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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:

The End of Greyhound Racing Jan 19, 2020

Show notes

At the beginning of next year, greyhound racing in Florida will be illegal, exactly ninety years after it was made legal in 1931. How did we get here? And what comes next for the industry?

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Thank you to Kate MacFall for her help with this episode. Find out more about the efforts of the Humane Society of the United States here!

You can read more about the history of greyhound racing here!

You can read about getting involved with Humane Lobby Day here!

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Florida Bonneted Bats

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

Songs

Good Thoughts by Lobo Loco

You Get The Blues by Lobo Loco

Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

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The Shape of Florida Jan 12, 2020

Show notes

Every border of Florida is defined by its connection to the water all around us. The lines they follow are set by human ingenuity and violence. But what will we be if water fundamentally changes our shape forever?

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Thank you to Joe Knetsch for his help on this episode. You can check out some of Dr. Joe's books right here!

You can read more about the threat of sea level rise in Florida here.

You can read more about the amazing work of Andrew Ellicott here.

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Okahumpka (with Gilbert King)

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

Songs

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Smuggler by Lobo Loco

Speedy Delta by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco

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FLORIDIANS - Gabrielle Calise, Reporter with the Tampa Bay Times Dec 15, 2019

Show notes

Gabrielle Calise refuses to be put into a box. She has written a wide variety of stories for the Tampa Bay Times, from haunted houses to city government, from local folklore to strip clubs. The unifying factor of all of her work is her desire for answers.

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Thank you so much to Gabrielle Calise! Here are some of the works by Gabrielle referenced in this episode:

You can take sloth yoga classes in Florida. Animal welfare experts say you shouldn’t.

Tampa strip clubs and the battle to bare it all: How the lap dance was outlawed 20 years ago

9 things you didn’t know about Tampa strip clubs

That spaceship on top of a Tampa strip club? It once was the house of the future.

Thong-clad hot dog girls once ruled Florida streets. Where did they go?

Songs

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Traveling Louisiana by Lobo Loco

Smuggler by Lobo Loco

You Get The Blues by Lobo Loco

Love After Midnight by Lobo Loco

FLORIDIANS - Rachel Simmons, Archivist of the Winter Park Public Library Dec 09, 2019

Show notes

Rachel Simmons collects the memories of the town she calls home. In the archive of the Winter Park Public Library, information about the history of this town is being cultivated and organized in order to tell its story.

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Thank you so much to Rachel Simmons for her time and her stories. You can find out more about her work and the events at the Winter Park Public Library here!

Songs

Smuggler by Lobo Loco

Hey Go by Lobo Loco

Nice To Be Near You by Lobo Loco

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Good Thoughts by Lobo Loco

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Season 2 Epilogue Dec 01, 2019

Show notes

Some final thoughts and a recap of the second season of Wait Five Minutes.

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Songs

Easy Night by Lobo Loco

Good Thoughts by Lobo Loco

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Billy the Swan, Kristen Arnett and Taxidermy in Florida Nov 24, 2019

Show notes

In the 1920s, the biggest celebrity in Orlando was a grumpy old swan. When he died, the city couldn't let him go. They had him stuffed and, to this day, he still exists in that taxidermy form.

In the season two finale of Wait Five Minutes, we discuss taxidermy and memory with New York Times Best-Selling Author, Kristen Arnett, whose debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, came out earlier this year.

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Thank you to Kristen Arnett. You can read the article quoted in this episode right here. Check out her article in the New York Times, "Florida Women Are No Joke. I Should Know."

Thank you to Olivia Matthews for lending her voice to this episode. You can check out her playwright work right here!

Thank you to the Orange County Regional History Center and Melissa Procko for all of their help. Find out about the exhibits at the History Center and plan your visit at their website.

Songs

East Night by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Speedy Delta by Lobo Loco

You Get The Blues by Lobo Loco

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Meet You Last Summer by Lobo Loco

Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco

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The Unbeatable Dolphins Nov 18, 2019

Show notes

In 1972, the Miami Dolphins couldn't be stopped. At a time when America was facing uncertain futures, the hope of one team was enough to distract, for just one game every week, from the chaos everywhere else.

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Songs

Smuggler by Lobo Loco

Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco

Speedy Delta by Lobo Loco

You Get The Blues by Lobo Loco

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Indian Summer by Lobo Loco

Additional Audio

President Obama Honors the 1973 Super Bowl Champion Miami Dolphins

Nixon's 1972 RNC Acceptance Speech

America's Game 1972 Dolphins

1972 Browns at Dolphins Playoff Game

Florida's State Play Nov 11, 2019

Show notes

Florida's state play, Cross and Sword, ran for thirty-two consecutive seasons. During that time, the production shifted and changed, finding brand new ways to remember the complex and untidy origins of our state.

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Thank you again to Tom Rahner for all of his assistance in the production of this episode!

Songs

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco

Echos Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!

Additional Audio

Rachmaninov Vespers - 3 Blessed is the Man (Psalm 1)

Almighty and Everlasting God - Gibbons

Das Rheingold : "Rheingold, Rheingold!"

Major-General's Song from The Pirates of Penzance - London Coliseum

Erik Satie - Socrate

Bizet - L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 & Suite No. 2 / Nathalie Stutzmann

The Election of 1966 Nov 04, 2019

Show notes

In the 1960s, politics in the South changed forever. Nowhere is that more evident than in the rivalry between two Democrats: the mayor of Miami and the mayor of Jacksonville. The fallout made history.

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Songs

Traveling to Lousiana by Lobo Loco

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco

Hey Go by Lobo Loco

Smuggler by Lobo Loco

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Springtime by Lobo Loco

Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!

Orlando's Haunted Theater Oct 28, 2019

Show notes

The Annie Russell Theatre is almost ninety years old now, but the lore wrapped up in the building will stretch much, much longer. Every person who encounters it has something new to share, fracturing its ghost story more and more every time.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains frequent discussion of death, and a brief mention of suicide.

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Grab your tickets for Private Lies at the Annie Russell Theatre right here!

Thank you again to the Winter Park Public Library! You can see what they are up to right here.

Songs

Sometimes It Rains by Lobo Loco

Streetlight Silent Film by Lobo Loco

Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco

Arround The Village by Lobo Loco

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

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