WSLR News
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Local news and politics program, broadcasting from Sarasota's own WSLR 96.5 LP FM, every Wednesday & Friday at 6 pm (with a Week in Review on Saturday at Noon). Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or at www.WSLR.org.
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Episode 461: WSLR News, Thu., Aug 20: DeNiro; Villa Ballada; immigrant dragnet; Glover; Montavon
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Episode 460: WSLR News Tue., Aug 18: Election night special edition. Obsidian lawsuit; city candidate eligibility near-fail; Livel Local Act project; candidate anti-PAC press conference; polling station mood
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Episode 459: WSLR News Fri., Aug. 14: Florida Panthers; Neunder's cease-and-desist; profile Pearson; Indian Beach Park
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Episode 458: WSLR News Wed., Aug. 12: Candidate residency doubts; Congressional candidate forum; Tamika Lyles profile; Manatee County finances
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Episode 457: WSLR News Fri., Aug. 7: Laurel Meadows, New Booker High Coach, Where Are County Dems?, City Wastewater, and Sydney Gruters
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Episode 456: WSLR News Wed., Aug. 3: HOA pilot project; Sarasota parking; concrete crushing; Manatee County budget increases
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Episode 455: WSLR News Fri., July 31: Sydney Gruters vs Eddie Speir; Hi Hat Ranch; historic preservation; Breakfast House move; YouthThrives
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Episode 454: WSLR News Wed., July 29: Booker High football; Bay Park rezone; Aug. 18 primaries; City of Sarasota PAC politics; New College Alumni Association
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Episode 453: WSLR News Fri., July 24: Florida DOGE; Gracewater Midtown; Live Local lawsuit; US Garage; Rob Rominiecki
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Episode 452: WSLR News Wed., July 22: North Port data centers; Live Local lawsuit; Sarasota School Board meeting times; water treatment plant; Brad Baker
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Episode 451: WSLR News Fri., July 17: Gunshot patients; end of TPS for Haitians; undocumented student ban; Sarasota Motor Club; Desmond Meade
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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Episode 450: WSLR News Wed., July 15: State pre-emption; school meals; PACs; Done with Gun; Kelly Kirschner
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Episode 449: WSLR News Fri., July 10: CD 16 'in play' for Dems; profile Eddie Pope; Maley's Fish Kill; WW2 Jeep
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Episode 448: WSLR News Wed., July 8: Sarasota slams brakes on data centers; rural stormwater fees; dropping school enrollment; Eddie Speir
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Episode 447: WSLR News Fri., July 3: Airbnb and Byron Donalds; employees take over roofing business; Treatment First ripples; oyster bed restoration; turtle recovery
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Episode 446: WSLR News Wed., July 1: Canadian at Alcatraz; New College budget; Yevgheni Khodorkovsky
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Episode 445: WSLR News Fri., June 26: Canadian at Alcatraz; The Real KVO; concrete crushing; stormwater system update
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Episode 444: WSLR News Wed., June 24: Protect Siesta Key endorsement; Julie London; administrative review; Bridget Ziegler; laughter yoga
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Episode 443: WSLR News Fri., June 19: Hospital board elections; moratorium petition; Sarasota County Commission candidates; Juneteenth
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Episode 442: WSLR News, Wed. June 17: DeSantis signs Gruters' insurance bill; 1899 Fruitville; Angie Nixon; Newtown candidate forum; Jim DeNiro
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Episode 441: WSLR News Fri., June 12: Last-minute candidates; data center water use; USF shutdown ripples; Juneteenth
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Episode 440: WSLR News Wed., June 10: John Oliver and New College; historic teardown; CONA; candidate profiles: Flo Entler and Joe Neunder
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Episode 439: WSLR News, Fri, June 5: New College financial collision; Christian Nationalism; candidate profiles: Jen Ahearn-Koch and Kristina Sargent
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Episode 438: WSLR News Wed., June 3: Neighborhood workshops; biking deaths; school board candidate; measles; women of power
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Episode 437: WSLR News Fri., May 29: Bradenton mayor change; cemetery neglect; US Garage; hurricane season
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May 29, 2026 |
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Episode 436: WSLR News Wed., May 27: USF Sarasota-Manatee shutdown; data center; school tax settlement; candidate profile Harshman; candidate profile Pozzie
