Playlist: Florida Humanities Podcasts

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Florida Podcasts
Scholars discuss the life and contributions of legendary Cuban revolutionary Jose Marti and his relationship with Florida
mp3 | 08:24
Florida Podcasts
An Cuban actor/scholar portrays the 19th century crusader for Cuban independence.
mp3 | 5:04
Florida Podcasts
The award-winning journalist, author, and playwright talks about his work and his ties to Florida.
mp3 | 06:00
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A socially-concious broadcast pioneer seeks to enlighten Central Floridians about civil rights.
mp3 | 5:01
Florida Podcasts
Bahamian-born Florida A&M students tell how their traditional folk art and dance is acting as a bridge between Florida and the Caribbean Islands.
mp3 | 5:59
Florida Podcasts
A book explores the many sides of Florida folk art through visits with a host of artists. We hear the voices of some of the people featured in the book.
mp3 | 6:02
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One of the state's most historic sites, the overcrowded cemetery has a long and colorful history.
mp3 | 5:37
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A journalist talks about his book on the Florida hurricane of 1928, which, he believes, hasn't received the attention it deserves.
mp3 | 06:00
Florida Podcasts
The struggles of a pioneering female journalist to document the Spanish American War just off Florida's shore.
mp3 | 5:47
Florida Podcasts
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 | 0:46
Florida Podcasts
A Florida history professor writes a crime/mystery novel set in 1920s St. Petersburg.
mp3 | 5:37
Florida Podcasts
A retired newspaperman writes a new biography of one of Florida's most famous leaders, a man once called the "spokesman of the new South"
mp3 | 6:14
Florida Podcasts
A Miami crime/mystery writer looks further south for a location for his new novel.
mp3 | 6:06
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Two historians study the letters of Florida women in the 1930s who seek relief from the depression by writing to Washington politicians.
mp3 | 4:58
Florida Podcasts
Rare letters from two women who came to the turbulent Florida frontier of the 1830s
mp3 | 6:17
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Scholars believe that one of the best ways to understand history is to hear the voices of the people who lived it.
mp3 | 5:03
Florida Podcasts
Two women who came to US from Cuba as children compare notes on how their lives have been shaped by having to straddle two cultures.
mp3 | 5:04
Florida Podcasts
A Florida poet seeking to reproduce the voices of three women from Florida's past reads excerpts and discusses her work
mp3 | 06:58
Florida Podcasts
Archaeologists are hot on the trail of a historic lost town that was home to a colony of escaped African slaves.
mp3 | 6:00
Florida Podcasts
A nature writer speaks of losing his rural "cracker" home to development.
mp3 | 5:23
Florida Podcasts
Teachers, counselors, and social service workers come together to discuss the images and ideals of "home."
mp3 | 07:05
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A portrait of a Key West artist whose work has defined and captured the experience of a generation of islanders.
mp3 | 05:57
Florida Podcasts
The first book documenting the life and work of one of Florida's greatest environmental crusaders also details her early struggles to succeed in a male-dominated field.
mp3 | 5:03
Florida Podcasts
Remembering the best-selling Florida author who wrote about the land and its people with affection and respect.
mp3 | 05:46
Florida Podcasts
A brief biography of Florida's most famous environmentalist.
mp3 | 06:17
Florida Podcasts
The bohemian community of Coconut Grove was home to the pioneering environmentalist. Now the cottage is in danger from gentrification.
mp3 | 5:02
Florida Podcasts
An actor/scholar portrays the greatest American humorist.
mp3 | 5:03
Florida Podcasts
A Florida actor/scholar portrays the educator who has been called the most powerful black woman of the 20th century.
mp3 | 5:19
Florida Podcasts
The need for a sense of community for coping with the problems of our urban society is dealt with in a talk by an urban planner who seeks to build bridges between communities and governments.
mp3 | 06:08
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A one-man play dramatizes the captivity of a French Huguenot in the Spanish colonial city of St. Augustine in the 1500s.
mp3 | 5:56
Florida Podcasts
A seasoned national reporter remembers the stressful days in Florida in the midst of the crisis.
mp3 | 6:03
Florida Podcasts
Cuban archives of Spanish colonial documents are opened to study after years of sequestration, and what the study of these and other priceless papers has revealed.
mp3 | 6:17
Florida Podcasts
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 | 0:25
Florida Podcasts
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 | 1:09
Florida Podcasts
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 | 0:47
Florida Podcasts
A book details our long and destructive relationship with Florida's Everglades.
mp3 | 6:15
Florida Podcasts
Could Florida be facing large-scale water wars? One journalist believes our failure to conserve the state's water will lead to dire consequences in the years to come.
mp3 | 5:28
Florida Podcasts
Archaeologists uncovering details of the chain of Spanish missions that once spanned northern Florida are revealing new information about our past.
mp3 | 07:14
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Once part of a great chain of missions across North Florida, San Luis is today one of the country's leading Spanish colonial interpretive sites.
mp3 | 5:54
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Mosquito control has played an integral part in the modern history of Florida.
mp3 | 06:35
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Archaeologists working to uncover the story of the Calusa Indians on an island in Southwest Florida.
mp3 | 06:30
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A film scholar reveals the surprising story of how one Florida city come close to becoming the country's movie production center.
mp3 | 06:40
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What has happened to the farmworkers displaced by the buyout of the Florida muck farms around Lake Apopka. A photographer sets out to help them document their lives.
mp3 | 5:49
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A mental health expert discusses the myths and misconceptions in the way Floridians view homelessness.
mp3 | 5:30
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A group of historians talk about myths that have persisted in Florida's history.
mp3 | 06:30
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A group of activists work to preserve some Florida neighborhoods deemed to be at "the tipping point."
mp3 | 6:06
Florida Podcasts
A play tells how the Net Ban has impacted the state's commercial fishermen.
mp3 | 5:38
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Three veteran journalists discuss the rise of media conglomerates and the "bottom line" approach to the news.
mp3 | 06:43
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A folk festival exposes some of the traditions and folk arts practiced by members of the rapidly-growing new immigrant communities in Central Florida.
mp3 | 5:50
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New urbanist planners go to the hurricane-devastated gulf coast to give residents an alternative to developer-driven sprawl.
mp3 | 5:05
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The 500 year story of Florida's first livestock.
mp3 | 5:17

