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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.
Episodes
Monday May 04, 2020
Monday May 04, 2020
A few final thoughts and a recap of the theme in Season Three of Wait Five Minutes: HOPE.
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Watch the full performance of Frank Sinatra and Eddie Hodges from A Hole In The Head!
Listen to the Kennedy campaign version of High Hopes right here!
The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!
Songs
Indian Summer
Springtime
Speedy Delta
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Read Gabrielle Calise's companion piece to this episode right here!
Off the interstate in the middle of the state lies a museum with shuttered doors. Inside those hangars is the largest private collection of airplanes in the world. It was once a popular tourist attraction, with a plane on the side of the highway, but if its owner and curator has his way, it will be a brand new city all its own.
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Songs
Echoes Boogie Dancehall
Traveling to Louisiana
Evening Campfire
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Good Thoughts
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
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It is believed that Florida has more ghost towns than any other state east of the Mississippi. In a time where many of our hometowns have found themselves vacant, how these towns fell away can be a reminder and a warning.
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Indian River Fruit Company, Part One
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Songs
Traveling to Louisiana
Hey Go
Smuggler
You Get The Blues
Things You Never Known
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
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In the darkened swamp of the Everglades, as civilization ripped away at the edges of the wilderness, a scoutmaster wandered into the darkness. In a clearing of the woods, he cast he eyes to the sky and what he saw can never be explained.
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Thank you to Denise Stoner of the Florida Chapter of MUFON! You can pick up your copy of her book right here!
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You can read more about the Everglades Incident here!
You can read Captain Ruppelt's book here!
The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!
Songs
Streetlight Silent Film
Desert Ghost Town
Smuggler
Piano Parapentes
Speedy Delta
Traveling Horse
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
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Throughout the 1960s, cinema made its way to Florida’s shores through jungle adventure movies. One producer brought his troupe of animal actors with him and changed Homosassa forever.
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Thank you to Jack Evans from the Tampa Bay Times. You can read Jack's profile of Lu here and you can donate to the Tampa Bay Times here!
Thank you to Kathy Turner from Citrus County. Check out the Courthouse Museum here!
If you want to read more about Ivan Tors, check out this Biscayne Times article about his life!
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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
Evening Campfire
Smuggler
Echoes Boogie Dancehall
Traveling Horse
Good Thoughts
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Rumor has it that President Grover Cleveland once slept at the old Rendezvous Inn on the Homosassa River. A pair of married historians in Citrus County hope to uncover the truth.
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Thank you to Kathy Turner from Citrus County. Check out the Courthouse Museum here!
The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!
Songs
Springtime
Hey Go
Love After Midnight
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
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A former governor of Maine, a Confederate Senator, some bad land deals and a hippo named Lucifer all have one thing in common: a quiet brackish spring named Homosassa. What brought these characters to this spot? And what happens when a big idea falls apart?
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Thank you to Jack Evans from the Tampa Bay Times. You can read his work right here!
Thank you to Kathy Turner from Citrus County. Check out the Courthouse Museum here!
If you enjoyed this episode, you will enjoy these as well!
The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!
Songs
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Love After Midnight
Bad Ole Daemons
Speedy Delta
Evening Campfire
Traveling Horse
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
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In the city of Daytona Beach, right after World War II, a legendary player would break major league baseball's color barrier for the very first time. One year later, he would do it again. How did he get there? How did the amazing work of those who came before him make it possible? What world did Jackie Robinson leave behind?
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Thank you to Rick Swaine for his assistance on this episode. You can check out some of Rick's baseball history books right here!
Thank you to Fayn LeVille for sitting down with me a few weeks ago. Visit her at the Halifax Historical Museum in Daytona!
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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
Traveling to Louisiana
Frozen Creek
Desert Ghost Town
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Love After Midnight
Good Thoughts
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
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A mysterious cartoon in a tiny museum. A friendly face who watches every rocket launch in person. A stray dog who unites a burgeoning community. The world is a crazy place these days and, to give you a break, here are some of the small, fascinating stories that couldn't make up a full episode.
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Thank you to Brendan Byrne from WMFE for all of his help with this episode. Check out Brendan's show, Are We There Yet, right here!
If you enjoyed this episode, you will enjoy these as well!
The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!
Songs
Love After Midnight
Hey Go
Smuggler
Traveling Horse
Echoes Boogie Dancehall
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
When Henry Flagler died in 1913, his memory was preserved not just in legacy, but in the spirits that find themselves roaming the hallways of the places he held most dear. Why does Flagler continue to roam Florida? And what stories do we become when we're gone?
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Thank you so much to Bailey DeVoe! You can get tickets to her next show, Assassins, right here!
You can read more St. Augustine Lighthouse ghost stories right here!
If you enjoyed this episode, you will enjoy these as well!
The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!
Songs
Piano Parapentes
Bad Old Daemons
You Get The Blues
Streetlight Silent Film
Traveling Horse