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Of all the animals native to Florida, it is hard to imagine an animal as unique, and as vital, as our beloved tortoise. Named for their burrowing habits, these critters find themselves in a unique position: they're one of the most important animals in the Floridian ecosystem.

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Thank you to Dr. Steven Whitfield from Zoo Miami! Check out more of his work here.

Learn more about the Gopher Tortoise FWC program run by Dr. Katherine Gentry!

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Songs

Smuggler

Peaceful Morning

Traveling to Louisiana

Blackbird

Traveling Horse

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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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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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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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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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Check out more about the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey right here!

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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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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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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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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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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