Welcome to Florida
By Chadd Scott
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Episodes: 207
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Best selling author, award winning reporter and Florida native Craig Pittman is joined by radio personality and Florida transplant Chadd Scott to discuss the state's history, people, politics, environment, animals, current events and weirdness. You'll hear great storytelling and have great fun in each weekly episode.
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Episode 202: Lauren Groff
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Episode 201: The Rise and Fall of Jai-Alai in Florida
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Episode 200: Indigenous mounds and middens
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Episode 199: A. Philip Randolph
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Episode 198: Hamilton Disston (who?)
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Episode 197: Orlando
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Episode 196: Dave Barry
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Episode 195: Florida in the Civil War
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Episode 194: Book Bans
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Episode 193: Janet Reno
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Episode 192: Sinkholes
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Episode 191: The Dozier School (A Century of Evil)
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Episode 190: Tom Petty
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Episode 189: The Johns Committee
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Episode 188: The Florida Man Games
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Episode 187: Carnivorous Plants
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Episode 186: Randy Wayne White
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Episode 185: Dick Pope & Cypress Gardens
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Episode 184: Marjory Stoneman Douglas
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Episode 183: Spanish Florida
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Episode 182: The Most Important (Florida) Man You've Never Heard Of
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Episode 181: 'Scarface' (1983)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Episode 180: Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Lord of the Rocks)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Episode 179: Florida leads the way in ending greyhound racing
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Episode 178: Kingsley Plantation & Anna Madgigine Jai
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Episode 177: Gator Poaching
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Episode 176: The Case of Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Episode 175: Jimmy Buffett's Key West
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Episode 174: Univision & Telemundo's Florida roots
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Episode 173: The Ghost Orchid
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Episode 172: Florida Museum of Natural History
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Episode 171: Mr. Miami Beach, Carl Fisher
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Episode 170: Sarasota's Black History
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Episode 169: Conch, Conchs and the Conch Republic
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Episode 168: Castillo de San Marcos
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Episode 167: Fireflies
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Episode 166: Florida Humanities
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Episode 165: Lighthouses
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Episode 164: Mennonite and Amish community of Pinecraft
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Episode 163: Rumrunners and Moonshiners
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Episode 162: Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Episode 161: Florida Horse Country
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Episode 160: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Episode: 159: AARP & Florida retirees
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Episode 158: Planned Parenthood & Abortion in Florida
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Episode 157: Weird Florida + 25
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Episode 156: Anita Bryant's Anti-Gay Crusade
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Episode 155: Hurricane Andrew
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Episode 154: Saving the Grasshopper Sparrow
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May 30, 2023 |
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Episode 153: Florida Master Naturalist
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May 23, 2023 |
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Episode 152: Hotel Scarface
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May 16, 2023 |
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Episode 151: Ybor City
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May 09, 2023 |
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Episode 150: Tallahassee
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May 02, 2023 |
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Episode 149: Oysters!
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Episode 148: Solar Power in Florida
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Episode 147: Phosphate, Phosphorus and Toxic Blue-Green Algae
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Episode 146: Eatonville (America's first all-Black town)
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Episode 145: North Atlantic Right Whales
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Episode 144: The Daytona Beach Mastodon
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Episode 143: Martin Luther King Jr. in St. Augustine
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Episode 142: The Beatles in Florida (1964)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Episode 141: Nikki Fried
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Episode 140: Pensacola
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Episode 139: The Seminole Wars
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Episode 138: Documentary filmmakers Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Episode 137: Harriet Beecher Stowe and early Florida tourism
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Episode 136: Florida from 2000-2010
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Episode 135: '72 Miami Dolphins (NFL's only unbeaten team)
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Episode 134: Claude Pepper
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Episode 133: Kayaking around Florida
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Episode 132: 100th anniversary of Rosewood Massacre
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Episode 131: Villainous Ed Ball & the St. Joe Company
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Episode 130: Jacksonville history and today
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Episode 129: Surfing
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Episode 128: Croquetas
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Episode 127: Trapper Nelson, the Wildman of the Loxahatchee
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Episode 126: Florida Land Preservation
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Episode 125: Everglades National Park at 75
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Episode 124: Walker Evans and Anastasia Samoylova
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 123: The Allman Brothers
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Episode 122: The Barefoot Mailmen
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Episode 121: Mangroves
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Episode 120: A Land Remembered
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Episode 119: Key Lime Pie!
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Episode 118: Miami's 1920s real estate boom & bust
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Episode 117: Lynching in Florida
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Episode 116: Cassadaga Spiritualists
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Episode 115: The KKK in Florida
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Episode 114: Flamingos!
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Episode 113: The Columbia, Florida's oldest restaurant
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Episode 112: Florida's monkey colonies
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Episode 111: Ringling and Sarasota's Circus History
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Episode 110: Florida memorabilia
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Episode 109: Mary Brickell and Miami's founding mothers
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Episode 108: St. Pete Pier
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Episode 107: Florida's historic mineral springs
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Episode 106: Elvis in Florida
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Episode 105: John Muir in Florida
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Episode 103: Watergate's surprising connections to Florida
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Episode 104: Florida's literary history
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Episode 102: Tarpon Springs Greek culture
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Episode 101: The 1928 Hurricane
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May 31, 2022 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Welcome to Sarasota! (Summer Preview)
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May 26, 2022 |
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Episode 100: Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids
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May 24, 2022 |
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Episode 99: Florida's lost communities
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May 17, 2022 |
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Episode 98: Musician Del Suggs and the Florida Folk Festival
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May 10, 2022 |
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Episode 97: Tampa Bay Skyway Bridge disaster
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May 03, 2022 |
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Episode 96: Early Cuban Exiles
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Episode 95: The Ashley Gang (Florida's Bonnie & Clyde)
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Episode 94: Florida's Houses of Refuge
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Episode 93: Timucua, Mocama and rediscovering Sarabay
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Episode 92: Growing up gay in Florida
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Episode 91: Florida Supreme Court (Scandal to Bush v. Gore)
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Episode 90: May Mann Jennings (How Royal Palm State Park became Everglades Nat'l Park)
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Episode 89: Cozy Florida Mysteries
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Episode 88: Bald eagles
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Episode 87: William Bartram and the St. John's River
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Episode 86: The Amazing Life of Stetson Kennedy
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Episode 85: Horseshoe Crabs
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Episode 84: Pirates!
