Beyond the News WFLA Interviews

Erik Maltais, Marine veteran and one of the volunteer leaders of the new Tampa chapter of Bunker Labs, talks about promoting veterans entrepreneurship in the Tampa Bay area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with Stephen Rodriguez, CEO of Nathan Benderson Park, about the national and world club crew Dragon Boat championships coming to Sarasota in 2021 and 2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd interviews analyst Jill Gonzalez of personal finance site Wallethub.com about a study ranking 100 U.S. cities' public transportation systems. Tampa ranked 98th, St. Petersburg 99th, and no Florida community made the top 50. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with Andrew DePietro of GoBankingRates.com about their new report on 50 Housing Markets That Are Turning Ugly... sluggish or dropping prices and rising underwater and foreclosure rates. 15 of them are in Florida. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd interviews Gary Coxe, a private pilot who' s collecting supplies in Lakeland to fly to the Bahamas next week, under the sponsorship of the Sandals Foundation, for survivors of Hurricane Dorian See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd interviews Matthew Marchetti, co-founder of Crowd Source Rescue, a nonprofit behind an app that puts people needing rescue in touch with those who have boats and can rescue them. It got used thousands of times during Hurricane Michael and he says it's also being used during Dorian. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with Tampa's Chris Reynolds, PhD, with the emergency management program at American Military University, about the process of hurricane planning and recovery, as well as scams involving hurricane relief. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If your boss tells you to work during a hurricane and you refuse, nothing in Florida law will stop you from getting disciplined or fired. Gordon Byrd speaks with David Stefany, partner of the Tampa law firm Allen Norton and Blue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with Rabih Bechara, MD, FCCP, about the dangers posed by hurricanes to people with chronic lung diseases such as asthma, emphysema, lung cancer and COPD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd talks with Kris Kiser, CEO of the Outdoor Power Institute, about generator safety during and after a hurricane. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with Kat Dillard and Jenna Haefling of Rethinking Plastics about a pending final vote by Sarasota city commissioners to ban plastic straws and polystyrene on city property and under leases with the city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with David Cox, executive director of the Gasparilla Music Foundation, which puts on the annual Gasparilla Music Festival See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with National Weather Service meteorologist Tony Hurt in Ruskin (Tampa) about the flood watch for the west coast of Florida, which areas stand the most chance of getting soaked, and what fans going to the Bucs-Dolphins preseason game at Raymond James Stadium should expect. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with Lina Guzman and Dana Thomson of Child Trends about the effect of a 2020 Census undercount of Hispanics on the money Florida receives from the feds for child health and other programs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard Rude with the National Weather Service speaks with Gordon Byrd about a flood watch issued for West Central Florida until Friday morning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks to Kenneth Hernandez, Business Development Manager of Electric Transportation for Tampa Electric, about plans to introduce plug-in electric cars at three high schools in Hillsborough County this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with Ben Mutzbaugh of The Points Guy travel website about their study of 50 major U.S. airports... three Florida airports rank near the bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd interviews Chris Sutton, CEO of COBRA, which offers active shooter training for businesses and groups. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with Dr. Michael Hicks, Ph. D., head of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Their new Manufacturing Scorecard for 2019 gives Florida a D for overall manufacturing but an A for tax climate and improving grades in two other categories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two students with a conservative group sued the University of Florida and won a settlement and changes, over a policy they say allowed student government to discriminate against conservative speakers paid for by mandatory student fees. Gordon Byrd speaks with Caleb Dalton, chief counsel at the Alliance Defending Freedom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd speaks with Clearwater Marine Aquarium CEO David Yates on two beached whales recovering at his facility in Tarpon Springs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Found money! The Hillsborough Court Clerk's Office is trying to get unclaimed cash to its rightful owners before the state grabs it all. Gordon Byrd speaks with clerk's office communications director Tom Scherberger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Niles, founder and editor of Theme Park Insider, talks to Gordon Byrd about an unusually slow summer for the theme park industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd interviews David Jones, event director of CDC (Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa) on a recruiting Job Fair for the 2020 Census See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gordon Byrd interviews Alisa Coe with Earthjustice, one of the groups suing the state to make it spend money on land conservation as required under Amendment One, passed by the voters in 2014. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.