Florida Spectacular

By Cathy Salustri & Rick Kilby

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Take a weekly trip across Florida with authors Cathy Salustri and Rick Kilby and discover a side of Florida you never knew existed. From the scallops in Panhandle bays to the Hemingway cats in Key West, every week's a Florida adventure. Get more Florida goodness with greatfloridaroadtrip.com and rickkilby.com.

Episode Date
Episode 207: Polk Parkway, an Endangered Mint Plant, and What Listeners Can Do
Jun 04, 2025
Episode 206: St. Augustine's More Recent History, Why All Old Buildings Are Not Historic, and St. Augustine's Black History
May 28, 2025
Episode 205: Native and Wild Florida Landscapes, Yellow-Crowned Night Herons, and Weeds That Aren't Weeds
May 21, 2025
Episode 204: Walt Disney Didn't Buy Land in Secret, and Other Disney Myths
May 14, 2025
Episode 203: Ocala Caverns, Colonial Mall, and Joffrey's Coffee
May 07, 2025
Episode 202: Forgotten Mermaids, Manatee Sex, and Killer Manatee!
Apr 30, 2025
Episode 201: St. Johns River: Baby Birds, Tiny Gators, and Goat Island
Apr 23, 2025
Episode 200: What's So Secret About Florida?
Apr 16, 2025
Episode 199: Craig Pittman, Naked People, and Dead Bodies
Apr 09, 2025
Episode 198: Let's Go to the Mall: Haunted Malls, Mall Culture, and Oviedo Mall
Apr 02, 2025
Episode 197: Tiki Culture, Clearwater, and Tiki-a-Go-Go
Mar 26, 2025
Episode 196: Florida Landscaping, Wildflowers, and Disney Plants
Mar 19, 2025
Episode 195: Paw-Paws, Munyon Island, and a Made-in-Florida Liqueur
Mar 12, 2025
Episode 194: Botanical Gardens, Flamingos, and Florida Yard Lizards
Mar 05, 2025
Episode 193: Gulf of...?, John D. MacDonald, and Jack Davis' Gulf Coast Playlist
Feb 26, 2025
Episode 192: Spectacular Madcaps: Protect Florida Springs, Manatee Cavorting, and Other NSFW Environmental Fun Facts
Feb 19, 2025
Episode 191: Floridiana, Taxidermied Gators, and Florida Collectibles
Feb 11, 2025
Episode 190: Rosewood, Shana Smith, and 'Islands of Cedars'
Feb 05, 2025
Episode 189: Insiders Guide to Ormond Beach
Jan 29, 2025
Episode 188: Orlando Murder Mystery, a Florida mystery writer, and Why Is It Snowing?
Jan 22, 2025
Episode 187: Florida's Lost Springs
Jan 15, 2025
Episode 186: City and County Florida Parks You Need To Visit
Jan 08, 2025
Episode 185: Florida Bucket List, a Kayak Tour, and Florida Plans for the New Year
Dec 28, 2024
Episode 184: Marineland, Gators, and Top Three Places to Kayak near St. Johns
Dec 18, 2024
Episode 183: Florida Is Not For Sissies, Beautiful Danger, and Loving Florida
Dec 11, 2024
Episode 182: Springs, Florida Studies, and Water Politics
Dec 04, 2024
Episode 181: Florida Gratitude, How To Kill Someone, and Florida Adventures
Nov 27, 2024
Episode 180: Cryptids, Crazy, Florida!, and Skunk Ape Genitalia
Nov 20, 2024
Episode 179: How To Do Wekiwa Springs and Rock Springs Run
Nov 13, 2024
Episode 178: DeLeon Springs: Reclaiming Enslaved People's History, Waterskiing Elephants, and Pancakes
Nov 07, 2024
Episode 177: The Insider's Guide to Orlando with The Bungalower
Oct 31, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 22: Ghost Stories of the Florida Keys
Oct 31, 2024
Episode 176: Creepy Florida Road Trips
Oct 23, 2024
Episode 175: Finding the Best Art Across Florida
Oct 16, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 21: Florida Keys Hurricane History
Oct 08, 2024
Episode 174: Milton, Helene, and Florida Hurricanes
Oct 08, 2024
Episode 173: Hurricane Helene, Gulfport, and What To Do Next
Oct 02, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 20: Are Skunk Apes Real?
