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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June 22, 2020 Florida's State Song
Over the course of the last century, Florida has had a handful of songs that could potentially hold the title of State Song. Our first state song sounds very familiar; our second and current state song has a brutal and racist history built into its very DNA. How we got here begins in Maryland...
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Thank you to Alex Lothstein from the Maryland Historical Society!
Thank you to Tracy C Davis from Northwestern University!
Read more about the history of our state songs in this article by David Z. Kushner!

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Music
Maryland, My Maryland
Swanee River (Intstrumental)
Florida's Song
Florida (Where The Sawgrass Meets The Sky) State Anthem

Songs
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Desert Ghost Town
Piano Parapents
Traveling to Lousiana
Good Thoughts

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33min
June 15, 2020 Season 4 Prologue: Mountains
Florida is flat. Florida has hills. Both are true, and every story we tell ourselves about our state changes each time we tell them. In Season 4 of Wait Five Minutes, we'll talk about stories and lies, falsehoods and half-truths.
Season 4 premieres on Monday, June 22nd!
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Read more about the elevation of our state (and others) in this report!

Songs
Springtime
Good Thoughts
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7min
May 25, 2020 FLORIDIANS - Olivia Matthews, Playwright
Olivia Matthews puts a little bit of herself into every story her tells. Her voice is essential to the plays she creates and, when someone sees her work, she hopes the empathy leaves an impact.
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You don't need to go back to the beginning! Check out these episodes:

Billy the Swan, Kristen Arnett, and Taxidermy in Florida
Florida's State Play

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Songs

Good Times
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Smuggler
Things You Never Known
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...more
20min
May 18, 2020 FLORIDIANS - Craig Pittman, Reporter and Author
Read Cat Tale and Craig's other books right here!
Check out Craig's work at the Florida Phoenix right here!
Craig Pittman writes about Florida with a signature snark and an underlying optimism. In Cat Tale, he chronicles the story of the Florida panther and those who sought to keep it alive. How he wrote the story itself is an adventure all its own.

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You don't need to go back to the beginning! Check out these episodes:
After Hurricane Andrew (feat. Craig Pittman)
Skunk Ape (feat. the Florida Panther)

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Songs
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Traveling Horse
Hey Go
Speedy Delta
Bad Old Daemons
Echoes Boogie Dancehall
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...more
27min
May 11, 2020 FLORIDIANS - Laura VonMutius, Education Manager at Audubon Center for Birds of Prey
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Support the Center right here!
When you work for the Audubon, your career is dedicated to the birds and their preservation. For Laura VonMutius, working with them and sharing them with others are one in the same.
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Greens and Cranes
Black Skimmers
The Murder of Guy Bradley

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Songs
Traveling Horse
Around the Lake
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Smuggler
Good Thoughts
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...more
23min
May 04, 2020 Season 3 Epilogue: HOPE
A few final thoughts and a recap of the theme in Season Three of Wait Five Minutes: HOPE.
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Watch the full performance of Frank Sinatra and Eddie Hodges from A Hole In The Head!
Listen to the Kennedy campaign version of High Hopes right here!

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Songs
Indian Summer
Springtime
Speedy Delta
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11min
April 30, 2020 Kermit Weeks and Orlampa
Read Gabrielle Calise's companion piece to this episode right here!
Off the interstate in the middle of the state lies a museum with shuttered doors. Inside those hangars is the largest private collection of airplanes in the world. It was once a popular tourist attraction, with a plane on the side of the highway, but if its owner and curator has his way, it will be a brand new city all its own.
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Songs
Echoes Boogie Dancehall
Traveling to Louisiana
Evening Campfire
Brain - Instrumental Retro
Good Thoughts
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...more
27min
April 20, 2020 Our Empty Towns
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It is believed that Florida has more ghost towns than any other state east of the Mississippi. In a time where many of our hometowns have found themselves vacant, how these towns fell away can be a reminder and a warning.
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If you enjoyed this episode, check out these:
Indian River Fruit Company, Part One
Ghost Towns of Canaveral
Ocala National Forest

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Songs
Traveling to Louisiana
Hey Go
Smuggler
You Get The Blues
Things You Never Known

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21min
April 13, 2020 The Everglades UFO
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In the darkened swamp of the Everglades, as civilization ripped away at the edges of the wilderness, a scoutmaster wandered into the darkness. In a clearing of the woods, he cast he eyes to the sky and what he saw can never be explained.
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Thank you to Denise Stoner of the Florida Chapter of MUFON! You can pick up your copy of her book right here!

If you enjoyed this episode, check out these:
Gulf Breeze Sightings
Lights Over Ocala

You can read more about the Everglades Incident here!
You can read Captain Ruppelt's book here!

The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!

Songs
Streetlight Silent Film
Desert Ghost Town
Smuggler
Piano Parapentes
Speedy Delta
Traveling Horse
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25min
April 06, 2020 HOMOSASSA, Part Two: Native Animals
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Throughout the 1960s, cinema made its way to Florida’s shores through jungle adventure movies. One producer brought his troupe of animal actors with him and changed Homosassa forever.
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Thank you to Jack Evans from the Tampa Bay Times. You can read Jack's profile of Lu here and you can donate to the Tampa Bay Times here!
Thank you to Kathy Turner from Citrus County. Check out the Courthouse Museum here!
If you want to read more about Ivan Tors, check out this Biscayne Times article about his life!

If you enjoyed this episode, check out these:
Sea Turtles
Florida's Bonneted Bat

The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. Check out more of her art right here!

Songs
Evening Campfire
Smuggler
Echoes Boogie Dancehall
Traveling Horse
Good Thoughts
Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!
...more
25min

FAQs about Wait Five Minutes:

How many episodes does Wait Five Minutes have?

The podcast currently has 324 episodes available.

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