Author: Lew Lorini

Violation Tracker is one of the projects conducted by Good Jobs First  research director Philip Mattera who will be joining Steve and Lew and tell us what their latest report revealed. Spoiler alert: it documented that in the past year the current administration has levied a fraction of the fines to Fortune 100 companies that […]

Author, yoga teacher, and yoga studio owner Erin Linzi (above) is joining Steve and Lew to discuss her new book Thriving After Addiction  which explains how practicing yoga can help recovering addicts.  She will also offer some insights into how generally the practice of yoga can be beneficial to anyone. Later in a recorded interview, […]

Desmond Meade , president of the Florida Rights  Restoration Commission, and arguably a living example of why discarding human beings who made a mistake and were convicted of crime is wrong , will join Steve and Lew this week to talk about an amendment on the 2018 ballot that would automatically restore voting rights to […]

Randy  Cooper (above), Democratic candidate for the House seat representing District 71, is joining Steve and Lew this week to talk about his campaign and the issues he sees are critical to Florida residents. He will also offer his legislative plans should he be elected. Later, Sarasota Waterkeeper, Andre Mele, will explain why the proposed […]

Joining Steve and Francis will be Alan Zibel (above), Public Citizen’s Research Director of the Corporate Presidency project who will talk about his recent article that details the many, many instances of President Donald Trump financially benefiting from money spent at his properties by  corporations, indivduals, and foreign governments. In case you are wondering, this […]

Chilly temperatures  last week were inconvenient at best for most Floridians accustomed to our mild climate, but for the homeless, who  live outdoors all the time, the change of weather was  more profoundly felt. Ed DeMarco, CEO of the Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness will join Steve and Lew to talk about how services for […]

For the first show of the year, Steve and Lew will be joined by Susan Harley (above), Deputy Director of Congress Watch at Public Citizen, who will dissect the recently passed tax reform bill.  Republican architects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act have been peddling it as middle-class tax relief and an economic stimulus […]

For the last show of the year, Steve and Lew will be joined by WSLR volunteer and Suncoast Waterkeeper, Andy Mele (above) who will give us some perspective on the imminent outbreak of red tide that will reaching our shores. It does not have to be that way.  Andy will also talk about the real […]

Steve and Lew are honored to be visited by former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder (above) who will tell us about concerns many officials, in and out of government, are having about the upcoming 2020 Census. Schroeder, who served for 24 years in Congress representing the Colorado district that included Denver,  chaired the committee that oversaw funding […]

The Florida House is considering a bill that would require unions to have at least 50 percent  of their membership paying dues or face decertification. Of course, Florida is a “right-to-work” which makes it illegal for a union to require a worker to pay dues as a condition of employment. Joanne McCall (above) President of […]