Melissa Ross: First Coast Connect

[thelakelander]

I thought Nat Ford did a good job of answering interview questions and I believe he's been good for JTA and Jacksonville. Regarding the interview, it seemed that most who called in don't want to see the Skyway go away. They want it expanded to serve more of the community. All I recall, is one phone call where one guy blamed the Skyway for downtown not having enough parking spaces.

[brainstormer]

^ That last statement discredits the caller as uninformed, so his call doesn't count. I'm glad to hear people taking the progressive view that would allow Jacksonville to improve public transit, not destroy it.

[fsujax]

Nat Ford is by and far better than Blaylock could have ever been.

[Tacachale]

I'm not a transit person...but I'm happy that Nat Ford is at the helm of JTA. Every time I hear him speak I'm left thinking that we have a thoughtful and innovative person in charge.

What did you guys think of Nat Ford, thus far?

Taca, did you hear the answer to your question on the show?

I finally got to hear it. It was a very good answer and I'm glad they're investigating other technologies besides monorail. In fact, most of his answers were good. We really picked a good one with Ford.

[TheCat]

On today's show:


Media Roundtable Week in Review
Jacksonville Farmers Market Fall Festival
St. Johns River Ferry Fest

http://www.wjct.org/listen/

[TheCat]

Schedule for the week

This is subject to change.

http://www.wjct.org/listen

MONDAY

UNF's OneJax Institute will continue its Civil Discourse discussion series Monday night with a panel representing diverse perspectives on gun rights and gun control. We'll preview that conversation with Johnn Delaney, president of UNF, and Cord Byrd, local attorney and NRA representative.

JASMYN's annual Coming Out Breakfast

Jim Alabiso, star of the new play "To The Sea"

Sports wrap up with Cole Pepper

TUESDAY

Tea Party and the 2016 campaign - Dr. Ronald Libby, UNF professor of political science and author of "Purging the Republican Party: Tea Party Campaigns and Election"

Florida Coastal School of Law Foundation receives national recognition

White Cane Safety Walk Day

WJCT's The Square winner Brenda Kato

WEDNESDAY

Immigration attorney Rebecca Black
Going Green: US Green Building Council / Aardwolf Brewing Company's Green Lion Festival
"St. George and the Dragon"

THURSDAY

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A Classic Theatre's production of "Threads of Silver and Gold - Women of the Panama Canal"
Around town with Kerry Speckman

FRIDAY

Media roundtable week in review
Baptist Health and MD Anderson Cancer Center partnership
Sulzbacher Center announces new campus

[TheCat]

This is the link to the one jax gun control event

http://www.unf.edu/onejax/

[TheCat]

I'm not a transit person...but I'm happy that Nat Ford is at the helm of JTA. Every time I hear him speak I'm left thinking that we have a thoughtful and innovative person in charge.

What did you guys think of Nat Ford, thus far?

Taca, did you hear the answer to your question on the show?

I finally got to hear it. It was a very good answer and I'm glad they're investigating other technologies besides monorail. In fact, most of his answers were good. We really picked a good one with Ford.

Ford was impressed with the question.

[TheCat]

Today's Show @ 9:00Am

We'll discuss the Tea Party's impact on the 2016 presidential election with Dr. Ronald Libby, UNF political science professor and author of "Purging the Republican Party: Tea Party Campaigns and Elections." [BY PHONE]

Florida Coastal School of Law Foundation receives national recognition

White Cane Safety Walk Day

WJCT's The Square winner artist Brenda Kato

http://www.wjct.org/listen/

[TheCat]

Today's Show, Wednesday 10/14/15:

Following Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate, we'll speak with local Bernie Sanders organizer Ben Weaver about the campaign's efforts here in Jacksonville.

Ben Weaver's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ben__America

Immigration attorney and First Coast Hispanic Chamber of Commerce chair Rebecca Black joins us to discuss the ongoing debate over immigration.

Going Green: US Green Building Council / Aardwolf Brewing Company's Green Lion Festival

Christ Episcopal Church School of the Arts production of "St. George and the Dragon"

http://www.wjct.org/listen/

[TheCat]

Today's Show, Wednesday 10/14/15:

We'll discuss efforts by federal prosecutors to target health care fraud in Jacksonville with Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Mehta and Florida-Times Union reporter Derek Gilliam.

As the nation marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, breast cancer survivor Laurie Ramos and Dr. Cynthia Anderson, Baptist Health radiation oncologist, join us to discuss the importance of mammograms.

A Classic Theatre's production of "Threads of Silver and Gold - Women of the Panama Canal" - playwright Deborah Dickey and star Toni Phillips

Around town with Kerry "The Specktator" Speckman

http://www.wjct.org/listen/

[TheCat]

Today's Show, Wednesday 10/16/15:


Media roundtable week in review

Baptist Health and MD Anderson Cancer Center partnership

Sulzbacher Center's efforts to build new Sulzbacher Village housing for homeless women and families

http://www.wjct.org/listen/

[thelakelander]

Cool. I'd like to hear more about the Baptist/MD Anderson partnership and their plans for San Marco. Sulzbacher's project near Gateway sounds interesting too.

[TheCat]

TUESDAY: October 20, 2015 @ 9:00am.

A draft of Mayor Lenny Curry's 90-day audit of the city budget finds that, among other things, Jacksonville needs more streams of revenue.

A full version of the audit is expected to be released soon. We'll speak with Florida Politics reporter A.G. Gancarski.

Stacey Goldring and the First Coast Connect Book Club: David McCollough's "The Wright Brothers"

Filmmaker Martin Doblmeier on his documentary "Chaplains" and WJCT's special screening of the film

Gullah Geechee Film and Cultural Festival

http://www.wjct.org/listen/

[TheCat]

Wednesday: October 21, 2015

We'll speak with Mike Binder, professor of political science at UNF, about the results of their new polls of likely Republican and Democratic 2016 voters.

Activist Adam Sugalski on local and statewide protests of the Florida black bear hunt.

UF Health breast pathology director Dr. Shahla Masood on the importance of breast cancer screenings.

http://www.wjct.org/listen/