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Florida Matters Town Hall: Disabled Veterans

Steve Newborn
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WUSF News
WUSF's Carson Cooper, disabled veteran J.R. Martinez and filmmaker Ric Burns.

"Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History" airs this month on PBS stations across the country, and on WUSF-TV on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m.

On Nov. 5, WUSF hosted a town hall discussion at USF Tampa’s College of Public Health, featuring filmmaker Ric Burns and disabled veteran J.R. Martinez. This week on Florida Matters (Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 a.m.), we bring you that conversation, along with questions from the audience.

11-10-15_florida_matters_for_web_debt_of_honor.mp3
Miss the broadcast? Listen to the show here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqcgHF2je4c

Lottie Watts was our Florida Matters producer from 2012 to 2016. She also covers health and health policy for WUSF's Health News Florida .
Carson Cooper served as host of WUSF’s "Morning Edition" for 18 years. He took the job in 2000, after working in Tampa Bay radio for decades. He was a fan favorite of our listeners, bringing his friendly and familiar voice to listeners as they started their weekday mornings.