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Florida's state play, Cross and Sword, ran for thirty-two consecutive seasons. During that time, the production shifted and changed, finding brand new ways to remember the complex and untidy origins of our state.

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Thank you again to Tom Rahner for all of his assistance in the production of this episode!

Songs

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco

Echos Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

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Additional Audio

Rachmaninov Vespers - 3 Blessed is the Man (Psalm 1)

Almighty and Everlasting God - Gibbons

Das Rheingold : "Rheingold, Rheingold!"

Major-General's Song from The Pirates of Penzance - London Coliseum

Erik Satie - Socrate

Bizet - L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 & Suite No. 2 / Nathalie Stutzmann

In the 1960s, politics in the South changed forever. Nowhere is that more evident than in the rivalry between two Democrats: the mayor of Miami and the mayor of Jacksonville. The fallout made history.

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Songs

Traveling to Lousiana by Lobo Loco

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco

Hey Go by Lobo Loco

Smuggler by Lobo Loco

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Springtime by Lobo Loco

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The Annie Russell Theatre is almost ninety years old now, but the lore wrapped up in the building will stretch much, much longer. Every person who encounters it has something new to share, fracturing its ghost story more and more every time.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains frequent discussion of death, and a brief mention of suicide. 

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Grab your tickets for Private Lies at the Annie Russell Theatre right here!

Thank you again to the Winter Park Public Library! You can see what they are up to right here.

Songs

Sometimes It Rains by Lobo Loco

Streetlight Silent Film by Lobo Loco

Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco

Arround The Village by Lobo Loco

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

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The Florida Bonneted Bat exists nowhere else in the world. They are some of the most fascinating animals in the country and, thanks to a group of brilliant scientists, we have gotten to no them more and more before it's too late.

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Check out more of Dr. Frank Ridgley's work on the Florida Bonneted Bat right here!

Songs

Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Arround the Village by Lobo Loco

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Morning at the Creek by Lobo Loco

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Every story we tell has some falsehoods. We complicate or muddle without meaning to and the story always changes. What happens, then, to the stories about grander concepts, mysteries beyond our understanding? When those urban legends start manifesting, what new shapes do our stories take?

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Songs

Streetlight Silent Film by Lobo Loco

Arround the Village by Lobo Loco

Autumn Morning by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Traveling to Lousiana by Lobo Loco

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Florida's egrets were on the brink of demise. Enter Guy Bradley, an outdoorsman who, for three short years, fought adamantly to keep the birds safe. Then, on one sweltering July day, his mission was violently cut short.

Content warning: This episode makes frequent reference to death, and a brief reference to gun violence.

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Check out the primary source material for this episode, Death in the Everglades by Stuart B. McIver. 

Songs

Streetlife Silent Film by Lobo Loco

Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco

Hey Go by Lobo Loco

Visions of 2018 by Lobo Loco

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Growing your own plants is harder. Growing your own plants in Florida is even harder. We take inspiration from the professionals, but getting it right can be nearly impossible.

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Find out more about Orlando's botanical garden, Leu Gardens!

Read Robert Bowden's book, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Gardening!

Songs

Springtime by Lobo Loco

Nice to Be Near You by Lobo Loco

Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco

Visions of 2018 by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

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Authors leave a trail of legacy and memories behind them. They cannot control how their words will age or change, but, in the case of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, she created a new vocabulary to speak about Florida that we still use to this day.

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The voice of Marjorie was Bailey DeVoe. You can see Bailey DeVoe in Andrew Lippa's Wild Party the Musical at the Aeon Life Theater in Tampa!

Read more of Dr. Jill Jones' work here.

You can read Lauren Groff's article about Marjorie here.

You can check out more of Willie Green's life and legacy here.

Songs

Things You Never Known by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Traveling to Louisiana by Lobo Loco

Hey Go by Lobo Loco

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Brain Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco

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Nine months before Walt Disney World took Central Florida by storm, one unusual little theme park tried to leave an impact of their own. Why did so many parks try to take on the Mouse? And what do we get in return when we relish in nostalgia?

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Songs

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco

Echoes Boogie Dancehall by Lobo Loco

Traveling to Lousiana by Lobo Loco

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

Love After Midnight by Lobo Loco

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From our early Spanish years, to our secession from the United States, our flag has been a playground of ideologies. Why has our state struggled to find its own identity? And how can Floridians fight to control their own symbols and narratives?

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Songs

You Get The Blues by Lobo Loco

Brain - Instrumental Retro by Lobo Loco

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Easy Night by Lobo Loco

Piano Parapentes by Lobo Loco

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