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This year’s session of the Florida legislature is heating up faster than the rapidly warming climate. Joining Steve and Lew is Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-47) (above) who represents the Orlando area, to talk about a bill she proposed that would direct the Office of Energy to create a plan to generate all of Florida’s energy […]

“There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” Grateful Dead Winterland, San Francisco, CA March 18, 1977 Matrix: SBD (shnid=123285): SBD > Master Reel > Dat > CD Mastering: CD > Samplitude Professional v11.2.1 > FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller AUD (shnid=140918): Sony ECM 270’s > Sony TC 152SD > Master Cassettes […]

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 […]

As cannabis and cannabinoid products become legal in more places and more available, the public needs accurate, up-to-date information about them. Courtney Collins (above), Education Director for The Realm of Caring Foundation will join Steve and Lew to talk about how that non-profit organization is working to provide that guidance to individuals and families. In […]

“There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” Grateful DeadRosemont Horizon, Rosemont, ILMarch 11, 1993Matrix: SBD (shnid=120726)…SBD -> Master Dat (44.1k)All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller AUD (shnid=119637): Master Audience Recorded By Mr. Darby Section 3 Row 48 Seat 8/6 Feet High) > Whirlwind Phantoms > Sony TC-D5M,Tapes Set 1:Sony Metal-ES,Set 2:Denon MG-X Transfer […]

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 […]

Joining Steve and Lew is Surreal News regular and favorite explainer of all things foreign policy, Mel Goodman (above). Goodman is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University.  A former CIA analyst, Goodman is the author of Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall […]

Our guest Wednesday, March 6 at 9 a.m. will be Susan Smith, President of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida. She’ll talk about some of the bills moving through the current Florida legislative session. She’ll also talk about the annual conference being held this Saturday in Tampa. Be prepared to take notes, and you can […]

Grateful Dead Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ March 4, 1994 DSBD –> DAT –> CDR CDR>EAC>WAV>MKW>SHN by Charlie Kidder chaz@take3soft.com Disc 1 – Set 1: Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo Little Red Rooster Ramble On Rose Me & My Uncle > Big River Bird Song > The Promised Land Set 2: Iko Iko Looks Like […]

The world of local or community journalism is in bad shape these days. Since 2004 about 20 percent of daily newspapers in this country have stopped printing, leaving 200,000 newsroom employees without work and at least 900 communities without anyone covering local news. Having worked at small newspapers in New England, I have an clear […]