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Episode 83: Wildflowers
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Episode 82: Florida's state parks
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Episode 81: Florida Soul music
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Episode 80: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Lakeland
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Episode 79: Dolphins
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Episode 78: Oranges!
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Episode 77: Florida's Sunshine Law
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Episode 76: Voting Rights with Desmond Meade
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Welcome to Sarasota! (Winter Preview)
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Episode 75: Pensacola Punkhouse
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Episode 74: Butterflies
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Episode 73: Florida novelist Tim Dorsey
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Episode 72: Florida legal thrillers with James Grippando
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Episode 71: Perversion of Justice - the Jeffrey Epstein story
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Episode 70: Disney World
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Episode 69: Celebration, Disney and Florida's Housing Crisis
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Episode 68: Free the Ocklawaha!
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Welcome to Sarasota! (Fall Preview)
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Episode 67: Iguana Invasion!
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Episode 66: Craig Pittman 'The State You're In'
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Episode 65: Sinkholes!
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Episode 64: Gopher tortoise
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Episode 63: Sea Turtles
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Episode 62: Thomas Edison and Henry Ford winter estates in Ft. Myers
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Episode 61: The Florida Manatee
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Episode 60: The Cuban Sandwich controversy
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Episode 59: Florida's freshwater springs
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Episode 58: Orlando boy band scam artist Lou Pearlman
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Episode 57: Brownie Wise and Tupperware's move to Florida
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Episode 56: The Florida Wildlife Corridor with Carlton Ward Jr.
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Episode 55: Seashells!
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Episode 54: The Swamp Peddlers (Florida's land giant communities)
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Episode 53: Betty Osceola and the Miccosukee Tribe
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Episode 52: Red Tide
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Indian River County!
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Episode 51: John D. MacDonald (America's first environmental novelist)
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Episode 50: The Cabbage Palm (Florida's state tree)
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Episode 49: Florida ranching and cattlemen
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May 25, 2021 |
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Episode 48: Florida in the Movies
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May 18, 2021 |
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Episode 47: Florida's ancient inhabitants + Angola
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May 11, 2021 |
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Episode 46: Florida's worst idea (the Everglades Jetport)
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May 04, 2021 |
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Episode 45: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Episode 44: Key West
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Episode 43: Florida's state climatologist
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Episode 42: Florida Scrub-Jay
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Episode 41: Rewilding your yard with Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Episode 40: Dr. Beach
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Episode 39: The Everglades and BIG SUGAR
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Episode 38: Mary McLeod Bethune
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Episode 37: The Gulf of Mexico
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Episode 36: Zora Neale Hurston
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Episode 35: SHARKS!
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Kelvin Hair and the Florida Highwaymen
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Episode 33: Panther biologist Deborah Jansen
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Daytona Beach, Bill France and the origins of NASCAR
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Episode 31: Cockroaches!
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Episode 30: Con Men (Lt. Commander Bobby Thompson)
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Episode 29: America's most evil sheriff: Lake County's Willis McCall
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Episode 28: Triumph and Tragedy on Henry Flager's Over-Seas Railroad
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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Episode 27: Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Episode 26: Miami 1980: Riots, Refugees and Cocaine
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Episode 25: Landscape photographer Clyde Butcher
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Episode 24: Tarpon fishing ('Lords of the Fly')
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Episode 23: Immigration (Cubans, Minorcans, Greeks, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Sicilians)
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Episode 22: Florida TV shows
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Episode 21: Election analysis and the Miami Book Fair
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Episode 20: Presidents at work and at play in Florida
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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Episode 19: Discovering forgotten cemeteries
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Episode 18: Presidential politics
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Episode 17: Hiking
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Episode 16: Lisa Nowak the NASA love triangle
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Episode 15: Religion - Billy Graham, Jim Bakker and the Cult of Cyrus Teed
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Episode 14: Cigar City Mafia
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Episode 13: The Florida House, Florida's embassy in Washington, D.C.
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Episode 12: The Floridan Aquifer
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Episode 11: Author Carl Hiaasen
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Episode 10: Florida's State Symbols
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Episode 9: Tampa Bay Noir - a sunny place full of shady people
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Episode 8: NUDISTS!
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Episode 7: Wildlife rehab - The Bird Man, the Tiger King and the Bank Robber
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Episode 6: Walking across Florida with Lawton Chiles and Kent Russell
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Episode 5: Classic roadside attractions (Weeki Wachee and Skunk Ape Research Center)
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Episode 4: The Villages
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Episode 3: Pythons!
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Episode 2: Florida's Civil Rights history and American Beach
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Episode 1: ALLIGATORS!
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Welcome to Florida: Preview
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Jun 18, 2020 |