Analyze This with Neville James

Friday, August 16, 2024 - Part 1

Part 1 - Host Neville James is joined by Colby Gottert, an Emmy-winning producer and cinematographer whose films have aired on Apple TV, HBO, CBS, ESPN, AT&T Audience, FOX Television, and PBS, as well as limited theatrical releases. A prolific creative producer known for his ability to manage multiple crews and projects at the same time around the world, his credits include the critically acclaimed feature documentaries and series Voyage of the Vezo (PBS), Life out of Balance (World Bank), and Youngstown Boys (ESPN 30 for 30 Series).

Thursday, August 15, 2024 - Part 2

Part 2 - Neville spoke with Lisa Garcia. EPA Region 2 Regional Administrator from the Environmental Protection Agency discusses the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program. Neville is joined by Karl Knight, the recently installed CEO of the Water and Power Authority. Mr. Knight began by thanking WAPA staff for their efforts in maintaining crucial power connections to health-care facilities operational during the hurricane. Mr. Knight applauded the work done in restoring multiple feeders that provide power to sections of St. John and St. Thomas. Power restoration in St. Croix has been slower.

Thursday, August 15, 2024 - Part 1

Part 1 - Host Neville James gets the most recent information from the National Weather Service on Hurricane Ernesto. Neville is joined by Shannel Petersen, Director of Corporate Communications at WAPA, for an update on power restoration operations in the US Virgin Islands. Darryl Jaschen, Director of FEMA, joins the conversation and expresses hope that ferry and barge operations will restart on Thursday. Mr. Jaschen reaffirmed that schools will stay closed. Lorna Nichols, Director of Communications of the Waste Management Agency, hops on the line to add that interim arrangements have been made for the disposal of green trash in specially marked bins at the Estate Nazareth and Cancryn garbage sites on St. Thomas, as well as the Anguilla landfill on St. Croix. St. John residents can visit the Suzannenberg Transfer Station for green waste disposal.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 - Part 2

Part 2 - Neville is then joined by Michael McCormick, Media Relations & Education Coordinator at Florida's Poison Control Center, which has sites in Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami. Carbon monoxide is the leading cause of illness and mortality following a hurricane. To learn how to keep your family safe, call the Poison Help Line 1-800-222-1222.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 - Part 1

Part 1 - Host Neville James is joined by the National Weather Service as Tropical Storm Ernesto approaches the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with deteriorating conditions forecast throughout the island today. Neville is also joined by DOE Commissioner Dr Dionne Wells Hendrington to provide an update on school closures. Raymond Williams, the Director of the VI Lottery, also contributed. The 87th Extraordinary Drawing (EX-87) of the Virgin Islands Lottery has been delayed to Friday, August 16, due to bad weather. The grand prize is $500,000.

Monday, August 12, 2024 - Part 2

Part 2 - Neville James, the host, contacts Raymond Williams, Executive Director of the VI Lottery. Weather permitting The Virgin Islands Lottery's 87th Extraordinary Drawing (EX-87) is scheduled for Thursday, August 15, with a grand prize of $500,000. Neville is then joined by Almando "Rocky" Liburd and Donald "Ducks" Cole for Monday's Table Talk, where they discuss VP Kamala Harris's lack of engagement with the media, which has become a constant rallying cry on the political right, with Republican critics and Fox News stars accusing the vice president of avoiding scrutiny. The Harris team says it is carefully considering how to best deploy its message and present a new candidate to key voters in battleground states.

Monday, August 12, 2024 - Part 1

Part 1 - Neville James speaks with Ryan Chambers, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and numerous adjacent islands as Potential Tropical Cyclone Five moves across the Atlantic. The system, which is now located around midway between the Cabo Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles, is becoming more organized as it advances rapidly westward. According to the present forecast, this system will make its closest pass near or over the northern USVI early Wednesday morning.

Friday, August 9, 2024 - Part 2

Part 2 - Neville James interviews Chef Brady Sweet from Cafe Amici, who is determined to surpass his previous Guinness World Record by creating a 35-foot calzone. This event will include a day of celebrations and fundraising activities for the Humane Society. The grand calzone occasion is set to commence at approximately 8 a.m. on Sunday, August 11 on Main Street, which will be barricaded between Cardow Jewelers and Taphus Beer House.

Friday, August 9, 2024 - Part 1

Part 1 - Host Neville James is accompanied in the studio by Michael Jaffurs, Deputy Director, and Lasiba Knight, Public Information Officer of the VI Energy Office, for the Power Hour. They are here to inform our listeners about the Virgin Islands Battery Energy Storage (VIBES) rebate program, which offers up to $4,000 for eligible new and approved grid-interactive battery energy storage systems also The Equitable E-Mobility Rebate Program provides a $5,000 incentive for the purchase of qualified new and used Electric Vehicles from authorized dealerships.

Thursday, August 8, 2024 - Part 2

Part 2 - Dwayne Henry, Donald "Ducks" Cole, and Almando "Rocky Liburd" join Neville for Table Talk to discuss the Presidential Election. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign overcame a brutal few weeks of fund-raising in July to rebound so dramatically before the end of the month that she more than doubled former President Donald J. Trump's total and surpassed him in some battleground state polls. The Harris team reported raising $310 million this month, including $200 million in only seven days after President Biden pulled out of the race.