Welcome to Florida
221 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 22 hours ago -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 107: Florida's historic mineral springs
July 05, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBAn innocent mistake or a devious plot to sell 18,000 acres of conservation land from under the nose of Florida residents without anyone noticing? You be the judge. Our guest this week is Florida author Rick Kilby whose latest book, "Florida's Healing Waters: Gilded Age Mineral Springs, Seaside Resorts and Health Spas," details an era from the state's history where wealthy northerners would visit seeking the restorative powers of our springs. "Welcome to Florida," as always, is presented ...
Episode 106: Elvis in Florida
June 28, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week's episode begins with details regarding the capture of the largest ever Burmese python found in Florida. To learn more about Florida's efforts to eradicate - or control - invasive pythons, search the archives for our pythons episode. A new movie about Elvis Presley hit theatres this weekend. Our guest is Bob Kealing, author of "Elvis Ignited: The Rise of an Icon in Florida" which details Elvis' time in Florida including the critical period between 1955 and 1956 where a young Elvis...
Episode 105: John Muir in Florida
June 21, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBThe focus of this week's episode, John Muir, was well-known for getting outside. Taking long walks. Communing with nature. In a recent column, Craig Pittman encouraged state education officials and teachers to get kids in Florida outside, introduce them to the natural places around this state so they can better understand them, more deeply care about them, and, ultimately, more passionately protect them. One of the fathers of the conservation movement, John Muir, set out on a nearly 1,000 m...
Episode 104: Florida's literary history
June 14, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBFitting for this week's episode, Craig's latest article for Flamingo Magazine centers on a fiction writer highlighting Apalachicola. Our guest is Florida historian and author Jim Clark whose latest book details Florida's astonishing literary history which dates back to the 1500s and includes Earnest Hemmingway, Robert Frost, Tennessee Williams, Zora Neale Hurston, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, John Grisham, Michael Patterson, Carl Hiasson and countless others....
Episode 103: Watergate's surprising connections to Florida
June 14, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBWith the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in upon us - an event which would lead to a fundamental change in American politics, society and media - we take a look at the numerous and surprising ways in which the Watergate scandal connects to Florida. Helping us do so is Garrett M. Graff, author of a new book released in 2022 sharing the full story of Watergate which goes back much further than the break-in. "Welcome to Florida," as always, is presented by Visit Sarasota. Start planni...
Episode 102: Tarpon Springs Greek culture
June 07, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBWhat "resiliency" and Florida's fight against rising sea levels and climate change means to you and what it means to Ron DeSantis are likely two very different things. Craig examined the governor's narrow, contractor-first approach to "resiliency" in a recent column. Our guest today is Panayotis (Paddy) League, Assistant Professor of Musicology and Director of the Center for Music of the Americas at the Florida State University School of Music. He specializes in the traditional music of the...
Episode 101: The 1928 Hurricane
May 31, 2022 04:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBYes, Florida has black bears, and yes, people are the greatest threat to their survival. We begin this week's episode with Craig Pittman's latest column which digs into bears, and bear poaching, in Florida. With hurricane season starting June 1, our guest this week is Eliot Kleinberg, author of "Black Cloud: The Great Florida Hurricane of 1928." The 1928 "Okeechobee Hurricane" remains the deadliest storm in Florida history... and little known about. "Welcome to Florida" is presented by Vis...
BONUS EPISODE: Welcome to Sarasota! (Summer Preview)
May 26, 2022 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBSummer may be the off season for tourists in Sarasota, but that doesn't mean there isn't a great deal to see and do. The Summer season in Sarasota begins with Savor Sarasota restaurant week were the county's best restaurants showcase their most adventurous items at deeply discounted prices. All of the restaurants, attractions, activities and events mentioned in this episode can be found at VisitSarasota.com, the best place to start planning your next getaway.
Episode 100: Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids
May 24, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBFor our 100th episode of "Welcome to Florida" we finally discuss perhaps the most Florida thing of all, the Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids. Now a state park, Weeki Wachee Springs has a colorful history we learn all about from one of the very first class of mermaids at the park, Mary Fletcher, and mermaid historian and author, Lu Vickers. This week's episode is presented by Visit Sarasota where Marie Selby Gardens is making history with an upcoming Patti Smith artist in residency. Birds of a...
Episode 99: Florida's lost communities
May 17, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBAs much as Florida is recognized nationally and internationally for our tourist attractions and cities - Disney, Universal, Miami, Orlando - an equally important, and increasingly imperiled part of the state is rural, natural, farmland and small towns. That part of Florida is our focus this week. Our guests are Bridget Bihm-Manuel, Collections Coordinator for Florida History, and Hank Young, Principal Cataloger, at the Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. The two recently wrappe...
