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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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Feb 7, 2022
Feb 7, 2022
34 min
127 years ago to the day, the sun set in Florida and so did the temperature. A freeze swept over the state, devastating the citrus industry for the second time in six weeks. Florida would never be the same.
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Thank you so much to Brigitte Stephenson and the Sanford Museum for all of their help! Check out the Museum and plan a visit here!
Thank you to Melissa Procko from the Orange County Regional History Center for all of your help. Plan your visit to the History Center here!
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Dec 20, 2021
Dec 20, 2021
46 min
In our second annual Wait Five Minutes Holiday Special, we are joined by past guests to share tales of ornaments, beach trees, manatees, spoonbills and the unusual qualities of the holidays in Florida.
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Check out more from our guests this week!
Read more work from Laura Albritton here!
Keep up on the reporting from Max Chesnes here!
Check out Beloved Beasts by Michelle Nijhuis here!
Read the article about Florida Christmas from Gabrielle Calise here!
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Dec 13, 2021
Dec 13, 2021
48 min
For the finale of the Conservation Season, we go for a long walk in the woods, through the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, searching for wild horses and bison and stories to tell.
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Read more about the near extinction of the American bison in Michelle Nijhuis' book, Beloved Beasts
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Dec 6, 2021
Dec 6, 2021
40 min
The Florida Native Plant Society works every day to preserve the native species of flora in our state. But in the case of the Florida Torreya, a functionally extinct tree, they're trying to save whatever is left.
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Thank you to Valerie Anderson and Lilly Anderson-Messec for your help in this episode! Check out more from the Florida Native Plant Society and TorreyaKeepers here!
Hear more about north Florida trees in our episode about the longleaf pine!
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Nov 29, 2021
Nov 29, 2021
36 min
Visitors to Florida often pick up shells when they visit our beaches. What many people forget is that those shells -- all of them -- were created by animals that once lived within. This week, we chat with Cynthia Barnett, author of THE SOUND OF THE SEA, about seashells, inside and out.
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Hear more about Sanibel here!
A Conversation with a Florida Refuge Ranger
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Nov 26, 2021
Nov 26, 2021
55 min
I sat down with non-fiction author (and one of my favorites) Mary Roach to talk about her new book FUZZ: WHEN NATURE BREAKS THE LAW as well as how she got her start as a writer, the ways she finds interesting people to chat with, and the animals of Florida that dazzle us both.
Nov 22, 2021
Nov 22, 2021
35 min
The lines between human and animal spaces are constantly blurred. That's exactly what the new book, FUZZ: WHEN NATURE BREAKS THE LAW by Mary Roach, is all about. Our guest this week is Mary Roach as we discuss pests, invasive species, and the complicated ways we manage our animals.
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Read more about the peacocks of Tampa from Gabrielle Calise!
Read more about python hunting in Florida from Craig Pittman!
Read more about feral hog hunting here!
Listen to our episode about python hunting and Hurricane Andrew here!
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Nov 15, 2021
Nov 15, 2021
48 min
It's suspected that nearly a thousand manatees will have died in Florida by the end of this year. That is already the largest number of manatees deaths in a year in Florida history. This week, we chat with Max Chesnes of the TCPalm about the manatees, the Indian River Lagoon, and the fight to protect our seagrass.
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Thank you to the Florida Oceanographic Society for having us! Plan your visit to their Coastal Center right here!
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Nov 8, 2021
Nov 8, 2021
29 min
In the early days of East Florida, the new British governor and his lieutenant were set the task to create a public road for those living along the east coast. Fighting back Florida's nature proved a task no one was ready to face.
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Read more about the King's Road right here!
Listen to more about 18th century Florida here!
Florida's Historic Tolomato Cemetery
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Nov 1, 2021
Nov 1, 2021
45 min
In the 1930s, as part of the New Deal, Franklin Roosevelt started a program called the Civilian Conservation Corps. It brought new jobs to young working men, but also changed the way Americans looked at the nature around them.
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Thank you to Neil Maher for his assistance in the creation of this episode! Read more about Neil's work and pick up a copy of his books here!
Listen to the story of another CCC park in this previous episode!
All of the music in this episode was originally composed.