Sep 26, 2024
Episode 172: What To Do in Sanford (Folk Art Version)
Sep 25, 2024
Episode 171: Tara Lush, Haunted Cookie Jars, and Florida Mysteries
Sep 18, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 19: Pirates, Patriots, and Painters
Sep 12, 2024
Episode 170: Woodpeckers, Withlacoochee, and Why the Land Swap?
Sep 11, 2024
Episode 169: Floridasplaining, Decolonized Florida History, and Spectacular Florida
Sep 04, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 18: Take a Key Lime Pie Side Quest
Aug 29, 2024
Episode 168: Florida's Lost State Park, a Powerful Florida Woman, and State Park Updates
Aug 28, 2024
Episode 167: Florida State Parks at Risk: Keep Your Paws Off Our Parks!
Aug 24, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 17: Florida Keys Dive Bars: Meet Me at the O.V.
Aug 15, 2024
Episode 166: Tin Can Tourists, Lance Campers, and Florida State Parks
Aug 14, 2024
Episode 165: Hurricanes, Fossils, and an Elephant Graveyard
Aug 07, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 16: Sharks vs. Dolphins
Aug 01, 2024
Episode 164: Dive bars, Lucky Cole, and Mullet Tosses
Jul 31, 2024
Episode 163: Florida Crackers, Moonshine, and Florida Cattle Ranching Today
Jul 24, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 15: Florida Lobster: Poached, Poachers, and... Lobster Sex?
Jul 18, 2024
Episode 162: The Gadsden Flag, Florida History, and No Step on Snek
Jul 17, 2024
Episode 161: Democracy in Florida, Reconstruction, and Gainesville
Jul 10, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 14: There be (almost no) pirates: Black Caesar, The Princess Bride, and Pirate Taxes
Jul 04, 2024
Episode 160: Dinner and Show: How To Do Kissimmee (And Not Look Like a Tourist)
Jul 03, 2024
Episode 159: The Best Bike Trails in Florida
Jun 26, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 13: Stock Island: Old Key West, Dead Bodies, and... Cows?
Jun 20, 2024
Episode 158: Hidden Key West, Judy Blume, and Writers at Mile Zero
Jun 19, 2024
Episode 157: Lower Your Power Bill, Stop Flooding, and Protect Florida's Beaches
Jun 12, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 12: Hidden (and not-so-hidden) Railroad History in the Florida Keys
Jun 06, 2024
Episode 156: Florida's Wild and Scenic River: Myakka in Sarasota
Jun 05, 2024
Episode 155: Ginnie Springs, Responsible Spring Use, and Secret Paddles
May 29, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 11: Gators and Crocs and Caimans, Oh My!
May 23, 2024
Episode 154: Shark's Teeth, Dog Beaches, and Healing Waters: Venice and Warm Mineral Springs
May 22, 2024
Episode 153: Hurricanes: The Good, the Bad, and the Windy
May 15, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 10: How To Do Bahia Honda
May 09, 2024
Episode 152: Vero Beach, Florida Indians, and Old Florida
May 08, 2024
Episode 151: The Belleview Biltmore: Schrödinger's Hotel
May 01, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 9: Robbie's Marina: So much more than a tourist joint
Apr 25, 2024
Episode 150: Florida Springs: How Anyone Can Help
Apr 25, 2024
Episode 149: Top Tiki Bars and Experiences in Florida
Apr 18, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 8: Please Don't Feed the Deer: Everything You Want To Know About Key Deer
Apr 11, 2024
Episode 148: Florida New Deal Art, Post Offices, and State Parks
Apr 10, 2024
Episode 147: Let's Get Small: Check Out These Small Florida Towns
Apr 06, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 7: Purple Isles: Legend, Lore, and Truth
Mar 28, 2024
Episode 146: Matlacha, Pine Island, and a Different Kind of Paradise
Mar 27, 2024
Episode 145: Traveling the World to Come Home to Florida
Mar 22, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 6: The Florida Keys Eco Trail
Mar 14, 2024
Episode 144: Lighthouses, Florida Parks, and the Dry Tortugas
Mar 14, 2024
Episode 143: Florida Journeys, Nibbling Cockroaches, and John Muir
Mar 07, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 5: Snorkeling the Florida Keys
Feb 29, 2024
Episode 142: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Citrus, and Writing in the Woods
Feb 28, 2024
Episode 141: Pirates, Bureaucracy, and Gasparilla
Feb 21, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 4: Land Sharks, Pirates, and Newspapers
Feb 15, 2024
Episode 140: Explore Cross Creek (A Hidden Campground, Historic Paddle) and What Is Real Florida?
