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This is a rebroadcast of our 2022 episode, Orlando's Weirdest Parade, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Queen Kumquat Sashay.

Read my column on the Queen Kumquat Sashay in the Community Paper right here!

For nearly a decade from 1986 to 1994, a parade celebrating Orlando's weirdness took over downtown. Meet the man who created the parade and gathered all the strangeness into one uniquely Floridian event.

 

Read more about Bob Morris in a profile from the Orlando Weekly!

Read more from Reflections here!

 

All of the music in this episode was originally composed.

It's Mischief Night again, so we gather to discuss folklore, mayhem, and devils, real and imagined.

Read more about Russell Coles here, and Teddy Roosevelt in Florida here!

 

Find your polling location!

Read more of my writing with the Community Paper right here!

Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!

 

All of the music was originally composed.

In the autumn of 1882, the city of Sanford was shocked by a sudden murder and its subsequent trial. The details of the death, and what became of the victim, sparked a ghost story and awakaned a restless spirit along the lakes of central Florida.

Read Andrew Fink's book Murder on the Florida Frontier

Visit the Sanford Museum

 

Find your polling location!

Read more of my writing with the Community Paper right here!

Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!

 

All of the music was originally composed.

Early voting is open all across the state of Florida, with Election Day on November 3rd. Today, we break down the amendments on your ballot, before discussing the wider trends of the midterms and the consequences heading into 2027.

Find your polling location!

 

We know more about the possibility of life on other planets than we ever have, and yet there is still much to discover. This week, with Brendan Byrne from Central Florida Public Media, we explore questions of UFOs, astronaut experiences in space, and new technology that may answer the eternal question: are we alone in the universe?

Listen to WHEN WE FIND THEM right here!

Listen to ARE WE THERE YET? right here!

 

Read more of my writing with the Community Paper right here!

Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!

 

All of the music was originally composed.

After the success of the first Creature from the Black Lagoon film, Universal would green light a sequel. But when the Gill Man returned to the silver screen, he wasn't just filmed in Florida. The new story brought the monstrous critter all the way... to Jacksonville, Florida.

 

Read more of my writing with the Community Paper right here!

Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!

 

The following clips are used in the episode.

Abbott and Costello - Who's On First

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - Trailer

Abbott and Costello Meet the Create from the Black Lagoon

Creature from the Black Lagoon - Trailer

Revenge of the Creature - Trailer

 

Besides the clips above, all the music was originally composed.

In the winter of 1896, an unidentifiable creature washed ashore Anastasia Island. Experts would try, and fail, to identify the beast, as speculation swirled and questions mounted. A century later, an answer.

Make sure you are registered to vote!

 

Read more of my writing with the Community Paper right here!

Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!

 

Read more about the St. Augustine Monster at the Smithsonian Institute or on JSTOR

 

All of the music was originally composed.

In 1915, millionaire and highway innovator Carl Fisher aimed to complete a new project: a highway that stretched from Chicago to Miami. States would be scorned, drivers would be lost, and a new folly would be born.

 

Read more of my writing with the Community Paper right here!

Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!

 

Read more about the highway right here on Florida Memory!

 

I do not own the rights to the extra song used in this episode. Listen to the full track here: Dixie Highway by Journey.

All of the music was originally composed.

Make sure you are registered to vote at Vote.org

On your ballot in November is Amendment 3. If passed, it would have an immediate impact on every community in Florida by the start of 2027.

This week, we're joined by A.G. Gancarski to discuss the amendment, the end of the DeSantis administration, and the bigger picture of the midterms this November. 

 

Read more of my writing with the Community Paper right here!

Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!

 

All of the music was originally composed.

Watch PANTHER PAT right here!

In 1970, the first woman to take the field for a men's football team did so in Orlando, Florida. Dubbed "Panther Pat", she made history right as the sport of football was on the brink of permanent change. 

Make sure you are registered to vote right here!

 

Read more of my writing with the Community Paper right here!

Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!

 

All of the music was originally composed.