Wait Five Minutes

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Wait Five Minutes: The Floridian Podcast is about the curious stories and cultural changes sweeping through the Sunshine State. Join us every Monday for an informative and charming look into an issue ... more

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The podcast currently has 324 episodes available.

Wait Five Minutes episodes:

March 01, 2021 The Shop of Lost Books
Many Florida books have been lost to time. In a tiny shop on the Atlantic Coast, one family has spent the last several decades saving these books from the brink of extinction.
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Thank you to Julie Alexander for her time and assistance! Find out more about her shop right here!

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Zora Neale Hurston
Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Songs
Peaceful Morning
Smuggler
Blackbird
Love After Midnight
Good Thoughts
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30min
February 22, 2021 Our Bald Eagles
Outside of Alaska, the state of Florida is home to one of the densest populations of nesting bald eagles in the United States. There was once a time, however, when we almost lost our eagles. Today, everyday Floridians keep them safe.
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Thank you to Shawnlei Breeding for all of her help! Learn more about EagleWatch right here.

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Greens and Cranes
FLORIDIANS - Laura VonMutius

Songs
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Flower Meadow Marriage
Traveling Horse
Peaceful Morning
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29min
February 15, 2021 The Big Sombrero
On one night in 1991, the whole world had their eyes focused on the Tampa Stadium. What followed was fear, excitement, patriotism, and one of the most famous Super Bowl endings in all of football history.
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Watch Whitney Houston's National Anthem performance here!

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The Unbeatable Dolphins
The Early Years of (Orlando) Magic

Songs
Speedy Delta
Madness is Everywhere
Hey Go
Work Wonders
Love After Midnight
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28min
February 12, 2021 BONUS: A Walk in the Sanford Museum
In this bonus episode, we take a walk through the Sanford Museum with their curator, Brigitte Stephenson, as we discuss all of the figures who passed through this town, from the founder's family to Zora Neale Hurston, from TV magicians to world-famous boxing coaches.
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Thank you so much to Brigitte Stephenson and the Sanford Museum for all of their help! Check out the Museum and plan a visit here!

Songs
Blackbird
Traveling to Lousiana
Arround the Village
Indian Summer
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21min
February 08, 2021 The 100th Episode: The Story of Sanford
Content Warning: This episode briefly discusses racial violence.

For the 100th episode of Wait Five Minutes, we explore the vibrant and complicated history of Sanford, one of the most important cities in Central Florida, where Florida's history can be painted with broad strokes through the story of just one town.
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Thank you so much to Brigitte Stephenson and the Sanford Museum for all of their help! Check out the Museum and plan a visit here!

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Jackie Robinson's First Game
FLAGLER - Chapter 2: The Iron Frontier

Songs
Good Thoughts
Arround the Lake
Flower Meadow Marriage
Traveling Horse
Piano Parapentes
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32min
February 01, 2021 The Fourteenth Colony
While the War for Independence raged in New England, the duel colonies of East and West Florida were caught in the middle. With Spain looking to take back land, and a band of marauders making their way down the Mississippi River, the land that would be Florida braced for the oncoming storm.
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Thank you to Mike Bunn for all of his help in bringing this episode to life! Read Mike's book right here! Check out Historic Blakely State Park here!

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The Shape of Florida
Florida's Flag

Songs
Snowfalls
Madness is Everywhere
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Work Wonders
Peaceful Morning
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34min
January 25, 2021 Season 6 Prologue: The Lonely Statue
Between towns, on a strip highway along the Atlantic Coast, a lonely statue denotes one of the most significant events in Florida history. That is if you can find it.
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Read more about GTM Reserve and their work right here!

Songs
Work Wonders
Blackbird
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9min
December 18, 2020 The 2020 Holiday Special
In our first annual Wait Five Minutes Holiday Special, we are joined by past guests to share tales of iguanas, oranges, massive decorations, freak snowstorms, and holiday miracles.
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See what's happening at Zoo Miami
Get involved at the Orange County Regional History Center
Pick up your copy of Cat Tale by Craig Pittman
Follow Gabrielle's work at the Tampa Bay Times

Songs
Things You Never Known
Frozen Creek
Springtime
Traveling Horse
Piano Parapentes
Peaceful Morning
Good Thoughts
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36min
December 14, 2020 Pork Chop Gang, Part Two: THE SCARES
Content Warning: This episode includes conversations about racism and homophobia, and a brief mention of suicide.

For eleven years, the Johns Committee perpetuated a reign of terror across the state of Florida. With the Red Scare and the Lavender Scare, the lives of thousands of Floridians were affected, just as McCarthyism and segregation were dying out across the country.
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Thank you so much to Seth Weitz, PhD, for all of his help in creating this episode! Read the book Seth edited here! Read Seth's paper on the Pork Chop Gang here!

Thank you so much to Brian Fehler, PhD, for all of his help in creating this episode! Read Brian’s article on the Purple Pamphlet right here!

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Orange Bird
Reubin the Good

Songs
Piano Parapentes
Smuggler
Arround the Village
Easy Night
Desert Ghost Town
Peaceful Morning
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35min
December 07, 2020 Pork Chop Gang, Part One: POWER BLOC
For nearly twenty years, a group of conservative Democrats ruled Florida's legislature with impunity. When segregation began to end in 1954, the group rallied their allies and power in order to survive, only to find enemies around every corner.
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Thank you so much to Seth Weitz, PhD, for all of his help in creating this episode! Read the book Seth edited here! Read Seth's paper on the Pork Chop Gang here!

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Reubin the Good
The Election of 1966

Songs
Work Wonders
You Get The Blues
Desert Ghost Town
Speedy Delta
Streelight Silent Film
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32min

FAQs about Wait Five Minutes:

How many episodes does Wait Five Minutes have?

The podcast currently has 324 episodes available.

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