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2 weeks ago | 
wslr.org | Johannes Werner |Tom Walker
At least nine demonstrations take place in and around Sarasota on May 1 and May 3. By Johannes WernerOriginal Air Date: April 30, 2025Host: In the United States, May Day is usually eclipsed by Labor Day when it comes to rallies. But this year, there is a flurry of activity in this area on May 1, and the following Saturday, May 3. That’s thanks to the 50501 movement organizing protests nationwide against what they see as executive overreach by the Trump administration.
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2 weeks ago | 
wslr.org | Johannes Werner |Tom Walker
Sarasota County Commission not only approves a proposal that mainly benefits a Neal Communities project but also scrap county’s own road plans. By Johannes WernerOriginal Air Date: April 25, 2025Host: After some recent pushback against developers by the Sarasota County Commission, it looked like “back to normal” on Wednesday.
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4 weeks ago | 
wslr.org | Johannes Werner |Tom Walker
The bond market expert says municipalities will be more on their own, predicts tax and service fee hikes. By Johannes WernerOriginal Air Date: April 16, 2025Host: Hard times are likely ahead for the ability to borrow for the City of Sarasota, Manatee County and all the other municipalities on the Suncoast. That’s a prediction by bond expert David Kotok.
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1 month ago | 
wslr.org | Johannes Werner |Tom Walker
Pro-immigrant protesters will rally outside. Meanwhile, students feel their voices are going unheard. By Johannes WernerOriginal Air Date: March 19, 2025Host: Tomorrow morning, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Homan will appear on New College’s “Socratic Stage”. He will do so together with Chad Wolf, acting Homeland Security Secretary during the first Trump term, and with Governor Ron DeSantis. The three hardliners will discuss immigration.
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2 months ago | 
wslr.org | Tom Walker |Sasha Abramsky
This Wednesday, February 19, at 9am, we’ll talk to Sasha Abramsky, author of Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far Right Takeover of Small Town America.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
wslr.org | Marianne Barisonek |Tom Walker |Jesse Coleman
Raising girls has never been easy but in the age of social media it’s even harder. According to a 2024 study by the CDC over half of teen girls feel “persistently sad or hopeless.”In this episode of The Progressive Page Turner I talk with Jo-Ann Finkelstein about her book Sexism & Sensibility. She has over twenty years experience helping girls face toxic messages about beauty, sex and femininity and offers advice for parents trying to raise confident girls in a culture that often demeans them.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
wslr.org | Marianne Barisonek |Jesse Coleman |Tom Walker
After Roe was overturned the abortion ban in Texas included a bounty hunter clause that would allow vigilantes to enforce the law. This is the sort of alliance between private citizens and the state that allowed the reign of terror by the KKK to flourish. But blue states are not entirely without weapons in this war for the soul of our democracy. In this episode I talk with David Noll, author of Vigilante Nation.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
wslr.org | Jesse Coleman |Tom Walker |Marianne Barisonek
JANUARY 20, 2025 6:00 PM at FogartyvilleZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88382328237?pwd=ZFAwdWJWYStFais1bVpkeHVONGN4Zz09Meeting ID: 883 8232 8237Passcode: 945232—One tap mobile+13052241968,,88382328237#,,,,*945232# US+16465588656,,88382328237#,,,,*945232# US (New York)ITEMS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MEETING:Please note that we are using a “Consent Agenda” to address our routine business. This will be moved and voted on as one motion.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
wslr.org | Tom Walker
New Logo Developed and Rejected by City of Sarasota CommissionersJohannes WernerOriginal Air Date: Jan. 8, 2024Host: The city of Sarasota commissioners and staffers spent a good chunk of 2024 – and upwards of $25,000 – trying to figure out a new logo. But the city manager who set this in motion retired last fall, and one sitting commissioner was voted out in November.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
wslr.org | Johannes Werner |Tom Walker
More Roundabouts in Wishlist Planned This Year For North Trail and Fruitville Road. By Johannes WernerOriginal Air Date: Jan. 8, 2024Host: The streetscape along US 41 north of downtown Sarasota has changed, and the Fruitville Road, 10th and 14th Street roundabouts have made a big difference, turning circular traffic foes into fans, and in some cases pedestrians or bicyclists. So what’s keeping the remaining three roundabouts along the North Trail from being built?
