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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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24:02

A Tale of Two Burger Kings

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2021/03/08

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

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BONUS: My Favorite Local Bookstores

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2021/03/05

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. 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! Songs Frozen Creek Traveling Horse Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!

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29:10

The Shop of Lost Books

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2021/03/01

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. 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! Thank you to Julie Alexander for her time and assistance! Find out more about her shop right here! Looking for more? Check out these episodes! Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Zora

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28:22

Our Bald Eagles

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2021/02/22

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

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27:43

The Big Sombrero

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2021/02/15

On one night in 1991, the whole world had their eyes focused on the Tampa Stadium. What followed was fear, excitement, patriotism, and one of the most famous Super Bowl endings in all of football history. 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! Watch Whitney Houston's National Anthem performance here! Looking for more? Check out these episodes! The Unbeatable Dolphins The Early Years of

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20:59

BONUS: A Walk in the Sanford Museum

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2021/02/12

In this bonus episode, we take a walk through the Sanford Museum with their curator, Brigitte Stephenson, as we discuss all of the figures who passed through this town, from the founder's family to Zora Neale Hurston, from TV magicians to world-famous boxing coaches. 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! Thank you so much to Brigitte Stephenson and the Sanford Museum for all of their

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31:31

The 100th Episode: The Story of Sanford

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2021/02/08

Content Warning: This episode briefly discusses racial violence. For the 100th episode of Wait Five Minutes, we explore the vibrant and complicated history of Sanford, one of the most important cities in Central Florida, where Florida's history can be painted with broad strokes through the story of just one town. 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! Thank you so much to Brigitte

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33:37

The Fourteenth Colony

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2021/02/01

While the War for Independence raged in New England, the duel colonies of East and West Florida were caught in the middle. With Spain looking to take back land, and a band of marauders making their way down the Mississippi River, the land that would be Florida braced for the oncoming storm. 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! Thank you to Mike Bunn for all of his help in bringing this

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08:45

Season 6 Prologue: The Lonely Statue

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2021/01/25

Between towns, on a strip highway along the Atlantic Coast, a lonely statue denotes one of the most significant events in Florida history. That is if you can find it. 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! Read more about GTM Reserve and their work right here! Songs Work Wonders Blackbird Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!

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35:03

The 2020 Holiday Special

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2020/12/18

In our first annual Wait Five Minutes Holiday Special, we are joined by past guests to share tales of iguanas, oranges, massive decorations, freak snowstorms, and holiday miracles. 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! Check out the work from our guests this week here! See what's happening at Zoo Miami Get involved at the Orange County Regional History Center Pick up your copy of Cat Tale

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34:58

Pork Chop Gang, Part Two: THE SCARES

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2020/12/14

Content Warning: This episode includes conversations about racism and homophobia, and a brief mention of suicide. For eleven years, the Johns Committee perpetuated a reign of terror across the state of Florida. With the Red Scare and the Lavender Scare, the lives of thousands of Floridians were affected, just as McCarthyism and segregation were dying out across the country. Follow Wait Five Minutes on Twitter Follow Wait Five Minutes on Instagram Follow Wait Five Minutes on Facebook Email the show

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31:55

Pork Chop Gang, Part One: POWER BLOC

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2020/12/07

For nearly twenty years, a group of conservative Democrats ruled Florida's legislature with impunity. When segregation began to end in 1954, the group rallied their allies and power in order to survive, only to find enemies around every corner. 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! Thank you so much to Seth Weitz, PhD, for all of his help in creating this episode! Read the book Seth edited

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30:17

The Florida Trail

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2020/11/23

Slipping through the neighborhoods of Florida, from the Panhandle to the Everglades, is the Florida Trail, one of many national scenic trails in the country. Protected by volunteers and connected with communities, the Trail is easily one of the most unique conservation efforts in the Sunshine State. 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! Thank you so much to Kelly Van Patten for all of her

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23:32

The Confederate Spy of Florida

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2020/11/16

During the American Civil War, the town of Palatka was a vital port along the St. Johns River. As paranoia ran through the city, one woman and her sisters spied for the enemy and, in the end, brought a Confederate captain to an unlikely victory. 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! Check out these articles for furthering reading! Captain J.J. Dickison: Marion County's Civil War

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32:54

The Longleaf Pine

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2020/11/09

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. 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! Thank you to Nicole Zampieri for her assistance and expertise! Read her paper on

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28:40

Reubin the Good

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2020/11/02

Check your polling location and more information in Florida here! 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. 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! Learn

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26:45

The Devil Went Down to Florida

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2020/10/26

Check your polling location and more information in Florida here! 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. 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! Learn more about this story here! Satan

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27:26

Our Florida Spiders

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2020/10/19

Check your polling location and more information in Florida here! 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. Follow Wait Five Minutes on Twitter Follow Wait Five Minutes on Instagram Follow Wait Five Minutes on Facebook Email the show

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28:26

Florida's Historic Tolomato Cemetery

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2020/10/13

Check your polling location and more information in Florida here! 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. Follow Wait Five Minutes on Twitter Follow Wait Five Minutes on Instagram Follow Wait Five

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16:31

SWING STATE, Part Three: 1992

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2020/09/28

Check out your voting status at Vote.org! Register to vote in Florida! 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. 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! Hear more

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