Feb 14, 2024
Episode 139: Florida Springs, Politics, and the Profanity Manatee
Feb 08, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 3: Bahia Honda and Long Key State Park
Feb 01, 2024
Episode 138: Fort Mose, Black History Matters, and Florida's Underground Railroad
Jan 31, 2024
Episode 137: Hidden Sarasota, Things to Do You Might Not Know About
Jan 24, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 2: The Most Beautiful Drive in America, State Road 4A
Jan 18, 2024
Episode 136: Where to See Manatee in Florida
Jan 17, 2024
Episode 135: Florida Trails: Hiking Shoes, Stepping on Snakes, and Sloughs
Jan 10, 2024
Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 1: Florida State Parks We Love in the Upper Keys
Jan 04, 2024
Episode 134: Into the Woods: Swamp Hikes, Snakes, and Stories
Jan 03, 2024
Episode 133: Mermaids, Manatee, and Many, Many Paddling Trips
Dec 27, 2023
Episode 132: Sanford, Arcadia, and the Disney Wilderness Preserve: Florida Places to Visit in 2024
Dec 20, 2023
Episode 131: Once Upon a Time in Florida
Dec 13, 2023
Episode 130: Reverse Snowbirding, Hidden Springs in the Florida Keys, and Fairy Grottos
Dec 07, 2023
Episode 129: Tim Dorsey, Serge Storms, and the Florida Book Gift Guide
Nov 29, 2023
Episode 128: Two Thanksgivings and No Pilgrims: Florida's First Thanksgivings
Nov 22, 2023
Episode 127: Thanksgiving, Florida Ledger Art, and Comic Books
Nov 16, 2023
Episode 126: Beach, Please: Beach Renourishment is Evil, Rick's Imaginary House on the Sand, and Favorite Beaches
Nov 08, 2023
Episode 125: Pee-wee Herman, Panther Puppetry, and the Big Potato
Nov 01, 2023
Episode 124: Scares in the Sunshine: Robert the Doll, Ghost Tours, and Haunted Florida
Oct 25, 2023
Episode 123: Florida Scary - Real Things To Fear in the Sunshine State
Oct 18, 2023
Episode 122: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Mermaids, and Florida Springs
Oct 11, 2023
Episode 121: Taking Back Florida Man: Men Who Made Florida Spectacular
Oct 04, 2023
Episode 120: Who is Florida Man?
Sep 27, 2023
Episode 119: Bird is the Word: Flamingo Flamboyances, Scrub Jays, and Birdwatching in the Sunshine State
Sep 13, 2023
Episode 118: Jimmy Buffett, Tom Petty, and Florida Man Music: Music From the Sunshine State
Sep 07, 2023
Episode 117: Florida Films: Steve Martin, Cocoon, and Silent Films
Aug 31, 2023
Episode 116: It's Getting Hot Out Here: How To Help Cool Florida
Aug 09, 2023
Episode 115: Back to School: Florida Schools, Claude Kirk, and Ron DeSantis
Aug 02, 2023
Episode 114: You Have To Go North To Get South: Is Florida Part of the South?
Jul 26, 2023
Episode 113: Staying Cool in the Florida Summer: Where To Go and What To Do
Jul 19, 2023
Episode 112: Craig Pittman and pythons invade the podcast!
Jul 12, 2023
Episode 111: Florida's Best Websites
Jul 05, 2023
Episode 110: What's on your Florida bookshelf?
Jun 28, 2023
Episode 109: Just What Is The Florida Spectacular?
