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Make Me SmartFloridians feel the impacts of climate changeFlorida is a state that often feels tangible impacts of climate change, with strong storms and hurricanes making landfall in the state every hurricane season. However, this year is the first time in a decade that the Sunshine State was spared from experiencing a single hurricane. Jessica Meszaros, a climate change reporter at WUSF, joins Kimberly to explain how Floridians are rebuilding a year after hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton hit the state. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty!Here’s what we talked about on the show today:“Florid...
2025-12-1325 min
Florida MattersA closer look at the health risks of extreme heatIt’s been pretty hot this summer. If you live in Florida- that’s not news. But you might not know just how dangerous the heat can be for you and your neighbors here in Tampa Bay. On this episode of Florida Matters, we talk about how the heat can be more than just uncomfortable if you’re pregnant.It can cause major health problems for the pregnant person and the baby.WUSF’s Jessica Meszaros explains what she learned about pregnancy and heat. And why these problems are only likely to get worse.
2025-09-1728 minFlorida MattersA closer look at the health risks of extreme heatIt’s been pretty hot this summer. If you live in Florida- that’s not news. But you might not know just how dangerous the heat can be for you and your neighbors here in Tampa Bay. On this episode of Florida Matters, we talk about how the heat can be more than just uncomfortable if you’re pregnant.It can cause major health problems for the pregnant person and the baby.WUSF’s Jessica Meszaros explains what she learned about pregnancy and heat. And why these problems are only likely to get worse.
2025-09-1728 min
Science FridayClimate Change Is Upending The Home Insurance MarketYou can’t get a mortgage without home insurance. But in some parts of the country, it’s becoming harder and harder to find a plan, as insurance companies drop homeowners and pull out of entire states, as flooding, wildfires, and storms become more frequent and intense. Host Flora Lichtman talks to reporters Jessica Meszaros and Rachel Cohen, who have been covering this issue in Florida and Colorado. Flora then speaks with Benjamin Keys, who studies the impact of climate change on the real estate market, about the future of home ownership in a world increasingly unsettled by climate chang...
2025-07-2418 min
Science FridayClimate Change Is Upending The Home Insurance MarketYou can’t get a mortgage without home insurance. But in some parts of the country, it’s becoming harder and harder to find a plan, as insurance companies drop homeowners and pull out of entire states, as flooding, wildfires, and storms become more frequent and intense. Host Flora Lichtman talks to reporters Jessica Meszaros and Rachel Cohen, who have been covering this issue in Florida and Colorado. Flora then speaks with Benjamin Keys, who studies the impact of climate change on the real estate market, about the future of home ownership in a world increasingly unsettled by climate chang...
2025-07-2418 min
Life KitProtect your home this hurricane seasonHurricane season can feel unnerving for many, especially as hurricanes grow more intense due to climate change. WUSF climate and environment reporter Jessica Meszaros breaks down how to know your flood risk level and ways to flood-proof your home so that you'll be more secure this season. This episode is part of NPR's Climate Solutions Week, a series where we examine how to be more resilient in a changing climate.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
2025-06-1215 min
Silver FM 100.6Protect your home this hurricane seasonHurricane season can feel unnerving for many, especially as hurricanes grow more intense due to climate change. WUSF climate and environment reporter Jessica Meszaros breaks down how to know your flood risk level and ways to flood-proof your home so that you'll be more secure this season. This episode is part of NPR's Climate Solutions Week, a series where we examine how to be more resilient in a changing climate.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
2025-06-1218 minFlorida MattersAcross Tampa Bay, homeowners and local government leaders grapple with hurricane flood riskIf your home flooded during hurricane season last year, you may still be recovering from the damage. A lot of neighborhoods flooded as a series of storms impacted the Tampa Bay region- Hurricane Debby, then Helene and soon after that- Milton. And it wasn’t just places on the coast. Inland neighborhoods flooded too. So- with hurricane season almost here- what are local governments doing to prevent more flooding? And how are people rebuilding? WUSF journalists Jessica Meszaros, Kerry Sheridan and Steve Newborn join Florida Matters to discuss their reporting on the on...