Episode 98: Musician Del Suggs and the Florida Folk Festival
May 10, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBThis week's episode begins with the love/hate relationship present day Florida inspires. The 70th annual Florida Folk Festival takes place this Memorial Day at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs. Panama City Beach native Del Suggs has been performing at the Festival for almost 40 years and visiting longer than that. We discuss Florida folk music, Jimmy Buffett the festival and how it's changed over the years. "Welcome to Florida" is sponsored by Visit Saraso...
Episode 97: Tampa Bay Skyway Bridge disaster
May 03, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBThe 2022 season of "Welcome to Florida" has been about uncovering forgotten stories. We continue today as the anniversary of the Tampa Bay Skyway Bridge collapses approaches. On May 9, 1980, a container ship was blown off course by a freak weather system and into a piling of the Tampa Skyway Bridge. The collision caused a span of the bridge to collapse, sending 35 travelers over the edge and to their death below. Bill DeYoung wrote the definitive book on the tragedy, "Skyway: The True Story...
Episode 96: Early Cuban Exiles
April 26, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBCraig got into with the governor and his press secretary on Twitter over Ron DeSantis' refusal to appoint African American candidates to the state's Water Management District Boards. Before the famous Mariel Boat Lift, 600,000 Cuban exiles immigrated to Florida following Fidel Castro's rise to power in Cuba in 1959. David Powell sought out these immigrants and allowed them to tell their stories in their own words. The result is his fascinating book "Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memorie...
Episode 95: The Ashley Gang (Florida's Bonnie & Clyde)
April 19, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBAnother week, another proposal for a new toll road tearing through a protected natural area to service a new housing development. This week's guest is Steve Carr an authority on The Ashley Gang which operated in the Palm Beach County area during the 1910s and early 20s. The Elliott Museum in Stuart recently opened a permanent exhibition detailing the exploits of The Ashley Gang with the help of Carr's collection of materials related to the group. "Welcome to Florida" is presented by VisitS...
Episode 94: Florida's Houses of Refuge
April 12, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBWe start this week's episode exposing a developer with close ties to Ron DeSantis - uncomfortably close - wanting to use his political connections to force new roads and houses in Volusia Country, right over top of a protected wetland. Our guest this week is Michael Phillips, Keeper of the House at the House of Refuge in Stuart, the last House of Refuge still standing in Florida. This week's episode is presented by Visit Sarasota where a surprising diversity of wildlife experiences await v...
Episode 93: Timucua, Mocama and rediscovering Sarabay
April 05, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBWhen developers in northeast Florida couldn't buy their candidate onto a conservation board, they conspired to do away with the boards all together, statewide. Another remarkable example of democracy rolling back in Florida. Our guest this week is University of North Florida in Jacksonville archaeologist Keith Ashley who is leading an effort to "rediscover" the Timucua/Mocama community of Sarabay on Big Talbot Island halfway between Jacksonville and Amelia Island on the Atlantic Coast. Thi...
Episode 92: Growing up gay in Florida
March 29, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBThis week's episode begins with Craig discussing a failure on behalf of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to do its job and protect our springs. Our guest is Florida author Tyler Gillespie who's 2021 book, "The Thing About Florida," attempts to answer that unanswerable question: "What's with Florida?" Gillespie is gay and grew up in the Southern Baptist Church in Pinellas County; we discuss his writing, "don't say gay," and growing up gay in Florida. "Welcome to Florida" i...
Episode 91: Florida Supreme Court (Scandal to Bush v. Gore)
March 22, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBOur episode begins with a takedown by Craig Pittman of the Governor and state legislature for their inaction on protecting manatee. Our guest is recently retired Florida Supreme Court Director of Communications Craig Waters. Waters was the public spokesperson for the Court during its most high profile cases including the recount of 2000 presidential election. Follow the Florida Supreme Court on Facebook and Twitter. This week's show is presented by Visit Sarasota. Soak up the sun along S...
Episode 90: May Mann Jennings (How Royal Palm State Park became Everglades Nat'l Park)
March 15, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBThis week's episode begins with a look at the political forces manipulating the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and how Trump Administration minions nearly cost the Key Deer its protection under the Endangered Species Act. Our guest this week is Mary Powell, former president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, a national organization, and currently an official with General Federation of Women's Clubs - Florida Federation of Women's Clubs. Mary will tell us all about May Mann Jennings...