Jun 21, 2023
Episode 108: Take a Florida B-Movie Road Trip
Jun 14, 2023
Episode 108: Your Guide to Invasive Creatures of Florida: Pythons, Australian Pines, and Wild Hogs
Jun 07, 2023
Episode 107: How to Do the Florida Keys: Key Deer, Turtles and a Special Guest
May 31, 2023
Episode 106: Mount Dora Secrets: Waterskiing elephants, Antiques, and the Apocalypse
May 25, 2023
Episode 105: Great Reasons to Visit Lake County
May 11, 2023
Episode 104: Insider Ocala: Glass Bottom Boats, Six-Gun Territory, and Harriet Beecher Stowe
May 03, 2023
Episode 103: Taxidermied Gators, Orange Bird, and Florida Kitsch
Apr 26, 2023
Episode 102: The Real Florida Keys: A Local's Guide to Food and Things to Do
Apr 19, 2023
Episode 101: Crackers, Ca'dZan, and Casitas: Touring Historic Florida Homes
Apr 12, 2023
Episode 100: The Insider's Guide to Gulfport, Florida
Apr 05, 2023
Episode 99: Florida's Water Playgrounds
Mar 29, 2023
Episode 98: Florida Fallacies - Mythbusting Florida
Mar 24, 2023
Episode 97: Explore Winter Park - Casa Feliz, Turkish Food, and Mr. Rogers
Mar 15, 2023
Episode 96: These Are a Few of Our Favorite (Florida) Springs
Mar 08, 2023
Episode 95: Angola, Maroons, and Florida's Underground Railroad
Mar 01, 2023
Episode 94: June 18, 1964: The Civil Rights Movement Starts in Florida
Feb 23, 2023
Episode 93: Top Five Places To Find Unusual Florida History
Feb 15, 2023
Episode 92: Visit Winter Garden: Bougie and Back to Nature
Feb 09, 2023
Episode 91: How to do Gainesville - what to do, see and eat!
Feb 01, 2023
Episode 90: Native Wildflowers
Jan 25, 2023
Episode 89: Explore Hidden St. Pete
Jan 18, 2023
Episode 88: Hidden Orlando, Discover Lake Eola
Jan 11, 2023
Episode 87: How to visit the Florida Everglades
Jan 05, 2023
Episode 86: Sustainable Florida: New Year's Resolutions for the Sunshine State
Dec 28, 2022
Episode 85: Florida Bucket List - What's on Yours?
Dec 21, 2022
Episode 84: Christmas Celebrations in Florida
Dec 14, 2022
Episode 83: Explore Florida Caves
Dec 08, 2022
Episode 82: Vintage & Iconic Central Florida Restaurants
Nov 30, 2022
Episode 81: Florida - Find Your Beach
Nov 23, 2022
Episode 80: Why You Should Celebrate Thanksgiving in St. Augustine
Nov 16, 2022
Special Episode: "Sinkhole", Gen X in Florida, and Davida Breier
Oct 12, 2022
Episode 79: Yes, Our Seasons Change, Part I: Fall in Florida
Sep 22, 2022
Episode 78: Wrong Florida History (Rumors, Urban Legends, and Fake Pirates)
Sep 14, 2022
Episode 77: Save Florida - Don't Recycle and Ditch Single-Use Plastics
Sep 07, 2022
Episode 76: You Have to Go North to Get South - Florida's Panhandle
Aug 31, 2022
Episode 75: Lake Louisa, Clermont, and a Presidents Hall of Fame
Aug 24, 2022
Episode 74: Our favorite beaches
Aug 17, 2022
Episode 73: Tevas, Travel and Florida
Aug 10, 2022
Episode 72: Cedar Key, Rosewood, and Florida's Headless Horseman
Aug 03, 2022
Episode 71: Gone Coastal (Florida Coasts All Have Names, and It's Weird)
Jul 27, 2022
Episode 70: Florida Springs with Rick Kilby (and Bottled Water Still Sucks)
Jul 20, 2022
Episode 69: Summertime in Florida (Embrace the Heat)
Jul 13, 2022
Episode 68: Florida Springs and Why Bottled Water is the Devil
Jul 07, 2022
Episode 67: St. Augustine, Flager Beach, and Florida Camping in a (Smaller) RV
Jun 22, 2022
Episode 66: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings & Gainesville
Jun 08, 2022
Episode 65: Small Town Florida You Need to See
May 31, 2022
Episode 64: Florida Butterflies
May 24, 2022
Episode 63: Flamingo Magazine's Jamie Rich and the Jacksonville Beaches
May 17, 2022
Episode 62: Supermarkets
May 10, 2022
Episode 61: Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach
May 03, 2022
Episode 60: Everglades City
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 59: Tampa journalism
Apr 19, 2022
Episode 58: Florida's Adventure Coast (Brooksville and Weeki Wachee)
Apr 12, 2022
Episode 57: DeSantis vs. Disney
Apr 05, 2022
Episode 56: Literary St. Petersburg
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 55: Florida Keys History
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 54: Cuban immigrants to Florida before Mariel
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 53: Skunk Ape researcher David Shealy and author Brad Bertelli
Feb 21, 2022
Episode 52: Walt Disney World
Feb 15, 2022
Episode 51: Foodie Florida
Feb 08, 2022
Episode 50: Birding the Everglades
Feb 01, 2022
Episode 49: Vintage St. Pete
Jan 25, 2022
Episode 48: St. Petersburg Politics
Jan 18, 2022
Episode 47: Tampa Skyway bridge disaster
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 46: Florida author Tara Lush
Jan 04, 2022
Episode 45: The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman
Dec 14, 2021
Episode 44: Horsing around in Florida
Nov 30, 2021
Episode 43: Journalism in Florida
Nov 12, 2021
Episode 42: Fearsome Creatures of Florida!
