LOCAL ROUTES producer, Rob Diaz de Villegas joined program host Suzanne Smith for a chat about his work on LOCAL ROUTES. She asked him about how he became interested in ecology, his favorite stories, and about finding bands to...
Local musician & one-man-band, Dylan “Ragpicker” Allen, performs his original song “Wolfman”. In this piece, he plays 4 different instruments and sings, often at the same time.
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) did not originate locally but has been growing in popularity. Some people think of MMA as guys fighting in a cage, broadcast as entertainment, but for some it's more than that – it is a...
Haiqiong Deng began her life and musical career in northwest China. Her father started her learning music when she was only three years old.
“Throughout my memory, I'm with music. There is not a moment I'm off music. I went...
In this special web extra, internationally recognized Chinese musician and Tallahassee Resident, Haiqiong Deng, appears in our studio for a second “Local Routes” performance. She plays the song “The Guangling Melody” for us using a 21-stringed instrument called a...
Every fall, nature lovers look forward to the arrival of monarch butterflies as they pass through Florida on an epic migration. They get a lot of attention, but our native butterflies like to live here all year long.
Dean and...
The local acoustic music group, The New 76ers, perform their song “Gone” in the WFSU-TV studios. The group is made up of Brian Durham, Kelly Goddard, and Danny Goddard.
When Rob Diaz de Villegas produced his underwater archeology on the Wacissa piece, he was given one condition by researcher Morgan Smith; he couldn't use the site name. The reason? The researcher didn't want to reveal his exact location...
For some teenagers, life has already seen its share of pain and heartache. In Leon County, the school district estimated last spring that there were over 700 young people who fall into the category of homelessness. Most are with...