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WMNF loading... Radioactivity Wednesday: Environmental Group Warns of “No Good Solutions” to Pending Disaster at Piney Point Phosphate Plant Share this: Good Morning, welcome to Radioactivity.  I’m Rob Lorei. The news that a holding pond at the former Piney Point phosphate plant in Northern Manatee County may be on the brink of collapse is raising new questions about the phosphate industry and the way it stores mining waste. The holding pond contains at least 400 million gallons of wastewater left over from the phosphate extraction process. The water levels have been rising and the ear...

WMNF loading... Radioactivity Thursday: Progressive groups challenge Biden on foreign policy; Nomadland, an underground American lifestyle Share this: April 1, 2021 Good Morning, welcome to Radioactivity.  I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll revisit an underground American lifestyle – low income workers who travel the country in their trucks and campers trying to stave off economic destitution. Later we’ll talk with a progressive leader this week who heads a coalition calling for President Biden to tamp down his rhetoric toward Russia. In the highly acclaimed new film Nomadland, several ...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.12.21 Good Friday morning. According to a new poll released by Ryan Tyson of The Tyson Group, Florida voters support several measures pitched as improving election security and voter access. The poll, commissioned by nonpartisan nonprofit Secure Democracy, found more than three-quarters of Floridians want ballot drop boxes to be monitored either in-person or by video. The proposal earned 77% among the 600 voters polled, with Republicans backing it at a higher rate (83%) than Democrats or no-party voters. Meanwhil...

WMNF loading... Radioactivity Wednesday: Sarasota artist challenges white supremacy symbols Share this: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk with a local artist who is using his art to confront symbols of racism and turning some of those symbols on their heads. And later we’ll discuss the latest vaccine controversy and efforts to change Florida’s voting laws to make it harder for some people to vote. John Sims is a widely acclaimed, multi-media artist who uses his art to challenge white supremacy and the denatured memorials to the Confederacy. Hi...

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