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Nov 20, 2024 | 
health.wusf.usf.edu | Mike Kiniry
Part-time Naples resident Dr. Mario Motta was going to pursue astrophysics when he was younger but went into medicine instead. Motta retired in 2022 after nearly 40 years as a cardiologist in Massachusetts. While he chose medicine as his profession, Motta has been an amateur astronomer throughout his life. He has built most of his own telescopes — down to the optics — including a large 32-inch telescope that may be the largest assembled at home. He’s used it to discover planets around other stars.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
news.wgcu.org | Mike Kiniry
The Immokalee Foundation’s mission statement is "Building pathways to success for the youth of Immokalee." The nonprofit has been supporting and educating students in the small, rural, mostly agricultural community about 25 miles east of Naples since 1991. Its entire focus is on education, career readiness, and professional development for students in Immokalee — from kindergarten all the way through postsecondary education.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
news.wgcu.org | Mike Kiniry
Oranges were introduced to Florida by Spanish explorers in the early 16th century. The first recorded planting dates back to around 1565 in St. Augustine. Florida’s commercial citrus began to take shape all the way back in the mid 19th century, and by the late 1800s the industry expanded significantly when railroads made it easier to transport citrus fruits to northern markets. Freezes in north and central Florida kept pushing the industry southward, and eventually into southwest Florida.
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May 21, 2024 | 
news.wgcu.org | Mike Kiniry
There was an effort to get an amendment to Florida's constitution onto the 2024 ballot that would have assured citizens a right to clean water but its organizers fell short of the required signatures. But FloridaRightToCleanWater.org is not giving up, and has already launched an effort to get a similar amendment onto the ballot for the 2026 election.
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May 14, 2024 | 
wuwf.org | Mike Kiniry
Here in Florida, when a youth’s bad behavior brings them into contact with law enforcement there is a chance they will be diverted into a program that will keep them out of the juvenile justice system — providing their offense is a misdemeanor and generally non-serious.
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May 6, 2024 | 
news.wgcu.org | Mike Kiniry
A version of this conversation originally aired on March 19, 2024. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation last week that prohibits the manufacture for sale or distribution, or selling of, cultivated or so-called or “lab-grown” meat in Florida. Now that it’s law, SB 1084 makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to sell or manufacture cultivated meat in the state. The science behind cell-cultured meats has been around for quite some time, but not in the food science world, but .
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
news.wgcu.org | Mike Kiniry
After the United States Constitution was ratified, Congress adopted ten amendments which were then ratified by three-fourths of the states, and these ten amendments are now known as the “Bill of Rights.”The Bill of Rights outlines specific protections for individual liberties and imposes restrictions on the federal government.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
news.wgcu.org | Mike Kiniry
During his four-decade-long career in media, John Lack has had a front row seat to the development of some household names in media, and you might even say true cultural phenomena. Lack was Chief Operating Officer of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment from 1979 to 1984. His mandate was to develop cable channels for specialized audiences. Over that stretch, he developed the Movie Channel — cable TV’s first stab at the 24-hour paid subscription model.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
news.wgcu.org | Mike Kiniry
For small-scale farmers in underdeveloped countries around the world, who often have no access to capital or most of the technologies and amenities we take for granted, the idea of being more sustainable isn’t something to strive for but a true necessity. It’s estimated that about 70% of the world's population depends on these small-scale farmers for most or all of their food. So billions of people depend on their success.
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Nov 27, 2023 | 
news.wgcu.org | Mike Kiniry
Florida began offering school vouchers under certain circumstances back in 1999 under then-governor Jeb Bush. It was the first statewide voucher program in the country, and opponents criticized the plan at the time on constitutional and educational grounds. Over the years, the program has faced both support and criticism. Proponents argue that it offers families, especially those with lower incomes, the opportunity to choose schools that better meet their children's needs.
