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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 Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Thousands of rockets were launched from Florida's coast in the last seventy years. How did the space program come to Florida? And when will Americans return to space from our shores?
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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!
You can read more about SpaceX's future launches right here!
You can read more about the history of Cape Canaveral 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
Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco
Springtime by Lobo Loco
Hey Go by Lobo Loco
Speedy Delta by Lobo Loco
Meet You Last Summer by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Good Thoughts by Lobo Loco
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
At the beginning of next year, greyhound racing in Florida will be illegal, exactly ninety years after it was made legal in 1931. How did we get here? And what comes next for the industry?
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Thank you to Kate MacFall for her help with this episode. Find out more about the efforts of the Humane Society of the United States here!
You can read more about the history of greyhound racing here!
You can read about getting involved with Humane Lobby Day 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
Good Thoughts by Lobo Loco
You Get The Blues by Lobo Loco
Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco
Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Every border of Florida is defined by its connection to the water all around us. The lines they follow are set by human ingenuity and violence. But what will we be if water fundamentally changes our shape forever?
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Thank you to Joe Knetsch for his help on this episode. You can check out some of Dr. Joe's books right here!
You can read more about the threat of sea level rise in Florida here.
You can read more about the amazing work of Andrew Ellicott here.
If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably also enjoy these episodes!
The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!
Songs
Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco
Smuggler by Lobo Loco
Speedy Delta by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Gabrielle Calise refuses to be put into a box. She has written a wide variety of stories for the Tampa Bay Times, from haunted houses to city government, from local folklore to strip clubs. The unifying factor of all of her work is her desire for answers.
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Thank you so much to Gabrielle Calise! Here are some of the works by Gabrielle referenced in this episode:
You can take sloth yoga classes in Florida. Animal welfare experts say you shouldn’t.
Tampa strip clubs and the battle to bare it all: How the lap dance was outlawed 20 years ago
9 things you didn’t know about Tampa strip clubs
That spaceship on top of a Tampa strip club? It once was the house of the future.
Thong-clad hot dog girls once ruled Florida streets. Where did they go?
Songs
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Traveling Louisiana by Lobo Loco
Smuggler by Lobo Loco
You Get The Blues by Lobo Loco
Love After Midnight by Lobo Loco
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Rachel Simmons collects the memories of the town she calls home. In the archive of the Winter Park Public Library, information about the history of this town is being cultivated and organized in order to tell its story.
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Thank you so much to Rachel Simmons for her time and her stories. You can find out more about her work and the events at the Winter Park Public Library here!
Songs
Smuggler by Lobo Loco
Hey Go by Lobo Loco
Nice To Be Near You by Lobo Loco
Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco
Good Thoughts by Lobo Loco
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Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Some final thoughts and a recap of the second season of Wait Five Minutes.
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Songs
Easy Night by Lobo Loco
Good Thoughts by Lobo Loco
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Sunday Nov 24, 2019
Sunday Nov 24, 2019
In the 1920s, the biggest celebrity in Orlando was a grumpy old swan. When he died, the city couldn't let him go. They had him stuffed and, to this day, he still exists in that taxidermy form.
In the season two finale of Wait Five Minutes, we discuss taxidermy and memory with New York Times Best-Selling Author, Kristen Arnett, whose debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, came out earlier this year.
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Thank you to Kristen Arnett. You can read the article quoted in this episode right here. Check out her article in the New York Times, "Florida Women Are No Joke. I Should Know."
Thank you to Olivia Matthews for lending her voice to this episode. You can check out her playwright work right here!
Thank you to the Orange County Regional History Center and Melissa Procko for all of their help. Find out about the exhibits at the History Center and plan your visit at their website.
Songs
East Night by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco
Speedy Delta by Lobo Loco
You Get The Blues by Lobo Loco
Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco
Meet You Last Summer by Lobo Loco
Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco
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Monday Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
In 1972, the Miami Dolphins couldn't be stopped. At a time when America was facing uncertain futures, the hope of one team was enough to distract, for just one game every week, from the chaos everywhere else.
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Songs
Smuggler by Lobo Loco
Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco
Speedy Delta by Lobo Loco
You Get The Blues by Lobo Loco
Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco
Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco
Indian Summer by Lobo Loco
Additional Audio
President Obama Honors the 1973 Super Bowl Champion Miami Dolphins
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Florida's state play, Cross and Sword, ran for thirty-two consecutive seasons. During that time, the production shifted and changed, finding brand new ways to remember the complex and untidy origins of our state.
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Thank you again to Tom Rahner for all of his assistance in the production of this episode!
Songs
Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco
Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco
Echos Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!
Additional Audio
Rachmaninov Vespers - 3 Blessed is the Man (Psalm 1)
Almighty and Everlasting God - Gibbons
Das Rheingold : "Rheingold, Rheingold!"
Major-General's Song from The Pirates of Penzance - London Coliseum
Bizet - L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 & Suite No. 2 / Nathalie Stutzmann
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
In the 1960s, politics in the South changed forever. Nowhere is that more evident than in the rivalry between two Democrats: the mayor of Miami and the mayor of Jacksonville. The fallout made history.
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Songs
Traveling to Lousiana by Lobo Loco
Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco
Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco
Hey Go by Lobo Loco
Smuggler by Lobo Loco
Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco
Springtime by Lobo Loco
Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!