Two historians look at a Florida tradition and its long and sometimes turbulent relationship with the state's inhabitants.
mp3 | 5:54

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 | 1:10

A historian explains how Florida became a preferred destination for major league baseball clubs in the early spring months.
mp3 | 5:38

Some of the people who suffered through the 1964 civil rights struggles in St. Augustine tell their stories.
mp3 | 6:00

Some important aspects of Florida's African American history that have been overlooked in the Nation's Oldest City.
mp3 | 07:18

The mythology and folklore surrounding the St. Johns River.
mp3 | 6:14

A profile of one of Florida's best-known activists and writers, in his own words.
mp3 | 06:15

Florida's legendary folklorist and activist tells of a series of visits from another legendary character.
mp3 | 6:54

In the 1930s, legendary Florida writer and activist Stetson Kennedy goes on a Key West retreat, observing and participating in the local culture
mp3 | 5:04

Sociologist Steven Tipton in one of a series of talks exploring social behavior in the United States, part of a program titled "The Good Society"
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Does Florida have a distinct culture all its own? One scholar weighs in on the idea that our state's diversity inhibits the formation of any kind of clear image.
mp3 | 6:15

Lifetime residents reminisce about the rise and fall of their small Central Florida "company" town
mp3 | 07:25

The voices of some of the people whose lives are connected with Florida's most famous river.
mp3 | 06:10

Some surprising facts about a historic town on Florida's west coast.
mp3 | 06:11

A South Florida storyteller works to educate the public to the value of stories as an art form that promotes cross-cultural understanding.
mp3 | 5:02

