With only four candidates left standing, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul will take the stage at the University of North Florida tonight for CNN’s nationally televised debate. This is the last debate before the Florida GOP primary election next Tuesday. After Newt Gingrich scored an upset over Mitt Romney in South Carolina, Florida has become a major fight. What can we expect from the debate and the primary? We discussed it all with Lenny Curry, Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.
Food Network star Paula Deen has recently announced that she has Type 2 diabetes. Deen is famous for her delicious but fattening Southern cooking, and her announcement has drawn a decidedly mixed reaction. How did her eating habits contribute to her disease? What can other Americans learn for Deen’s diagnosis about being more proactive with their own health? Dr. Desmond Bell, founder of the Save a Leg, Save a Life Foundation, and Juana Brown, coordinator of the diabetes program at the Duval County Health Department, joined us in the studio with more information about the disease.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal broke new ground on Broadway by bringing to life the impact of mental illness on the American family. Players by the Sea is presenting this critically acclaimed work, with proceeds from the show benefiting Mental Health America of Northeast Florida. We got a preview of the show from Joe Schwarz, executive director of Players by the Sea, Sam Fisher, director of Next to Normal, and Michael Pruitt, former president of the Jacksonville Psychiatric Society.
And we found out what’s happening around this weekend with Jacksonville Magazine‘s Kerry Speckman.
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