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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 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!
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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
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!
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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
Piano Parapentes
Bad Old Daemons
You Get The Blues
Streetlight Silent Film
Traveling Horse
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Florida has more golf courses than any other state in the country. What happens when those courses fall apart? When the sandhill cranes reign, what place do humans have in that changing environment?
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Thank you so much to Dr. Paul Gray from Audubon Florida for his assistance!
Thank you to Richard Durr from Seminole County for telling his story about Rolling Hills!
You can read more about the Florida State Golf Association here!
You can read more about Florida sandhill cranes 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
Smuggler
Desert Ghost Town
Love After Midnight
Traveling Horse
Friday Feb 28, 2020
Friday Feb 28, 2020
In a special bonus episode, I chat with Gabrielle Calise of the Tampa Bay Times about our favorite fried food, the food we couldn't handle, and the food we would dream of seeing at the fair!
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Songs
Good Thoughts by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Tucked in a corner, at the back of the Florida Fairgrounds, there is a living museum. It is vibrant with artists, docents, historians and more, all who have gathered to tell the story of a very specific era in our Florida story.
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Thank you so much to Cindy Horton from Cracker Country. You can check out more of the work going on at the museum right here!
Thank you to my friend Gabrielle Calise form the Tampa Bay Times. You can read her article about the Florida State Fair right here!
You can read more about Doyle E. Carlton here!
You can read more about the State Fair 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
Traveling Horse
Arround the Lake
Smuggler
Traveling to Louisiana
Good Thoughts
Love After Midnight
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
In August of 1992, a massive hurricane hit South Florida. The storm passed, and the damage was laid bare. It was clear things needed to change. When pythons ran loose in the Everglades, and our walls fells in on themselves, where did we go from there?
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Thank you so much to Craig Pittman for his assistance and conversation in this episode! You can purchase your copy of his BRAND NEW BOOK, Cat Tale, here!
You can read more about Hurricane Andrew right here!
You can read more about python hunters in the Everglades 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
Frozen Creek
Piano Parapentes
Desert Ghost Town
Bad Old Daemons
Things You Never Known
Traveling Horse
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Since 1927, four individuals have been chosen as the Poet Laureate for the state of Florida. Each one has brought something new to the position. The current laureate, Peter Meinke, has much to say on Florida, life and death, and the peculiar joys of the places we call home.
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Thank you so much to Peter and Jeanne Meinke for welcoming me into their home and chatting with me! You can purchase Peter's poetry right here.
You can read more about Vivian Laramore Rader here!
You can read more about the history of poet laureates right her!
Watch the inauguration of our current U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo!
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
Desert Ghost Town
Traveling Horse
Love After Midnight
Piano Parapentes
Arround the Lake
Things You Never Known
Good Thoughts
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
For the last thirty years, one community has been at the center of a neighborhood that today is a main street in Orlando. From its origins to the present day, Mills Avenue's community survived on optimism.
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Thank you to Joanne Grant from Mills 50 for speaking with me on the podcast. Check out Mills 50's future projects right here!
Check out Ricky Ly's blog, Tasty Chomps!
Check out the Orange County Regional History Center!
You can read more about Orlando's Main Street program right here!
You can read more about about the Main Street America program 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
Easy Night by Lobo Loco
Smuggler by Lobo Loco
Road to Lafayette by Lobo Loco
Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Love After Midnight by Lobo Loco