Past Topics on Florida Matters


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Past Topics on Florida Matters and WUSF 89.7 News Specials - 2007/2008

• “Drilling in the Gulf" (first aired August 15, 2008) Learn more.

• “Coping With Infertility" (first aired August 8, 2008) Learn more.

• “The Everglades Without U.S. Sugar" (first aired August 1, 2008) Learn more.

• “Connecting Business and the Arts" (first aired July 25, 2008) Learn more.

• “Targeting High Tech" (first aired July 18, 2008) Learn more.

• “Reinventing Yourself" (first aired July 11, 2008) Learn more.

• “Summer Diversions" (first aired July 4, 2008) Learn more.

• “Today's Drug Testing" (first aired March 14, 2008, rebroadcast June 27, 2008)
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• “Future of Water" (first aired June 20, 2008) Learn more.

• “Living With Autism" (first aired June 13, 2008) Learn more.

• “The Changing Face of Journalism" (first aired June 06, 2008) Learn more.

• “Hurricane Season: Are We Prepared?” (first aired May 30, 2008) Learn more.

• “Florida As Inspiration” (first aired May 23, 2008) Learn more.

• “Latest Efforts Toward Mass Transit” (first aired May 16, 2008) Learn more.

• “Legislative Review” (first aired May 9, 2008) Learn more.

• “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” (first aired May 2, 2008) Learn more.

• “Sarasota Growth Referendum” (first aired April 25, 2008) Learn more.

• “Preventing Suicide” (first aired April 18, 2008) Learn more.

• “Mentally Incompetent Inmates Part 2” (first aired March 7, 2008, rebroadcast on April 11, 2008) Learn more.

• “Digging into Fertilizer Policy” (first aired April 4, 2008) Learn more.

• “Sales Tax Exemptions” (first aired March 28, 2008) Learn more.

• “Today's Drug Testing Part 2” (first aired March 21, 2008) Learn more.

• “Today's Drug Testing” (first aired March 14, 2008) Learn more.

• “Mentally Incompetent Inmates Part 2” (first aired March 7, 2008) Learn more.

• “2008 Legislative Preview” (first aired February 29, 2008) Learn more.

• “Foster Care” (first aired February 22, 2008) Learn more.

• “Budget Cuts” (first aired February 15, 2008) Learn more.

• “Century Commission” (first aired February 8, 2008) Learn more.

• “The Year Ahead”(first aired February 1, 2008) Learn more.

• “Florida Amendment One”(first aired January 25, 2008) Learn more.

• “Florida's Energy Future”(first aired January 18, 2008) Learn more.

• “Plant City Gangs”(first aired January 11, 2008) Learn more.

• “Film Industry”(first aired January 4, 2008) Learn more.

• “Year in Review”(first aired December 28, 2007) Learn more.

• “Climate Change and the Media”(first aired September 21, 2007, rebroadcast on December 14, 2007) Learn more.

• “State Gambling Deal” (first aired December 7, 2007) Learn more.

• “Hillsborough-Tampa Merge” (first aired November 30, 2007) Learn more.

• “Hometown Democracy Amendment” (first aired May 18, 2007, rebroadcast on November 23, 2007) Learn more.

• “Sarasota County Growth” (November 16, 2007) Learn more.

• “WWII Stories” (November 9, 2007) Learn more.

• “National Catastrophic Fund” (November 2, 2007) Learn more.

• “Neighborhood Schools” (October 26, 2007) Learn more.

• “Leadership Vacuum” (October 19, 2007) Learn more.

• “Governmental Spending in Real-Life Terms” (October 12, 2007) Learn more.

• “Homeschooling” (October 5, 2007) Learn more.

• “Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority” (September 28, 2007) Learn more.

• “Climate Change and the Media” (September 21, 2007) Learn more.

• “Tallahassee Report Card” (September 14, 2007) Learn more.

• “Early Primary” (September 7, 2007) Learn more.

• “Foreclosures Hit Florida” (August 31, 2007) Learn more.

• “Goodbye to PIP” (August 24, 2007) Learn more.

• “Property Insurance - What Happened? ” (August 17, 2007) Learn more.

• "Tampa Bay History”(August 10, 2007) Learn more.

• "The Hidden Costs of Going Green ”(August 3, 2007) Learn more.

• "Downtown Tampa and St. Petersburg” (July 27, 2007) Learn more.

• “Stem Cell Controversy ” (July 20, 2007, originally aired April 27, 2007) Learn more.

• “Property Tax Battle” (July 13, 2007) Learn more.

• “WW II Stories ” (July 6, 2007) Learn more.

• “The Big Squeeze: Florida and the Future of Citrus” (June 29, 2007) Learn more.

• “Institutional Segregation?” (June 22, 2007) Learn more.

• “Florida's Robots ” (June 15, 2007) Learn more.

• “Show Us the Money” (June 8, 2007) Learn more.

• “Wired and Worried” (June 1, 2007) Learn more.

• “Florida Budget 2007-2008” (May 25, 2007) Learn more.

• “Hometown Democracy Amendment” (May 18, 2007) Learn more.

• “A Changing Climate?” (May 11, 2007) Learn more.

• “This Year's Drought ” (May 4, 2007) Learn more.

• “Stem Cell Controversy” (April 27, 2007) Learn more.

• “ Property Tax Review” (April 20, 2007) Learn more.

• “ Light Rail for Tampa Bay?” (April 13, 2007) Learn more.

• “Tampa Bay History” (April 6, 2007) Learn more.

• “Mental Health and Young People” (March 30, 2007) Learn more.

• “Tampa Bay 2057, Pt 2” (March 23, 2007) Learn more.

• “Property Tax Dilemma” (March 16, 2006) Learn more.

• “Light Rail for Tampa Bay?” (March 9, 2006) Learn more.

• “2007 Legislative Preview” (March 2, 2006) Learn more.

• “Sexual Predators” (February 23, 2007) Learn more.

• “Insurance Reform” (February 16, 2007) Learn more.

• “Black Leadership” (February 9, 2007) Learn more.

• “Human Trafficking” (February 2, 2007) Learn more.

• "The Future of Cuba ”(January 26, 2007) Learn more.

• “Wetlands” (January 19, 2007) Learn more.

• “Tampa Bay 2057” (January 12, 2007) Learn more.

• “Mentally Ill Inmates, Part 2” (January 5, 2007) Learn more.

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Florida Matters WUSF Host Carson Cooper

Carson Cooper

Carson Cooper has been a favorite of listeners as Host of "Morning Edition" on WUSF 89.7 since 2000. He also reports for other WUSF 89.7 broadcasts. Carson has worked in Tampa Bay radio for more than two decades.