Episode 89: Cozy Florida Mysteries
March 08, 2022 12:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBThis week's episode begins with a success in the battle of conservation vs. development in Florida and a blueprint for how to do the same in your area. Our guest this week is Raquel V. Reyes, author of the Miami-based cozy mystery "Mango, Mambo and Murder (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery)." We talk to Raquel about the popularity of the "cozy" genre, how her writing is shaking up the genre, and what she loves most about Miami. This week's episode of "Welcome to Florida" is presented by Visit Sa...
Episode 88: Bald eagles
March 01, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBThe most dangerous time of the year in Florida is whenever the state legislature is meeting. More proof of this came recently with a bomb tossed into years of careful planning for Everglades restoration by the Senate president who is bought and paid for by Big Sugar. Craig Pittman explains. Our guest this week is Jack Davis who joined the show about a year ago to discuss his Pulitzer Prize winning book about the Gulf of Mexico. Look through the archives for that one which is a favorite. Hi...
Episode 87: William Bartram and the St. Johns River
February 22, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBThis week's episode begins with the disturbing news that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has marked a Florida panther for death or capture after the complaint of one rancher. Our guest is Sam Carr, president of the Bartram Society of Florida. William Bartram was a British naturalist who explored northeast Florida, and much of what became the southeastern United States, in the late 1700s. The Bartram Society of Florida is working to establish "Bartram Trails" throughout the state...
Episode 87: William Bartram and the St. John's River
February 22, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBThis week's episode begins with the disturbing news that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has marked a Florida panther for death or capture after the complaint of one rancher. Our guest is Sam Carr, president of the Bartram Society of Florida. William Bartram was a British naturalist who explored northeast Florida, and much of what became the southeastern United States, in the late 1700s. The Bartram Society of Florida is working to establish "Bartram Trails" throughout the state...
Episode 86: The Amazing Life of Stetson Kennedy
February 15, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBThe humanitarians in the Florida legislature are again providing more relief to the state's struggling and needy developers - sarcasm intended - now seeking to make it easier for developers to displace gopher tortoises. That's where we begin this week's show. Search the "Welcome to Florida" for an entire episode devoted to gopher tortoise. Our guest is Peggy Bulger, author of "Stetson Kennedy: Applied Folklore and Cultural Advocacy," a biography of one of Florida's most interesting, if litt...
Episode 85: Horseshoe Crabs
February 08, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThis week's episode begins with threats to Florida's most famous and mysterious flower, the ghost orchid. Our guest is Berlynna Heres, statewide coordinator for the Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch. We learn all about this prehistoric creature and its essential role to human health during this conversation. If you'd like to volunteer with the Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch, click here. "Welcome to Florida" is presented by Visit Sarasota and on this episode we discuss just a couple of the more p...
Episode 84: Pirates!
February 01, 2022 12:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBDisaster was predicted when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection was given oversight of wetland development permits in state, taking that responsibility from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Disaster has occurred. That's where we begin this week's episode. Our guest is Matthew Frick, curator at the St. Augustine Pirate and Treasure Museum. Matthew is a pirate historian who tells us all about piracy off the coast of Florida, with an emphasis on St. Augustine. This ...
Episode 83: Wildflowers
January 25, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBManatees in Florida are dying in record numbers from starvation due to a decrease in the seagrass beds on which they feed. Republicans in the state legislature want to make it easier for developers to destroy those beds. That's where we begin the show. This week's guest is Florida wildflower expert Craig Huegel. In this episode we mention: Craig Huegel's wildflower books which you can find here. Craig Huegel's wildflower blog. Criag Huegel's landscaping blog. Florida Wildflower Cooperat...
Episode 82: Florida's state parks
January 18, 2022 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week's episode begins with a multi-hundred million dollar theft committed by the Florida state legislature. Our guest is recently retired director of the Florida State Parks Eric Draper. Craig Pittman recently featured Draper in his Florida Phoenix column and the threat climate change presents the parks. We discuss our favorite parks, other challenges facing the system and how the parks are funded. If you're interested in helping out at a state park in your area, there are numerous "f...
Episode 81: Florida Soul music
January 11, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBThis week's episode begins with a chilling disaster from Florida's environmental history and hopes for long overdue resolution. Our guest is John Capouya, author of "Florida Soul: From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band." Florida has a surprisingly robust history of Soul Music which we discuss. "Welcome to Florida" is presented by Visit Sarasota. For Soul Music in Sarasota, check out the calendar of events at the Van Wezel performing arts hall. Congratulations to Sarasota County's ...
