{"podcast":{"title":"The Florida Roundup","slug":"the-florida-roundup-1265072","podcast_index_feed_id":1265072,"rss_url":"https://www.wlrn.org/podcast/the-florida-roundup/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.wlrn.org/podcast/the-florida-roundup","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/240d4dc/2147483647/strip/false/crop/2400x2400+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwlrn%2Ffiles%2F202006%2Fthe_florida_roundup_logo_2400sq.jpg","author":"WLRN News & WUSF (podcasts@wlrnnews.org)","episode_count":100,"summary":"Each week, The Florida Roundup brings us up to speed on all things Florida- be it politics, the environment, the economy, culture and more. Join host Tom Hudson for lively discussion with newsmakers, journalists and you! Email the program radio@TheFloridaRoundup.org","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T08:20:01.341164+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-florida-roundup-1265072"},"episode":{"title":"A.I. Data Centers and legislative updates, Francisco Menéndez and Fort Mose, and more","slug":"a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-men-ndez-and-fort-mose-and-more","published_at":"2026-02-20T22:06:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-florida-roundup-1265072/a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-men-ndez-and-fort-mose-and-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-florida-roundup-1265072","url":"https://www.wlrn.org/podcast/the-florida-roundup/2026-02-20/a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-menendez-and-fort-mose-and-more","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s481/audio/2026/02/audio-fla-roundup-feb-20-20206.mp3","summary":"This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about the push to build new large-scale data centers for artificial intelligence and how local communities in Florida are responding with WUSF’s Jessica Meszaros (00:00). Then, we checked in with Douglas Soule, ‘Your Florida’ state government reporter, about an effort to restrict the governor's use of the state’s emergency fund (14:42). Plus, we heard about a new film from Flagler College about the unique history of Francisco Menéndez and the free Black settlement Fort Mose (19:34). We also spoke about the state’s plan to create a museum dedicated to Black history in Florida (31:00). And later, a roundup of educational news from across the state (37:32) and the outlook ahead for Florida’s drought (45:08).","meta_description":"This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about the push to build new large-scale data centers for artificial intelligence and how local communities in F…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2972,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-florida-roundup-1265072/episodes/a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-men-ndez-and-fort-mose-and-more/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-florida-roundup-1265072/a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-men-ndez-and-fort-mose-and-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}