WSLR 96.5 LP FM Sarasota’s Community Radio Station News and Public Affairs welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and Emmy-winning correspondent Hendrick Smith and Wendy Grassi, director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood.

Hedrick Smith will be participating in the February 4 Forum Truth speaker series, sharing his experiences with the New York Times and as the award-winning creator of many prime-time specials and mini-series for PBS.

Wendy Grassi will be among those honoring the 37th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that gave women the right to abortion. Anti-choice legislators are now using the ongoing health care reform debate as an opportunity to restrict women’s access to abortion as anti-choice organizations and lawmakers continue their efforts to overturn Roe.

Each episode of The Surreal News features “A Tannen Weekly” by humorist Pete Tannen, a Media Matters Minute and plenty of under reported news items.

The Surreal News is streamed live at WSLR.org and is one of many WSLR programs available 24/7 via podcast at www.thesurrealnews.com, which can be accessed from the WSLR podcast links found elsewhere on the WSLR home page.