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Peace & Justice: Julie Morris on local government restrictions and Carol Lerner on Schools of Hope

Sunday, December 7, 2025

This Wednesday, December 9th, Tom will talk to Julie Morris about Florida Senate Bill 180 restricting local governments after a hurricane. Then we’ll talk to Carol Lerner about the new “Schools of Hope” legislation forcing public schools to allow charter schools to share space and resources.

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The Progressive Page Turner: James Fairhead- Naturekind

Friday, December 5, 2025

As we scramble to create a more sustainable version of our civilization much of the focus has been on technology. But electric cars and reusable containers will only take us so far. From mountaintop removal to factory farms our relationship with the non-human world has been one of unabashed exploitation. If we’re to regain some […]

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Peace & Justice Report: Miles Toder!

Monday, November 24, 2025

This Wednesday, November 26, Tom will talk to Miles Toder, a local activist and retired Senior US Foreign Service Officer, political economist and urban planner. They”ll talk about accountability and good governance, and the changes Miles has seen in Sarasota over the years.

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The Progressive Page Turner: Chanelle Gallant & Elene Lam —Not Your Rescue Project

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Rich and connected, Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls with impunity. We’ve all seen those stickers for anti-trafficking organization in airports and bus stations and it’s normal to assume they are there to help people caught in the same sort of situation. In their book Not Your Rescue Project Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam detail how the […]

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The Progressive Page Turner: Burned by Billionaires

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Donald Trump was surrounded by billionaires during his inauguration. It became glaringly obvious who bought the election. But the influence of the uber wealthy goes far beyond that one election.

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Peace & Justice Report: The Fed and the Flu

Monday, October 27, 2025

On Wednesday at 9 am, Tom interviewed author David Kotok about his new book ‘The Fed and the Flu – Parsing Pandemic Economic Shocks’. Check it out in the WSLR archives!

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The Progressive Page Turner: Wen Stephenson – Learning to Live in the Dark

Friday, October 24, 2025

When Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to the East Wing of the White house it was both real and symbolic. Much of what we took for granted, the rule of law, the constitution and due process have also been demolished. All of this happening as the planet is reaching irreversible tipping points. A recent […]

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Peace & Justice Report: ‘Burned by Billionaires’

Sunday, October 12, 2025

Last Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 9 am, Tom and Bob talked to Chuck Collins, author of ‘Burned by Billionaires – How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet’.  Missed it? Find it in the archives!

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The Progressive Page Turner: Tim Mulligan’s Witchland

Thursday, October 9, 2025

In the spirit of upcoming Halloween, the new interview is about a horror graphic novel trilogy Witchland. Tim Mulligan adds supernatural forces to the most radioactive site in the United States, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Washington. In this interview, we talk about the real horrors of radioactive releases and the fictional horrors of […]

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Peace & Justice this Wednesday: Photographer Allan Mestel

Monday, September 29, 2025

On Oct. 1 at 9 Tom spent the hour with Allan Mestel. Please listen in our archive. Allan is a local photographer and activist whose photos of Ukraine will be exhibited at Fogartyville starting Oct. 13.