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When the sun sinks to the edge of the horizon, incredible things are happening. The environment is telling us about itself, and all we have to do is look up and see.

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Thank you to Steve Corfidi for all of his help on this episode! Read more about his studies into sunsets right here!

All of the music used in this episode was originally composed.

In January of 1985, a blizzard struck the city of Buffalo, New York. The mayor had an unusual suggestion on how to get through it. Three Buffalonians made a vow to never spend a winter in the snow again. 

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An epilogue for season six - of haunted hallways, familiar songs, and the buildings we leave behind. 

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Songs

Streetlight Silent Film

Good Thoughts

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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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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

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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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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.

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Learn more about Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum right here!

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Read more about land acknowledgements here

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Songs

Easy Night

Traveling Horse

Brain - Instrumental Retro

Bad Old Daemons

Speedy Delta

Peaceful Morning

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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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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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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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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! 

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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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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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The Villages

Florida's State Song

Songs

Brain - Instrumental Retro

Traveling Horse

Smuggler

Traveling to Lousiana

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