trail, and an alternate Haslam’s plan

Flock critics share their concerns, and earthquake help for Colombia and Venezuela

Wanted: a new generation of truck drivers. And every generation gets an ‘Odyssey’

Florida’s shadowy immigration database, and remembering the Buffalo Soldiers

A county rethinks park funding, the appeal of going old-school, the latest on sloth deaths