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  • The 2022-23 women's basketball schedule has been announced; Golf, tennis, soccer and volleyball results.
  • Machine translation of foreign languages has been good for a while. And yet human translators are still in demand. Why isn’t AI killing these jobs? And even if it isn’t, how is it reshaping them?
  • More than four thousand Southwest Floridians from all walks of life sat down together back in March to talk about the problems that are affecting our region and its residents. Spearheaded by the Collaboratory in downtown Fort Myers, in partnership with the Collier Community Foundation and Charlotte Community Foundation, this is a follow up to an On The Table event held back in 2019. People attended one of about 280 "tables" and about a quarter of them filled out a survey that asked them to rank the issues they thought were most pressing. We dig into the results.
  • At the 32nd Annual Southwest Florida Model United Nations conference at Florida Gulf Coast University in March, high school teams were challenged to imagine solutions for the problem of land-based plastics and the micro and nano plastics that we now know are in the world all around us. Cypress Lake High School’s Model UN team took top honors and a $1,000 prize for their presentation proposing a creative and actionable — and ambitious — plan to address plastic pollution along Southwest Florida’s Gulf Coast. We learn about their plan from one of the team's members.
  • The deal paves the way for legal oversight of AI technology that has promised to transform everyday life and has spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity.
  • Republicans have lashed out at the NCAA after it decided to pull seven championship events from the state because of a law limiting civil rights protection for LGBT individuals.
  • Nobody paying attention for the past 24 months would be surprised to see Indiana — yes, Indiana — leading the way into this year's College Football Playoff.
  • We at Planet Money are constantly reading the work of economists and other social scientists to glean ideas, evidence and insights about the economy, and, more generally, the confusing world around us. Welcome to the inaugural installment of the Planet Money Econ Roundup!
  • Florida consistently ranks near the top of the list among states when it comes to the most reported cases of human trafficking. January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, so joins us and explore what role the health department in Collier County plays in raising awareness about this issue to help combat it, and increase the public’s understanding about what to look for in hopes of uncovering cases.
  • One Winner, Six Unforgettable Performances



    Celebrating its 40th Anniversary Season, Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, a longtime corporate partner of WGCU, has generously donated season tickets to their Fifth Third Bank Broadway Series! When you make a financial gift of support to WGCU, you’re automatically entered to win a pair of opening night tickets to six National Touring Broadway shows: Some Like It Hot, & Juliet, Back to the Future: The Musical, Mamma Mia!, Kimberly Akimbo, and Moulin Rouge.





    Your support not only helps WGCU continue bringing trusted news and enriching programs to Southwest Florida—it also gives you a front-row seat to Broadway magic, right here at home!
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