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Welcome to Florida

Best selling author, award winning reporter and Florida native Craig Pittman is joined by radio personality and Florida transplant Chadd Scott to discuss the state"s history, people, politics, environment, animals, current events and weirdness. You"ll hear great storytelling and have great fun in each weekly episode.

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Episode 207: Bob Graham

Welcome to Florida ·

2024/06/04

Beach renourishment: ecological necessity or government handout to the wealthiest of Florida's property owners?Former Florida governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham passed away in the spring of 2024 at the age of 87. Joining us on this episode to discuss Graham's life and legacy is S.V. Date, author of "Quiet Passion: A Biography of Bob Graham."Thanks again to all of our patrons on Patreon. For just $5 a month you can help support the show and receive bonus episodes. A new bonus episode w...

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Episode 206: Mar-a-Lago

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2024/05/28

Ron DeSantis: junkie.Our subject this episode is the fabulous Mar-a-Lago estate on Palm Beach. We discuss it's history from Marjorie Merriweather Post through Donald Trump and what makes the mansion/private club special. Les Standiford, author of "Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu," provides the expertise.Birds of a Feather Talk TogetherA podcast all about birds. Two bird experts, John Bates and Shannon Hackett, educate...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

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Episode 205: Betty Mae Tiger Jumper

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2024/05/21

The state's Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson wants to sell off public lands to farmers and ranchers.This week's subject is Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, first chairwoman of the Seminole Tribe in Florida. Our guest is Patsy West, co-author of Tiger Jumper's autobiography, "A Seminole Legend: The Life of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper."

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Episode 204: Tampa Bay

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2024/05/14

Could golf courses hold a solution for conservation in Florida? Tampa Bay is surprising young, and shallow, and NOT the name of a city. Our guest this episode is Evan Bennett, author of "Tampa Bay: The Story of an Estuary and Its People."

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Episode 203: Sacred Steel

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2024/05/07

Our episode begins with a $400 million mystery in the state budget.Folklorist and musician Robert Stone joins us. He helped bring the steel guitar music popular in the House of God and Church of the Living God communities in South Florida and around the South to greater prominence.

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Episode 202: Lauren Groff

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2024/04/30

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Episode 201: The Rise and Fall of Jai-Alai in Florida

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2024/04/23

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Episode 200: Indigenous mounds and middens

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2024/04/16

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Episode 199: A. Philip Randolph

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2024/04/09

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Episode 198: Hamilton Disston (who?)

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2024/04/02

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Episode 197: Orlando

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2024/03/26

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Episode 196: Dave Barry

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2024/03/19

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Episode 195: Florida in the Civil War

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2024/03/12

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Episode 194: Book Bans

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2024/03/05

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Episode 193: Janet Reno

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2024/02/27

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Episode 192: Sinkholes

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2024/02/20

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Episode 191: The Dozier School (A Century of Evil)

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2024/02/13

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Episode 190: Tom Petty

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2024/02/06

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Episode 189: The Johns Committee

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2024/01/30

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Episode 188: The Florida Man Games

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2024/01/23

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