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We cracked open the November third sample ballot and ran every item through the Palm and Pine wringer — tongue firmly in cheek, zero real endorsements except the two that mattered: yes on Amendment three, and a full-throated yes to Cracker Johnson of Levy County. Then we sat down with Jacob Rockwell, Escambia County’s most stubborn man. He got a red-light camera ticket for running a light in downtown Pensacola — except he was in Alabama when it happened. He refused to pay, the fine ballooned from one hundred fifty-eight bucks to two grand, and it’s now climbing from magistrate court to appellate court. His town-hall rant went viral with ten million views, Fox News came calling, and now he’s reached the absolute summit of media: us. We talked cameras, courts, and what it costs to tell a surveillance state no.

@EscambiaFLMan

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In this episode of the Palm and Pine Podcast, we sit down with Levy County Undersheriff Brett Beauchamp and Lieutenant Adam Hiers for a wide-ranging conversation about crime in Levy County and what residents should be watching for right now. We dig into what’s happening inside the sheriff’s department, the role of Flock cameras in law enforcement, and Florida’s open carry and constitutional carry laws.

We also talk about the Florida Sheriffs Association and the important work it funds through the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, which help troubled kids and teens turn their lives around. If you want to support that mission, we encourage you to join the Florida Sheriffs Association today.

If you live in or care about Levy County, this is one you won’t want to miss.

https://levyso.com/

Levy Sheriff’s Office Phone Non emergency- (352) 486-5111

Levy Sheriff’s Office Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064590080956

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In this episode, we sit down with Judge Frank Shepherd — retired Chief Judge of Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal, former Reagan EPA enforcement official, and founder of the Florida Legal Foundation — for a deep conversation about what it means to be an American and a free citizen.

Judge Shepherd walks us through the philosophy of the sovereign individual: personal rights, private property as the foundation of liberty, and why a government that can take your land can take everything else. He shares real examples of litigation he’s been part of — and is still fighting — where Florida property owners are blocked from building their own homes by zoning rules that drive construction costs through the roof.

From the courtroom to the courthouse steps, this is a conversation about freedom, property, and the fight to keep Florida buildable.

https://www.floridalegalfoundation.org/

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Kenny "Speedy"  Raulerson, founder of the Lower Withlacoochee Waterkeepers — sits down with Palm and Pine to talk about the river he now protects. Before the stewardship, there was the outlaw years: the casino ship heist where he walked off with the safe, the America’s Most Wanted feature, and the HBO documentary that made him a Florida Man legend.

But this episode is about the water. Speedy takes us through the history of the Cross Florida Barge Canal and Lake Rousseau, and the story of Wacasassa Bay — once one of Florida’s most productive oyster estuaries, now completely gone. It’s a conversation about redemption, rivers, and what it takes to fight for a place after you’ve spent a lifetime fighting everything else.

https://www.amazon.com/Cursed-Birth-Halloween-Night-American/dp/B0G48R968D

https://lowerwithlacoocheeriverkeeper.org/

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Elder C.J. Harris returns to Palm and Pine for a deep dive into the Primitive Baptist Church in the South — and the critical differences that set it apart from the Southern Baptist Church. We get into the rapture, Zionism, missionary work, Sunday schools, and more. C.J. brings the perspective of a man who’s lived and preached inside this tradition, and the conversation gets honest about where the two churches split and why it still matters today.

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This week we launch a new Patreon perk: Florida Wildlife Weekly, a Sunday-morning newsletter that recaps the week in Florida wildlife — sightings, rescues, oddities, and the stories that didn’t make the nightly news.

Then Professor Barlow digs into a breaking hustle aimed at Florida hunters: a Georgia man selling “can’t-miss” deer leases that don’t exist. The only thing real is the deposit walking out the door.

Steve closes with a classic Florida Woman story — the kind that starts with a breakup and ends with a reminder of what a scorned Florida woman can do.

Stay thirsty for the weird, the wild, and the weekly.

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Craig Pittman has spent forty years explaining Florida to itself, and he still thinks the punchline is only half the story.

The Pensacola-born reporter put in thirty-one years at the Tampa Bay Times, then took his beat to the Florida Phoenix. He is the author of seven Florida books, including the New York Times bestseller Oh, Florida!: How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country, plus Cat Tale, Paving Paradise, and the 2025 collection Welcome to Florida. On this episode of Palm & Pine we talk about the book that made his case, the wetlands and wildlife underneath the jokes, and why he still calls this the most interesting state in the country.

Craig Pittman: https://www.craigpittman.com
 Florida Phoenix columns: https://floridaphoenix.com/author/craig-pittman/
 Welcome to Florida podcast: https://welcometoflorida.buzzsprout.com
 Oh, Florida! newsletter: https://www.craigpittman.com

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Peak hurricane season is here, and this episode of Palm & Pine goes past the usual “buy water and batteries” list.

Meteorologist Rachael Gauthier spent more than a decade reporting from storms after the damage was done. She now works at the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, the lab that puts full-size houses in a Category 3 wind tunnel to see what actually fails. We talk about roofs and loose shingles, garage doors, carports, manufactured homes and tie-downs, and the prep that matters before the forecast cone ever appears.

IBHS: https://ibhs.org

Disaster Discussions podcast: https://ibhs.org/disaster-discussions-podcast/

IBHS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IBHS_org

FORTIFIED Home: https://fortifiedhome.org

Practical storm guides: https://disastersafety.org

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We open this episode of Palm & Pine with a crazy story and of course Florida news items and announcements, then sit down with writer and road-tripper Cathy Salustri.

Cathy is a self-described militant Floridian: author of Backroads of Paradise and Florida Spectacular, co-host of the Florida Spectacular podcast, and publisher of Gulfport’s weekly paper, The Gabber. We talk about how she came to spend a life explaining this state, what she finds when she leaves the interstate, and why Florida is more than theme parks and punchlines.

A conversation about travel, history, small towns, and the Florida that does not make the brochure.

https://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/

https://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy/

https://thegabber.com/

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On this episode of the Palm & Pine Podcast, we sit down with Etienne de la Boetie², founder of the Art of Liberty Foundation and an internationally recognized author, speaker, and researcher. Etienne has spent years documenting what he calls inter-generational organized crime’s use of “government,” monopoly media, and academia as tools of control, indoctrination, and extraction.

We dig into the core ideas behind his books “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! and To See the Cage Is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many, explore voluntaryist and free-market alternatives to coercive systems, and discuss practical ways everyday people can see the cage—and walk out of it. From the hidden curriculum in schools to the psychology of Statism, this conversation cuts through the noise and points toward genuine liberty grounded in voluntary interaction.

Whether you’re a longtime liberty advocate or just starting to question the official narratives, Etienne brings a clear, research-driven perspective that challenges assumptions and offers a constructive path forward.

Art of Liberty Foundation: https://artofliberty.org/
Etienne de la Boetie² bio & work: https://artofliberty.org/etienne-de-la-boetie2/
All key links (books, Substack, social, store): https://linktr.ee/ArtOfLiberty

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