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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.

Copyright: © Copyright 2019 All rights reserved.

Latest Episodes:

Florida Bonneted Bats Oct 21, 2019

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The Florida Bonneted Bat exists nowhere else in the world. They are some of the most fascinating animals in the country and, thanks to a group of brilliant scientists, we have gotten to no them more and more before it's too late.

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Check out more of Dr. Frank Ridgley's work on the Florida Bonneted Bat right here!

Songs

Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Arround the Village by Lobo Loco

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Morning at the Creek by Lobo Loco

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Spook Hill and Other Tales Oct 14, 2019

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Every story we tell has some falsehoods. We complicate or muddle without meaning to and the story always changes. What happens, then, to the stories about grander concepts, mysteries beyond our understanding? When those urban legends start manifesting, what new shapes do our stories take?

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Songs

Streetlight Silent Film by Lobo Loco

Arround the Village by Lobo Loco

Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Traveling to Lousiana by Lobo Loco

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The Murder of Guy Bradley Oct 07, 2019

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Florida's egrets were on the brink of demise. Enter Guy Bradley, an outdoorsman who, for three short years, fought adamantly to keep the birds safe. Then, on one sweltering July day, his mission was violently cut short.

Content warning: This episode makes frequent reference to death, and a brief reference to gun violence.

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Check out the primary source material for this episode, Death in the Everglades by Stuart B. McIver.

Songs

Streetlife Silent Film by Lobo Loco

Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco

Hey Go by Lobo Loco

Visions of 2018 by Lobo Loco

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Gardening in Florida Sep 30, 2019

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Growing your own plants is harder. Growing your own plants in Florida is even harder. We take inspiration from the professionals, but getting it right can be nearly impossible.

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Find out more about Orlando's botanical garden, Leu Gardens!

Read Robert Bowden's book, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Gardening!

Songs

Springtime by Lobo Loco

Nice to Be Near You by Lobo Loco

Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco

Visions of 2018 by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Sep 23, 2019

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Authors leave a trail of legacy and memories behind them. They cannot control how their words will age or change, but, in the case of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, she created a new vocabulary to speak about Florida that we still use to this day.

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The voice of Marjorie was Bailey DeVoe. You can see Bailey DeVoe in Andrew Lippa's Wild Party the Musical at the Aeon Life Theater in Tampa!

Read more of Dr. Jill Jones' work here.

You can read Lauren Groff's article about Marjorie here.

You can check out more of Willie Green's life and legacy here.

Songs

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco

Hey Go by Lobo Loco

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Brain Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco

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Marco Polo Park Sep 16, 2019

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Nine months before Walt Disney World took Central Florida by storm, one unusual little theme park tried to leave an impact of their own. Why did so many parks try to take on the Mouse? And what do we get in return when we relish in nostalgia?

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Songs

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco

Traveling to Lousiana by Lobo Loco

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Love After Midnight by Lobo Loco

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Florida's Flag Sep 09, 2019

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From our early Spanish years, to our secession from the United States, our flag has been a playground of ideologies. Why has our state struggled to find its own identity? And how can Floridians fight to control their own symbols and narratives?

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Songs

You Get The Blues by Lobo Loco

Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Easy Night by Lobo Loco

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

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Moonshine in the Everglades Aug 26, 2019

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The secret pathways of the Everglades have puzzled explorers for decades. However, for the criminals of Prohibition-era Miami, the maze of the swamp was the perfect way to escape justice.

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Songs

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Hey Go by Lobo Loco

Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco

Key Largo & Key Largo Aug 19, 2019

Show notes

Most of John Huston's 1948 classic Key Largo was actually filmed in California. This doesn't matter for the people of the real Key Largo, who have built a city around the movie's popularity. How much of it is truly inspired by the island?

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Songs

Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco

Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Additional Audio

Key Largo Official Trailer #1

Hurricanes in the Movies: Hurricane scene from film "Key Largo"

Humphrey Bogart Film Festival - Key Largo

Lights Over Ocala Aug 12, 2019

Show notes

For over sixty years, the citizens of Ocala have seen strange lights over their forest. Could the Navy base deep in the woods be the explanation? Or is there something beyond our world paying visits to the little town?

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Songs

Morning at the Creek by Lobo Loco

Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco

Arround the Village by Lobo Loco

Additional Audio

Case 78114 - Ocala, Florida, July 31, 2016

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