Podcast Episodes

Episode 269: Paynes Prairie

Season 6 Episode 269

A lawsuit seems to be all that now stands between Florida and a lot of dead black bears.

Paynes Prairie Preserve just south of Gainesville has a fascinating ecological history and history of human hab…

Published on 5 hours ago

Episode 268: Florida's Living Beaches

Season 6 Episode 268

A new law purporting to ease recovery from hurricane damage for Florida homeowners may have been a Trojan horse from developers looking to get around local growth ordinances.

"Florida's Living Beaches…

Published on 1 week ago

Episode 267: How to do (and how to save) Florida

Season 6 Episode 267

Cedar Key is running out of drinking water and wants to take some from their neighboring communities.

Our guest Chad Crawford is a Florida native and creator and host of the popular "How to do Florida…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Episode 266: Wicked St. Augustine

Season 6 Episode 266

Chadd Scott visited DeSantis and Trump's immigrant concentration camp in the Everglades as far as the public is allowed to go. It was worse than he imagined. $5 per month "Welcome to Florida" patrons…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Episode 265: Stonewall National Museum, Archives and Library

Season 6 Episode 265

How is human waste from Miami ending up polluting the St. Johns River? Craig explains.

The Stonewall Uprising in New York in 1969 can be viewed as the start of the modern gay rights movement. A teenag…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Episode 264: Florida fruits, vegetables, and vegetarian recipes

Season 6 Episode 264

The Trump regime's attempts to destroy the federal government and sell off the pieces to private business is impacting Florida's public lands. 

Our guest this episode is Dalia Colón, author of the awa…

Published on 1 month ago

Episode 263: Reconstruction and Freedmen in Florida

Season 6 Episode 263

Unsurprisingly, the Florida Department of Environmental Prostitution/Protection continues putting the interests of industry and developers ahead of the interests of our springs.

One expert source in C…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Episode 263: Cedar Key

Season 6 Episode 263

The Manatee County Commission did what county commissions in Florida almost never do: it told a real estate developer "no."

Our guest this episode is novelist, playwright, and Cedar Key clam farmer Mi…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Episode 262: Could a 'Super Tree' Replace Florida Citrus?

Season 6 Episode 262

The governor wants to put a concentration camp for immigrants in the Everglades, following in the footsteps of "Florida's Worst Idea."

Previous “Welcome to Florida” podcast episode about "Florida's Wo…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Episode 261: White Trash Cooking

Season 6 Episode 261

Florida has a sewerage treatment problem.

Our guest this week is Michael Adno who wrote a beautiful story about the life of north Florida native Ernie Mickler. Mickler became famous in the late 1980s …

Published on 2 months ago