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The Florida State Legislature has just passed a bill that has been widely dubbed by critics as homophobic and baseless. It is the next chapter in a repeated story of anti-gay movements in Florida's history.

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Thank you to Brian Fehler for his permission to reuse our interview. Read his article about the Purple Pamphlet here. 

Sources for the episode:

The Trevor Project Condemns Florida “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Targeting LGBTQ Students

Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill passed, headed to DeSantis amid student protests - Tampa Bay Times

‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passes in Florida, goes to governor - AP News

Florida Just Passed The "Don't Say Gay" Bill. Here’s What It Means for Kids - Time

‘Gay is not a permanent thing’: Legislature passes bill to restrict LGBTQ topics in elementary schools - Florida Politics

DeSantis' press secretary says bill critics dubbed 'Don't Say Gay' could be called 'Anti-Grooming' - WTSP

Press secretary Christina Pushaw: ‘It was my personal account and I was tweeting off work hours’ - Florida Politics

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Barbara Howar Confronts Anita Bryant In 1977 Interview!

Pat Rocco: Harvey Milk speech in Los Angeles (1978)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks Don't Say Gay bill

This week, Lilly Anderson-Messec, the Director of North Florida Programs for the Florida Native Plant Society, takes us on a hike through the North Florida woods. We're looking for the Florida Torreya, a functionally extinct tree in need of our help.

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Read more about the TorreyaKeepers here!

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Listen to our first episode about the Florida Torreya here!

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In 1992, a man named Chuck Faulkner discovered almost two hundred paintings by a relatively unknown Florida painter named Harry Sonntag. That was just the beginning of an adventure still unfolding today. 

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Thank you to Chuck Faulkner for all of his assistance in retelling this story for the episode! Read more of Chuck's story here!

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In her book, Mules and Men, Zora Neale Hurston catalogues the folk stories, songs, ritual and practices of Black Americans in the 1920s. How she wrote the book - her travels, her partners, and her failings - layer in the story to detail a fascinating chapter in the author's life.

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Read more from Zora Neale Hurston here!

Read Wrapped in Rainbows by Valerie Boyd here!

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The recording of Zora Neale Hurston is from the Library of Congress and does not belong to Nicholas D'Alessandro or Wait Five Minutes. The credit of the song goes to the following:

Herbert Halpert 1939 Southern States Recording Expedition (AFC 1939/005) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

On the morning of Valentine's Day, 1929, seven mobsters were murdered in the streets of Chicago. Al Capone, the man who coordinated the massacre was in the town he had called his vacation home: Miami, Florida. 

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Thank you so much to Geoff Schumacher from the Mob Museum for all of your assistance! Check out more from the Mob Museum here!

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127 years ago to the day, the sun set in Florida and so did the temperature. A freeze swept over the state, devastating the citrus industry for the second time in six weeks. Florida would never be the same.

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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!

Thank you to Melissa Procko from the Orange County Regional History Center for all of your help. Plan your visit to the History Center here! 

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In our second annual Wait Five Minutes Holiday Special, we are joined by past guests to share tales of ornaments, beach trees, manatees, spoonbills and the unusual qualities of the holidays in Florida.

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Check out more from our guests this week!

Read more work from Laura Albritton here!

Keep up on the reporting from Max Chesnes here!

Check out Beloved Beasts by Michelle Nijhuis here!

Read the article about Florida Christmas from Gabrielle Calise here!

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For the finale of the Conservation Season, we go for a long walk in the woods, through the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, searching for wild horses and bison and stories to tell. 

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Read more about the near extinction of the American bison in Michelle Nijhuis' book, Beloved Beasts

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The Florida Native Plant Society works every day to preserve the native species of flora in our state. But in the case of the Florida Torreya, a functionally extinct tree, they're trying to save whatever is left. 

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Thank you to Valerie Anderson and Lilly Anderson-Messec for your help in this episode! Check out more from the Florida Native Plant Society and TorreyaKeepers here!

Hear more about north Florida trees in our episode about the longleaf pine!

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Visitors to Florida often pick up shells when they visit our beaches. What many people forget is that those shells -- all of them -- were created by animals that once lived within. This week, we chat with Cynthia Barnett, author of THE SOUND OF THE SEA, about seashells, inside and out. 

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Hear more about Sanibel here!

A Conversation with a Florida Refuge Ranger

Vacation on Sanibel Island

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