FOURTH ESTATE

The News 6+ Takeover was must-see TV for an Orlando-area dog on Monday.

Is it fast, filled with epic twists and turns, sport an epic storyline all while still taking you on a smooth ride that doesn't make you want to puke? If so, it likely made the Florida's Fourth Estate top rollercoaster list.

This week, anchors Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden invited Erich Schuttauf with the American Association for Nude Recreation to talk about what is quite a lucrative business in the Sunshine State.

If you look up in the sky from time to time you may get lucky and see an owl, hawk or eagle.

Video of an alligator that had been eaten whole by a python went viral late last year.Now the woman behind it is speaking with Florida’s Fourth Estate.

With less than a week to buy those last-minute Christmas presents, e-commerce giant Wish is revealing some of the worst holiday gifts.

Usually, when people think about celebrities they think of Hollywood.

When people think of Florida cities they usually think of Orlando, Miami or Tampa. But, if you have lived here for more than a couple weeks... or have visited more than once, you have likely been exposed to some more unique ones too.

You can skip the grocery store and buy a local grass-fed cow right from the ranch.

This podcast strips the formality of our typical newscasts and brings more in depth discussions with News 6 anchors Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden.

News 6 anchors Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden debuted Florida’s Fourth Estate on Oct. 10, 2018, and have been telling fun stories together ever since.

This week on Florida’s Fourth Estate, hosts Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin continue to explore the spirit world of the unknown as we get closer to Halloween.

This week on Florida’s Fourth Estate, hosts Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden get the haunting details on what is considered to be one of, if not the most haunted cities in America: St. Augustine.

‘Monsters in the Morning’ host shares rough journey to broadcasting, big screen success

On this episode of Florida’s Fourth Estate, hosts Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin speak with Dr. Abigail Disney, whose grandfather was Roy Disney and great-uncle was Walt Disney.

There's more to the Sunshine State than Florida Man, gators and hurricanes.

Florida's Fourth Estate hosts Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden are opening up their inboxes and sharing the hatemail inside.

This week on Florida’s Fourth Estate, Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin are speaking with two of Florida’s best known influencers when it comes to viral videos. They each have millions of followers on TikTok alone. Each one has their unique style and brand that their followers cannot get enough of, and they have managed to turned a hobby into big business.

Florida's Fourth Estate is taking a walk on the wild side.

The man who deemed the recent fight between Disney and Florida politicians “like a really ugly middle school ugly middle school break up” sat down to talk with Florida’s Fourth Estate hosts Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin about the Reedy Creek Improvement District debacle.

A father and daughter visiting Tampa had no idea just how memorable the trip would actually turn out to be because of a strike off the diamond during a spring training baseball game.

Denika Robbins, with Orlando Rabbit Care and Adoptions, recently sat down to talk more about it on Florida’s Fourth Estate with hosts Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin.

On this week’s edition of Florida’s Fourth Estate, hosts Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin take a walk on the wild side and look closer at some of the more unusual creatures found slithering, climbing, hopping, running or burrowing in Florida.

A local woman has her sights set on the sky and she wants to take you with her.

Theme park Expert Landon McReynolds is back from a galaxy far far away and is joining Florida's Fourth Estate hosts Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden to talk all about the new Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser.

Raquel Daniels from Eatonville is on one of Netflix's newest reality shows, 'Twentysomethings.' She discusses why she reveals she's from Eatonville in the first episode in our Florida's Fourth Estate podcast with Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden,

Josh Williamson joined anchors Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin on this week’s edition of Florida’s Fourth Estate to talk about his journey from Lake Mary to Beijing for the Winter Olympic games.

Lawmakers are busy in Tallahassee focusing on everything from COVID-19 to what kids learn in the classroom.

On the latest episode of Florida's Fourth Estate, anchors Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden talk to a local expert about how new laws signed following this week's special session will impact your everyday life.

The space race is in full throttle.

Affordable housing is a growing issue in Central Florida.

In the middle of hurricane season, most people dread learning about an incoming storm but UCF Associate Professor of water resource engineering Kelly Kibler says storms actually benefit our state in some ways.

Ginger and Matt speak to the creator of Universal's Velocicoaster.

Matt and Ginger are digging in their inbox again and they are pulling out the hate mail.

Harris Rosen is a successful businessman who has had the success many can only dream about.

A biological pest control specialist explains the importance of releasing more genetically-modified mosquitoes in Florida.

A Gatorland expert joins Matt and Ginger to talk about alligator mating season and more.

