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Back to SearchEpisode 160: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Season 4 Episode 160
This week's episode begins with a look at the series of disastrous bills signed into law by Ron DeSantis that will imperil Florida's environment for …
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode: 159: AARP & Florida retirees
Season 4 Episode 159
We begin today's show with some shady developer dealings in Captiva.
Florida is as well-known as a haven for retirees as anything. Helping people make…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 158: Planned Parenthood & Abortion in Florida
Season 4 Episode 158
We have hit the 3rd anniversary of the "Welcome to Florida" podcast and we want to thank you for listening. If you'd like to take your support of the…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 157: Weird Florida + 25
Season 4 Episode 157
What's weird? A Florida city council suing its citizens over the topic of clean water.
Eliot Kleinberg is the father of "weird Florida." In 1998, he p…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 156: Anita Bryant's Anti-Gay Crusade
Season 4 Episode 156
"What the f*uck happened here!?!"
If you're a nature lover in Florida, chances are you've said - or screamed - these words upon discovering a beloved…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 155: Hurricane Andrew
Season 4 Episode 155
You can't tell the story of Florida without the story of Hurricane Andrew. That's what we're doing on this episode with the help of longtime Universi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 154: Saving the Grasshopper Sparrow
Season 4 Episode 154
We start the episode discussing the "Path of the Panther" documentary which you can see now on Disney+.
Our guests are authors Anders and Beverly Gyll…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 153: Florida Master Naturalist
Season 4 Episode 153
At "Welcome to Florida" we love celebrating Florida's ecology and wild animals as well as educating and introducing people to the same. That is much …
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 152: Hotel Scarface
Season 4 Episode 152
Lawn "care" giant TruGreen used its bought and paid for Florida legislators to sneak through a provision in the state budget forbidding cities and co…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 151: Ybor City
Season 4 Episode 151
Another episode, another example of trouble with the water in Florida.
Our guest is Florida native, author, historian and professor Sara McNamara who…
2 years, 10 months ago