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  • From heavy perfume to hand soap, it seems everywhere you turn in our modern world, scents, smells, and aromas abound, and can often overwhelm. seems to be…
  • We are honored to welcome Dr. Telhami as one of the Distinguished Scholars chosen to speak on behalf of the Carnegie Corporation’s “Engage America Series”…
  • A much-feared backup of U.S passport applications has smashed into a wall of government bureaucracy as worldwide travel rebounds toward record pre-pandemic levels — with too few humans to handle the load. The result, say aspiring travelers in the U.S. and around the world, is a maddening pre-travel purgatory defined, at best, by costly uncertainty.
  • Hurricane Ian left an indelible mark on southwest Florida, especially our barrier islands, when it made landfall on Sept. 28, 2022 as a powerful category 4 storm with 150+-mile an hour winds and storm surge levels we hadn’t seen in this part of Florida for decades. Our guest has lived on Sanibel Island for nearly 40 years, and he writes about this area’s flora and fauna so has a keen sense of the natural world around us, particularly on the barrier islands. Charles Sobczak has published ten books, including “The Living Gulf Coast: A Nature Guide to Southwest Florida” and “Living Sanibel: A Nature Guide to Sanibel & Captiva Islands” — and he gives lectures on topics like “The Changing Face of Nature” and “The Great Florida Invasion – From Pepper to Pythons” and his newest one, which reflects on Hurricane Ian, is called “Surviving the Storms: Hurricanes, Humans & Wildlife.”
  • Our resident chef has been experimenting with the age-old dish, and has a few new recipes for you to try.
  • Dr. Temple Grandin grew up with autism in the 1950s when the disorder was not well-understood. She did not talk until she was three and a half years old and back then many children with speech delays were institutionalized. Dr. Grandin is now a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, and her insights on animal behavior have revolutionized the livestock industry. Over her career she has written scores of scientific papers, and numerous books. She was even the focus of a semi-biographical HBO film called Temple Grandin. She joins us in advance of her talk on Saturday at the Christ Community Church in Fort Myers as part of the nonprofit Family Initiative’s ‘Redefining Autism’ speaker series.
  • Schumer has takes next steps with a group of bipartisan Senate lawmakers to craft a comprehensive artificial intelligence law. "Congress must move quickly," he said Thursday.
  • The music has analog roots, recorded by the famous singer-songwriter on a demo tape. Now it's being revived by futuristic technology for release later this year, Paul McCartney said.
  • Amazon, Salesforce and Goldman Sachs have also announced cuts during a brutal January for corporate workers.
  • Over the next couple of nights, five planets are expected to align in the sky. And you won't even need a telescope to see them (although binoculars will help).
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