This week, Peter Greenberg Worldwide broadcasts from Zota Beach Resort in Bradenton Gulf Islands, Florida. George Hobica, Author & Founder of AirFareWatchDog.com, joins Peter to discuss the war being quietly waged between online travel agencies such as Expedia and Travelocity, and hotel chains. Cathy Slusser, Author & Director of Historical Resources for the Manatee County, reveals her favorite part of the Florida Maritime Museum, and Joan Krauter, Executive Editor at the Bradenton Herald, discusses Bradenton’s explosive population growth, and what that means for the environment, local children, and affordable housing. There’s all of this and more when Peter Greenberg Worldwide broadcasts from Zota Beach Resort in Bradenton Gulf Islands, Florida.

Click here to listen to the show streaming from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, December 23, 2017.

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George Hobica, Author & Founder of AirFareWatchDog.com, joins the show to discuss the love/hate relationship that exists between online travel agencies such as Expedia and Travelocity, and hotel chains.

Cathy Slusser, Author & Director of Historical Resources for the Manatee County, talks about the Florida Maritime Museum. She reveals that one of her favorite parts of the museum is the Florida Folk School, which allows visitors to learn hands-on crafts that settlers used in their daily lives, like net-mending and fish filleting.

Joan Krauter, Executive Editor at the Bradenton Herald, discusses Bradenton’s explosive population growth, and what that means for the environment, the children, and affordable housing.

Charlie Hunsicker, Parks and Natural Resources Director for Manatee County, shares the biggest challenges of his job trying to protect environmental treasures of Manatee County, the most immediate being how to make the population growth sustainable.

Jeff Rogers, Provost & COO of the South Florida Museum, discusses the museum’s unique features, including a world class planetarium, a natural history museum, a manatee rehabilitation center, and the rich local history resources.

Suzi Fox, Director at the Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring Program, reveals the species of nesting birds she works to protect on the local beaches and what visitors can do to be respectful of these endangered creatures.

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor at Wired Magazine, joins the show to talk about the panel he recently moderated at Los Angeles Auto regarding the promise and possibility of a mainstream flying car in the near future.

Sean Murphy, Owner and Executive Chef at Beach Bistro in Bradenton, dishes on his move from Halifax, Nova Scotia, his 40 years on Anna Maria Island, and the surprising way that the local culinary scene is influenced by the environment.

By Mara Marski for PeterGreenberg.com