2025-05-2127 minFlorida MattersAcross Tampa Bay, homeowners and local government leaders grapple with hurricane flood riskIf your home flooded during hurricane season last year, you may still be recovering from the damage. A lot of neighborhoods flooded as a series of storms impacted the Tampa Bay region- Hurricane Debby, then Helene and soon after that- Milton. And it wasn’t just places on the coast. Inland neighborhoods flooded too. So- with hurricane season almost here- what are local governments doing to prevent more flooding? And how are people rebuilding? WUSF journalists Jessica Meszaros, Kerry Sheridan and Steve Newborn join Florida Matters to discuss their reporting on the on...
2025-05-2127 minFlorida MattersExplaining the connection between homeowners' insurance and climate change in Floridaaffordable houses in short supply and lots of competition.
But if you do own a home in the Tampa Bay region, you might be facing another challenge: getting insurance.
WUSF’s Jessica Meszaros has been reporting on what the homeowner’s insurance crisis looks and feels like in Tampa Bay, and her reporting is featured on WWNO’s ‘Sea Change’ podcast.
Meszaros’ podcast ‘The Stormy Insurance Crisis in the Sunshine State’ dropped back in August, before Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton. Those back to back storms brought the insurance crisis into focus, as the region recovers.
Meszaros joins Florida Matters why Florida is t...
2024-11-2028 minFlorida MattersExplaining the connection between homeowners' insurance and climate change in Floridaaffordable houses in short supply and lots of competition.
But if you do own a home in the Tampa Bay region, you might be facing another challenge: getting insurance.
WUSF’s Jessica Meszaros has been reporting on what the homeowner’s insurance crisis looks and feels like in Tampa Bay, and her reporting is featured on WWNO’s ‘Sea Change’ podcast.
Meszaros’ podcast ‘The Stormy Insurance Crisis in the Sunshine State’ dropped back in August, before Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton. Those back to back storms brought the insurance crisis into focus, as the region recovers.
Meszaros joins Florida Matters why Florida is t...
2024-11-2028 minFlorida MattersTampa Bay takes stock after Hurricane HeleneAcross the greater Tampa Bay region, people are taking stock of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Helene. Storm surge of eight feet and more in some places flooded homes and businesses. Tens of thousands of homes and buildings are damaged- some completely destroyed. Some beachside towns look like a war zone after a wall of water bulldozed sand through the streets. And as of Monday, 11 people were confirmed to have died in our community.
On this episode hear what recovery looks like as people pick up the pieces after this monstrous storm. And - the voices of people who...
2024-10-0228 minFlorida MattersTampa Bay takes stock after Hurricane HeleneAcross the greater Tampa Bay region, people are taking stock of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Helene. Storm surge of eight feet and more in some places flooded homes and businesses. Tens of thousands of homes and buildings are damaged- some completely destroyed. Some beachside towns look like a war zone after a wall of water bulldozed sand through the streets. And as of Monday, 11 people were confirmed to have died in our community.
On this episode hear what recovery looks like as people pick up the pieces after this monstrous storm. And - the voices of people who...
2024-10-0228 min
Louisiana ConsideredSea Change: The Stormy Insurance Crisis in the Sunshine StateThe home insurance market is collapsing all across the country. Big, brand-name insurance companies are walking away from the riskiest states. And, the companies that are sticking around are often doubling and tripling rates over just a few years. Nothing like this has ever happened before. And nowhere is this crisis worse... than Florida. In fact, Florida is the origin story of this crisis: the home insurance market in every other state seems to be headed down the road that Florida has paved.---This episode was hosted by Jessica Meszaros and Carlyle Calhoun. This...
