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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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Latest Episodes:

AMBASSADOR OF THE KEYS, Part Two: The Republic Apr 26, 2021

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When the Florida Keys became the Conch Republic, there was only really one person who could be their ambassador: Monroe County Mayor, and True Conch, Wilhelmina Harvey. This is her story.

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Thank you so much to Tom Hambright! Check out more from the Monroe County Public Library right here!

Read the oral history from Wilhelmina Harvey right here!

Read more about the Conch Republic right here!

Learn more about the Mariel Boatlift from this incredible piece of research from the University of Miami!

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Flagler - Chapter 4

Songs

Hey Go

Springtime

Madness is Everywhere

You Get The Blues

Peaceful Morning

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AMBASSADOR OF THE KEYS, Part One: The Conchs Apr 19, 2021

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One spring day, in 1982, the Florida Keys seceded from the United States and formed the Conch Republic. Centuries of history led up to that moment, involving our neighbors in the Bahamas and Cuba. How did the Conchs get their name, and what even is a conch in the first place?

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Read the op-ed in the Miami Herald right here!

Learn more about the Mariel Boatlift from this incredible piece of research from the University of Miami!

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Flagler - Chapter 4

Songs

Echoes Boogie Dancehall

Traveling to Lousiana

Smuggler

Work Wonders

Desert Ghost Town

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The Chickee Apr 12, 2021

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The history of the chickee, how the Seminole ancestors developed the structure, and how generations of usage transform an essential building into the modern age.

Thank you to Dave Scheidecker and Carrie Dilley for their assistance in the creation of this episode! Read more about their work at the links below

Learn more about Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum right here!

Learn more about the Tribal Historic Preservation Office right here!

Check out Carrie's book on the chickee here!

Looking for more? Read these Seminole Tribune articles mentioned in the episode!

Read more about land acknowledgements here

Read more about the current oil crisis in the Everglades here

Songs

Easy Night

Traveling Horse

Brain - Instrumental Retro

Bad Old Daemons

Speedy Delta

Peaceful Morning

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The Artemis Program Apr 05, 2021

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Within a year, the new program to bring Americans to the moon will have begun. This week, we discuss the future of the Artemis Program with Brendan Byrne from Are We There Yet?

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Watch Brendan's 5 Year Anniversary show here!

Listen to the other Brendan episodes here!

From Florida To The Moon

Songs

You Get The Blues

Speedy Delta

Arround the Village

Things You Never Known

Traveling Horse

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Springtime Footnotes Mar 29, 2021

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A birder who quits his job. A band that caused a riot. An explorer bent on finding the mouth of the Mississippi River. It's spring, which means it's time to explore some stories left on the cutting room floor from our season so far!

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Read about the Strawberry Girls right here!

The audio from the Led Zeppelin concert can be found here!

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Short Summer Tales

Brownie the Dog and Other Tales

The Fourteenth Colony

Our Bald Eagles

The Strawberry Queen

Songs

Madness is Everywhere

Desert Ghost Town

Smuggler

Flower Meadow Marriage

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The Strawberry Queen Mar 15, 2021

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The show was just featured in the New York Times!

When it comes to Florida strawberries, there is no town more responsible for their presence than Plant City in Hillsborough County. And every year, for nearly a century, the city of Plant City has nominated a Strawberry Queen.

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Thank you so much to Shelby Bender for all of her help on this episode. You can support the East Hillsborough Historical Society here!

Read more about Plant City's agricultural troubles here.

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Cracker Country and the Fair

Florida Fair Food

Songs

Blackbird

Arround the Lake

Springtime

Love After Midnight

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A Tale of Two Burger Kings Mar 08, 2021

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The show was just featured in the New York Times!

In the city of Jacksonville, two entrepreneurs brought the original Burger King to life. In a much smaller town, nearly a thousand miles away, another family opened the original Burger King. Both shops were the first.

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Read more about this story, and other fast-food chain histories, here!

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Florida's State Song

Songs

Brain - Instrumental Retro

Traveling Horse

Smuggler

Traveling to Lousiana

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BONUS: My Favorite Local Bookstores Mar 04, 2021

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Support your local bookstore!

Looking for some new bookstores? Want to share some of your favorite local spots? This episode is just for you, about the amazing local bookstores in Florida that mean so much to us.

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Songs

Frozen Creek

Traveling Horse

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The Shop of Lost Books Mar 01, 2021

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Many Florida books have been lost to time. In a tiny shop on the Atlantic Coast, one family has spent the last several decades saving these books from the brink of extinction.

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Thank you to Julie Alexander for her time and assistance! Find out more about her shop right here!

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Zora Neale Hurston

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Songs

Peaceful Morning

Smuggler

Blackbird

Love After Midnight

Good Thoughts

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Our Bald Eagles Feb 22, 2021

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Outside of Alaska, the state of Florida is home to one of the densest populations of nesting bald eagles in the United States. There was once a time, however, when we almost lost our eagles. Today, everyday Floridians keep them safe.

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Thank you to Shawnlei Breeding for all of her help! Learn more about EagleWatch right here.

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Greens and Cranes

FLORIDIANS - Laura VonMutius

Songs

Brain - Instrumental Retro

Flower Meadow Marriage

Traveling Horse

Peaceful Morning

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