Nov 03, 2021
Episode 41: Florida Books and Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading
Oct 25, 2021
Episode 40: Fishing in Florida
Oct 18, 2021
Episode 39: Flamingo Magazine Founder and Publisher Jamie Rich
Oct 11, 2021
Episode 38: Florida Keys Skunk Ape
Oct 04, 2021
Episode 37: Weeki Wachee Mermaids
Sep 27, 2021
Episode 36: The Belleview Inn
Sep 20, 2021
Episode 35: Florida Wildlife Corridor
Sep 13, 2021
Episode 34: Craig Pittman "The State You're In"
Sep 06, 2021
Episode 33: Naturally Florida podcast
Aug 30, 2021
Episode 32: The Space Shuttle
Aug 23, 2021
Episode 31: Florida's Shorebirds
Aug 16, 2021
Episode 30: Scallops
Aug 09, 2021
Episode 29: All About Seashells
Aug 02, 2021
Episode 28: Florida friendly landscaping
Jul 26, 2021
Episode 27: Jason Katz 'Islandia Journal'
Jul 19, 2021
Episode 26: Seminole gaming with Tina Osceola
Jul 12, 2021
Episode 25: A Florida Western
Jul 05, 2021
Episode 24: Paul Strauss (Osprey Nature Photography)
Jun 28, 2021
Episode 23: Jungle Prada site and Panfilo de Narvaez
Jun 21, 2021
Episode 22: Tampa Bay Watch
Jun 14, 2021
Episode 21: Flamingo magazine
Jun 08, 2021
Episode 20: New Florida books preview
May 31, 2021
Episode 19: Florida Native Plants
May 24, 2021
Episode 18: Mark Walters and the Florida Scrub Jay
May 12, 2021
Episode 17: Florida's Healing Waters with Rick Kilby
May 03, 2021
Episode 16: Gamble Rogers
Apr 26, 2021
Episode 15: Voices from Mariel
Apr 19, 2021
Episode 14: Florida author Jim Ross
Apr 12, 2021
Episode 13: Mile Marker Zero (Key West)
Mar 29, 2021
Episode 12: Bitten - Florida author Andrew Furman
Mar 22, 2021
Episode 11: author Tyler Gillespie (The Thing About Florida)
Mar 08, 2021
Episode 10: History of the Tampa Mafia
Mar 01, 2021
Episode 9: Explore Florida with Eckerd College
Feb 22, 2021
Episode 8: Cli-Fi (Climate Fiction)
Feb 15, 2021
Episode 7: Author Nikesha Elise Williams
Jan 25, 2021
Episode 6: RVing through Florida
Jan 19, 2021
Episode 5: Cabbage Palms
Jan 11, 2021
Episode 4: Seeing Florida like the first Euro-Explorers did
Dec 29, 2020
Episode 3: The Seminole Tribe of Florida
Dec 22, 2020
Episode 2: Brad Bertelli and Pirates in the Florida Keys
Dec 14, 2020
Episode 1: Author Craig Pittman
Dec 07, 2020
Preview: Florida Spectacular
Dec 02, 2020