As the coronavirus vaccine becomes more widely available, the numbers reveal who is actually getting the shot.

Rental cars are in high demand right now, meaning you could be paying top dollar if you need one.

A pediatrician weighs in and says she can’t wait to get her own son a shot at a normal life.

One woman’s quest to find all of her donor-conceived siblings.

So why would some Florida lawmakers want to change the Bright Futures scholarship program to only include certain fields of expertise for college students? Bright Futures, Florida’s scholarship program, establishes lottery-funded scholarships to reward high school graduates for high academic achievement. Bright Futures has been around since 1997 and has helped upwards of 725,000 Florida students go to college. AdIf you would like to hear more of what Clark has to say about Bright Futures, ballot boxes and more, click on the link to Florida’s Fourth Estate. Look for new episodes of Florida’s Fourth Estate every Friday wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

So once cruise ships can set sail with passengers again, will memories of those first few turbulent weeks turn off potential passengers? The cruise industry right now, and the cruise lines are saying this on their earnings call, that there is a tremendous amount of pent-up demand. But how do you keep that confidence afloat while massive cruise ships remain are empty? And it doesn’t look like any money from the COVID Relief Package recently signed by President Joe Biden will be going to rescue cruise lines. That’s because most major cruise ships are registered in foreign nations.

The real estate market is booming. On this week’s edition of Florida’s Fourth Estate, News 6 anchors Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden spoke with agent Tony Galarza of the Wemert Group Realty. Click on the link for Florida’s Fourth Estate and listen to the full episode with Tony Galarza. Florida’s Fourth Estate looks at everything from swampy politics to a fragile environment and even the crazy headlines that make Florida the craziest state in the Union. Listen to the full episode of Florida’s Fourth Estate on iTunes here or on Sticher here.

Anchors Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin are joined this week on Florida’s Fourth Estate by James, who said he was just doing his job. So, we asked him what he did before his years in law enforcement. Finally, the monotony of the job got to him and he decided to take the law enforcement plunge. “I like the fact that law enforcement is ever-evolving and my job is different every single day. I love that fact of law enforcement.

This week on Florida’s Fourth Estate, Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin talk to a cyber intelligence expert and the CEO of a cyber intelligence company. These companies are the tasked with hunting hackers before the damage is done by sending out a warning beacon and highlighting the vulnerable spots a cyber security company may have missed. It’s precisely this kind of brazen attempt by hackers Hijazi says, keeps him up at night. AdLuckily for the nearly 16,000 people in Oldsmar, these hackers did not appear to be very sophisticated. AdIt is the job of cyber intelligence companies like Prevailion to make sure this kind of massive hack does not happen by warning big entities when danger is approaching.

Bernstein gets to work with sea turtles of all sizes, nursing them back to health and releasing them into the ocean. While the coronavirus has devastated so many things, it may have actually helped the sea turtle population in Florida by keeping tourists off the beaches and not trampling the sea turtle nests. In his defense, he said when he saw the little turtle wiggle, he knew he had to step in and do something. Unfortunately they do sometimes get a hold of sea turtles but one of the great things about sea turtles is they lay a clutch of eggs that average about 100 eggs per clutch. If you would like to make a donation to help Bernstein and the others protect this endangered species, go to www.marinesciencecenter.com to find out more information.

Dr. Jones says parents need to talk to their little ones now about why they will not be seeing their grandparents for Christmas. Dr. Jones suggests parents should start planning now to have a creative and festive Zoom visit. Dr. Jones says before any family gathering for the holidays there must be some ground rules. Dr. Jones says we can all still do the right thing, it’s just going to take extra work from everyone. Listen to the full episode of Florida’s Fourth Estate on iTunes here or on Sticher here.

ORLANDO, Fla. – This week on Florida’s Fourth Estate, News 6 anchors share stories of weird things they experienced in their first jobs. And Ginger Gadsden says getting pelted with chicken wings, even if you are not the intended target, still hurts. Ginger, Matt and Julie unpack it all in this week’s edition of Florida’s Fourth Estate podcast. Florida’s Fourth Estate looks at everything from swampy politics to a fragile environment and even the crazy headlines that make Florida the craziest state in the Union. Listen to the full episode of Florida’s Fourth Estate on iTunes here or on Sticher here.

Charlie Rose accepts National Press Club's highest honors "CBS This Morning" co-host Charlie Rose accepted the Fourth Estate award for excellence in journalism at a fundraising gala in Washington.