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May 27, 2026 |
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Episode 435: WSLR News Fri., May 22: Vandalized cemetery; data center; ¡Pleibol!; Braver Angels
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May 23, 2026 |
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Episode 434: WSLR News Wed., May 20: New Booker principal; school taxes; church parking; Bay Park Phase 3; Phillippi Creek dredging
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May 20, 2026 |
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Episode 433: WSLR News Friday May 15: Water violators: Zander debater: Steube: Mark Smith
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May 15, 2026 |
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Episode 432: WSLR News, Wed. May 13: USF Sarasota-Manatee vote; Allen Spence; cemetery vandalism; The Bay dirt pile; Suncoast Jewish Alliance
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May 13, 2026 |
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Episode 431: WSLR News Fri., May 8: School tax fees; Booker High principal; US House candidates: Montavon; hurricane hunters
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May 08, 2026 |
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Episode 430: WSLR News Wed., May 6: Schools v Moran; Live Local; Obsidian; Larry Thompson Q&A
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May 06, 2026 |
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Episode 429: WSLR News Fri., May 1: Live Local clash; Obsidian, round 3; new concrete crushing operator; Sarasota schools sue tax collector; community choir
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May 01, 2026 |
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Episode 428: WSLR News Wed., Apr. 19: DR Horton sues; Democrats apologize; new concrete crushing plant operator; youth mental health; affordable legal help
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Episode 427: WSLR News Fri., Apr. 24: New College master plan challenge; school board candidates: DeWitt, Brandt; Regional Scan; Bending the Arc
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Episode 426: WSLR News Wed., Apr 22: Concrete crushing; Bill Furst's PAC; student protest policy; District 1 school board candidates; compost merger; plastic bottles
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Episode 425: WSLR News Wed., April 8: Land preservation; teacher layoffs; Social Security protest; conservative reactions to No Kings; Fish Fry, the movie
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Episode 424: WSLR News Wed., April 1: Sarasota ICE referrals; ICE seeks office space; Gruters insurance bill; No Kings
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Episode 423: WSLR News Wed., Mar. 25: Sheriff vs sheriff; No Kings Day events; student protest policy; Van Wezel floodproofing; traffic calming; Control Growth Now award
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Episode 422: 'Neighbors Not Strangers': Indivisible Manatee hosts discussion about immigration law and enforcement in Florida
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Episode 421: WSLR News Wed., Mar. 18: 1899 Fruitville; concrete crushing permit; Mark Vengroff; New College documentary
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Episode 420: WSLR News Wed., Mar. 11: City to sue concrete crushing plant; Urban Meyer and education; Meadows and Benderson; micromobility; a stroll on the farmers' market
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Episode 419: WSLR News Wed., Mar 4
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Episode 418: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 25:
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Episode 417: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 18: Sarasota land preservation purchases; CDD bill; Leonard Reid House turns 100; freedge
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Episode 416: WSLR News Fri., Feb. 13: Interview with Maryam Mohamad about neighborhood Signal groups in Minneapolis
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Episode 415: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 11: EPA guts wetlands protection; City of Sarasota manager search; the city's affordable housing project is back; immigration enforcement panel
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Episode 414: WSLR News, Fri., Feb. 6: Interview with a Somali immigrant in Minneapolis
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Episode 413: WSLR News Wed. Feb. 4: Artist housing; Neunder vs DeNiro; snitch line; Somali immigrants
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Episode 412: WSLR News Fri., Jan. 30: Winchester Ranch; Sarasota schools' ICE resolution; Manatee schools pledge improvement; Trump's Cuba energy blockade
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Episode 411: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 28: Saravela; Neunder vs. Live Local; Pretti candlelight vigil
