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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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Oct 11, 2022
Oct 11, 2022
13 min
Where to offer time, money, food and other supplies for Hurricane Ian victims - [News-Press]
Where to donate or volunteer to help Hurricane Ian victims - [Tampa Bay Times]
How to help victims of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico - [PBS]
Check out this map of areas that were hit by Hurricane Ian from NOAA
Sep 3, 2022
Sep 3, 2022
10 min
In the epilogue to our summer season, meteorologist Stephen Corfidi explains to us what heat lightning is, and we say goodbye to our summer season.
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Aug 31, 2022
Aug 31, 2022
6 min
You read that right! I contributed to a book! Listen to the episode to hear more about it, and check out the show on socials to see even more!
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Aug 29, 2022
Aug 29, 2022
30 min
On Labor Day Weekend, 1935, a dense hurricane formed south of Florida. By the time it had passed, chaos had been left in its wake and new histories had been made.
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Read more from the sources this week here!
The True Story of the Most Intense Hurricane You've Never Heard Of
Bonus Expeditionary Forces March on Washington
The Hurricane of August 31 to September 6, 1935
Listen to our previous hurricane episodes here
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Aug 22, 2022
Aug 22, 2022
36 min
In the year before he moved to the Big Leagues, Hank Aaron spent a year in Jacksonville, slugging baseballs and making an impact. His team in Florida would lead to him becoming of the greatest baseball players of all time.
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Thank you to Terence Moore for chatting during this episode! You can pick up a copy of his book, and you can read more on his work examining African Americans in baseball here!
Listen to our other baseball episodes here!
All of the music used in this episode was originally composed.
Aug 15, 2022
Aug 15, 2022
27 min
For half a century, the best place to get a look at cypress tree knees outside of a swamp was inside the Cypress Knee Museum - a unique tourist attraction with an even more unique owner.
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Talk a walk through the abandoned Cypress Knee Museum!
Pick up the book of Florida tourist attractions here!
Read the article from WBUR here!
Previous episodes mentioned in this episode!
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Aug 8, 2022
Aug 8, 2022
31 min
In a small lab in the middle of Orlando, a few specimens of coral are doing an incredible thing: they're reproducing! In this episode, we dive into the life of coral, and the future of the Florida Reef Tract Rescue Project.
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Read more about Florida Reef Tract Rescue Project here!
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Aug 1, 2022
Aug 1, 2022
32 min
The coral of Florida's waters are in danger. In a small lab in the middle of Orlando, a group of scientists seem to be doing the impossible - they're protecting the coral and creating an artificial environment where they can prosper and thrive.
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Read more about Florida Reef Tract Rescue Project here!
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Jul 25, 2022
Jul 25, 2022
31 min
In 1812, as a different war was waged, "Patriots" marched through Florida, claiming land from Spain in the name of America. They led the way to one of the first great migrations to the Sunshine State.
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Jul 18, 2022
Jul 18, 2022
28 min
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.
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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.