Episode 80: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Lakeland
January 04, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBThis week's episode begins with a hippo, and Craig's recent column on the outgoing head of Florida's State Parks. Our guest is Jack Coffey who leads the tours and educational programming for Florida Southern College's Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center in Lakeland. How did the famed architect end up in Central Florida? Let's find out. Birds of a Feather Talk Together A podcast all about birds. Two bird experts, John Bates and Shannon Hackett, educate... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Episode 79: Dolphins
December 28, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week's episode begins with our annual holiday tradition: Craig Pittman's favorite wacky headlines from the year gone by across Florida. Our guest this week is dolphin researcher Randy Wells who works for the Chicago Zoological Society out of offices in Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota. Randy has been studying dolphins in and around Sarasota for over 50 years! Craig and Randy go way back as he has written about Randy's work previously. "Welcome to Florida" is presented by Visit Sar...
Episode 78: Oranges!
December 21, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBThis week's episode begins with foolishness from the governor in the state's efforts to combat climate change where he's more concerned about "left wing stuff." Our guest this week is Erin Thursby, author of "Florida Oranges: A Colorful History." From the Spanish colonizers through the Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Ku Klux Klan, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Bing Crosby and citrus greening, we discuss the enormous impact oranges have had on Florida.
Episode 77: Florida's Sunshine Law
December 14, 2021 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week's episode begins with Craig Pittman telling us how the CIA took over Sanibel Island! Our guest this week is Pamela Marsh, executive director of the First Amendment Foundation in Tallahassee, a non-profit group working to secure and enforce open government in the state of Florida. Our topic this week is the state's Sunshine Law which requires official government meetings be open to the public. In the episode, we mention a story from Madeira Beach you can read more about here, and ...
Episode 77: Florida's Sunshine Laws
December 14, 2021 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week's episode begins with Craig Pittman telling us how the CIA took over Sanibel Island! Our guest this week is Pamela Marsh, executive director of the First Amendment Foundation in Tallahassee, a non-profit group working to secure and enforce open government in the state of Florida. Our topic this week is the state's Sunshine Law which requires official government meetings be open to the public. In the episode, we mention a story from Medeira Beach you can read more about here, and ...
Episode 76: Voting Rights with Desmond Meade
December 07, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week's episode begins with discussion on a potentially unprecedented effort to sustain manatee populations through Florida's winter months. Our guest is civil rights activist Desmond Meade. Meade spearheaded the effort to restore voting rights to felons in Florida, an effort which resulted in the passage of Amendment 4 in 2018, restoring voting rights to some 1.5 million Florida residents. Meade is the author of "Let My People Vote: My Battle to Restore the Civil Rights of Returning ...
BONUS EPISODE: Welcome to Sarasota! (Winter Preview)
November 30, 2021 12:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBNate Sweetman from VisitSarasota.com rejoins us to discuss the top winter and holiday events and activities to enjoy in Sarasota County. We discussed: St. Armond's Circle Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Selby Gardens The Ringling The Celery Fields MLB Spring Training Sarasota's architectural history Sarasota Trolly Tours
Episode 75: Pensacola Punkhouse
November 23, 2021 12:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBIf you thought the "Roads to Ruin" were dead, think again. This week's episode begins with Craig's fabulous column from the Florida Phoenix which alerts us to how the Florida Department of Transportation, at the behest of developers and the road construction industry, wants to force another unwanted, unneeded, expensive turnpike extension in north Florida. As background to this story, an explanation of how roads can be racist. This week's guest is Scott Satterwhite, author of "A Punkhouse i...
Episode 74: Butterflies
November 16, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBThis week's episode begins by discussing how Florida's lack of a clean energy plan is costing the state federal infrastructure dollars. Our guest is Dr. Jaret Daniels who leads the lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) research efforts at the University of Florida. Daniels' team can be found working at the world's most prestigious lepidoptera research facility in the world, the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity inside the Florida Museum of Natural History on the UF campus in Gaines...
Episode 73: Florida novelist Tim Dorsey
November 09, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBThis week's episode begins with a conversation about a state law little-known to the public that further stacks the deck against conservation and sustainable growth in Florida in favor of developers. Meet Bert Harris. Our guest this week is Florida author Tim Dorsey. Tim will soon have his 25th novel in a series of wacky crime thrillers about a Florida-obsessed serial killer, Serge A. Storms, that use outlandish humor to pass along tidbits about the state's history and culture. Tim will be ...
Episode 72: Florida legal thrillers with James Grippando
November 02, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBThis week's episode begins with cowboy Craig telling us about a recent trip to a Florida ranch he took as well as introducing us to a new Florida acronym: earwig. This week's guest is part of the annual Miami Book Fair, author James Grippando whose written almost 30 novels, 17 of which focus on the adventures Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck. Grippando is a practicing attorney and professor at the University of Miami. "Welcome to Florida" is presented by VisitSarasota.com. From ...