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Episode 410: WSLR News Fri., Jan 23: New Ringling College president; why the Van Wezels endorse the new SPAC; public speaking challenges; Amaryllis Park; immigration scams
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Episode 409: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 21: Cruise terminal; Ziegler's ICE resolution; Benderson taxing district; MLK Day
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Episode 408: WSLR News Fri., Jan. 16: Special report on immigration protest at Alligator Alcatraz
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Episode 407: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 14: Affordable housing funding; ICE protest; Gran Paradiso settlement; Van Wezel family endorses SPAC
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Episode 406: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 7: Sarasota school makeover; Newtown's historic schools; big development in Venice; public housing near downtown; a Venezuela skeptic
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Episode 405: WSLR News Wed., Dec. 17: Sarasota County Commissioners pick chair and talks stormwater standards; EPA strips wetland protections; Manatee schools' HR troubles; stressed farmers; support for immigrants
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Episode 404: WSLR News Wed., Dec. 10: MCR Health; Rattlesnake Key; Defend Florida; Siesta Key beach battles
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Episode 403: WSLR News Wed., Dec. 3: New Manatee County Commission chair; art erasure lawsuit; Venezuela ambassador; The Amish Project
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Episode 402: WSLR News Fri., Nov. 28: Polluter out, affordable housing in; Tallevast contamination; pesticide drones
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Episode 401: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 26: Hunger; twice-erased muralist; Mengele survivor; wild turkeys
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Episode 400: WSLR News Fri., Nov. 22: Juvenile curfew; oil drilling; Heal Palestine; Unidos Now quince
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Episode 399: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 19: Sarasota school board; Siesta Key development; CONA; UnidosNow
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Episode 398: WSLR News Fri., Nov. 14
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Episode 397: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 12: Climate resilience conference; canopy walkway; Alligator Alcatraz protest
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Episode 396: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 7: New College DOGE'd; Manatee approves more CDDs; funding for Sarasota Land Preservation Program
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Episode 395: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 5: Sarasota school shuffle; underused schools; Publix open carry pushback; truly affordable housing; clergy vs. ICE
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Episode 394: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 31: SEE Squads; special education school takeover; Disappeared in America; Newtown hoop takedown; Performing Arts Foundation gala
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Episode 393: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 29: Legislators seek to take control over port from Manatee County; Sarasota takes back Polytech consolidation plans; Thaxton surprises; Ukraine activists
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Episode 392: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 24: Hoop trouble; Sarasota Sheriff loves ICE; New College denies emeritus status; VanWezel preservation; active shooter training
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Episode 391: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 22: Kristi Noem; No Kings; more school consolidation; DR Horton rejected again; power undergrounding
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Episode 390: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 17: judge orders ICE to release undocumented father; The Bay Phase 3; Lakewood Ranch park expands; bathroom boondoggle
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Episode 389: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 15: No Kings protests; Phillippi Creek dredging; Tallevast trouble Part 2; Voces de Inmigración 2
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 388: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 10: Yoav Gallant in Sarasota; Mater Academies seeks Manatee schools, too; Betty Osceola; Hermitage Artist Retreat; Tallevast contamination
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Episode 387: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 8: Sarasota school stays open; Sarasota School Board race; The Bay picks politically connected restaurateur; stormwater politics; Stuart Eizenstat
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Episode 386: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 3: Redistricting potest; feeding immigrants in distress; school closings; vaccine politics; Hispanic art
