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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 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
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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
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
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Across Florida, people face the scourge of the brown recluse bite. There's only one problem: there are (almost) no brown recluses in our state. The bountiful eight-legged creatures in our homes and wilderness face many problems, but perhaps the most prominent, is the myths that surround their very existence.
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Thank you to Dr. William Kern for all of his assistance in this episode. Check out more of Florida's common spiders right here!
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Songs
You Get The Blues
Smuggler
Desert Ghost Town
The First Moment
Arround the Village
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
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The oldest marked grave in Florida is of a kid with an unremarkable history. She is surrounded by the graves of some of the single most important individuals in the history of St. Augustine, Cuba, Haiti, Florida and the whole of American history. Some markers have been lost, and names forgotten, by Tolomato Cemtery holds them all the same.
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Thank you to Elizabeth Duran Gessner from the Tolomato Cemetery Preservation Association! Check out more of what they're up to, plan your visit, and support their projects here!
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Songs
Piano Parapentes
Things You Never Known
Easy Night
Speedy Delta
Peaceful Morning
Work Wonders
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
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1992. George H.W. Bush vs. Bill Clinton (vs. Ross Perot). The last blip in our record. Hurricane Andrew leaves its impact on South Florida, as well as the presidential race. A third-party candidate dents the other two parties, and Florida officially becomes a swing state.
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The Early Years of (Orlando) Magic
Songs
Madness is Everywhere
Hey Go
Love After Midnight
Work Wonders
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
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1960. Richard Nixon vs. John F. Kennedy. The first blip in our record. The nation is on the edge of major change with the 1960s on the horizon. The Space Race looms large, with an odd impact on Florida's contentious election. When the race is called, Key Biscayne becomes a place for peace.
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Songs
Madness is Everywhere
Desert Ghost Town
Peaceful Morning
Work Wonders
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
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1924. Calvin Coolidge vs. John W. Davis. The losing streak ends. As the Great Depression looms on the horizon, America splits into factions deciding the future of American prosperity. In Florida, the Prohibition Party finds a surprising foothold.
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Songs
Madness is Everywhere
Smuggler
Road to Lafayette
Work Wonders
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Where did our state's name come from? Why is our collective memory so short? Will we ever have the answers to all the questions in our history?
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Start Season 4 from the beginning with our premiere!
Check out the books recommended in this episode!
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
The Gulf: The Making of An America Sea by Jack E. Davis
Songs
Blackbird
Peaceful Morning
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Marjorie Harris Carr spent the last years of her life battling a dam along the river she loved so dearly. When a fierce politician pulled out all the stops to defeat her, both sides brought everything they had. The result today is a complicated but beautiful string of protected land that stretches from the St. John's River to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Thank you to Jim Gross from the Florida Defenders of the Environment! Check out more of their mission right here!
Thank you to Blue Nelson for all of his amazing help! Read Blue's paper on Santos right here.
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The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!
Songs
Springtime
Blackbird
Bad Old Daemons
Peaceful Morning
Things You Never Known