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Tallahassee's Wanderlust Theatre is out to capture the amazing heritage of the Frenchtown community with a multi-media presentation featuring some of the area's most creative voices. To talk about it are: The Theatre's leading light, Laura Hope London; Nationally celebrated singer, songwriter and music producer Royce Lovett; Keith Rogers, founder of Black on Black Rhyme; and Poet Jakaila Scaife.

The incidence of Alzheimer's and other cognitive disorders is increasing as the population ages. The Alzheimer's Project helps those impacted by these diseases in Tallahassee and surrounding North Florida communities. To talk about it are: Executive Director John Trombetta; Rob Wicker, Project board member and long-time caregiver for his mother; and Brian Delaney, another Project board member whose father had Alzheimer's.

Laura Pellegrini & Stefano Da Fre are co-directors and producers of “The Day I Had To Grow Up,” a documentary that profiles young activists.

On tonight’s program: As residents along Florida’s Nature Coast recover following Elsa, state officials remind all Floridians to stay prepared; As Former President Trump sues social media companies, a federal judge blocks a new state law that bars those firms from banning political candidates from their platforms. We’ll discuss with a prominent law professor; In the wake of the Surfside condo collapse, local governments around Florida are targeting buildings that are behind on inspections; Florida has three million at-home caregivers who could benefit from a proposed tax credit; And volunteers who patrol for sea turtles in one Florida Panhandle community are raising their eyebrows over the area’s low nesting numbers. So far, they’ve found only three.

Parents discuss the impact of working from home, parenting and home-schooling. The challenges and demands are examined and explored.

A community conversation on human trafficking in the Capital City area will take place October 15-16 at St. Peter's Anglican Cathedral. To talk about that and how human sex and work trafficking in our area is such a pervasive issue are: Carolyn LeBoeuf, prime organizer of the upcoming Summit; Robin Hassler Thompson, head of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center; Wendy Strickland, executive director of Anglewing; and Second Judicial Circuit State Attorney Jack Campbell.

On tonight’s program: Florida’s governor says after healthcare workers have devoted so much to helping people survive during the pandemic, he doesn’t think they should lose their jobs for refusing to be vaccinated; A university of Miami study suggests some ways in-person school attendance can be made safer in the age of COVID; Years ago, Florida was where the school testing boom got started. Now it may also be where that boom ends; A public corruption scandal in Florida’s Capital City leads to a larger discussion of what should and shouldn’t be considered ethical behavior by government officials; Florida’s manatee population has dropped by 10 percent as the sea cows are starving; And an elementary school helps reinforce positive self-image for its female students by helping them learn they are much more than just the way their hair looks.

Julie M Stamm, Ph.D., neuroscientist and author of The Brain On Youth Sports, discusses the issue of repetitive trauma to the brain. Dr. Stamm focuses on the science behind injuries and the need for parents and the athletic and medical communities to address the issue.

Northwest Florida's pre-eminent developer and asset manager has more than 3 dozen major projects underway at the moment. St. Joe Company President and CEO Jorge Gonzalez talks about many of them in detail in a virtual speech to the Economic Club of Florida.

This edition of 411 TEEN welcomes Thomasville High School, home of the Bulldogs, located at 315 S. Hansell St. Thomasville, Georgia. Thomasville High serves a diverse group of young folks. They join the 411 TEEN community participating on a regular basis a panelists. Students will explore and analyze sundry topics and happenings in our universe. This premiere edition discusses the Coronavirus Diaries; student reflect on how their lives have been upended and what they trying to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic.