Listen to the Broadcast on WJCT’s On Demand Page

Host Al Letson and WJCT's Karen Feagins in studio with Luther Delp.

We’ve had a few people ask us about the live broadcast of our Jacksonville episode on WJCT so we wanted to post it in case you missed some or all of it.

If you head over WJCT’s on demand page and click Listen you can hear the entire two hours with host Al Letson and WJCT’s Karen Feagins.

And if you want more information about any of the organizations featured in the show, check out the links below:

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• Save the St. Johns River Ferry
• Save Mayport Fishing Village
• Jumping Fish: Advocating for Our Waterways through Athletics
• Veterans Farm
• Brooks Adaptive Sports and Recreation

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Photo Source: Jonathan Zander from Wikimedia Commons

Jacksonville, Florida is a lot of things: a military town. A church town. A beach town. And it can be all those things because Jacksonville is the largest city in the whole country: 841 acres of sprawl, highways, and strip malls dotted with tiny, unique neighborhoods. How does a place this huge and diverse lurch forward to keep pace with the rest of the country? The quick answer: often, it doesn’t. But once in a while, in small surprising ways, this place can be an incubator for innovation. In host Al Letson’s hometown episode, SOTRU asks: is Jacksonville is moving backward, stuck in neutral, or shifting towards progress?

For more information on “Grinding the Gears,” visit our episode page for photos, links and music information.

And keep up with the latest SOTRU releases and events on Soundcloud, iTunes, Facebook and Twitter.

This week we are releasing stories from our Jacksonville episode, Grinding the Gears. To celebrate our hometown episode and to continue bolstering support for our Kickstarter campaign, we’re holding several exciting events around the First Coast starting next week.

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Wednesday, Nov. 7

Al Letson’s Performances at Art Walk
Nov. 7 beginning at 7pm – Studio 121 – 121 W. Forsyth Street, Jacksonville

Al gets a little help from his friends during four special performances with Larry Knight and David Girard. Come see one or more of his sets every half hour beginning at 7pm at Studio 121 during November’s Art Walk.

Friday, November 9

Happy Hour with Al at Intuition Ale Works
Nov. 9th beginning at 5pm – Intuition Ale Works – 720 King Street, Jacksonville

Our friends at Intuition Ale Works are hosting a meet and greet with Al on Friday, November 9th beginning at 5pm. Intuition is donating $1 from every beer sold to the Kickstarter campaign, so come on out to see Al and support Intuition and SOTRU!

Sunday, November 11th

Live Two-Hour Jacksonville Broadcast from WJCT
Nov. 11 from 2-4pm – 89.9 FM or Online

Tune in for a special live broadcast of State of the Re:Union. Al will be in studio airing segments from the episode and interviewing live guests featured in the show. The two-hour special will begin at 2pm.

Photo by Anthony J. Merced

Every day in America, more than 7,000 students drop out of school. In a State of the Re:Union first, this episode combines radio drama and documentary to explore America’s dropout epidemic through the intimate story of one man’s attempt to make a difference in the lives of a group of high-risk kids. Based on the celebrated off-broadway show by SOTRU host Al Letson, this episode chronicles Letson’s journey teaching at a summer camp at the Sanctuary on 8th Street, a community center in an economically challenged neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida.

For more information on how to support our Kickstarter campaign, click here.