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Episode 385: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 1: Florida's jail to ICE pipeline; Nuestro Vaiven; Eat Local Week; remembering Breonte; pickleball champ
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Episode 384: WSLR News Fri., Sep. 26: Schools of Hope; open carry confusion; deportation; Hermitage retreat struggles
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Episode 383: WSLR News Wed., Sep. 24: Peak hurricane season; jail to ICE pipeline; school closings; hat man
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Episode 382: WSLR News Fri., Sep. 19: School closings in Sarasota; a rubber-stamp board for developers?; Culverhouse project
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Episode 381: WSLR News Wed., Sep. 17: Botanical garden's treet cutting; immigrant family in distress; prayer vigil; free speech on campus
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Episode 380: WSLR News, Fri., Sep. 12: DR Horton hearing; small business in Charlie Kirk trouble; Florida's failing sex ed; 9-11 remembrance
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Episode 379: WSLR News Wed., Sept. 10: At least 15 more years for the Van Wezel; Midnight Pass dredging; how to get a COVID booster; headwinds for Sister Cities; Sarasota clergy protest immigrant detention
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Episode 378: WSLR News Fri., Sept. 5: Sarasota County hikes water bills by 10%; commissioners raise stormwater fees; New College privatization; David Jolly interview; One Stop Housing
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Episode 377: WSLR News Wed., Sep. 3: Manatee joins suit against SB 180; Sarasota sheriff presents scaled-down jail project; trouble at Streets of Paradise; Labor Day action
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Episode 376: WSLR News Fri., Aug. 29: Manasota Beach Road; Village of Art removal; Teamster victories; stagehand union
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Episode 375: WSLR News, Wed. Aug. 27: Street art removal; new Manatee superintendent; Zenith redevelopment; private government trouble in Manatee; Van Wezel fixes
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Episode 374: WSLR News, Fri., Aug. 22: Manatee showdown avoided; Q&A with Sarasota's stormwater czar; Sarasota County: tough talk, no cuts; local reactions to Alligator Alcatraz ruling
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Episode 373: WSLR News Wed., Aug 20: City moves on Purple Cow; PGT fires deaf worker; life after deportation; deportation protest; Rob Lorei, RIP
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 372: WSLR News Fri., Aug 15: A dportation experience; SPAC fundraising falls behind; Westminster vote; vaccination lag; Newtown Family Center
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Episode 371: WSLR News Wed., Aug. 13: Report from ICE detention; Sarasota School Board resignations; stormwater czar; DR Horton returns; Manatee superintendent finalists; outpriced renters
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Episode 370: WSLR News Wed., Aug. 6: E coli in the Bay; right-wing restlessness in the GOP; Manatee lobbies against SB 180; Sarasota rejects synagogue project
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Episode 369: WSLR News, Fri., Aug. 1: Donors sue New College Foundation; paying taxes to developers; Alligator Alcatraz vs. the environment; Manatee superintendent search; North Water Tower Park
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Episode 368: WSLR News, Wed., July 30: Manatee County vs. Florida; rural hospital squeeze; self deportation; twin tower project; Rage Against the Regime; yoga for houseless Sarasotans
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Episode 367: WSLR News Fri., July 25: Teenage edition! Colson Hotel; Sarasota school troubles; a flooded city commissioner; neighborhood canopy program; Freedom School
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Episode 366: WSLR News Fri., July 18: Florida's second detention camp; FPL undergrounding; Good Trouble protest; rainbow crosswalks; Pastor Gibbs;
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Episode 365: WSLR News Wed., July 16: Protest, vigil for Tampa man killed in West Bank; Floridians stand to lose health insurance; New College master plan; airport succession; gambling dens
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Episode 364: WSLR News, Fri., July 11: Planned Parenthood merger; Sarasota stormwater redux; the Van Wezel's future; North Port finance crunch
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Episode 363: WSLR news Wed., July 9: Sarasota budget woes; sports arena; stormwater czar; Adagio; city manager search reboot
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 362: WSLR News Fri., July 4: Medicaid cuts and MCR Health; Manatee County vs Pat Neal; Clean Water campaign needs miracle; Pride Month in tough times
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Jul 04, 2025 |