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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How many episodes does Wait Five Minutes have?

The podcast currently has 352 episodes available.

Wait Five Minutes episodes:

April 26, 2021 AMBASSADOR OF THE KEYS, Part Two: The Republic
When the Florida Keys became the Conch Republic, there was only really one person who could be their ambassador: Monroe County Mayor, and True Conch, Wilhelmina Harvey. This is her story.
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Thank you so much to Tom Hambright! Check out more from the Monroe County Public Library right here!

Read the oral history from Wilhelmina Harvey right here!
Read more about the Conch Republic right here!
Learn more about the Mariel Boatlift from this incredible piece of research from the University of Miami!

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Orange Bird
Flagler - Chapter 4

Songs
Hey Go
Springtime
Madness is Everywhere
You Get The Blues
Peaceful Morning
Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!
...more
33min
April 19, 2021 AMBASSADOR OF THE KEYS, Part One: The Conchs
One spring day, in 1982, the Florida Keys seceded from the United States and formed the Conch Republic. Centuries of history led up to that moment, involving our neighbors in the Bahamas and Cuba. How did the Conchs get their name, and what even is a conch in the first place?
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Read the op-ed in the Miami Herald right here!
Learn more about the Mariel Boatlift from this incredible piece of research from the University of Miami!

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Orange Bird
Flagler - Chapter 4

Songs
Echoes Boogie Dancehall
Traveling to Lousiana
Smuggler
Work Wonders
Desert Ghost Town
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27min
April 12, 2021 The Chickee
The history of the chickee, how the Seminole ancestors developed the structure, and how generations of usage transform an essential building into the modern age.

Thank you to Dave Scheidecker and Carrie Dilley for their assistance in the creation of this episode! Read more about their work at the links below
Learn more about Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum right here!
Learn more about the Tribal Historic Preservation Office right here!
Check out Carrie's book on the chickee here!

Looking for more? Read these Seminole Tribune articles mentioned in the episode!
Read more about land acknowledgements here
Read more about the current oil crisis in the Everglades here

Songs
Easy Night
Traveling Horse
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Bad Old Daemons
Speedy Delta
Peaceful Morning
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37min
April 05, 2021 The Artemis Program
Within a year, the new program to bring Americans to the moon will have begun. This week, we discuss the future of the Artemis Program with Brendan Byrne from Are We There Yet?

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Watch Brendan's 5 Year Anniversary show here!

Listen to the other Brendan episodes here!
John Young
From Florida To The Moon

Songs
You Get The Blues
Speedy Delta
Arround the Village
Things You Never Known
Traveling Horse
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31min
March 29, 2021 Springtime Footnotes
A birder who quits his job. A band that caused a riot. An explorer bent on finding the mouth of the Mississippi River. It's spring, which means it's time to explore some stories left on the cutting room floor from our season so far!
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Read about the Strawberry Girls right here!
The audio from the Led Zeppelin concert can be found here!

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Short Summer Tales
Brownie the Dog and Other Tales
The Fourteenth Colony
Our Bald Eagles
The Strawberry Queen

Songs
Madness is Everywhere
Desert Ghost Town
Smuggler
Flower Meadow Marriage
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26min
March 15, 2021 The Strawberry Queen
The show was just featured in the New York Times!
When it comes to Florida strawberries, there is no town more responsible for their presence than Plant City in Hillsborough County. And every year, for nearly a century, the city of Plant City has nominated a Strawberry Queen.
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Thank you so much to Shelby Bender for all of her help on this episode. You can support the East Hillsborough Historical Society here!
Read more about Plant City's agricultural troubles here.

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Cracker Country and the Fair
Florida Fair Food

Songs
Blackbird
Arround the Lake
Springtime
Love After Midnight
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29min
March 08, 2021 A Tale of Two Burger Kings
The show was just featured in the New York Times!
In the city of Jacksonville, two entrepreneurs brought the original Burger King to life. In a much smaller town, nearly a thousand miles away, another family opened the original Burger King. Both shops were the first.
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Read more about this story, and other fast-food chain histories, here!

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The Villages
Florida's State Song

Songs
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Traveling Horse
Smuggler
Traveling to Lousiana
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25min
March 05, 2021 BONUS: My Favorite Local Bookstores
Support your local bookstore!
Looking for some new bookstores? Want to share some of your favorite local spots? This episode is just for you, about the amazing local bookstores in Florida that mean so much to us.
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Songs
Frozen Creek
Traveling Horse
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12min
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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...more
29min

FAQs about Wait Five Minutes:

How many episodes does Wait Five Minutes have?

The podcast currently has 352 episodes available.

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