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This week, Early Florida scholar Dr. Thomas Hallock joins the podcast to talk about getting "the story about the story" and how travelers can see Florida like its first Euro-Explorers did. 

Read Tom's blog about exploring Florida here, and pre-order his book here.

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Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com.

Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee).

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Dave Scheidecker, the historic archaeologist for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, joins the podcast this week to talk about what his work with the Tribe involves, myths surrounding the Tribe, and how Florida itself helped the Seminoles remain unconquered. 

We look forward to having Dave back on the podcast to talk more about Polly Parker, Egmont Key's concentration camp, and other Tribal history.

Links we mentioned:

"We Come For Good" – The Seminole Tribe of Florida's story of archaeology and tribal preservation: upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813062280

Seminole Tribe of Florida newspaper: seminoletribune.org

Seminole Tribe of Florida website: semtribe.com

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum: ahtahthiki.com

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum blog: ahtahthiki.wordpress.com

Support the show

Question or comment? Email us at [email protected].

Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com.

Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee).

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Today we welcome Brad Bertelli, curator of the Keys History and Discovery Center in Islamorada, Florida. This Keys historian talks about piracy in the Florida Keys – or lack thereof, we touch on the only ghost island in the Keys, and tell you about a forthcoming book about the Skunk Ape (#Believe.)

Links from the podcast: 

fb.com/FloridaKeysHistoryAndDiscoveryFoundation

Twitter: @keyshistory

Instagram @flkeyshistorydiscovery

Skunk Ape Twitter: @skunkapesociety

bradbertelli.com

The Florida Keys: Skunk Ape Files: bradbertelli.com/southernmost-skunk-ape-society/

Find Brad's books about snorkeling the Florida Keys at upf.com, books about Keys history at arcadiapublishing.com, and books about Bloodline and the Skunk Ape at phantompress.com.

Support the show

Question or comment? Email us at [email protected].

Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com.

Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee).

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Florida author Craig Pittman joins Cathy to talk about his unique view on what makes Florida special. Find out what Hog and Hominy Road, a phoenix, and Cobragator have to do with making Florida spectacular.

Links we mentioned:

Craig's newsletter.

"Welcome to Florida" podcast.

The Florida Phoenix

Craig's books:

Cat Tale

Oh, Florida!

The Scent of Scandal

Paving Paradise

Manatee Insanity

Read about Cathy's first book, Backroads of Paradise, in the New York Times and get a copy here.

Subscribe to the Florida Spectacular Newsletter here.

Support the show

Question or comment? Email us at [email protected].

Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com.

Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee).

NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions!

Florida author Cathy Salustri introduces you to the "Florida Spectacular" podcast.

Find Cathy on line at: http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/.

Support the show

Question or comment? Email us at [email protected].

Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com.

Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee).

NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!