The Best of Us: Being Human in Sarasota

The Best of Us: Being Human in Sarasota airs the first Sundays of the month beginning February 2, at 10 am. The show features surprising stories and in-depth conversations of strength and resilience in Sarasota and beyond. In each episode, host Bethany Ritz talks with someone leaning into this emerging culture in our region—sometimes on a personal level, other times community-wide—followed by a topical guest offering a wider view of what’s possible. These approaches and systems, some embedded and some emerging, are revolutionizing how we do business and live our best lives.

Something is happening in Sarasota. It’s radical, it’s surprising, and best of all, it’s here and it’s growing.

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Show credits: Music Consultant, Christopher Gillard of Sound Haus Audio.

Bethany Ritz is a writer and editor with a background in ecological and cultural storytelling. Inspired by the more-than-human world, resilience and the hyper-local have become a cornerstone of her thinking and aspirations.

She was the managing editor at Sarasota Magazine, a co-founding editor for Emergence Magazine, the digital editor for Global Oneness Project, and a board member at BOMB Magazine. After studying creative writing at Columbia University she organized and managed the launching projects for Climate Resolve communicating climate science across Los Angeles County, designed a storytelling template for TreePeople, and more. Currently, she is the public relations manager at The Ringling Museum.

You can reach out to her on her website bethanyitz.com.