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Black Lives Matter protesters ejected from Donald Trump rally in Tampa

Today on Radioactivity, we hear from Donald Trump supporters and protesters from Monday’s rally in downtown Tampa. It was the latest stop in on a campaign trail that has recently been marked with violent skirmishes...
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Questions emerge about Bondi endorsement of Trump

At a Donald Trump rally in Tampa Monday Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she is endorsing Trump for President. That has brought up questions about a political donation from three years ago. In 2013 the...
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Florida This Week talks upcoming primary; Listeners respond to escalating violence at Trump rallies.

By Rob Lorei Today on Radioactivity we listen to WEDU’s Florida this week, a political talk show hosted by Rob Lorei on Friday nights. In this episode political experts from across the state discuss the...
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Crowds protest Trump in Tampa before speech

Donald Trump was interrupted several times by protesters as he spoke Monday at the Tampa Convention Center; outside anti-Trump demonstrators and supporters of the billionaire businessman traded words. On MidPoint we interviewed one organizer of...

Bernie Sanders brings his political revolution to Tampa

Senator Bernie Sanders draws nearly ten thousand people to Tampa rally. Yesterday evening, in an expo hall on the Florida Fairgrounds, the democratic presidential candidate Sanders brought his message to Florida voters. Bernie Sanders speech...

Economist Richard Wolff examines the presidential candidates’ positions on economy

By Rob Lorei Today we are joined by Economist Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and host of Economic Update, a radio show syndicated by WMNF on Tuesdays at 10...

MidPoint for Friday, March 11 – Pinecrest Village Mayor Cindy Lerner & Think Progress report Alice Ollstein

Filling in for Janelle Irwin today, Mitch Perry hosted Pincrest Village Mayor Cindy Lerner and Think Progress reporter Alice Ollstein. Lerner was one of 21 Florida mayors who wrote to CNN last week, asking them...

Florida This Week; Listeners discuss the CNN Democratic Debate in Flint, Mich.

By Rob Lorei On the first half of today’s show we listen back to the latest Florida This Week, a political talk show on local PBS station WEDU that is moderated by Rob Lorei. This...

Politifact’s top fact-checks of latest Fox News GOP Debate

BY Rob Lorei Today we are joined by Josh Gillin from Politifact, a political fact-checking website run by the Tampa Bay Times, who was up late last night researching the facts and stats behind statements made...

Economist Explains Why American Voters Are So Angry; Mitt Romney denounces Trump

By Rob Lorei On Thursday’s Radioactivity, our first guest is noble prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, who says that much of the anger expressed by voters during this election cycle stems from growing wealth inequality even as...

MidPoint for Thursday, March 3 with Democratic strategist Barry Edwards

We discussed the latest in the presidential and Florida U.S. Senate races with Democratic Party political strategist and radio commentator Barry Edwards. The latest on Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump and others...

Florida This Week; Controversy swirls around Trump’s comments on the KKK

BY Rob Lorei On the first half of today’s show we listen back to the latest Florida This Week, a political talk show on local PBS station WEDU that is moderated by Rob Lorei. This...
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