Analyze This is the first local talk show on WTJX-FM 93.1, the NPR member station in the Virgin Islands. Host, Neville James, speaks with Virgin Islands news makers residing in and out of the Territory.
Part 2 - Neville James continues his holiday, cultural segment, before Daniel Schurz, SVP of Frontier Airlines, calls in to discuss the new flight from Orlando to St. Thomas projected to start in February 2021, the safety measures they have implemented to protect their passengers, and the potential for future routes within the Caribbean.
Part 1 - Neville James kicks off the holiday season with a cultural segment featuring some Quelbe music, Quadrille dancing, and ideas as to what to expect for 2020.
Part 2 - Neville James runs though the roster of the USVI Mens Basketball team, wishing them well as they depart for the 2022 FIBA Americup Qualifiers in the Dominican Republic. Next, Yisrael Petersen, self-taught moko jumbie extraordinaire, discusses his St. John Classic Outdoor Entertainment Venue. Mr. Petersen details the need that prompted this venture, the various uses for the venue, and his career as moko jumbie.
Part 1 - In reflecting on today’s COVID-19 data, Neville James examines the relationship between ratio and volume. Public Service Commission Chairman David Hughes calls in to address territorial concerns surrounding electricity, ferry service, and internet providers. He calls for a stronger sense of urgency for new, federally funded generation, federal support to better connect the three main islands via waterways, and the regulation of viNGN to drive down internet rates here in the territory.
Part 2 - Neville James hosts the RT Park’s Executive Director & CEO, Peter Chapman, Chief of Staff, Aminah Saleem, and Sydney Paul, Manager of Business Intelligence & Marketing in a discussion on the RT Park’s existence and place in the VI community, as well as their current focus on the Tech Village mixed-use economic development project.
Part 1 - Neville James checks in with the National Weather Service as we approach the end of the 2020 hurricane season before engaging regular contributor and former senate president Ronnie Russell in an analysis on the difference between right and remedy, as it relates to the aftermath of the presidential election and the leadership responsibilities of elected officials, particularly during a state of crisis.
Part 2 - Neville James continues his interview with WAPA CEO Larry Kupfer. CEO Kupfer speaks towards the future of WAPA as they explore various renewable energy projects, including wind and solar farms as well as underground efforts and an update of the two generating plants.
Part 1 - After orienting the public on weekend developments, Neville James hosts WAPA CEO Larry Kupfer. CEO Kupfer discusses plant performance, the state of their recovery efforts, employment and more.
Part 2 - Neville James continues his conversation with the leadership of the Department of Human Services, Commissioner Kimberley Causey-Gomez and Assistant Commissioners Carla Benjamin and Michal Rhymer-Browne. They touch on the challenges of operating their many-pronged support system with reduced staff, their work in mental health and adoption, our ability as a small community to affect change, and the state of their recovery efforts and plans for future facilities.
Part 1 - Neville James closes out this week with a comprehensive update from the Department of Human Services. Helmed by Commissioner Kimberley Causey-Gomez and Assistant Commissioners Carla Benjamin and Michal Rhymer-Browne, the discussion orbits around their continued COVID-19 response, new strategies and procedures, and funding constraints.
