The history of WSLR and Fogartyville – Next Wednesday at 9am!

Thursday, April 9, 2026

This coming Wednesday, 4/15 on Peace & Justice at 9am, my guests will be Arlene Sweeting and Dave Beaton, the founders of WSLR and Fogartyville! Listen for the full hour and learn about our history.

Sister Cities on Peace & Justice, Wednesday April 1 at 9am

Tom Walker

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Tomorrow morning, April 1 at 9am, Tom will talk to Miles Toder about the Sister Cities Association of Sarasota. One upcoming event is “Bridges Across the Seas – A Global Learning Celebration” on April 27 at 3pm at Selby Library in downtown Sarasota.

Peace & Justice March 18 – Katie Sanders, Mark Edgington and Angela McArdle

Tom Walker

Saturday, March 14, 2026

This Wednesday, Tom will talk to Katie Sanders, Editor-in-Chief of the fact the fact-checking website PolitiFact. Then he’ll talk to two Libertarians, Mark Edgington and Angela McArdle, about prison reform.

Nathan J. Robinson was on Peace & Justice Wednesday February 18!

Tom Walker

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Tom’s guest Wednesday was Nathan J. Robinson. Nathan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Current Affairs, “A Magazine of Politics and Culture.” He will be the featured speaker at our Rooted in Community celebration this February 28. You can hear our interview in the WSLR archives!

Wednesday Peace & Justice: Florida Veterans. Then: The LAI tour comes to Sarasota

Tom Walker

Monday, February 2, 2026

This Wednesday at 9am Tom will talk to Florida Veterans for Common Sense President Gene Jones. We’ll talk about their upcoming Tom Paine Party honoring professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat. On the second half of the program I’ll talk to Holly Elmore of Earth Impact.

IMPACT100 SRQ Awards $108K Grant to WSLR+Fogartyville

WSLR News

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

The 864 voting members of local collective giving organization Impact100 SRQ on Jan. 20 awarded one of eight $108K transformational grants to WSLR+Fogartyville during its Annual Celebration and Awards Ceremony at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium at the Bay. The winning Built for Belonging plan calls for upgrades to convert Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, […]

Peace & Justice Report Jan. 21: ‘In Our Future We Are Free’ – a book about youth prisons

Tom Walker

Saturday, January 17, 2026

This Wednesday, January 21 at 9am, Tom will interview author Nell Bernstein, author of ‘In Our Future We Are Free – the Dismantling of the Youth Prison’.