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This Wednesday, March 25, at 9am, our first guest will be Sandra Frank, CEO of All Faiths Food Bank. All Faiths Food Bank is the only food bank and largest hunger relief organization in Sarasota and DeSoto counties. A member of Feeding America and Feeding Florida, they provide millions of meals each year through programs […]

In spite of the COVID-19 epidemic dominating the media reports, not all the news is bad. For the first time in 13 years the legislature and the governor have decided to fully fund the Sadowski Trust for supporting affordable housing throughout the state. Speaking in a recorded interview, Jaimie Ross (above), CEO of the Florida […]

HOWDY Folks! I once heard someone say that the river of life runs swift so don’t waste time looking back just jump on in and start swimming. These days we are faced with crazy people of all sides and it just seems like everything keeps spinning out of control. Faith in ourselves and faith in […]

“It is said that, if you lined up all those who have ever been to a Grateful Dead concert head-to-toe, the line would stretch around the moon, and about halfway back. And nobody would complain!” But before my show, here are some coronavirus resources:Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Hotline and Email: 866-779-6121 (8am-5pm, Monday-Friday) or […]

Cassandra Manz, our WSLR news intern, will have a special report on Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Primary this Wednesday on Peace & Justice at 9am. Her regular Critical Times broadcasts are Fridays at 6pm for half an hour and are repeated Monday mornings at 9:30am. Host Bob Connors will have other reports of interest. I’ll stay […]

With COVID-19 active on our continent and in our county, and current health concerns, WSLR+Fogartyville is making adjustments in our actions and expectations regarding our scheduled public community events.  We have cancelled all events happening at Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center March 13th – March 31st. We are refunding any tickets purchased for events […]

WSLR’s Covid 19 Resource Page: https://www.criticaltimes.org/covid-19-info  Your one stop platform for resources about Covid 19 in Sarasota County: https://resiliencesystem.org/dashboards/sarasota-county/  Do you need help with something at this time or are you able to offer help to someone?  It could be something as simple as cooking one meal a week, picking up groceries, etc.  What do you […]

Nick Guy joins Cathy in the studio with a legislative update on education issues. What is the Florida legislature’s agenda as their session nears an end? Tune in at 9am to WSLR 96.5 fm, stream us live on www.wslr.org, or hear the rebroadcast Sunday at 9 am.

For ‘The United States of Americana’ show.  Rootsy, raggy, rockin’, rollin’ and rowdy The Band, Holy Modal Rounders, Allman Brothers, Chris Smither, John Hiatt, Randy Newman, Little Feat, Jesse Winchester, Youngbloods, Lovin’ Spoonful and Jim Kweskin Jug Band.

This past Sunday March 8th the world celebrated International Women’s day. This upcoming Tuesday March 10th we are celebrating it on Nuestra Música with a show dedicated to Latin America, Spain, Portugal and Cape Verde women singer and songwriters. Violeta Parra, Toto La Momposina, Mercedes Sosa, Leda Valladares, Conchita, Lila Downs, and many more women, […]