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After 35 years at the Miami Herald, journalist and novelist Carl Hiaasen retired from the paper after publishing his last opinion piece on Sunday. He won renown for his hard-hitting columns and comic crime novels. Hiaasen was on Intersection a few weeks before the presidential election in 2016. He was joined by fellow columnist and humorist Dave Barry, as well as Barbara Petersen, who served as the president of the First Amendment Foundation from 1994-2019. They discussed free speech, politics and responding to critics.

Art gallery Snap! Orlando’s latest exhibition, “The Van Gogh Affect,” takes a look at the life and work of the famous artist through the lens of two photographers. Patrick Kahn, the gallery’s executive director and co-curator, joins Intersection to discuss the exhibition, art in the age of social media and running an art gallery during a pandemic.

Passed last month, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan delivers a figurative shot in the arm to the U.S. economy, while more people are getting a literal shot in the arm as the COVID vaccination rollout picks up speed. Business leaders are optimistic about the economic impact of the stimulus and the easing of the pandemic. For the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando, the pandemic triggered an emergency response as the chamber scrambled to help members stay afloat.

Lake County Commission Chairman Sean Parks is delighted with this chance to move on from what he calls the "bad news" of the Edmund Kirby Smith statue.

The grant from the Florida Charities Foundation will go toward a new black box theatre, dance facility and costume shop on the Winter Park campus.

NPR tours the factory of the world's largest vaccine maker: Serum Institute of India. It's manufacturing nearly 100 million doses a month of the Oxford-AstraZeneca formula and exporting them globally.

Climate change is hitting the oceans hard, both warming and acidifying the water. Ocean scientists are hoping the Biden Administration dives in quickly to address it.

Rollins College unveiled first look photos of a new Mister Rogers sculpture today. The “A Beautiful Day for a Neighbor” sculpture will be installed on campus this fall. The 7 foot tall, 3,000 pound bronze statue will honor the alumnus’s legacy.

Statewide, 63% of seniors have been at least partially vaccinated. The state's age-based eligibility expanded this week to include residents 60 and older.

At 10 years old, Hayley Arceneaux was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. Now at age 29 she's a physician's assistant at St. Jude Children’s research hospital and about to launch to space.