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Wait Five Minutes: The Floridian Podcast is about the curious stories and cultural changes sweeping through the Sunshine State. Join us every Monday for an informative and charming look into an issue on America’s infamous peninsula.
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Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
This week, we continue our exploration of Sanibel Island after Hurricane Ian by going to their national wildlife refuge. We chat with Toni Westland about the birds, the tortoises, the flowers, and the surprising discovery they made a mile island.
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Thank you to Toni Westland for her help on this episode! Plan your visit to the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge here!
Thank you to Celina Kersh for her help on this episode! Plan your visit for the Sanibel Historical Village and Museum right here!
Support Orlando and the gay community in our city right here!
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
It's been a little over nine months since Category 5 Hurricane Ian made landfall on Sanibel Island. We paid the village, and its museum, a visit, and found what was lost - and what was evolving on the little old island.
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Thank you to Celina Kersh for her help on this episdoe! Plan your visit for the Sanibel Historical Village and Museum right here!
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Throughout the 1970s, a train ran from Chicago to Miami that was noted for its "tortured existence". One of many trains that ran from the North to Florida, the Floridian was fraught with troubles and nostalgia.
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Read more about Route 66 here!
Read more about the Floridian and Amtrak here!
I do not own the rights to the song used in this episode. Listen to the song, Orange Blossom Special by Johnny Cash, here!
Unless otherwise noted, all music in this episode is originally composed.
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
This week, we go back and catch up with some stories from this season, stories about protestors turned senators, a home run rivalry, moving a house of a river, and more stories from this past season!
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Listen to the episodes mentioned in this episode!
Babe Ruth's Longest Home Run was in Florida (Maybe!)
I do not own the rights to the video used in this episode. Watch the full interview from NBC News here.
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
In Washington, D.C. in 1971, a massive protest changed the way the Vietnam War was discussed in the country. In Florida in 1972, a group of Vietnam veterans found a new way to make an impact in the anti-war movement.
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Read the book that inspired this episode: MAYDAY 1971 by Lawrence Roberts
Read more about the Gainesville Eight here!
I do not own the rights to the documentary clips used in this episode. The clips used are from the following documentary: 1971 MAY DAY - Check out more from Periscope Film here.
Read the May Day Tactical Manual here!
Unless otherwise noted, all music in this episode is originally composed.
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
During the Vietnam War, as the United States grappled with the various tensions throughout the 60s into the 70s, Florida students joined the cause. Protests around universities impacted leaders - and the ripple effects are felt to this day.
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Watch the documentary on May Day 1971 - a clip from this documentary is in this episode!
Read more about Black Thursday right here.
Read more about FAMU's history here.
Read more about Kent State right here.
Read more about the Night of the Bayonets here.
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
After the Wright brothers launched their first flight in 1903, a rich adventurer took up the task on the shores of Florida, launching an aircraft in Stuart, Florida that he named, what else, but the Pelican.
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Plan your visit to the Elliott Museum here!
Read more about Hugh Willoughby here, from our main source for this episode!
Listen to more about the Highwaymen here!
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
This week, we're back with our friend Dr. Loraé Simpson of the Florida Oceanographic Society, visiting the seagrass nursery, where this unique type of plant is grown and eventually planted in the Indian River Lagoon in order to help the lagoon survive - and save the other species within.
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Thank you to Dr. Loraé Simpson for her help! Check out more from the Florida Oceanographic Society here!
Learn more about the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program here!
Listen to our previous episodes with Loraé here!
What's Happening to Florida's Manatees?
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
In 1922, a young man from North Dakota wound up dead in a turpentine labor camp. His family wanted answers, and what followed was a fundamental change to the Florida justice system.
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Read more about Martin Tabert's death in this article
Read more about the fallout of Tabert's death here
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Listen to our first trip with Lilly Anderson-Messec right here!
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