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Your spot for real, daily conversations. Where neighbors become storytellers, newsmakers explain why and how changes happen and where locals — natives to the area and newcomers — discover and delight in the community they share.

Episodes

A school board’s partisan pendulum swings, and multitasking food trucks

Scrubbing climate science from textbooks, and Tampa Theatre turns back the clock

Breaking down primary night's winners and losers, and Hillsborough schools get an A

Class acts: Rethinking school success for teens under stress, and a head start in hospitality

Vindman challenges political headwinds, and USF nursing school's major expansion

Spotting Big Tech and AI in local politics. Also, a college turns trash into treasure

Why the 'Flock Blocker' opposes these cameras, and an iconic game room pulls the plug

A new identity for a longtime Tampa shopping mecca, and get ready for 813 Day

Building a ballpark while solving an infrastructure dilemma, and Florida oranges show some juice

Breaking down what’s new for the school year, and improv takes center stage in Ybor

Challenges facing Florida’s corrections system: At the top and inside the walls

New guidance on kids and psychotropics, and a red flag over FWC surveillance

Police chases: Finding a balance between speed and safety. Also, assembling a voter guide

How 3D printing is revolutionizing home construction, and Tampa's luxury boom

Daylight saving time all the time? Plus, a youngster who has a way with swords

How the Fishback decision affects the governor’s race, and school supplies’ skyrocketing costs

Charlie Crist makes his case for St. Petersburg, and two Florida executions in one day

Encore: Want to bike from Tampa Bay to Titusville? A 250-trail is nearly complete

Encore: A guide to the weird, wild and obscure parts of Tampa

Encore: Life after prison, and the cost of mass incarceration