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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 Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
While the War for Independence raged in New England, the duel colonies of East and West Florida were caught in the middle. With Spain looking to take back land, and a band of marauders making their way down the Mississippi River, the land that would be Florida braced for the oncoming storm.
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Thank you to Mike Bunn for all of his help in bringing this episode to life! Read Mike's book right here! Check out Historic Blakely State Park here!
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Songs
Snowfalls
Madness is Everywhere
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Work Wonders
Peaceful Morning
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Between towns, on a strip highway along the Atlantic Coast, a lonely statue denotes one of the most significant events in Florida history. That is if you can find it.
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Read more about GTM Reserve and their work right here!
Songs
Work Wonders
Blackbird
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
In our first annual Wait Five Minutes Holiday Special, we are joined by past guests to share tales of iguanas, oranges, massive decorations, freak snowstorms, and holiday miracles.
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See what's happening at Zoo Miami
Get involved at the Orange County Regional History Center
Pick up your copy of Cat Tale by Craig Pittman
Follow Gabrielle's work at the Tampa Bay Times
Songs
Things You Never Known
Frozen Creek
Springtime
Traveling Horse
Piano Parapentes
Peaceful Morning
Good Thoughts
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Content Warning: This episode includes conversations about racism and homophobia, and a brief mention of suicide.
For eleven years, the Johns Committee perpetuated a reign of terror across the state of Florida. With the Red Scare and the Lavender Scare, the lives of thousands of Floridians were affected, just as McCarthyism and segregation were dying out across the country.
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Thank you so much to Seth Weitz, PhD, for all of his help in creating this episode! Read the book Seth edited here! Read Seth's paper on the Pork Chop Gang here!
Thank you so much to Brian Fehler, PhD, for all of his help in creating this episode! Read Brian’s article on the Purple Pamphlet right here!
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Songs
Piano Parapentes
Smuggler
Arround the Village
Easy Night
Desert Ghost Town
Peaceful Morning
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
For nearly twenty years, a group of conservative Democrats ruled Florida's legislature with impunity. When segregation began to end in 1954, the group rallied their allies and power in order to survive, only to find enemies around every corner.
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Thank you so much to Seth Weitz, PhD, for all of his help in creating this episode! Read the book Seth edited here! Read Seth's paper on the Pork Chop Gang here!
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Songs
Work Wonders
You Get The Blues
Desert Ghost Town
Speedy Delta
Streelight Silent Film
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Slipping through the neighborhoods of Florida, from the Panhandle to the Everglades, is the Florida Trail, one of many national scenic trails in the country. Protected by volunteers and connected with communities, the Trail is easily one of the most unique conservation efforts in the Sunshine State.
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Thank you so much to Kelly Van Patten for all of her help on this episode! Check out more of the work that the Florida Trail Association is up to here!
Read Nick's interview with Billy Bryson from 2016 here!
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Cross Florida Canal, Part Two: GREENWAY
Songs
Blackbird
Springtime
Traveling to Louisiana
Madness is Everywhere
Love After Midnight
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
During the American Civil War, the town of Palatka was a vital port along the St. Johns River. As paranoia ran through the city, one woman and her sisters spied for the enemy and, in the end, brought a Confederate captain to an unlikely victory.
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Check out these articles for furthering reading!
Captain J.J. Dickison: Marion County's Civil War Hero
Entertaining The Troops: Meet the Sanchez Sisters, Confederate Spies
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Songs
Smuggler
You Get The Blues
Bad Old Daemons
Echoes Boogie Dancehall
Peaceful Morning
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
In the wake of Hurricane Michael, scientists grappled with all the ways that climate change could affect our forests. One tree, the longleaf pine, faced total devastation and, if not for the work being done to preserve it, the tree may stand on the brink of oblivion.
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Thank you to Nicole Zampieri for her assistance and expertise! Read her paper on Hurricane Michael and the longleaf pine right here.
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Songs
You Get The Blues
Desert Ghost Town
Traveling Horse
Arround the Village
Things You Never Known
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Governor Reubin Askew spent his entire career advocating for total government transparency. When our courts had failed us, and the legislature ignored him, Askew went to the Florida electorate and asked them to join the fight. What happened next changed our elections forever.
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Florida Man Explains His State's Weirdness
Drugs, Protests and Mass Arrests. What happened last time Miami hosted a convention?
An Introduction to Reubin Askew
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Songs
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Blackbird
Desert Ghost Town
Peaceful Morning
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Check your polling location and more information in Florida here!
On the night of Halloween, 2001, the Mayor of Inglis drafted a memorandum banishing Satan from her town. What followed was a media fiasco. What was ignored was all the real terrors that haunted a small town in Florida that were just out of sight.
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Satan Laws Are Coming to Town - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Two years after a decree banned Satan, has the town of Inglis benefited?
Follow That Dream - Elvis Presley
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Cross Florida Canal, Part One: SANTOS
Songs
Streetlight Silent Film
Smuggler
Bad Old Daemons
Autumn Morning
Arround the Village