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Florida Spectacular

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Episode 137: Hidden Sarasota, Things to Do You Might Not Know About

Published: Jan. 24, 2024, 4 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 36 seconds

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Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 2: The Most Beautiful Drive in America, State Road 4A

Published: Jan. 18, 2024, noon
Duration: 39 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 136: Where to See Manatee in Florida

Published: Jan. 17, 2024, 2 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 135: Florida Trails: Hiking Shoes, Stepping on Snakes, and Sloughs

Published: Jan. 10, 2024, 8 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 2 seconds

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Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 1: Florida State Parks We Love in the Upper Keys

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 134: Into the Woods: Swamp Hikes, Snakes, and Stories

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 4 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 133: Mermaids, Manatee, and Many, Many Paddling Trips

Published: Dec. 27, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 132: Sanford, Arcadia, and the Disney Wilderness Preserve: Florida Places to Visit in 2024

Published: Dec. 20, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 131: Once Upon a Time in Florida

Published: Dec. 13, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 130: Reverse Snowbirding, Hidden Springs in the Florida Keys, and Fairy Grottos

Published: Dec. 7, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 129: Tim Dorsey, Serge Storms, and the Florida Book Gift Guide

Published: Nov. 29, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 128: Two Thanksgivings and No Pilgrims: Florida's First Thanksgivings

Published: Nov. 22, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 127: Thanksgiving, Florida Ledger Art, and Comic Books

Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 126: Beach, Please: Beach Renourishment is Evil, Rick's Imaginary House on the Sand, and Favorite Beaches

Published: Nov. 8, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 125: Pee-wee Herman, Panther Puppetry, and the Big Potato

Published: Nov. 1, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 124: Scares in the Sunshine: Robert the Doll, Ghost Tours, and Haunted Florida

Published: Oct. 25, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 123: Florida Scary - Real Things To Fear in the Sunshine State

Published: Oct. 18, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 122: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Mermaids, and Florida Springs

Published: Oct. 11, 2023, 8 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 121: Taking Back Florida Man: Men Who Made Florida Spectacular

Published: Oct. 4, 2023, 10 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes

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Episode 120: Who is Florida Man?

Published: Sept. 27, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 119: Bird is the Word: Flamingo Flamboyances, Scrub Jays, and Birdwatching in the Sunshine State

Published: Sept. 13, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 118: Jimmy Buffett, Tom Petty, and Florida Man Music: Music From the Sunshine State

Published: Sept. 7, 2023, noon
Duration: 37 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 117: Florida Films: Steve Martin, Cocoon, and Silent Films

Published: Aug. 31, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 116: It's Getting Hot Out Here: How To Help Cool Florida

Published: Aug. 9, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 115: Back to School: Florida Schools, Claude Kirk, and Ron DeSantis

Published: Aug. 2, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 114: You Have To Go North To Get South: Is Florida Part of the South?

Published: July 26, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 113: Staying Cool in the Florida Summer: Where To Go and What To Do

Published: July 19, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 112: Craig Pittman and pythons invade the podcast!

Published: July 12, 2023, 7 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 111: Florida's Best Websites

Published: July 5, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 110: What's on your Florida bookshelf?

Published: June 28, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 109: Just What Is The Florida Spectacular?

Published: June 21, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 108: Take a Florida B-Movie Road Trip

Published: June 14, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 108: Your Guide to Invasive Creatures of Florida: Pythons, Australian Pines, and Wild Hogs

Published: June 7, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 107: How to Do the Florida Keys: Key Deer, Turtles and a Special Guest

Published: May 31, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 106: Mount Dora Secrets: Waterskiing elephants, Antiques, and the Apocalypse

Published: May 25, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 105: Great Reasons to Visit Lake County

Published: May 11, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 104: Insider Ocala: Glass Bottom Boats, Six-Gun Territory, and Harriet Beecher Stowe

Published: May 3, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 103: Taxidermied Gators, Orange Bird, and Florida Kitsch

Published: April 26, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 102: The Real Florida Keys: A Local's Guide to Food and Things to Do

Published: April 19, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 101: Crackers, Ca'dZan, and Casitas: Touring Historic Florida Homes

Published: April 12, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 100: The Insider's Guide to Gulfport, Florida

Published: April 5, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 99: Florida's Water Playgrounds

Published: March 29, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 98: Florida Fallacies - Mythbusting Florida

Published: March 24, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 97: Explore Winter Park - Casa Feliz, Turkish Food, and Mr. Rogers

Published: March 15, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 96: These Are a Few of Our Favorite (Florida) Springs

Published: March 8, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 95: Angola, Maroons, and Florida's Underground Railroad

Published: March 1, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 94: June 18, 1964: The Civil Rights Movement Starts in Florida

Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 93: Top Five Places To Find Unusual Florida History

Published: Feb. 15, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 92: Visit Winter Garden: Bougie and Back to Nature

Published: Feb. 9, 2023, 2 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 91: How to do Gainesville - what to do, see and eat!

Published: Feb. 1, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 90: Native Wildflowers

Published: Jan. 25, 2023, 8 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 89: Explore Hidden St. Pete

Published: Jan. 18, 2023, 7 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 88: Hidden Orlando, Discover Lake Eola

Published: Jan. 11, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 87: How to visit the Florida Everglades

Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 7 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 86: Sustainable Florida: New Year's Resolutions for the Sunshine State

Published: Dec. 28, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 85: Florida Bucket List - What's on Yours?

