Episodes
![When Elvis Came to Florida](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3194921/WFM_PODCAST_COVER_compressed877bb_300x300.png)
6 days ago
When Elvis Came to Florida
6 days ago
6 days ago
In the summer of 1961, the King of Rock and Roll filmed a movie in the small town of Inverness, Florida. To this day, the city still tells the tale of Elvis in the city - and celebrates the legacy he left behind.
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Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our summer logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!
Thank you to our friends at the Old Courthouse Heritage Museum in Citrus County for their help with this episode!
All of the music was originally composed.
![The Mutant Mall of Orlando](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3194921/WFM_PODCAST_COVER_compressed877bb_300x300.png)
Monday Jul 08, 2024
The Mutant Mall of Orlando
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
In 1956, Orlando was home to the shopping center of the future, Colonial Plaza. Over the decades, it would expand in a wholly unusual way, as malls became the core of American comerce.
Pick up your copy of FLORIDA! right here!
Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our summer logo!
Thank you to Rachel Williams from the History Center! Plan your trip to the Orange County Regional Historic Center here.
Read a few articles quoted in the episode here!
City of Orlando now closing parking garages at 11 p.m. on weekends
The Rise and Fall of the US Mall
An Oral History of Tiffany's Mall Tour
Colonial Plaza, Orlando, FL - Mallmanac.com
All of the music was originally composed.
![From Florida to Normandy, 1944](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3194921/WFM_PODCAST_COVER_compressed877bb_300x300.png)
Monday Jul 01, 2024
From Florida to Normandy, 1944
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Training for D-Day was essential to the invasion's success. For a few pivotal teams preparing for June 6th, 1944, the shores of Florida were where they trained - where the victory in Europe began.
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Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our summer logo!
Thank you to Grant Mann and the National Navy SEAL Museum for their help with this week's episode!
All of the music was originally composed.
![PARADISE PARK, the Segregated Silver Springs](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3194921/WFM_PODCAST_COVER_compressed877bb_300x300.png)
Monday Jun 24, 2024
PARADISE PARK, the Segregated Silver Springs
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
During the end of segregation, Black tourists had to find other places to enjoy on vacation, separate from the white public. Paradise Park was different, a segregated version of Silver Springs, with a whole lot more to offer than a typical segregated theme park.
Pick up your copy of FLORIDA! right here!
Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our summer logo!
Check out Remembering Paradise Park here!
Read more about Paradise Park, and the selling of Silver Springs here!
All of the music was originally composed.
![The Waters of Silver Springs](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3194921/WFM_PODCAST_COVER_compressed877bb_300x300.png)
Monday Jun 17, 2024
The Waters of Silver Springs
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
The history flowing from the Silver Springs dates make centuries. Whether it's in the form of a mammoth bone, or a glass bottom boat, there's loads of stories to tell. This week we dive in and find surprising tales, of Black Lagoons and dugout canoes and truck driver scuba divers.
Pick up your copy of FLORIDA! right here!
Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our summer logo!
Read more about the Glass Bottom Boats in the Ocala Style!
Read more about the Mammoth bones at Silver Springs!
All of the music was originally composed.
![Florida and the Titanic](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3194921/WFM_PODCAST_COVER_compressed877bb_300x300.png)
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Florida and the Titanic
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
The richest man on board the Titanic had a town bearing his family name in the heart of Florida. His death in the frozen waters of the Atlantic changed the future of the small town in the heart of the Ocala National Forest.
Pick up your copy of FLORIDA! right here!
Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our summer logo!
Thank you to Chrystel Hopkins and Paul Burns from the Titanic Museum for their help in this episode!
All of the music was originally composed.
![The Mysteries of Yeehaw Junction](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3194921/WFM_PODCAST_COVER_compressed877bb_300x300.png)
Monday Jun 03, 2024
The Mysteries of Yeehaw Junction
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Cattle roam the middle of our state, and for a hundred years, their ranchers took up rest at Yeehaw Junction. But what today appears to be just an intersection of the highway is loaded with history just below the surface.
Pick up your copy of FLORIDA! right here!
Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our summer logo!
Read more about the military testing in Yeehaw Junction right here!
All of the music was originally composed.
![The 2024 Florida Film Festival (Plus, We're Back June 3rd!)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3194921/WFM_PODCAST_COVER_compressed877bb_300x300.png)
Friday May 31, 2024
The 2024 Florida Film Festival (Plus, We're Back June 3rd!)
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
NEW EPISODES JUNE 3RD!
We spent a week at the Florida Film Festival back in April, and now it's time to recap the most exciting movies we saw! Plus, a preview of our next episode, coming this upcoming Monday!
All of the music was originally composed.
![Florida's Home of Tomorrow](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3194921/WFM_PODCAST_COVER_compressed877bb_300x300.png)
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Florida's Home of Tomorrow
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
At the 1933 World's Fair, Florida presented its vision of a home of the future: pink, shiny, with a view of the water. Throughout our trip to these fairs, Florida sold many ideas, from tobacco to citrus - and everything in between.
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Read more about the Philippines exhibit at the 1904 fair.
Read more about about the Florida Tropical House.
Read more about Florida at the 1964 fair.
All of the music was originally composed.
![Florida's Miniature Fort in Chicago](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3194921/WFM_PODCAST_COVER_compressed877bb_300x300.png)
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Florida's Miniature Fort in Chicago
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
In 1893, Florida tried and nearly failed to bring an exhibit to the World's Fair in Chicago. It was our first major foray into an international event with decades of popularity - but not the last.
Pick up your copy of FLORIDA! right here!
Read the incredible article about Florida at the Chicago World's Fair here!
Read more about the 1851 World's Fair here!
All of the music was originally composed.