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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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Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Fireflies, birds, rivers, stars and a bright full moon. That's what we encountered out in the Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park a few months ago, as summer began and the heat crept in. Let's go back to that camping trip, and experience the night together.
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Learn more about the Kissimmee Prairie Preserve!
Learn more about the Carolina Parakeet!
All of the music in this episode was originally composed.
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
In this bonus episode, we taste test some black mangrove honey, see how it tastes and learn where it comes from!
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Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
This week, we continue our discussion about mangroves along Florida's coasts! Dr. Loraé Simpson teaches us about the value of mangroves against hurricanes, and the amazing ways we can track their growth through the generations!
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Learn more about Florida Oceanographic Society right here!
All of the music was originally composed.
Saturday Jul 02, 2022
Saturday Jul 02, 2022
On this week's bonus episode, we correct an error and tell a ghost story that connects to our first episode of the season, about Florida's first pool.
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Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
This week, in the first of two episodes discussing the mangroves along Florida's coasts, with the help of Dr. Loraé Simpson, we learn about what exactly a mangrove is, how they grow, and what types of ecosystems they thrive in!
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All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
There is much debate about which of Florida's historic swimming pools was actually the first. This week, we go diving (pun intended) into Florida's backwoods to find locations that very well may hold the title.
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Read Mike Lafferty's article that inspired this episode right here!
Pay a visit to DeBary Hall in Volusia County!
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Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
A prologue to our summer season, and an introduction to all the adventures ahead!
All the music used in this episode is originally composed.
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
Four-hundred and sixty years ago yesterday, the French first landed in Florida. Guided by a man named Jean Ribault, they tried over the course of several years to establish Florida as a French colony - only to fail over and over again.
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Plan your visit to the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve!
Read more of Jean Ribault's writing here!
Hear more about Menendez in this previous episode of the show!
All of the music in this episode is originally composed.
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Some spring cleaning for this season: the state wildflower, an invasive plant, the croak of a frog, and Crazy Nick the Manatee.
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Thank you to Lilly Anderson-Messec! Follow the Florida Native Plant Society!
Thank you to Stacey Matrazzo! Learn more about the Florida Wildflower Foundation here!
Thank you to Rose Guerrero! Check out more from the Historical Society of Palm Beach County here!
Learn more about the manatee crisis right now!
What's Happening to Florida Manatees?
All of the music in this episode is originally composed.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Fifty years ago today, three man were on their way to the moon. The years that brought them to that flight are filed with chaos and near tragedy, until they eventually arrived to the lunar surface.
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Hear more about the current space program from our friend Brendan Byrne's podcast, Are We There Yet?
I do not own some of the audio used in this episode. Included are links to the sources of the audio clips that are edited into the episode.
Apollo 13 (1995) - Houston, We Have A Problem Scene
Michael Collins - John Craigie
Apollo 16 Lunar Rover "Grand Prix"
Apollo 13 - Ken and Jack Power-Up The Command Module
All of the music is originally composed.