A nonpartisan, D.C.-based policy group that calls itself “The Common Sense Coalition” aims a few centuries’ worth of members’ political, legal, strategic and economic knowledge at the first 16 months of Trump's second presidency. The book, Betrayed: America Didn’t Vote For This, is the work of 46 contributors, including Jacksonville University Law School Dean Nick Allard, and is co-edited by former U.S. trade official and longtime Senate staffer Ira Shapiro. We talk to both about the norm-busting 47th presidency and how the policies and practices of this administration have created vulnerabilities in the midterms and alienated some Trump supporters.
Guests:
- Ira Shapiro, co-editor, Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This
- Nick Allard, dean of the Jacksonville University College of Law and contributor, Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This
Into the light
A landmark mid-career exhibition by fine arts photographer Cara Romero brings her powerful explorations of modern indigenous life to the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville. The show, Panûpünüwügai, translated as “Living Light,” features Romero’s large-format works that depict the diversity of Indigenous nations, from the Mojave Desert reservation of the Chemehuevi, of which she is an enrolled citizen, to the urban sprawl of Houston. According to Romero, the works “draw from intertribal knowledge to expose the fissures and fusions of Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural memory, collective history and futurity.” Romero’s work has been displayed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art and Guggenheim Museum, and is on display in Jacksonville through March 2027.
Guest: Cara Romero, featured artist, Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai at MOCA Jacksonville
Festa Italiana 2026
The Italian American Club of Jacksonville is celebrating 75 years in the River City and is believed to be its oldest ethnic organization. In honor of the landmark, the club invites the community to “be Italian for a day” during its 31st annual Festa Italiana. The event features traditional pastas, sausage and meatball subs, homemade desserts and Italian ice along with live music, dancing and games. We ask the daughter of the group’s charter members about the importance of preserving family and cultural traditions. The event is free and open to the public from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Italian American Club in Mandarin.
Guests:
- Lucy Cortese, member, Italian American Club of Jacksonville
- Catherine Farina, member, Italian American Club of Jacksonville
Topics and guests subject to change.