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Sociologists discuss how we can create better public spaces to replace the town centers and other places where people used to congregate.
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Florida’s Unexpected Wildlife

A new book reveals a surprising number of unexplained and hidden species of animals reported lurking in the wilds of Florida.
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Florida’s Unknown Literature

Florida may have the oldest body of literature in North America, according to a scholar who has made a lifetime study of the subject.
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Floridians in the Ice Age

A Florida archaeologist makes a case for the peninsula's first inhabitants arriving here not 13.000 but 25,000 years ago.
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Four Rivers and a Swamp

A year-long project to study and experience the rivers that have their origin in the great Green Swamp of Central Florida.
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Frank Thomas – Singing Florida’s Legends

One of the state's foremost songwriters tells the story of how he began to sing about Florida.
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Ft. Jefferson: America’s Fortress

Obsolete before it was even finished, Ft. Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas saw many uses - but no military action - before finally being abandoned as a footnote to history.
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Gale Godwin

A visit to Florida by award-winning novelist Gale Godwin, who talks about her writing techniques and story ideas.
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Gamble Rogers

A profile of the late singer/songwriter who became one of the leading voices of Florida folk music
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Garcia’s

The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council.
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Gary-Stone_Cowboys&Indians

The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council.
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Gatorland

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Glades County Voices

A theater piece is created from oral histories to celebrate the colorful "everyday people" of South Florida's Glades County
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Graveyard on Atsena Otie Key

A retired engineer restores an old cemetery on an island that once was home to a vibrant manufacturing community.
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Graveyards

A cultural discussion of some of Florida's historic graveyards reveals changing values about death and the celebration of death.
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Growing Up With Rockets

The first years of the US space program in Florida, as told by a filmmaker who is the daughter of an aerospace engineer.
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Guy Bradley and the Plume Hunters

A game warden wages a lonely battle to preserve Florida's unique wildlife.
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Happiness: a History

A Florida scholar discusses his book: an analysis of people's changing attitudes toward happiness through history.
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Harold Newton: An Original Highwayman

One of a group of African American artists who work has become wildly popular tells his story.
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Harry T. Moore

The author of a 1999 book talks about the life and death of a pioneering civil rights activist whose story is still not widely known.
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Hemingway and Walker Evans

How did a chance meeting between two iconic American artists on the island of Cuba affect the careers of each?
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Hemingway in Florida

Ernest Hemingway's spirit is alive in Key West.
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Hiaasen in the Ten Thousand Islands

America's best-known Miami crime/mystery writer ventures into a new part of Florida for his next novel.
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Hidden Sagas – African American Experiences

Collecting African American oral histories from four North Florida counties
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Hinduism in Florida

Some Indian Americans talk about their beliefs and how they are making Florida Home.
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Historic Spanish Point

In 1867, John and Eliza Webb moved from upstate New York to Florida, homesteading 147 acres on Sarasota Bay. Although the original Webb family home is gone, the home of daughter Lizzie has been renovated and is open to the public.
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Historic_Inn

The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council.
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Historical Archaeology

Combining historical documents and the findings of archaeologists to make a more complete picture of the last 500 years.
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History on the Bus

A project that seeks to entertain and enlighten riders on Orlando city buses about the history of their town.
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Hitler’s Soldiers in Florida

During World War II Florida was home to 10,000 German POWs in 26 camps around the state. The author of a book about the POWs discusses the impact these camps had on the people living nearby..
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Homelessness in Florida

A Florida actor/scholar dramatizes the struggles of the homeless in Florida with a compelling one-woman play.
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How Can We Know the Past

We learn about the lives of Florida's first people - those who inhabited the peninsula for twelve thousand years before the Spanish came - from the archaeological record as well as some other surprising sources.
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Humanities in the Hospital

A new program wants to enable doctors and nurses to be able to do their jobs with more compassion and understanding using the humanities to inform their decisions.
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Hurricanes: the Real Danger

A hurricane historian wants us to be aware of the many destructive storms of the past, so we can be better prepared for future disasters.
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Imaging the Seminoles

A scholar discusses how a group of historic photographs of Florida's Seminoles Indians provide new insights into changing attitudes about Native Americans and their culture.
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Indians of South Florida

A scholar delves into the documents and records left by the Spanish during their occupation of Florida for new information about the peninsula's indigenous people.
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Intro

The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council.
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Inventing the American Constitution

A scholar talks about the thoughts and feelings of the men who fashioned our most important national document.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer

Scholars discuss one of the most unusual writers ever to make his home in Florida,
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Jack Kerouac in Florida

A Florida journalist documents the time spent by the famous writer in Orlando and St. Petersburg.
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Jackie Cochran: Florida Aviation Pioneer

A scholar tells the amazing story of a woman whose self-confidence and perseverance helped her fulfill a dream to became a world-class aviator in an field dominated by men.
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Jake Summerlin

The story of Florida's most famous cracker, a 19th century cowman turned entrepreneur who became a pioneer in the state's cattle industry.
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James Horton

Have things changed for the better since the 1954 Supreme Court ruling on segregation? A historian talks about some of the issues that face society and American schools today.
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James W. Hall

Profile of a pioneering Miami crime/mystery writer with an environmental mission.
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Jeff Klinkenberg’s Real Florida

An award-winning columnist looks back on some of his most memorable discoveries off the beaten path and out of Florida's cultural mainstream.
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John Gorrie’s Ice Machine

A visit to the Florida home of one of the pioneers of air conditioning.
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John Hope Franklin and the Decision of 1954

A historian and crusader remembers his part in the momentous Supreme Court decision that would have far-reaching effects on American life.
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John Moran: Florida Nature Photographer

An award-winning photographer who specializes in capturing images unique to Florida.
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John Nolan

"New Urbanist" ideas that date back nearly a century are discussed in this profile of a pioneering city planner.
mp3 | 06:47

John Rothchild

How do the ideals of the "good society" apply to life in Florida? An author offers some cynical observations.
mp3 | 05:05

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	WPA Artists and Writers in Florida The Roosevelt Works Progress Administration created jobs and fostered activity in the arts and letters that have a profound effect on Florida. mp3 \| 5:37
	WPA Artists and Writers in Florida The Roosevelt Works Progress Administration created jobs and fostered activity in the arts and letters that have a profound effect on Florida. mp3 \| 5:37
	Writers and Reviewers Can the reviews we depend on for our book choices be trusted? A group of authors talked about the ongoing tension between artists and their critics. mp3 \| 06:39
	Writing from the Margins Three ethnic writers speak of the importance of maintaining their own cultural identity. mp3 \| 05:50
	WW II POWs in Florida Over half a century later, many in small Florida communities still remember when thousands of German POWs were housed in locations around the state. mp3 \| 06:02
	WWI_Airfield The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 0:54
	Zora in the Turpentine Camps Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston collects music and oral histories in camps where working conditions were some of the harshest. mp3 \| 5:03
	Zora Neale Hurston – The Last Home The Ft. Pierce house where the famous Florida writer spent her final years is now a historic destination. mp3 \| 5:03

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