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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 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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Want to hear more space episodes about space travel? Listen here!
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.
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
CORRECTION: The Florida Wildflower Foundation does NOT give land grants. The Foundation grant programs provide funding for native plantings on public lands.
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First Lady Lady Bird Johnson believed in beautifying America. What came from the project she helped create now allows the wildflowers of Florida to flourish - especially along our roadways.
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Thank you to Stacey Matrazzo for her help on this episode! Learn more about the Florida Wildflower Foundation here!
Listen to this previous episode, about gardening in Florida!
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
In the spring of 1927, Thomas Edison visited the Philadelphia Athletics at their spring training facility. What followed created a story that has been repeated and changed over the following century.
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Listen to the previous episode about baseball, about the Havana Sugar Kings!
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
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Before the railroads came to the Atlantic Coast of Florida, the only way to get mail down to Miami was on foot. It was a dangerous walk made weekly by a select few: the Barefoot Mailmen.
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Thank you to Rose Guerrero for her help! Check out more from the Historical Society of Palm Beach County here!
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
See you next Monday!
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Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
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The Florida State Legislature has just passed a bill that has been widely dubbed by critics as homophobic and baseless. It is the next chapter in a repeated story of anti-gay movements in Florida's history.
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Thank you to Brian Fehler for his permission to reuse our interview. Read his article about the Purple Pamphlet here.
Sources for the episode:
The Trevor Project Condemns Florida “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Targeting LGBTQ Students
Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill passed, headed to DeSantis amid student protests - Tampa Bay Times
‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passes in Florida, goes to governor - AP News
Florida Just Passed The "Don't Say Gay" Bill. Here’s What It Means for Kids - Time
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Barbara Howar Confronts Anita Bryant In 1977 Interview!
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
This week, Lilly Anderson-Messec, the Director of North Florida Programs for the Florida Native Plant Society, takes us on a hike through the North Florida woods. We're looking for the Florida Torreya, a functionally extinct tree in need of our help.
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Read more about the TorreyaKeepers here!
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Listen to our first episode about the Florida Torreya here!
All of the music was originally composed.
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
In 1992, a man named Chuck Faulkner discovered almost two hundred paintings by a relatively unknown Florida painter named Harry Sonntag. That was just the beginning of an adventure still unfolding today.
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Thank you to Chuck Faulkner for all of his assistance in retelling this story for the episode! Read more of Chuck's story here!
All of the music was originally composed.