First Coast Connect
Weekdays LIVE at 9 a.m.; Rebroadcast at 8 p.m.
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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Latest Episodes
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State lawmakers still can’t reach a budget deal, and the JEA investigation expands to include communications about a former mayor’s lobbying firm. -
A mitigation expert explains how a criminal’s life story affects the death penalty. -
Two historians remember the pioneering Black aviator on the centenary of her death during a Jacksonville air show. -
From an expanding JEA investigation to campaign plans, we ask Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan about the latest headlines — and take your calls and questions -
A state budget decision looms over the future of the once-thriving Black neighborhood of West Lewisville. -
Jax taxpayers getting “fleeced”; Duval Schools responds to new pressures to ban books -
Anthropologist Judith Bense on America’s oldest colony; brewery owner Ben Davis on the end of an era -
A new SNAP ban on sodas, energy drinks and sugary snacks has some people praising nutritional priorities, and others worried about stigmatizing recipients -
The best time of day to get chemo, and why some of the most highly processed food is baby food -
A growing number of Jacksonville families are struggling to keep up with housing costs as the city faces a major shortage of affordable homes. Now, leaders are rolling out new efforts to make homeownership more attainable.
