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First Coast Connect

First Coast Connect is an hour-long call-in program that features local newsmakers, civic and community leaders, arts, activities across Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, along with spot news features and a weekly roundtable of local journalists.

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51:00

UNF poll results plus an undisclosed MLK...

First Coast Connect ·

2025/10/28

A new poll takes Floridians’ political pulse, and a native St. Augustinian unearths a shocking story from the city’s civil rights past.

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51:00

Cohabitation or 'hostile takeover'?

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2025/10/27

Local schools must make way as a charter school network prepares to occupy dozens of existing school buildings in Duval and around the region.

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51:00

First Coast Week in Review

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2025/10/24

It’s the week’s biggest headlines, from council pressure on the Jacksonville Aviation Authority to back-to-back losses for the state attorney.

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51:00

Policing the police

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2025/10/23

A local documentary series looks back at the unprecedented federal investigation into officer corruption, drug dealing and murder at the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

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50:59

Florida, strange but true

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2025/10/22

Acclaimed author and environmental reporter Craig Pittman talks about the endless inspiration of his home state.

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51:00

Unsafe behind bars

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2025/10/21

A former prison investigator flags safety concerns as the Department of Corrections chief submits a “staggering” budget request.

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51:00

Crackdown on campus speech

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2025/10/20

Teachers at the University of North Florida and Florida State College at Jacksonville discuss threats, retaliation and the chilling effect of secret surveillance.

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First Coast Week in Review

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2025/10/17

It’s the week’s biggest headlines, from a controversial arrest by Jacksonville police, to city leaders denying School Board members their own attorney.

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51:00

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King

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2025/10/16

A conversation with the author whose book and podcast, “Bone Valley,” helped free a wrongfully convicted man after 36 years in prison.

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51:01

When foster care comes to an end

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2025/10/15

Employment and housing are just two of the challenges facing foster care “graduates” aging out of the state system.

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51:01

Why do people migrate?

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2025/10/14

An international migratory expert explains the economic and environmental forces reshaping global migration, ahead of an appearance in Jacksonville.

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50:57

Lenny Curry 2.0 Has Zero Apologies

First Coast Connect ·

2025/10/13

From social media posts to JEA to critiques of the current administration, former Mayor Curry says, "It is what it is."

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51:00

First Coast Week in Review

First Coast Connect ·

2025/10/10

It’s the week’s biggest headlines, from an aborted sale of the Duval Schools headquarters to the city’s riderless “driverless” vehicles.

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51:00

Gubernatorial candidate David Jolly

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2025/10/09

A former Republican turned Democratic candidate hopes to be Florida’s next governor.

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51:00

'Fans, bands and fried chicken'

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2025/10/08

Riverside Avondale Preservation’s second annual Music Tour features the author of a new history of the legendary Jax Beach nightclub Einstein A Go-Go.

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51:00

Ask the Mayor

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2025/10/07

From a gubernatorial critique of an airport hologram to the resignation of a top staffer, we talk city news with Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan.

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51:00

Drones that address manatee deaths

First Coast Connect ·

2025/10/06

As manatee deaths rise in Northeast Florida, a local nonprofit convenes scientists, conservationists and maritime professionals with one mutual goal: saving the gentle giants while keeping the shipping economy afloat.

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First Coast Week in Review

First Coast Connect ·

2025/10/03

It’s the week’s biggest headlines, from a new tool for tracking domestic violence to a hologram hullabaloo staged by state officials.

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53:00

No 'safe harbor' for sex trafficking victims

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2025/10/02

State laws designed to treat people who are trafficked as victims instead of criminals aren’t working as planned. A new report shows what’s happening instead.

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51:00

The Young Ones

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2025/10/01

A new generation of local environmental activists is tackling everything from litter to climate change. We meet three of them.

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