Florida’s Fourth Estate

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  • Florida’s Fourth Estate looks at everything from swampy politics to a fragile environment and even the crazy headlines that make Florida the craziest state in the Union. Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin use decades of experience as journalists to dissect the headlines that impact Florida. Each week they have a guest host who helps give an irreverent look at the issues impacting the Sunshine State. Big influencers like Attorney John Morgan, renowned Florida journalists and the scientists protecting Florida’s ecosystem can often be found as guests. Look for new episodes every week, and visit ClickOrlando.com for the latest WKMG News 6 coverage of Orlando and beyond.
    Produced by WKMG, in cooperation with Graham Media Group.
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  • Here’s what’s next for Orlando teen who invented device with potential to help 2.2 billion people

    Here’s what’s next for Orlando teen who invented device with potential to help 2.2 billion people
    Jul 8 2024
    A teen inventor helping the visually impaired now focuses on artificial intelligence and saving the world from oil spills. Tiffani Gay is heading into her senior year of high school. She also hopes to catch the attention of her dream university, Harvard. The world has changed a lot since Gay last appeared on Florida’s Fourth Estate. After going viral on our YouTube channel, Gay got a call from the Tamron Hall Show. “Without you, I don’t think I would have gotten that opportunity,” Gay said. She has become known around the world for her invention that can help visually impaired people navigate using radar instead of guide dogs or a cane. “I’m getting replies from inventors in Switzerland and inventors here locally asking to collaborate on a host of different projects,” Gay said. “The next project I’m working on is an electromagnetic system that is capable of separating oil from water.” She recently won first place from NOAA for her research in this field. She is hoping to one day use the technology to help animals impacted by oil spills in the ocean. Another new passion involves social issues. Gay has noticed one common theme in her science classes. “It’s kind of overbearingly full of men right now,” she said. Gay was one of two girls in her high-level science classes. “I felt like making a mistake would make me and all of the other women in the room look less intelligent,” she said. So, she and her partner in class co-founded Girls Who Code. Every Wednesday, they mentor 2nd to 4th grade girls. The little ladies started out shy. “As the months passed, I watched them become more interactive with the classroom,” Gay said. Gay and her friend brought in robots and made the classroom a living breathing experience. This busy high schooler said keeping this intense schedule isn’t easy, but a tight-knit friend group keeps her grounded. “We are the closest friend group ever,” Gay said., She went to prom with a group of girls who had been together since middle school. She looks to them for balance. “Just having that great group of friends who are all really ambitious has been very important to me,” Gay said. As for the future, Gay will have a lot of options for college. One institution stands above the rest. “For me right now my dream college is Harvard University,” she said. She is researching there this summer. Gay appreciates the university’s options for research during undergraduate years. She’s also very interested in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wherever she goes, we will keep you updated as she takes over the world. You can hear more from Gay on Florida’s Fourth Estate. The podcast is available from wherever you listen to podcasts or anytime on News 6+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Here’s what homeowners need to know about Florida’s ‘Sinkhole Alley’

    Here’s what homeowners need to know about Florida’s ‘Sinkhole Alley’
    Jul 2 2024
    If you live in Florida, you have probably heard of sinkholes. It’s when the ground caves in, often bringing down everything on top of it. Roads, businesses and homes have all been impacted. Dr. Manoj Chopra has researched sinkholes and erosion at the University of Central Florida and said much of Central Florida is part of “Sinkhole Alley.” “It goes all the way from Hillsborough County, and close to Tampa, all the way up to Daytona, and it goes through our areas of Maitland and Winter Park,” Chopra told Florida’s Fourth Estate hosts Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden. Lake Eola actually started as a sinkhole. Chopra said part of the lake collapsed through the aquifer and filled with water. He said much of the lake is shallow, but the part that collapsed is very deep. He pointed out that Lake Rose in Winter Park also started as a sinkhole. It caused a car dealership to collapse and some of the cars were never recovered. Chopra said there is an easy way to see if a lake started as a sinkhole. “If you fly over Central Florida, if you see those really round lakes, they’re probably sinkholes, because a sinkhole is typically a funnel that fails the surface and falls in,” Chopra said. While they are pretty from the sky, they can be concerning and dangerous in residential areas. The engineering professor said if you have a home in the impacted area, you should check out the Florida Geological Survey map of Sinkholes and learn the history of the area. Chopra said there are two types of sinkholes: ones that form under sand usually produce depressions before the limestone underneath gives way, but when the ground has a layer of clay under it, like the one in Seffner that suddenly collapsed and killed a man in his sleep, there are little to no warning signs. Chopra said that’s because the clay acts as a barrier, everything falls apart below, then once everything is gone, the clay barrier falls and everything on top comes tumbling down too. If you want to make sure the land you are living on is safe Chopra said you can talk to Central Florida experts or get a geotechnical firm to come out and bore into the ground. To learn more about sinkholes and how they are formed check out Florida’s Fourth Estate. You can download the podcast from wherever you listen to podcasts or watch anytime on News 6+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • ‘It was absolutely surreal:’ Florida man finds ancient fossil at beach

    ‘It was absolutely surreal:’ Florida man finds ancient fossil at beach
    Jun 27 2024
    Alex Lundberg said he has been hunting for fossils for 20 years, but nothing prepared him for what he recently pulled out of the water. About 10 minutes into a fossil hunting trip to Venice Beach, Lundberg said he spotted something that looked like a piece of wood stuck in the sand. He told Florida’s Fourth Estate hosts Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden that he dove down about 25 feet and started dusting it off. “I kind of recognize it as it’s probably mammoth ivory or mastodon tusk,” he said. After about 20 minutes the marine biologist was able to unearth it and realized it was indeed a 4-foot-long, 70-pound mastodon tusk. The animals, which scientists say date back about 23 million years, went extinct about 10,000 years ago. Lundberg said finding something this old in one piece is unusual. “It was absolutely surreal. I have been fossil hunting for 20 years and I never thought I would find something like this. We find broken pieces of tusk all the time down there, just small pieces, but usually, they don’t stay intact like this they fall apart or storms break them up. I mean the fact that this one stayed in one piece is so surreal and so exciting,” he said. After cleaning and drying out his discovery, Lundberg said he has been keeping it at his house. “It’s actually sitting in a Christmas ornament box next to my bed,” he said. Lundberg hopes he will get to keep it and pass it down to his grandkids, but first, he has to report his finding to the state. “All vertebrate fossils in Florida found on public land or public water technically belong to the state unless they say otherwise. As amazing as that tusk is, the Florida Museum has way better stuff. They have whole skeletons so hopefully they are not interested in it and I get to keep it, but we will see when it comes time to report it,” he said. You can learn more about Lundberg, his epic find and how he got his start as a fossil hunter on Florida’s Fourth Estate. The podcast can be downloaded from wherever you listen to podcasts or watch anytime on News 6+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 m
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