2024-09-0624 min
Sea ChangeThe Stormy Insurance Crisis in the Sunshine StateThe home insurance market is collapsing all across the country. Big, brand-name insurance companies are walking away from the riskiest states. And, the companies that are sticking around are often doubling and tripling rates over just a few years. Nothing like this has ever happened before. And nowhere is this crisis worse... than Florida. In fact, Florida is the origin story of this crisis: the home insurance market in every other state seems to be headed down the road that Florida has paved. This episode was hosted by Jessica Meszaros and Carlyle Calhoun. This episode was written a...
2024-08-2120 minFlorida MattersLack of regulations for outdoor workers leads to hazardous work environmentsWhen extreme weather hits Florida, the destruction can be immense. Hurricane Idalia caused $3.6 million in damage when it barreled into the Big Bend last year. That’s according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s estimates.
Cleaning it up is tough, dirty and dangerous work. The workers are often left without adequate protection as they deal with toxic mold, dust and other hazardous environments.
On this episode of Florida Matters we talk with journalist María Inés Zamudio about her reporting on the dangerous conditions facing immigrant workers doing disaster restoration work.
We also talk with WUSF's Jessica Meszar...
2024-05-1528 minFlorida MattersLack of regulations for outdoor workers leads to hazardous work environmentsWhen extreme weather hits Florida, the destruction can be immense. Hurricane Idalia caused $3.6 million in damage when it barreled into the Big Bend last year. That’s according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s estimates.
Cleaning it up is tough, dirty and dangerous work. The workers are often left without adequate protection as they deal with toxic mold, dust and other hazardous environments.
On this episode of Florida Matters we talk with journalist María Inés Zamudio about her reporting on the dangerous conditions facing immigrant workers doing disaster restoration work.
We also talk with WUSF's Jessica Meszar...
2024-05-1528 min
The ZestCrack Open Season Two With Fresh Florida OystersIn the last couple of years, the harvest of wild caught oysters has gone down by half. But the amount of farmed oysters has doubled in that time. And there’s definitely a market demand for the shellfish, so aqua farmers are trying out more areas of Florida to grow oysters – outside of Apalachicola, which is where you usually think of oysters growing.Brian Rosseger is one of these pioneering oyster farmers. Last year, He and his wife started their small business, Lost Coast Oyster Company, in Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve at the mouth of Tampa Bay. It’s a...
2020-04-1619 minFlorida MattersOn Tia Pepy's Rice Pudding, Reindeer Cookies, And Other WUSF Family Holiday TraditionsRed-nosed reindeer cookiesWe start by hearing from Dalia Colon, the producer of our Zest podcast. She takes us into her home as her family prepares, bakes and delivers their traditional reindeer cookies.Fishing With DadFlorida Matters host Robin Sussingham shares her day fishing with her father. His smoked mullet is a favorite among their friends and family.Remembering "Tia Pepy"As soon as we started talking in the newsroom about traditions and holidays, the first thing our Morning Edition host, Jessica Meszaros, thought of was her Aunt "...
2019-12-1727 minFlorida MattersOn Tia Pepy's Rice Pudding, Reindeer Cookies, And Other WUSF Family Holiday TraditionsRed-nosed reindeer cookiesWe start by hearing from Dalia Colon, the producer of our Zest podcast. She takes us into her home as her family prepares, bakes and delivers their traditional reindeer cookies.Fishing With DadFlorida Matters host Robin Sussingham shares her day fishing with her father. His smoked mullet is a favorite among their friends and family.Remembering "Tia Pepy"As soon as we started talking in the newsroom about traditions and holidays, the first thing our Morning Edition host, Jessica Meszaros, thought of was her Aunt "...
2019-12-1727 min
Functional GeekeryMark SeemannIn this episode I talk with Mark Seemann. We talk his introduction to functional programming and F#, common principles between functional programming and object oriented programming, Haskell, lessons learned, planting the seeds of functional programming, and much, much more.
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