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Each week, The Florida Roundup brings us up to speed on all things Florida — be it politics, the environment, the economy, culture and more. Join host Carlton Gillespie for lively discussion with newsmakers, journalists and you! Email the program radio@TheFloridaRoundup.org
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Signup to Generate a PitchEach week, The Florida Roundup brings us up to speed on all things Florida, be it politics, the environment, the economy, culture and more. Join host Carlton Gillespie for lively discussion with newsmakers, journalists and you!
The Florida Roundup is hosted by WLRN News & WUSF. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Races for Florida's Senate and Commissioner of Agriculture, fact check on Amendment 3 and weekly news briefing" (23 October 2026, 49 minutes), "Undecided voters, Isaias recovery, ICE spending and weekly news briefing" (16 October 2026, 50 minutes), and "Breaking down Amendment 3, court orders Hope Florida report expunged, weekly news" (9 October 2026, 50 minutes).
The Florida Roundup publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for The Florida Roundup is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Florida Roundup requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Florida Roundup's contact route on record: verified email.
WLRN News & WUSF hosts The Florida Roundup, a news podcast with 100 episodes published.
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This week on The Florida Roundup we took a closer look at the race for US Senate (0:00). Then we explored the race for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture— how education about what that position does is more important...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we looked at Florida’s undecided voters with Sean Freeder with UNF’s Public Opinion Research Lab (00:00). Then, we checked in on early recovery efforts from Hurricane Isaias with our...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about the pros and cons of Florida’s property tax amendment. First, we heard about spending around the amendment with Jackie Mitchell, researcher at OpenSecrets (00:00), then...
This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about changes to eligibility for Medicaid and concerns over the state’s handling of Medicaid eligibility notices with the Florida Trib’s Sharmila Venkatasubban (00:00). Then...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we heard from Florida’s gubernatorial candidates on the top issues in this election including the property tax amendment (00:00). Then, we checked their claims with PolitiFact’s...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with Your Florida state government team reporter Meghan Bowman about a new report detailing the state’s spending on immigration efforts and another highlighted abuses at the...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with the statewide president of the United Faculty of Florida about the Board of Governors' decision to ban undocumented students from enrollment at the state’s public...
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This week a rebroadcast of The Florida Roundup from May 22, we revisit conversations with two Florida-based authors. We spoke first with Artis Henderson about her novel No Ordinary Bird (01:18) and then Kip Lyman about...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with Jim DeFede, investigative reporter for CBS News Miami, who first broke news of the grand jury’s report into the Hope Florida Foundation (00:00). Then, we looked at the...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we broke down the results from Florida’s primary elections with Politico’s Kimberly Leonard (00:00). Then, we were joined by PolitiFact’s Samantha Putterman for some fact-checking...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about the revised ballot language for Florida’s property tax amendment with one of the lawyers representing the group that sued over the original wording (00:00). Then, we...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with the president of the Florida Sheriffs Association about its official statement on the proposed property tax amendment (00:00). Then, we were joined by former state senator...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with Lt. Gov. Jay Collins about his run to become Florida’s next governor (00:00). Then, we looked at the lack of competition for school board seats in this election cycle with...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we looked at the estimated revenue loss for local governments under Florida’s proposed property tax amendment with investigative journalist Jason Garcia (00:00) and Pensacola Mayor D.C...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we were joined by Jake Shore, investigative reporter for WLRN, to talk about the presence of ICE agents in Lake Worth and later, GOP gubernatorial candidate James Fishback’s...
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns with WUSF’s Megan Bowman, Your Florida team government reporter (00:00). Then, we looked at the controversy over...
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This week on a rebroadcast of The Florida Roundup from May 22, we revisit conversations with two Florida-based authors. We spoke first with Artis Henderson about her novel No Ordinary Bird (03:22) and then Kip Lyman...
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This week on a special edition of The Florida Roundup live from Fort Myers, we spoke with Cape Coral Mayor John Gunter about the potential impacts of the property tax proposal (00:00). Then, we spoke with FGCU’s Shawn...
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This week on a special edition of The Florida Roundup live from Fort Myers, we spoke with Cape Coral Mayor John Gunter about the potential impacts of the property tax proposal (00:00). Then, we spoke with FGCU’s Shawn...
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This week on a special Juneteenth edition of the Florida Roundup, we spoke with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Eugene Robinson about his latest book Freedom Won, Freedom Lost. (00:00). Then, we revisited...
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