Key West honors a playwright who combined poetry and drama to create a new style of American theater.
mp3 | 6:30

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 | 0:34

A book looks at the life of a man whose home designs set the tone for a Central Florida community.
mp3 | 6:10

The story of the great ditch that was to cut the Florida peninsula in half to create depression jobs and, later, political capital.
mp3 | 7:02

In 1957, then Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, a resident of Daytona Beach in the 1940s and 50s, gave much of his extensive collection of Cuban art to "the people of Daytona Beach." An art scholar explains how the collection offers a rich insight into Cuban history and tradition.
mp3 | 06:34

A popular tourist site in downtown Tallahassee houses artifacts telling the story of the African American experience in Florida.
mp3 | 5:02

The authors of a book about South Florida's most powerful Indian tribe talk about their legacy.
mp3 | 5:36

Scholars and circus owners discuss the key role played by the Sunshine State in the history of the circus in the US.
mp3 | 06:38

The story of Jacksonville's civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s.
mp3 | 6:02

Archaeologists work on a computer program to allow Floridians to view priceless artifacts recovered from a site on an island near St. Petersburg.
mp3 | 6:21

A philosopher looks at how a sense of environmental ethics may offer solutions to Florida's environmental problems.
mp3 | 06:43

A scholar tells the story of Florida's primeval swamp preserve and collects oral histories of some of the people whose lives have become entwined with the wilderness area.
mp3 | 6:46

An unseen army of immigrant farmworkers endure marginal living conditions to harvest food for Floridians.
mp3 | 6:15

A film historian details the rise and fall of Jacksonville's budding movie industry of the early 1900s
mp3 | 5:04

In-depth summer seminars for teachers allow them to feel better informed as well as better appreciated for their hard work.
mp3 | 4:55

Two scholars discuss the reasons for the continued migration into Florida throughout history, as well as the problems that have resulted.
mp3 | 06:40

Two scholars discuss the elusive nature of what has become known as the "Florida Dream"
mp3 | 06:40

The beginnings of the country's longest-running state folk festival.
mp3 | 8:21

Folklorists seek out examples of customs, practices, and knowledge - learned the old-fashioned way - from the people.
mp3 | 06:41

A map charting the depth and diversity of Florida's cultural heritage as reflected in its literary riches.
mp3 | 06:18

A ground-breaking project combines the voices and images of a collection of Florida folk and outsider artists for access on a web site.
mp3 | 6:07

The story of the 1928 hurricane that devastated the farming area south of Lake Okeechobee, killing an untold number of migrant farm workers.
mp3 | 5:00

A Florida historian authors the definitive study of the intrepid students and others who risked life and limb for a belief in equality and civil rights.
mp3 | 6:16

A year after its publication, the author of the definitive history of the Freedom Riders talks about the decade-long labor interviewing many of the people involved.
mp3 | 5:21

A group of experts discuss the state of philanthropic giving in Florida, as well as some of the issues around giving.
mp3 | 6:03

A play featuring a conversation between two African American women on their lives growing up in Florida focuses on the civil rights struggles in our state's history.
mp3 | 06:22

Survivors and their liberators tell their personal stories
mp3 | 5:25

A New England science fiction writer visits Key West in the 1920s and invents many of the symbols used a decade later to lure tourists to the island.
mp3 | 5:04

Illicit slave trading on the seas continued long after the United States declared it illegal in 1820. New findings suggest Florida may have played a role in finally ending the practice.
mp3 | 06:44

The story of the oldest building in South Florida: a lighthouse that has survived through the turbulent years of the 19th and into the 20th century.
mp3 | 4:55

On the outskirts of Florida's most populous county, archaeologists uncover the remains of a massive canoe a thousand years old.
mp3 | 5:04

The discovery of the unpublished manuscript of a visionary 19th century archaeologist sheds new light on our understanding of Florida's prehistoric peoples.
mp3 | 6:02

The architect who designed some of Miami's most outrageous hotels and homes talks about his work and the boisterous era that fostered it.
mp3 | 5:04