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 and regular contributor Ronnie Russell reflect on the mass shootings and hate crimes that occurred on the mainland over the last week. They touch on the country’s first reparations program initiated in Evanston, IL and the Tokyo Olympics on the eve of the torch relay.
Part 1 - After a look at local and national COVID-19 numbers, Neville James engages Dwanye Henry, Chief Legal Counsel for the Department of Health, to provide some clarity on the new epi report format. ODR Director Adrienne Williams-Octalien calls in next in response to the $4.1M awarded by FEMA to UVI. She ends the hour by previewing this month’s episode of Recovery in Focus.
Part 2 - Neville James hosts the RT’s Park Executive Director Peter Champman, Sydney Paul, Manager of Business Intelligence & Marketing, and Senior Managing Director of Renaissance Equity Partners, Robert K. Jenkins, Jr. They speak to the relationship between the RT Park and Renaissance Equity, opportunity funds designed to serve HBCUs and their surrounding areas, and what this may mean for the territory.
Part 1 - Neville James breaks down some of the issues raised in Governor Bryan’s press conference and speaks with St. Thomas resident Archie on vaccine hesitancy and the history of inoculation.
Part 2 - David Bornn, legal counsel for Governor Bryan, returns to Analyze This to follow up on this week’s USVI Community Business Forum. They look back at the last year under COVID-19 and discuss the triangulation between the CDC, cruise lines in the FCAA grouping, and the Government of the Virgin Islands in arranging for the return of cruise ships to the territory. To register for the upcoming forum: www.vi.gov/cbf.
Part 1 - Neville James speak with meteorologist Gabriel Lojero of the National Weather Service in response to the severe drought advisory issued by the Drought Mitigation Center. Senator Novelle E. Francis, chair of the Committee on Health, Hospitals, and Human Services, and Director Donald “Ducks” Cole of the Public Service Commission, call in to discuss long-term goals and short-term solutions for the healthcare and energy issues in the territory.
Part 2 - Author and filmmaker Peter Bailey joins Neville James on the air to share his personal and professional journey with NiteCap Media. From his New York Times Op-Ed “Has America Forgotten about the Virgin Islands?” to his documentary Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders, Bailey reflects on the identity, tenacity, power, and perception of the Virgin Islands.
Part 1 - Neville James talks with Dr. Gregory Guannel of UVI’s Hazard Mitigation and Resilience Planning Team and Hilary Lohmann, Coastal Resilience Coordinator from DPNR. They discuss two upcoming webinars, “Engineering for Disasters – Part 1” and “World Water Day”, how the territory may better prepare for environmental changes and natural disasters, and what UVI is doing to build a local workforce here in the territory. For more information on the webinars: https://resilientvi.org/.
Part 2 - Neville James hosts Maria “Irieah” Stiles, co-chair of the Youth Art Month Regional Council, and Chantel Hoheb, Executive Director of the VI Children’s Museum, ahead of their 13th annual Student Art Exhibit. They discuss the history of the museum, the power of art and education, the importance of encouraging creativity, the challenges they’ve faced over the past year, and what to expect from this weekend’s event. For more information: https://www.vichildrensmuseum.org/
Part 1 - Ronnie Russell and Rocky Liburd join Neville James on the air to reflect on the energy crisis occurring in the territory and Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole hearing.
