Author: Tom Walker

This week on the Peace & Justice Report we’ll talk in the studio to Gene Jones and Mike Burns from the Florida Veterans for Common Sense. Mike and Gene will discuss the AUMF (Authorization to Use Military Force), their report on climate change, assault weapons, escalating foreign wars, the military budget, veteran health, the defense […]

Our first guest this Wednesday will be Greg Cruz from Streets of Paradise who is hosting the fourth annual Stop the Violence cookout this Sunday, June 9 at 11am at Payne Park, 2050 Adams Lane in Sarasota. Streets of Paradise fills a hole in the homeless crisis response network by providing those individuals being re-homed with […]

This Wednesday, Bob will first talk to Tracy Pratt, Chair of Project 180. About Project 180: Over 30,000 Florida prisoners are released annually and reenter our communities. Many wish to become law-abiding citizens and have the best intention of living a conventional life yet have few job skills, lack a formal education, and experience discrimination […]

This coming Wednesday morning at 9am Jim Eachus will talk about the basics of climate science through stories from the lives of scientists, from Benjamin Franklin to Jennifer Francis. Who was the first radical leftist to contribute to climate science?  How did the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand lead to an important climate discovery? How did […]

On Wednesday, April 17, our guest was Captain Demetri Konstantopoulos of the Sarasota Police Department. He was recently featured in the films Trafficked in Paradise and Trafficking Solution at the Sarasota Film Festival. We also had as our guest Sarah Pretorius, Executive Assistant to the CEO, and an Advocacy and Awareness Coordinator for Selah Freedom. […]

[kc_row use_container=”yes” force=”no” column_align=”middle” video_mute=”no” _id=”340983″][kc_column width=”12/12″ video_mute=”no” _id=”807159″][kc_column_text] This Wednesday, April 10 at 9am, our first guest will be Dr. Mohsen Milani. Dr. Milani is the Executive Director of the Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies and Professor of Politics at the University of South Florida. He served as a department chair from 1998 […]

This Wednesday, April 3 at 9 a.m. we’ll have in the studio representatives of the two film festivals starting soon in Sarasota! Through Women’s Eyes (TWE), starts Saturday, April 6 at the Regal Hollywood 11 and is celebrating its 20th year of offering films directed by or produced by women. TWE is sponsored by the […]

Our first guest this Wednesday, March 27, at 9am, will be Mark Paul, an Assistant Professor of Economics at New College of Florida and a Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. He is a political economist working in the areas of inequality, environmental economics, and applied microeconomics. His research is focused on understanding the causes and consequences of inequality and […]

This Wednesday, March 20, from 9-10 a.m. on the Peace & Justice Report, we’ll first talk to Janna Overstreet, Executive Director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ringling College, or “OLLI at Ringling College.” The lifelong learning organization has offered continuing education to Sarasota since 1994. It will soon take up residence alongside the […]

This Wednesday morning, March 13, on the Peace & Justice Report at 9am Bob and I will talk to Jack Davis, the 2018 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book “Gulf – The Making of an American Sea.” Jack will be speaking at a fundraiser for the Florida Maritime Museum Thursday, March […]