The most fearsome pirate for intents and purposes of his age was Sir Frances Drake. His 1586 raid on St Augustine destroyed the town and was a big moment in the Anglo-Spanish War which was based around religion.

Dominique de Gourgues leads a French attack on Spanish Florida in 1568- the start of an era of piracy against Spanish Florida.

The French settlement of La Caroline posses a threat to Spanish hegemony.

We introduce new series on piracy and treasure fleets covering the time from 1513 through about 1750.

A new season of the Florida History Podcast is on the way starting soon!

We speak this week with Eric Romo, an Architectural Historian who has produced an incredible short film on some of the key historic sites of Old Florida.

George Washington never visited Florida but he had an obsession with the military value of St Augustine for the British.

Ahead of the July 4 holiday and all the commemorations of the 250th Anniversary of the United States we remind folks that Florida stayed loyal to the crown during the Revolution and feature a few key figures in that pro-British sentiment.

Florida has a long history of Anti-Catholicism which we break down in this episode.

We discuss the history of the Voting Rights Act in Florida - what Florida was like for African-American voting rights before 1965 and all the incremental progress and eventual decline since the initial passage in 1965.