Florida This Week

About Florida This Week

Your #GivingTuesday gift is a great way to celebrate the season of generosity. wedu.org/donate Florida This Week is Tampa Bay’s longest-running prime time public affairs program, now available as a podcast. Moderator Rob Lorei leads a diverse roundtable of journalists, academics, officials, and other political insiders for a lively talk.

Publisher

WEDU PBS

Category

government · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 May 2021

Latest episode

4 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

198 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Apr 2025

   FTW 040425 Duel to lower property and sales taxes, Storm repair funds cancelled in D.C., Florida most at risk in Climate Central Report

   A DUEL IN TALLAHASSEE OVER PROPOSALS TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES OR SALES TAXES IN FLORIDA… FLORIDA’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION FOUGHT HARD IN D.C. TO GET FEDERAL FUNDS TO HELP REBUILD THE STATE AFTER TWO DEVASTATING HURRICANES. THEN, THE FUNDS WERE CANCELLED WE’LL TELL YOU WHY…. AND NEW RESEARCH SAYS FLORIDA IS THE NUMBER ONE STATE AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING COASTAL FLOODING IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS. SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS MAY BE JUST AROUND YOUR CORNER.

2. 

   28 Mar 2025

   FTW 032625 Tropicana Field Roof Repair up in the air, Lawmakers work to reconcile condo safety laws, New Bill would rollback child labor laws

   TROPICANA FIELD ROOF REPAIRS ARE UP IN THE AIR AS ST. PETERSBURG LOOKS AT POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES... LAWMAKERS ARE TRYING TO RECONCILE BILLS TO HELP CONDO OWNERS MEET NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE... AND TEENAGERS IN FLORIDA COULD SOON MAKE UP SOME OF THE LABOR SHORTAGES LOST BY DEPORTING MIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.

3. 

   20 Mar 2025

   FTW 032125 Rays pullout of stadium deal in St. Petersburg, Push to make failed insurance company records public, 5 year anniversary of the Coronavirus Pandemic shutdown

   THE TAMPA BAY RAYS PULL OUT OF THE NEW STADIUM AND DEVELOPMENT DEAL IN ST. PETERSBURG…SO WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE TEAM? POLICY HOLDERS MAY SOON KNOW MORE NAMES AND DETAILS ON FAILED INSURANCE COMPANIES IF LEGISLATORS PASS A NEW BILL… AND WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS SHUT DOWN FLORIDA AND THE WORLD 5 YEARS AGO? WE’LL LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT LESSONS WE’VE LEARNED MOVING FORWARD.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,103,796

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

82