Florida’s Fourth Estate

Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin talk about the hidden Disney gems and debate the issue of middle class families getting priced out of Disney adventures with theme park expert Ken Pilcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin speak with Kelly Kibler, a scientist from UCF, who has the audacity to say hurricanes have positive impacts on Florida and its animals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode we talk with Gregory Paul, the creator of the Velocicoaster at Universal Studios. He tells us how many times he's been on the ride and what it's like watching people ride it the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Florida's Fourth Estate team speaks with a man who found two Megalodon teeth in a matter of weeks at a Florida beach. What does he say to the people calling him a fake? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Florida's Fourth Estate, Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden Pull Out Their Meanest Messages From Viewers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin talk to Harris Rosen about how the medical system that he uses for his hotels, and about the philanthropic efforts that make him happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Florida's Fourth Estate team talks to Harris Rosen, the Largest Independent Hotel Owner in Florida, about how the pandemic affected his business in Part 1 of this fantastic interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's gator mating season in Florida and we speak with Brandon Fisher, from Gatorland, who guides us through the sights, sounds and altogether craziness of this time of year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Florida’s Fourth Estate, anchors Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin invited Beverly Brooks to speak about the hesitancy of getting a COVID-19 vaccine among those in the Black community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Florida's Fourth Estate team speaks with a Florida pediatrician about giving kids the COVID-19 vaccine. Is it safe? What will happen to our kids in 20 years? How do we make this decision? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Florida's Fourth Estate team talks to a woman on a mission to find her donor conceived siblings. Kianni Arroyo has found 65 half siblings conceived using the same donor. She talks about the stupid questions people have and the handsome attributes of the donor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The cruise industry has been crushed during the pandemic. The question is: Will the industry ever recover? Also, some companies are getting creative to stay afloat. We speak with a cruise expert about the recovery and how to capitalize on it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Central Florida realtor tells us how some homes are selling before they even hit the market. Low inventory and flourishing demand are causing bidding wars once a listing hits the market. Is it a bubble? Should you sell now? We cover it all on Florida's Fourth Estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Deputy Royce James breaks down how he rescued a 13-year-old girl from a hotel room with a shirtless stranger she met online. Turns out, before rescuing people Deputy James was a financial planner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a world where hackers never sleep there are companies tracking and anticipating their next move. Waiting to see if this time it’s the big one or simply another test looking for cracks in the system. Ready, if, and when they blink. Hackers always blink. It’s like a game of chess only this is no queen’s gambit. These hackers are constantly creating and looking for new opening moves. So how do you...

On this episode of Florida's Fourth Estate, Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin discuss Turtle Rehabilitation with Allison Bernstein, the Manager of Turtle Rehab at the Marine Science Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Florida's Fourth Estate, Ginger Gadsden discusses how this year's travel season will be affected by the COVID 19 pandemic with Orlando Pediatrician, Candice Jones. Will there be an increase in new cases over the holiday season? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Florida's Fourth Estate, Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin talk space with Laura Forczyk, a Space Consultant who specializes in space science, industry, and policy. She also offers space career coaching services and is a NASA Subject Matter Expert for planetary science missions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Florida's Fourth Estate, Ginger Gadsden, Julie Broughton and Matt Austin from WKMG News 6 in Orlando, tell some of the crazy stories from their years of working in the news business. It's a lighter version of Florida's Fourth Estate this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the amendment many say will change their lives and finally give them a living wage. Amendment 2 will raise the minimum wage in Florida to $15 an hour. It will happen in stages so the process will take until 2026 to get to that amount. While many workers in the service industry are saying it’s about time, others are saying we shouldn’t be so quick to celebrate because it could have dire conseq...

The Florida's Fourth Estate team, Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin, discusses Pythons in the Florida wild. How do Pythons affect the native Florida habitat? Kevin Pavlidis & Ryan Ausburn give us a close up look at what being a Python Contractor is all about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you close your eyes and listen to Jim Wahlberg, his voice sounds very familiar. He has that unmistakable Eastern New England twang that pegs him as a Bostonian from the jump. And yes, he is one of those Wahlbergs, a family most people know from Hollywood, most notably, his famous brother, Mark Wahlberg. But what many don’t know is that this Wahlberg brother was troubled from the time he was a k...

Gatorland has been around for 71 years and current CEO Mark McHugh says they have never seen anything like what the coronavirus pandemic. The popular family attraction, which is still family owned, has suffered major setbacks over the years. It has weathered hurricanes, tornadoes, recessions and even a fire that burned down its main building some 14 years ago. Still, McHugh says the pandemic has o...

We are talking about football, college, and NFL, with two guys who know the game very well. Mac Loudermilk is the standout former UCF punter known for his flowing hair both on his head and chin...and his exuberant celebrations on the field. Michael Coe is a former NFL player. The cornerback has spent time with the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, and the Indianapolis Colts to name a few. Both men...

This week’s Florida’s Fourth Estate guest is Emilee Speck, the host of WKMG’s new podcast called Space Curious. We often take for granted the modern miracle known as the International Space Station. It’s basically a six-bedroom house the length of an American football field and has been floating 200 miles above the Earth for more than two decades. So, it came as a bit of a surprise when a young pe...