Episode 71: Perversion of Justice - the Jeffrey Epstein story
October 26, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBThis week's episode begins with some Florida myth-busting from Craig Pittman. Our guest is author and Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie Brown. Brown's book "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story" helped bring some measure of accountability to Palm Beach resident Jeffrey Epstein following his years' long, worldwide sex trafficking ring which saw him rape dozens of underage girls. Brown continues to report on the case and ongoing legal proceedings for the Herald. Find her ...
Episode 70: Disney World
October 19, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBWith Halloween around the corner, we begin with a truly scary story: Giant African Land Snails. Our guest this week is Richard Foglesong, author of the definitive history on Disney coming to Florida, "Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando." If Disney World isn't your particular cup of tea, how about Sarasota? With one of Florida's largest and oldest state parks, a pair of wonderful art museums, leading research facilities open to the public for botany and marine life, plus sh...
Episode 69: Celebration, Disney and Florida's Housing Crisis
October 12, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBThis week's episode begins with more reasons to support the removal of Kirkpatrick Dam and a return to a free-flowing Ocklawaha River. Time is running out for you to voice your opinion to the St. John's Water Management District in favor of removing the dam and supporting the river. The comment period closes October 22, 2021. CLICK THIS LINK TO SUPPORT THE RIVER. Our guest this week is Andrew Ross who's followed up his 1999 book about Celebration, Florida, "The Celebration Chronicles: Life...
Episode 68: Free the Ocklawaha!
October 05, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week's episode begins with Craig taking us to South Florida where Ron DeSantis has contradicted himself on the subject of Everglades restoration. Our guest this week is Jennifer Carr, president of Florida Defenders of the Environment, and granddaughter of Marjorie Harris Carr and Archie Carr, two of Florida's greatest conservationists. Marjorie stopped the Cross Florida Barge Canal while Archie was a powerful advocate for sea turtles. Jennifer joins us to discuss the movement to remov...
BONUS EPISODE: Welcome to Sarasota! (Fall Preview)
September 30, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBDuring this BONUS EPISODE of "Welcome to Florida" we learn all about the various activities available to visitors of Sarasota this fall from arts markets and eco-tours, to dining, art exhibitions and water sports. One of Florida's largest state parks, great apple pie, and the state's only Amish community welcome guests to Sarasota County for outdoor recreation, shopping, history, culture and more. You can learn about what Sarasota area has to offer by visiting its tourism website.
BONUS EPISODE: Welcome to Sarasota!
September 30, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBDuring this BONUS EPISODE of "Welcome to Florida" we learn all about the various activities available to visitors of Sarasota this fall from arts markets and eco-tours, to dining, art exhibitions and water sports. One of Florida's largest state parks, great apple pie, and the state's only Amish community welcome guests to Sarasota County for outdoor recreation, shopping, history, culture and more. You can learn about what Sarasota area has to offer by visiting its tourism website.
Episode 67: Iguana Invasion!
September 28, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBThis week's episode begins with good news on the conservation front and increasing numbers of a once critically endangered Florida butterfly. Our guest this week is Tom Portuallo, founder and CEO of Iguana Control. Tom has spent more than a decade removing invasive iguana from South Florida homes and yards. The best action you can take for Florida today is raising your voice in support of removing the Kirkpatrick Dam and allowing the Ocklawaha River to again flow freely, restoring thousand...
Episode 66: Craig Pittman 'The State You're In'
September 21, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBThis week's episode is devoted to Craig Pittman's new non-fiction book, "The State You're In: Florida Men, Florida Women, and other Wildlife." Joining Chadd Scott this week to talk to Craig about the book is environmental journalist and author of The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans. Also: Mirage; Blue Revolution; and Rain: A Natural and Cultural History, long-listed for the National Book Award. Cynthia was our guest on "Welcome to Florida" episode #55 all about her ...
Episode 65: Sinkholes!
September 14, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBThese week's episode begins with an update on efforts to save the Florida Reef - North America's only coral reef - and how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has habitually damaged the resource. Our topic this week is sinkholes and we're joined by USF researcher Philip van Beynan to learn all about them.
Episode 64: Gopher tortoise
September 07, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBThis week's episode begins with a familiar topic: the dangers of phosphate mining in Florida. Our guest is gopher tortoise biologist George Heinrich. If you'd like to do more to support gopher tortoise, look into the Gopher Tortoise Council.