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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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The Longleaf Pine Nov 09, 2020

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In the wake of Hurricane Michael, scientists grappled with all the ways that climate change could affect our forests. One tree, the longleaf pine, faced total devastation and, if not for the work being done to preserve it, the tree may stand on the brink of oblivion.

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Thank you to Nicole Zampieri for her assistance and expertise! Read her paper on Hurricane Michael and the longleaf pine right here.

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Gardening in Florida

After Hurricane Andrew

Songs

You Get The Blues

Desert Ghost Town

Traveling Horse

Arround the Village

Things You Never Known

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Reubin the Good Nov 02, 2020

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Governor Reubin Askew spent his entire career advocating for total government transparency. When our courts had failed us, and the legislature ignored him, Askew went to the Florida electorate and asked them to join the fight. What happened next changed our elections forever.

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Florida Man Explains His State's Weirdness

Drugs, Protests and Mass Arrests. What happened last time Miami hosted a convention?

An Introduction to Reubin Askew

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The Election of 1966

Disney's Contemporary Resort

Songs

Brain - Instrumental Retro

Blackbird

Desert Ghost Town

Peaceful Morning

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The Devil Went Down to Florida Oct 26, 2020

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On the night of Halloween, 2001, the Mayor of Inglis drafted a memorandum banishing Satan from her town. What followed was a media fiasco. What was ignored was all the real terrors that haunted a small town in Florida that were just out of sight.

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Satan Laws Are Coming to Town - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Two years after a decree banned Satan, has the town of Inglis benefited?

Follow That Dream - Elvis Presley

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Orlando's Haunted Theatre

Cross Florida Canal, Part One: SANTOS

Songs

Streetlight Silent Film

Smuggler

Bad Old Daemons

Autumn Morning

Arround the Village

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Our Florida Spiders Oct 19, 2020

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Across Florida, people face the scourge of the brown recluse bite. There's only one problem: there are (almost) no brown recluses in our state. The bountiful eight-legged creatures in our homes and wilderness face many problems, but perhaps the most prominent, is the myths that surround their very existence.

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Thank you to Dr. William Kern for all of his assistance in this episode. Check out more of Florida's common spiders right here!

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Florida Bonneted Bats

Songs

You Get The Blues

Smuggler

Desert Ghost Town

The First Moment

Arround the Village

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Florida's Historic Tolomato Cemetery Oct 13, 2020

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The oldest marked grave in Florida is of a kid with an unremarkable history. She is surrounded by the graves of some of the single most important individuals in the history of St. Augustine, Cuba, Haiti, Florida and the whole of American history. Some markers have been lost, and names forgotten, by Tolomato Cemtery holds them all the same.

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Thank you to Elizabeth Duran Gessner from the Tolomato Cemetery Preservation Association! Check out more of what they're up to, plan your visit, and support their projects here!

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Spook Hill and Other Tales

The Ghosts of Henry Flagler

Songs

Piano Parapentes

Things You Never Known

Easy Night

Speedy Delta

Peaceful Morning

Work Wonders

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SWING STATE, Part Three: 1992 Sep 28, 2020

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1992. George H.W. Bush vs. Bill Clinton (vs. Ross Perot). The last blip in our record. Hurricane Andrew leaves its impact on South Florida, as well as the presidential race. A third-party candidate dents the other two parties, and Florida officially becomes a swing state.

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The Early Years of (Orlando) Magic

After Hurricane Andrew

Songs

Madness is Everywhere

Hey Go

Love After Midnight

Work Wonders

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SWING STATE, Part Two: 1960 Sep 21, 2020

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1960. Richard Nixon vs. John F. Kennedy. The first blip in our record. The nation is on the edge of major change with the 1960s on the horizon. The Space Race looms large, with an odd impact on Florida's contentious election. When the race is called, Key Biscayne becomes a place for peace.

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From Florida to the Moon

The Election of 1966

Songs

Madness is Everywhere

Desert Ghost Town

Peaceful Morning

Work Wonders

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SWING STATE, Part One: 1924 Sep 14, 2020

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1924. Calvin Coolidge vs. John W. Davis. The losing streak ends. As the Great Depression looms on the horizon, America splits into factions deciding the future of American prosperity. In Florida, the Prohibition Party finds a surprising foothold.

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The End of Greyhound Racing

Zora Neale Hurston

Songs

Madness is Everywhere

Smuggler

Road to Lafayette

Work Wonders

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Season 4 Epilogue: MEMORY Sep 04, 2020

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Where did our state's name come from? Why is our collective memory so short? Will we ever have the answers to all the questions in our history?

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Florida's State Song

Check out the books recommended in this episode!

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

The Gulf: The Making of An America Sea by Jack E. Davis

Songs

Blackbird

Peaceful Morning

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Cross Florida Canal, Part Two: GREENWAY Aug 31, 2020

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Marjorie Harris Carr spent the last years of her life battling a dam along the river she loved so dearly. When a fierce politician pulled out all the stops to defeat her, both sides brought everything they had. The result today is a complicated but beautiful string of protected land that stretches from the St. John's River to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Thank you to Jim Gross from the Florida Defenders of the Environment! Check out more of their mission right here!

Thank you to Blue Nelson for all of his amazing help! Read Blue's paper on Santos right here.

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!

Songs

Springtime

Blackbird

Bad Old Daemons

Peaceful Morning

Things You Never Known

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