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Wait Five Minutes

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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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04:38

Wait Five Minutes is on Spring Break!

Wait Five Minutes ·

2022/03/21

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!

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36:02

Florida’s ’Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

Wait Five Minutes ·

2022/03/14

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

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43:33

The Search for a Florida Tree

Wait Five Minutes ·

2022/03/07

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

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31:03

The Hermit Artist of the Keys

Wait Five Minutes ·

2022/02/28

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.

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36:41

Zora’s Folktales

Wait Five Minutes ·

2022/02/21

In her book, Mules and Men, Zora Neale Hurston catalogues the folk stories, songs, ritual and practices of Black Americans in the 1920s. How she wrote the book - her travels, her partners, and her failings - layer in the story to detail a fascinating chapter in the author's life. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Read more from Zora Neale Hurston here! Read Wrapped in Rainbows by Valerie Boyd here! All of the music was originally

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43:10

Al Capone and the Valentine’s Day Massacre

Wait Five Minutes ·

2022/02/14

On the morning of Valentine's Day, 1929, seven mobsters were murdered in the streets of Chicago. Al Capone, the man who coordinated the massacre was in the town he had called his vacation home: Miami, Florida. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Thank you so much to Geoff Schumacher from the Mob Museum for all of your assistance! Check out more from the Mob Museum here! All of the music was originally composed.

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34:46

The Great Freeze, 127 Years Later

Wait Five Minutes ·

2022/02/07

127 years ago to the day, the sun set in Florida and so did the temperature. A freeze swept over the state, devastating the citrus industry for the second time in six weeks. Florida would never be the same. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Thank you so much to Brigitte Stephenson and the Sanford Museum for all of their help! Check out the Museum and plan a visit here! Thank you to Melissa Procko from the Orange County Regional History

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46:55

The 2021 Holiday Special

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/12/20

In our second annual Wait Five Minutes Holiday Special, we are joined by past guests to share tales of ornaments, beach trees, manatees, spoonbills and the unusual qualities of the holidays in Florida. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Check out more from our guests this week! Read more work from Laura Albritton here! Keep up on the reporting from Max Chesnes here! Check out Beloved Beasts by Michelle Nijhuis here! Read the article about

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48:25

A Walk in Paynes Prairie

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/12/13

For the finale of the Conservation Season, we go for a long walk in the woods, through the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, searching for wild horses and bison and stories to tell. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Read more about the near extinction of the American bison in Michelle Nijhuis' book, Beloved Beasts All of the music was originally composed.

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40:19

Saving A Florida Tree

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/12/06

The Florida Native Plant Society works every day to preserve the native species of flora in our state. But in the case of the Florida Torreya, a functionally extinct tree, they're trying to save whatever is left. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Thank you to Valerie Anderson and Lilly Anderson-Messec for your help in this episode! Check out more from the Florida Native Plant Society and TorreyaKeepers here! Hear more about north

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36:38

Our Florida Seashells

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/11/29

Visitors to Florida often pick up shells when they visit our beaches. What many people forget is that those shells -- all of them -- were created by animals that once lived within. This week, we chat with Cynthia Barnett, author of THE SOUND OF THE SEA, about seashells, inside and out. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Hear more about Sanibel here! A Conversation with a Florida Refuge Ranger Vacation on Sanibel Island All the music in

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55:48

BONUS: A Conversation with Mary Roach

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/11/26

I sat down with non-fiction author (and one of my favorites) Mary Roach to talk about her new book FUZZ: WHEN NATURE BREAKS THE LAW as well as how she got her start as a writer, the ways she finds interesting people to chat with, and the animals of Florida that dazzle us both.

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35:43

The Trouble with Pests (w/ Mary Roach)

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/11/22

The lines between human and animal spaces are constantly blurred. That's exactly what the new book, FUZZ: WHEN NATURE BREAKS THE LAW by Mary Roach, is all about. Our guest this week is Mary Roach as we discuss pests, invasive species, and the complicated ways we manage our animals. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Read more about the peacocks of Tampa from Gabrielle Calise! Read more about python hunting in Florida from Craig

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48:05

What‘s Happening to Florida‘s Manatees?

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/11/15

It's suspected that nearly a thousand manatees will have died in Florida by the end of this year. That is already the largest number of manatees deaths in a year in Florida history. This week, we chat with Max Chesnes of the TCPalm about the manatees, the Indian River Lagoon, and the fight to protect our seagrass. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Thank you to the Florida Oceanographic Society for having us! Plan your visit to their

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29:57

Florida‘s First Road

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/11/08

In the early days of East Florida, the new British governor and his lieutenant were set the task to create a public road for those living along the east coast. Fighting back Florida's nature proved a task no one was ready to face. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Read more about the King's Road right here! Listen to more about 18th century Florida here! The Fourteenth Colony Ambassador of the Keys Florida's Historic Tolomato

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45:25

The Civilian Conservation Corps

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/11/01

In the 1930s, as part of the New Deal, Franklin Roosevelt started a program called the Civilian Conservation Corps. It brought new jobs to young working men, but also changed the way Americans looked at the nature around them. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Thank you to Neil Maher for his assistance in the creation of this episode! Read more about Neil's work and pick up a copy of his books here! Listen to the story of another CCC

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32:46

The Bride of Bellamy Bridge

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/10/25

Along the Chipola River in northern Florida, a spectral bride wanders the swamps. She is part of a grand tradition of ghost stories, one that stretches around the world, one that can tell us a lot about our histories. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Thank you Elizabeth Randall for taking the time to chat. Check out her book about the Women in White right here! Read more about the Bride of Bellamy Bridge right here! Read about the true

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28:15

The Carolina Parakeet (w/ Michelle Nijhuis)

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/10/18

The Carolina Parakeet was on the brink of extinction when the father of ornithology went hunting for them in Florida. This week, we chat with Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts, about conservation through history, the complexity of those leading the cause, and how we carry the ideas from the past into our future. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Explore more about birds in Florida at Audubon Florida! All of the music in this

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44:54

A Conversation with a Florida Refuge Ranger

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/10/12

Today, to kick off our Conservation Season, we chat with Toni Westland, Supervisory Refuge Ranger for J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island. We discuss birds, manatees, viewfinders, Aldo Leopold, duck stamps, cute rats and the importance of getting out in nature. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Plan your visit to Ding Refuge right here! Read the Island Sun newspaper right here! Hear more about the history of

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09:34

Welcome to the Conservation Season

Wait Five Minutes ·

2021/10/08

This is the prologue to the Conservation Season, where we'll spend all autumn talking about the nature of Florida and the experts fighting to protect it. Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy! Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Featuring clips from: Michelle Nijhuis, Author Neil Maher, Professor Max Chesnes, Journalist Toni Westland, Ranger

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