The Bradenton Times Podcast

Manatee County School Board member Charlie Kennedy joins us this week to talk about this week's meeting, in which members of the public called for the firing of superintendent Cynthia Saunders, the effectiveness of community partnership schools, and the wide array of challenges facing public education.

TBT's Dawn Kitterman joins editor Mitch Maley to discuss recent issues regarding Parrish residents complaining of overdevelopment and a lack of services.

Dr. Kristie Skoglund is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and CEO of the Florida Center for Early Childhood, the leading provider of therapeutic services, early education, and healthy development for young children in southwest Florida. She joins the podcast this week to discuss the Early Childhood Court program and other issues related to foster children, as well as a myriad of issues facing tod...

This week, TBT Editor Mitch Maley and reporter Dawn Kitterman discuss efforts by local governments to address homelessness and a lack of workforce housing, along with proposals to sell off valuable waterfront property downtown.

TBT Editor Mitch Maley and local government reporter Dawn Kitterman discuss an article in Sarasota Magazine this week in which award-winning local developer Josh Wynne explained why he's had enough and is leaving the market for good.

This week, TBT Editor Mitch Maley and local government reporter Dawn Kitterman discuss the school district superintendent getting a fine and probation for a grad-inflation scandal, another high-ranking county employee resigning, and the heartwarming story that followed a local family's tragedy.

TBT Editor Mitch Maley and local government reporter Dawn Kitterman run down a busy week in local government that included a contentious meeting between Manatee County and Holmes Beach elected officials, some county government reorganization, and a land-use meeting that included a controversial approval.

Elana Farkas is the program director for Project Light of Manatee, a non-profit adult English learning center. She joins the podcast this week to discuss Project Light's mission, the challenges facing immigrants who are not English proficient, and the many, many ways that increasing their English literacy benefits our community.

Writer, Tampa News Force editor, stand-up comedian, and jack of many trades Clark Brooks joins the podcast this week to talk about his unique career journey since moving to Tampa in the mid-'80s.

Carol Felts is an 8th generation Floridian, longtime Myakka resident, citizen activist, and grassroots candidate for the Manatee County Commission. She joins the podcast this week to tell us what inspired her to run for office and what she hopes to accomplish. TBT's Dawn Kitterman also drops by to talk about her reporting on a county employee pay issue, which ruffled a lot of political feathers.

This week, Cooper Levy-Baker, senior editor for Sarasota Magazine, joins the podcast to discuss his debut novel, Dead Fish Wind, a dystopian thriller set in a not-too-distant future Florida in which our many water woes have come to a head.

TBT's Mitch Maley and Dawn Kitterman discuss relaxing COVID protocols, Dawn's new reporting on county pay raise questions (along with her confrontation at WaWa when a man lost his cool over her "Fauci mask"!), and more.

Former Lincoln Memorial Academy Principal Eddie Hundley returns to the podcast to discuss the Ja’Quyla Jones story, update us on the LMA federal lawsuit, and have a broad discussion with TBT editor Mitch Maley on the way in which we might be able to reimagine some aspects of public education in order to provide for better outcomes.

Editor Mitch Maley talks with TBT staff writer Dawn Kitterman regarding her reporting on the Manatee County Commission redistricting process and irregularities she discovered when examining maps that Commissioner Vanessa Baugh claimed to have drawn herself before submitting them for consideration.

This week, TBT's Mitch Maley and Dawn Kitterman discuss the case of a 12-year-old special needs student at Palm View K-8 who was terrorized by school administrators and local law enforcement and Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh's declaration that she would be resigning from the board, most likely before the end of the year.

TBT's Mitch Maley and Dawn Kitterman discuss a wild week in Manatee County politics as the county commission devolved into petty bickering over electing its new chair, approved a gargantuan development that will transform a major agrarian corridor, and a citizen took the dais to directly report sexual harassment from a county code enforcement officer.

This week, local attorney Jennifer Hamey sits down with Mitch Maley and Dawn Kitterman to discuss the ethics complaint she filed against Manatee County Commission Chair Vanessa Baugh over her role in Vaccinegate. Hamey talks about the recent hearing in which the state ethics commission found probable cause of violations, as well as what we can expect from the process going forward.

Commissioner Vanessa Baugh appeared before the state’s ethics commission earlier this month. The commission found probable cause for ethics violations regarding her role in "vaccinegate." The following is an audio recording of the hearing.

Tanya Shaw is the Manatee County Code Enforcement officer that blew the whistle on a department scandal when she was asked by superiors to look the other way on violations on a Myakka City site that will be used for the Sarasota Medieval Fair. She sat down with TBT's Mitch Maley this week to tell the whole story, including the hostile environment that awaited when she returned to work.

In the second episode of the 941 Mixtape, TBT's Mitch Maley introduces listeners to local music by Duane Betts, the Greg Billings Band, Dickie Betts & Great Southern, Kettle of Fish, and more.

In this special edition of our podcast, TBT's Mitch Maley, Undine Shorey, and Dawn Kitterman play original music by top local acts, discuss the music scene and Undine's big move to Hollywood.

Sullivan Maley has been a copy editor and social media manager for the Times since 2017. In this special Father's Day edition of the podcast, he's interviewed by TBT editor Dennis Mitch Maley on what it was like to be a high school senior during COVID-19 and his feelings on the complicated world his generation will inherit.

Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth drops by the studio to talk about the tension with the county over parking spots, island water quality concerns, and more.

In this week's episode, Manatee County Commissioner Misty Servia drops by the studio to talk about homelessness, traffic, growth & development, and other matters of local government.

Former Manatee School Board Chair Karen Carpenter drops by the TBT studio to talk about the challenges facing public education, the importance of being a civically engaged citizen, and other critical issues in our community and society at large.