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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
  • First Coast Week in Review
    It’s the week’s top headlines, from accusations of City Council bullying to the governor's plan to end property taxes for most homesteaded properties.
  • It takes a village
    Surrounded by superstores, having lost its primary golf anchors, the state of World Golf Village is like nothing its original residents imagined.
  • The triumph of the word nerds
    From the supremacy of podcasting to an entire book devoted to sentence diagramming, the most precise large language model is still human.
  • Sunshine on ICE
    A secret federal directive challenges Florida’s public records law.
  • First Coast Week in Review
    Ironman fatigue, spiraling subpoenas and an NAACP call for an athlete boycott.
  • Flood control
    A city proposal would guide growth and developers away from water hazards.
  • Gram Parsons’ Florida legacy
    Author Bob Kealing discusses the long influence and short life of the legendary musician ahead of his Hall of Fame induction.
  • Your best, wrong choice
    When it comes to a career, relationship or even a vacation, picking the “best” option might be a mistake.
  • The Murdaugh murders
    What a stunning reversal in the Murdaugh case says about vulnerabilities in our jury system.
  • First Coast Week in Review
    From concerns about “excessive” law enforcement response to big incentives for The Beef People, we discuss the week’s top headlines with our media roundtable.