Podcast Episodes

Episode 220: Polly Parker

Season 5 Episode 220

Don't believe Ron DeSantis' lies when he says he had no advance knowledge of plans to bring golf courses and hotels into Florida's state parks.

Our gu…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Episode 219: Scalloping

Season 5 Episode 219

Craig's column on the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's plan to build golf courses and hotels in the state parks. Story update.

Anothe…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Episode 218: The Kissimmee River

Season 5 Episode 218

Florida's estuaries are warming faster than the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean.

Doug Alderson kayaked down the Kissimmee River twice, once in 2007 a…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Episode 217: A.E. "Bean" Backus

Season 5 Episode 217

When is protected land not really protected? When it's in Florida.

A.E. "Bean" Backus (1906-1990) is one of Florida's most esteemed artists. While bes…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Episode 216: Bok Tower Gardens

Season 5 Episode 216

Encouraging news for the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow, the most endangered bird species on mainland America.

A pair of notorious Florida villains have…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Episode 215: Chokoloskee Island's Smallwood Store

Season 5 Episode 215

The right wing's gameplan for a second Trump administration is laid out in a 900-plus page document called "Project 2025." One of its aims is to priv…

1 year, 8 months ago

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Episode 214: The Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail

Season 5 Episode 214

This episode begins by discussing Craig's most recent "Flamingo" magazine article about the Florida State Park system.

Our guest is Lauren Ali, Great …

1 year, 8 months ago

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Episode 213: Worm Grunting

Season 5 Episode 213

The New College of Florida has been purged of its academic integrity and set up as an incubator of right wing ideology by Ron DeSantis, now, the scho…

1 year, 8 months ago

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Episode 212: Miami Beach Art Deco Architecture

Season 5 Episode 212

What Donald Trump didn't say about climate change during the presidential debate spoke volumes. During the debate, Trump said, "During my four years,…

1 year, 8 months ago

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Episode 211: The Amazing Life of Harry Crews

Season 5 Episode 211

Solar energy is heating up in Florida no thanks to state government.

Harry Crews grew up dirt poor in south Georgia during the Great Depression before…

1 year, 9 months ago

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