• Harbor House of Central Florida says serious cases of domestic violence are on the rise. But the non-profit is also seeing more survivors come forward for help as the pandemic lifts.
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• Orlando Fringe Festival returns this year after a pandemic hiatus. One of the works on stage is a new rock-opera, ‘Requiem’, which combines the music of Mozart with tracks by Radiohead, Evanescence and others. Opera Del Sol’s founder and creative director Nicole Dupré hopes the opera will spark a dialogue around the opioid epidemic. She joins Intersection to talk the inspiration for ‘Requiem.’ She says the opera follows the path of a woman through trauma and opioid addiction. “We just really wanted to use opera and classical music as a way to create a conversation within the community so that we could talk about addiction. So we could talk about the opioid crisis, and really, you know, realize that it …
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• A pair of amateur fossil hunters caused a stir a few weeks ago when they found an ancient mammoth bone in the Peace River. That’s not all they found buried in the mud. Near the mammoth bone was part of a saber tooth tiger fang.
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• Intersection host Matthew Peddie talks with journalist Mark Pinsky about religion, politics and the next chapter of his writing career.
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• Visit Orlando CEO Cassandra Matej joins the show to talk about getting passengers back on planes and tourists back on the road- and the outlook next few months of the recovery.
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• The 2021 legislative session ended with a flurry of controversial bills, defining a contentious two months in Tallahassee for lawmakers. From the bill focused on voting to legislation targeting the participation of transgender athletes in school and college sports, we unpack the session with political analysts Dick Batchelor and Frank Torres.
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• The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The 14-day festival, which features hundreds of theatrical performances, was canceled last year due to COVID-19. This May, it’s back with an in-person festival in Loch Haven Park, along with an all-new online “DigiFringe” festival in June.
Alauna Friskics, executive director of Fringe, Lindsay Taylor, the festival’s theatre producer, and Lena Feliciano, artistic director of Celebration Theatre Co., join Intersection to discuss how the festival is adapting to the pandemic, expanding their diversity and inclusion efforts, and celebrating 30 years of Fringe.
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