Flood-fix rainchecks, targeting spiked drinks, red-faced over a red card, teen game-changers
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of budget cuts on water infrastructure, innovative solutions for detecting spiked drinks, FIFA controversies, and youth initiatives.
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $810 million from the state budget. A large portion of that involved water infrastructure and flood mitigation projects. How will that decision affect Florida residents? Then, what if you could detect a rape-date drug in your drink using jewelry? A USF graduate student is joining forces with a former beach volleyball teammate to make it happen. Also, the U.S. team was eliminated, but there are still aftershocks about President Trump’s connection to FIFA’s suspension of a red card suspension before the team’s final game. To close, a pretty cool project by teens to keep peers away from “teen takeovers.” Website: https://www.wusf.org Sign up for our daily newsletter: https://www.wusf.org/wakeupcall-newsletter Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WUSF Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wusfpublicmedia/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsN1ZItTKcJ4AGsBIni3
People in this episode
Host: WUSF Public Media
Topics covered
- water infrastructure
- flood mitigation
- rape-date drug detection
- FIFA
- teen projects
Keywords
- Florida
- flood
- infrastructure
- spiked drinks
- FIFA
- teen initiatives
- Ron DeSantis
- President Trump
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: USF, FIFA
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