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Florida Matters

Your spot for real, daily conversations. Where neighbors become storytellers, newsmakers explain why and how changes happen and where locals — natives to the area and newcomers — discover and delight in the community they share.

WUSF Public Media

516 episodesEN-US

Show overview

Florida Matters has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 516 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 280 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 28 min and 48 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, with 98 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 98 episodes published. Published by WUSF Public Media.

Episodes
516
Running
2017–2026 · 9y
Median length
28 min
Cadence
Weekly

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Your spot for real, daily conversations. Where neighbors become storytellers, newsmakers explain why and how changes happen and where locals — natives to the area and newcomers — discover and delight in the community they share.

Latest Episodes

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Wild West of free speech, items flying off shelves, biology vs bias, saving science from ashes

Jun 25, 202647 min

Ray Jay or Rays? Teens talk 'takeovers.' Prison staffing crisis. Singer jazzes up new album

Jun 24, 202647 min

Social Security's loud alarm, another scam to scan, campus off-loading, shelf-help for kids

Jun 23, 202648 min

Through the eyes of a dog, coming fuel circle, VA under strain, grill rides, tagging rays and sharks

Jun 22, 202652 min

The meaning of Juneteenth celebrations across the Tampa Bay area

Jun 18, 202647 min

What comes with Iran-U.S. peace? Dad's day grief. Knowing sickle cell. Good day, Sunshine City

Jun 17, 202648 min

When AI gets it wrong, a new ID debate, the Latino vote equation, politics of a ‘Wimpy Kid’

Jun 16, 202648 min

Speaking up for homeless, Juneteenth arts, buzz words on skeeters, Kiwi’s big adventure

Jun 15, 202648 min

The night Orlando cried, surviving summer hunger, easy being green, Tampa's renaissance menus

Jun 11, 202648 min

Read 'em and reap, a different kind of 'takeover,' judged past its prime, a preservation reservation

Jun 10, 202648 min

Floridians get a fair shake, St. Pete Pride, Vibrio facts, summer camps, story of survival

Jun 9, 202648 min

College students confront gun violence and housing fears, staycations, WWI fiction

Jun 8, 202648 min

Big bet on tax relief, a bigger fish to spy, goal diggin’ in Florida, opera-tunity knocks

Jun 4, 202648 min

Casting a wider net, our happy trails, a new coastal playbook, swamp and circumstance

Jun 3, 202648 min

Fight over concert fees, when war hits home, 'Lost Cause' holiday, rocket fireball raises questions

Jun 2, 202647 min

The fuss over property taxes, public employees and free speech, taking a dive in Tampa Bay

Jun 1, 202648 min

Weathering the paperwork, MIA emergency chief, this sport is a big dill, guns & hoses

May 28, 202648 min

Preparing for hurricane season, living and learning about lipedema, celebrating Black films

May 27, 202648 min

Cyclones, cones and groans, reporter's debriefing, the Castro indictment, en garde in Bradenton

May 26, 202648 min

Bugs we love to hate, inside Florida’s Everglades fight, private art goes public, baseball therapy

May 21, 202647 min
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