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A Golden Record in Space – Have Gun Will Travel

An ancient voyage, a golden record in space, and a collection of great Americana/Rock music! Have Gun Will Travel joins us for this Episode...
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The Scoop: Fri. Jan 3rd, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Rudman bills tossed out Rudman resigned from the house but had 6 bills he wrote. Hurricane Milton reopened a Sarasota inlet improving water quality Midnight...
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WMNF SOTD 1/3/25: Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) by Daniela Soledade

The WMNF Song of the Day for Friday, January 3, 2025 is Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) by Daniela Soledade. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet...
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TECO

Florida PSC approves a TECO rate increase that’s more than the recommendation of its staff

Brooke Ward, senior Florida organizer of Food & Water Watch, called the increase “a gut punch to struggling community members."

Emissions testing in Florida ended at the turn of the century. One group wants it back

Listen: Florida is one of 21 states that don’t require an emissions test to register a vehicle or renew an existing registration, and one group says that’s a problem. In 2000, former Florida Governor Jeb...
USF Anthropology professor Tom Pluckhahn

USF researcher digs into the question of whether manatees are native to Florida

Manatees are such a part of Florida’s environment it’s easy to think they’ve always been here. But have they? That’s what USF Anthropology professor Tom Pluckhahn and a colleague at George Washington University set out...
Hurricane Milton Trop power trucks

Florida regulators approve about $12 per month increase for FPL customers due to hurricanes

Customers of FPL, Florida’s largest power company, will see a bump of about $12 in monthly bills next year.
2024 hurricane season storm names

The 2024 hurricane season was one of the costliest on record

the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the costliest in history and was the first with multiple Category 5 hurricanes since 2019.
wild rice food

WMNF airs Finding Manoomin: A Search for the Spirit of Wild Rice

Ojibwe citizen Leah Lemm brings us along on her journey to connect with the sacred nature of wild rice in In Finding Manoomin.

The Scoop for Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 WMNF’s daily digest of the news headlines

Learn about the latest developments in Florida news, from the appointment of a new DEA administrator to the ongoing discussions about a new Rays ballpark.
A Florida state rep talking inside a radio studio

Michele Rayner will run for Florida Senate in 2026

Michele Rayner, a St. Petersburg Democrat elected to the Florida House in 2022, is seeking to succeed Sen. Darryl Rouson.

SOTD 12/3/24: Guilty by Association by Universal Funk Orchestra

The WMNF Song of the Day for Tuesday December 3, 2024 is Guilty by Association by Orlando's Universal Funk Orchestra. Guilty by Association comes off their debut, self titled album that dropped Nov 23, 2024....

Reality check: food deserts, tariffs and the coming crisis

The global economy braces for tariff wars which will increase food scarcity and inequality
Randi M. Zimmerman, WMNF General Manager

December 2024 WMNF News & Notes

On behalf of the WMNF staff, I wish you all a joyous holiday season. Truth be told, though, this is the time of year that feels so “in between” for me. Sure, it is “the...
Aerial photo of downtown Tallahassee, Florida and the State Capitol

New faces & trading places in the 2025 Florida Legislature

Florida's 2025 legislative session will begin with 26 new lawmakers in the 120-member state House and nine new Florida senators out of 40.
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