WUFT Host Interviews

“Magnum Opus” host Richard Drake recently spoke with Tony Offerle and Scott Wilson about this year’s College of the Arts scholarship fundraiser, "Splendor: Let the Good Times Roll." A performance from "Splendor" is available at WUFT.org.

Pianist Stephen Beus spoke with Magnum Opus host, Richard Drake, and performed the Prelude from Bach's English Suite No. 3 in G Minor on the WUFT Classic piano.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, two Eagles (Bernie Leadon and Don Felder), and Stephen Stills: all in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and all started making music in Gainesville in the 1960s. Musician Marty Jourard (The Motels) was there and tells the story in his award-winning book, "Music Everywhere: The Rock and Roll Roots of a Southern Town" (2016, University Press of Florida).

Lulu Garcia-Navarro discusses changing jobs and changing names. One thing that doesn't change, the role of the press: “Our job is to do the job that we’ve always done, which is to try and discern what is happening, report the truth to the best of our ability, and keep the people in power – from whatever party – to account.”

Two of Gainesville's most popular bands reunite Saturday night: Umoja Orchestra and Morningbell.

Williams says, “…Hollywood deals in sensationalism … although ARGO I think actually comes really close to being very realistic, but a lot of it is sensationalized. You know, I’ve always described being an intelligence officer in the field as being 75 percent pretty normal, 20 percent scary, and five percent just really scary.”

Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Chuchito Valdes took the WUFT Classic piano out for a spin while speaking with WUFT-FM's Viernes Social host, Gilberto de Paz.

Roach Motel, Less Than Jake, Radon, Hot Water Music, and Against Me! How did Gainesville become a creative hub for punk rock during the '80s and '90s, something which continues to flourish today?

WUFT-FM Morning Edition host Glenn Richards spoke with Donn Colee, Jr. about his new book, 'Towers in the Sand: The History of Florida Broadcasting,' and the impact the University of Florida had on broadcast history.

WUFT's Morning Edition Host, Glenn Richards, speaks with writer and UF College of Journalism and Communications graduate, Ted Geltner, Ph.D., about his new Harry Crews book and event at the Hippodrome Theatre: Blood, Bone and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews.