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Lumpytunes! Definitely Difficult listening - Experimental, weirdo, outsider, art rock, lo-fi, post-punk, avant-garde, sound collage -  If it irritates, it airs.  Hosted by art noise/experimental music aficionado Rob Demperio aka The Head Lump

Music from the WSLR Music Library

Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host whose shows bring a progressive and alternative perspective to listeners.

BACKGROUND BRIEFING: A radio program featuring international and national news, expert guests, policy makers, and critics offering analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, political, cultural, and social issues.

Music With A Purpose focuses on creating an inclusive and positive atmosphere through a diverse range of music from different cultures, making it accessible to people from various backgrounds. This initiative not only entertains but also aims to promote unity and acceptance within communities.    

The Peace & Justice Report covers local, state, national and international social justice issues. We bring a wide variety of guests whose views are underrepresented in the mainstream media, activists who are devoting their lives to creating a world free from injustice of all kinds. Hosted by Bob Connors and Tom Walker. See both upcoming and past program topics at https://wslr.org/author/twalker/.

Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.  Democracy Now!’s War and Peace Report provides our audience with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S.corporate-sponsored media.

The Blue Groove is the spot where Jazz meets World Music. Traditional and indigenous musicians from around the world have been influenced by American jazz artists for almost a century. And for just as long, American jazz artists have been digging the sounds of the world’s best musicians. From Latin America to Africa; from Europe to Asia; from The Near to The Far East: See how it all comes together, on The Blue Groove.

Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host whose shows bring a progressive and alternative perspective to listeners.

Louisiana Gumbo aims to bring Louisiana music to the WSLR audience, but not just the best-known genres like jazz, second line and Dixieland, but from every style of music from punk to classical to Americana after it’s been marinated and simmered in the unique outlook that only Louisiana musicians can bring to it. New Orleans is about more than jazz and Louisiana is about more than Cajun and Zydeco. Louisiana Gumbo brings it all together. Scheduled On: Wednesdays 2 - 4pm Host: Kid Red Click on the READ MORE button to learn about your host and to access the show's archive including playlists and recordings.

Broken Reel offers a diverse selection of music, spanning across genres, time frames, and tempos. Like riding a roller-coaster of sound, each episode creates a thrilling blend of tunes, inviting listeners to experience a musical adventure unlike any other.

Grassroots reporting from Southwest Florida, produced by a handful of reporters and volunteers in downtown Sarasota. It airs on 96.5 FM Wednesday & Friday at 6pm with a Week in Review on Saturday at Noon. The Program is hosted by WSLR News Director, Johannes Werner. WSLR News Headlines air every day at 7 AM, 11 AM, and 4 PM (3 PM on Sunday)

We are a semi-weekly radio show focused on discussing issues that affect our communities including politics, culture, the economy, our health, and all the issues that affects the daily lives of working people. We hope that through these difficult conversations, we can identify the root causes of these issues and increase our understanding as a community.

The Backbeat explores great American music and its many roots and branches. The classic sounds of the Sixties and Seventies provide the starting point for a timeless musical journey. Andy Franklin, the host of The Backbeat, used to go to bed with a transistor radio under his pillow. After a long career in broadcast journalism, he now lives on Siesta Key and has family connections to Sarasota going back more than forty years.  

Hosted by Alex Armitage

I.M.R. is a freeform radio show broadcast on many community radio stations in the lower 48 and Alask