Wait Five Minutes - TopPodcast.com

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Wait Five Minutes — History
Wait Five Minutes

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.

Copyright: © Copyright 2019 All rights reserved.

Latest Episodes:

The First Frenchman of Florida May 02, 2022

Show notes

Four-hundred and sixty years ago yesterday, the French first landed in Florida. Guided by a man named Jean Ribault, they tried over the course of several years to establish Florida as a French colony - only to fail over and over again.

Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!

Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!

Plan your visit to the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve!

Read more of Jean Ribault's writing here!

Hear more about Menendez in this previous episode of the show!

All of the music in this episode is originally composed.

I Adopted A Manatee (and Other Tales!) Apr 25, 2022

Show notes

Some spring cleaning for this season: the state wildflower, an invasive plant, the croak of a frog, and Crazy Nick the Manatee.

Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!

Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!

Thank you to Lilly Anderson-Messec! Follow the Florida Native Plant Society!

Thank you to Stacey Matrazzo! Learn more about the Florida Wildflower Foundation here!

Thank you to Rose Guerrero! Check out more from the Historical Society of Palm Beach County here!

Learn more about the manatee crisis right now!

What's Happening to Florida Manatees?

The 2019 episode: Manatees

All of the music in this episode is originally composed.

The Astronauts of Apollo 16 Apr 18, 2022

Show notes

Fifty years ago today, three man were on their way to the moon. The years that brought them to that flight are filed with chaos and near tragedy, until they eventually arrived to the lunar surface.

Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!

Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!

Want to hear more space episodes about space travel? Listen here!

John Young and Apollo 10

The Artemis Program

Hear more about the current space program from our friend Brendan Byrne's podcast, Are We There Yet?

I do not own some of the audio used in this episode. Included are links to the sources of the audio clips that are edited into the episode.

Launch of Apollo 13 (CBS)

Apollo 13 (1995) - Houston, We Have A Problem Scene

Michael Collins - John Craigie

Apollo 16 Lunar Rover "Grand Prix"

Apollo 13 - Ken and Jack Power-Up The Command Module

All of the music is originally composed.

Our Florida Wildflowers Apr 11, 2022

Show notes

CORRECTION: The Florida Wildflower Foundation does NOT give land grants. The Foundation grant programs provide funding for native plantings on public lands.

---

First Lady Lady Bird Johnson believed in beautifying America. What came from the project she helped create now allows the wildflowers of Florida to flourish - especially along our roadways.

Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!

Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!

Thank you to Stacey Matrazzo for her help on this episode! Learn more about the Florida Wildflower Foundation here!

Listen to this previous episode, about gardening in Florida!

All of the music was originally composed.

Edison and the Athletics Apr 04, 2022

Show notes

In the spring of 1927, Thomas Edison visited the Philadelphia Athletics at their spring training facility. What followed created a story that has been repeated and changed over the following century.

Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!

Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!

Listen to the previous episode about baseball, about the Havana Sugar Kings!

All of the music was originally composed.

The Barefoot Mailman Mar 28, 2022

Show notes

Donate to the Trevor Project here

Before the railroads came to the Atlantic Coast of Florida, the only way to get mail down to Miami was on foot. It was a dangerous walk made weekly by a select few: the Barefoot Mailmen.

Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!

Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!

Thank you to Rose Guerrero for her help! Check out more from the Historical Society of Palm Beach County here!

All of the music was originally composed.

Wait Five Minutes is on Spring Break! Mar 21, 2022

Show notes

See you next Monday!

Follow Wait Five Minutes on Twitter

Follow Wait Five Minutes on Instagram

Follow Wait Five Minutes on Facebook

Email the show at wfmpod@gmail.com!

Florida’s ’Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Mar 14, 2022

Show notes

Donate to the Trevor Project here

The Florida State Legislature has just passed a bill that has been widely dubbed by critics as homophobic and baseless. It is the next chapter in a repeated story of anti-gay movements in Florida's history.

Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!

Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!

Thank you to Brian Fehler for his permission to reuse our interview. Read his article about the Purple Pamphlet here.

Sources for the episode:

The Trevor Project Condemns Florida “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Targeting LGBTQ Students

Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill passed, headed to DeSantis amid student protests - Tampa Bay Times

‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passes in Florida, goes to governor - AP News

Florida Just Passed The "Don't Say Gay" Bill. Here’s What It Means for Kids - Time

‘Gay is not a permanent thing’: Legislature passes bill to restrict LGBTQ topics in elementary schools - Florida Politics

DeSantis' press secretary says bill critics dubbed 'Don't Say Gay' could be called 'Anti-Grooming' - WTSP

Press secretary Christina Pushaw: ‘It was my personal account and I was tweeting off work hours’ - Florida Politics

Audio used in the episode:

Barbara Howar Confronts Anita Bryant In 1977 Interview!

Pat Rocco: Harvey Milk speech in Los Angeles (1978)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks Don't Say Gay bill

The Search for a Florida Tree Mar 07, 2022

Show notes

This week, Lilly Anderson-Messec, the Director of North Florida Programs for the Florida Native Plant Society, takes us on a hike through the North Florida woods. We're looking for the Florida Torreya, a functionally extinct tree in need of our help.

Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!

Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!

Read more about the TorreyaKeepers here!

Follow Lilly on Instagram to see more of her travels!

Listen to our first episode about the Florida Torreya here!

All of the music was originally composed.

The Hermit Artist of the Keys Feb 28, 2022

Show notes

In 1992, a man named Chuck Faulkner discovered almost two hundred paintings by a relatively unknown Florida painter named Harry Sonntag. That was just the beginning of an adventure still unfolding today.

Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!

Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!

Thank you to Chuck Faulkner for all of his assistance in retelling this story for the episode! Read more of Chuck's story here!

All of the music was originally composed.

Related Podcasts