Published: Dec. 21, 2022, 10 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 84: Christmas Celebrations in Florida

Published: Dec. 14, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 83: Explore Florida Caves

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 8 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 82: Vintage & Iconic Central Florida Restaurants

Published: Nov. 30, 2022, 7 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 81: Florida - Find Your Beach

Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 80: Why You Should Celebrate Thanksgiving in St. Augustine

Published: Nov. 16, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 56 seconds

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Special Episode: "Sinkhole", Gen X in Florida, and Davida Breier

Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 79: Yes, Our Seasons Change, Part I: Fall in Florida

Published: Sept. 22, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 78: Wrong Florida History (Rumors, Urban Legends, and Fake Pirates)

Published: Sept. 14, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 77: Save Florida - Don't Recycle and Ditch Single-Use Plastics

Published: Sept. 7, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 1 second

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Episode 76: You Have to Go North to Get South - Florida's Panhandle

Published: Aug. 31, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 75: Lake Louisa, Clermont, and a Presidents Hall of Fame

Published: Aug. 24, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 74: Our favorite beaches

Published: Aug. 17, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 73: Tevas, Travel and Florida

Published: Aug. 10, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 72: Cedar Key, Rosewood, and Florida's Headless Horseman

Published: Aug. 3, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 71: Gone Coastal (Florida Coasts All Have Names, and It's Weird)

Published: July 27, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 70: Florida Springs with Rick Kilby (and Bottled Water Still Sucks)

Published: July 20, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 69: Summertime in Florida (Embrace the Heat)

Published: July 13, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 68: Florida Springs and Why Bottled Water is the Devil

Published: July 7, 2022, 2 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 67: St. Augustine, Flager Beach, and Florida Camping in a (Smaller) RV

Published: June 22, 2022, 9 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 66: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings & Gainesville

Published: June 8, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 65: Small Town Florida You Need to See

Published: May 31, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 64: Florida Butterflies

Published: May 24, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 63: Flamingo Magazine's Jamie Rich and the Jacksonville Beaches

Published: May 17, 2022, 11 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 62: Supermarkets

Published: May 10, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 61: Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach

Published: May 3, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 60: Everglades City

Published: April 26, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 59: Tampa journalism

Published: April 19, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 58: Florida's Adventure Coast (Brooksville and Weeki Wachee)

Published: April 12, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 57: DeSantis vs. Disney

Published: April 5, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 56: Literary St. Petersburg

Published: March 29, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 55: Florida Keys History

Published: March 15, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 54: Cuban immigrants to Florida before Mariel

Published: March 1, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 53: Skunk Ape researcher David Shealy and author Brad Bertelli

Published: Feb. 21, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes

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Episode 52: Walt Disney World

Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 51: Foodie Florida

Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 50: Birding the Everglades

Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 49: Vintage St. Pete

Published: Jan. 25, 2022, noon
Duration: 32 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 48: St. Petersburg Politics

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 47: Tampa Skyway bridge disaster

Published: Jan. 11, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 46: Florida author Tara Lush

Published: Jan. 4, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 45: The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman

Published: Dec. 14, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 44: Horsing around in Florida

Published: Nov. 30, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 43: Journalism in Florida

Published: Nov. 12, 2021, noon
Duration: 35 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 42: Fearsome Creatures of Florida!

Published: Nov. 3, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 41: Florida Books and Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading

Published: Oct. 25, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 40: Fishing in Florida

Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes

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Episode 39: Flamingo Magazine Founder and Publisher Jamie Rich

Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 38: Florida Keys Skunk Ape

Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 37: Weeki Wachee Mermaids

Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 36: The Belleview Inn

Published: Sept. 20, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 35: Florida Wildlife Corridor

Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 34: Craig Pittman "The State You're In"

Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 33: Naturally Florida podcast

Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 32: The Space Shuttle

Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 31: Florida's Shorebirds

Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 30: Scallops

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 29: All About Seashells

Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 28: Florida friendly landscaping

Published: July 26, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 27: Jason Katz 'Islandia Journal'

Published: July 19, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 26: Seminole gaming with Tina Osceola

Published: July 12, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 25: A Florida Western

Published: July 5, 2021, 8 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 24: Paul Strauss (Osprey Nature Photography)

Published: June 28, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 23: Jungle Prada site and Panfilo de Narvaez

Published: June 21, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 52 seconds

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EPISODE 22: Tampa Bay Watch

Published: June 14, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 21: Flamingo magazine

Published: June 8, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 20: New Florida books preview

Published: May 31, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 19: Florida Native Plants

Published: May 24, 2021, 9 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 18: Mark Walters and the Florida Scrub Jay

Published: May 12, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 17: Florida's Healing Waters with Rick Kilby

Published: May 3, 2021, 8 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 16: Gamble Rogers

Published: April 26, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 15: Voices from Mariel

Published: April 19, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 14: Florida author Jim Ross

Published: April 12, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 13: Mile Marker Zero (Key West)

Published: March 29, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 12: Bitten - Florida author Andrew Furman

Published: March 22, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 11: author Tyler Gillespie (The Thing About Florida)

Published: March 8, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 10: History of the Tampa Mafia

Published: March 1, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 9: Explore Florida with Eckerd College

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 9 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 8: Cli-Fi (Climate Fiction)

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 10 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 7: Author Nikesha Elise Williams

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 8 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 6: RVing through Florida

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, midnight
Duration: 47 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 5: Cabbage Palms

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, midnight
Duration: 37 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 4: Seeing Florida like the first Euro-Explorers did

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 3 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 3: The Seminole Tribe of Florida

Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 2: Brad Bertelli and Pirates in the Florida Keys

Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 1: Author Craig Pittman

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 56 seconds

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Preview: Florida Spectacular

Published: Dec. 2, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 23 seconds

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