Florida historian Robert A. Taylor discusses his article A Salty Story.  The story chronicles the rise of Confederate Florida's profitable salt mining industry in the midst of the Civil War.

Robert A. Taylor is a professor of history and the dean of the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts at the Florida Institute of Technology. He has edited, co-edited, authored and co-authored eight books — many of which focus on Florida’s role in the Civil War.

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Journalist, professor and environmentalist Leslie Poole discusses her feature story: To Preserve and Protect — a snapshot of the crossroads Florida's environment is currently facing.

Leslie Poole is an associate professor of environmental studies at Rollins College in Winter Park. She’s a fourth-generation Floridian who focuses her research on how grassroots activists, particularly women, have fought to save the state’s natural beauty and resources.

Keep an eye out for Leslie's latest book, Tracing Florida Journeys: Explorers, Travelers and Landscapes Then and Now. It will be co-published by the University Press of Florida and Florida Humanities and released in Spring 2024.

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Welcome to FORUM: Beyond the Pages, a new podcast from Florida Humanities. Each episode will take listeners behind the scenes of the award-winning magazine, FORUM, and speak to the writers who bring some of the most fascinating Florida topics to life.

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