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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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Jul 16, 2022
Jul 16, 2022
6 min
Let's go for a walk on Sanibel Island as the sun sets and waves roll in.
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Jul 11, 2022
Jul 11, 2022
38 min
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!
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Jul 9, 2022
Jul 9, 2022
8 min
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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Jul 5, 2022
Jul 5, 2022
32 min
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!
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Jul 2, 2022
Jul 2, 2022
10 min
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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Jun 27, 2022
Jun 27, 2022
31 min
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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Jun 20, 2022
Jun 20, 2022
38 min
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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Jun 13, 2022
Jun 13, 2022
4 min
A prologue to our summer season, and an introduction to all the adventures ahead!
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May 2, 2022
May 2, 2022
42 min
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!
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Apr 25, 2022
Apr 25, 2022
30 min
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.