Tom Walker, Author at WSLR+Fogartyville

Peace & Justice Report: Cannabis citations and health care inequity

Monday, December 11, 2023

This Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 9 am we’ll interview City Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch and several other officials about the repeal of the civil cannabis citation program in Sarasota. Then we’ll talk to Dr. Haywood Brown of USF about racial inequities in health and healthcare.

Peace & Justice Report: American Roulette, then the Tampa Bay Five

Tom Walker

Monday, December 4, 2023

This Wednesday we’ll talk to Pat LaMarche and Cheryl Brooks, two of the eight authors of American Roulette, a new novel about a mass shooting. Then we’ll talk to two of the Tampa Bay Five, USF students and members of the Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society arrested in March.

Peace & Justice Report: NCF Freedom, then Bruce Gagnon

Tom Walker

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

November 29 at 9am our guest will be WSLR’s Jono Miller, President of NCF Freedom. We’ll talk about the organization’s lawsuit opposing Florida law SB 266 and its discrimination against protected speech. Then we’ll talk to returning guest Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He’ll talk about Gaza.

Peace & Justice Report: Reading and Prison Reform!

Tom Walker

Monday, November 20, 2023

This Wednesday, 9 am: We’ll talk to Beth Duda of the Suncoast Campaign for Grade Level Learning. Then, we’ll interview Denise Rock of Florida Cares about prison reform.

Wed., 9am on the Peace & Justice Report!

Tom Walker

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

We’ll talk to Jennifer L. Shafer, the Co-Executive Director of the Science and Environment Council. Author Carl Hiaasen will be the keynote speaker at this year’s EcoSummit – December 5th and 6th at the Van Wezel. Two days full of environmental experts, storytellers, and live music!

Peace & Justice Report – Wednesday at 9!

Tom Walker

Sunday, November 5, 2023

Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present – We’ll chat with author Ruth Ben-Ghiat. She’ll also be at the Preserve Democracy Expo at the UU church November 11 at 4pm.

Peace & Justice Report – Wednesday at 9!

Tom Walker

Sunday, October 29, 2023

A black trauma surgeon. Then: the Chinese Exclusion Act.

How the World’s Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror, then How to Establish Congruence for Inner Peace – on Peace & Justice 9am this Wednesday, October 25

Tom Walker

Saturday, October 21, 2023

This coming Wednesday, October 25 at 9am, we’ll talk to Roy Eidelson, author of Doing Harm: How the World’s Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror.

Youth activist Sebastien Martinez then Justice Matters on Peace & Justice Wednesday October 18 at 9am.

Tom Walker

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Sebastian Martinez will be our guest on Peace & Justice this Wednesday October 18 at 9am. He’s a 2021 graduate of Booker High School, has been involved in youth organizing since he was 15 years old. He founded a local youth organization, the Sarasota Youth Association (SYA), but after attending college, he decided to grow […]

Peace & Justice Wednesday October 11: Ybor City and the Latina South. Then Mayor Stephen Reed of Montgomery, Alabama.

Tom Walker

Sunday, October 8, 2023

First, we’ll talk to Sarah McNamara, author of Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South. Sarah McNamara’s book traces the politics of Cuban immigrants and their descendants, the central role of women, and histories of labor organizing in a Tampa area cigar making community. Then we’ll talk to Mayor Stephen Reed. He wrote First, Best: Lessons in Leadership […]