First Coast Connect
Weekdays LIVE 9 a.m., Rebroadcast 8 p.m. and 1 a.m.
First Coast Connect is an hour-long call-in program that features local newsmakers, civic and community leaders, artists and people planning a variety of events across Northeast Florida, along with a roundtable of local media personalities and civic leaders each Friday.
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As temperatures rise and plants bloom, we ask Jacksonville’s chief health officer about local pollen counts and how to manage seasonal symptoms. -
As American children veer further toward highly processed diets and selective eating, award-winning author and historian Helen Zoe Veit examines the eating habits of the past to understand how we got here. -
As Florida ranks 43rd nationally in the availability of mental health workers, we examine how health care leaders are addressing market shortfalls. -
With election season building and a high court decision pending, we examine the legal and political fortunes of mail-in voting. -
A suspect’s beating video raises concerns anew for the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, and Florida’s special election results stun red-leaning districts. -
From the Golden State Killer to “Dirty John,” longtime prosecutor Matt Murphy discusses his big cases and their personal impact in a new memoir. -
Airport lines grow as TSA agents leave; the legislative session ends with hits and misses for Northeast Florida. -
How to manage financial precarity in turbulent times, and why debt may pose a bigger problem than the volatile Dow. -
How the conservation land trust movement has succeeded by aligning the goal of environmental preservation with the rights of landowners. -
Racist displays from Florida university students and an expensive investment in nonexistent courthouse artwork.
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First Coast Connect is sponsored in part by Baptist Health and North Florida TPO.