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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…

The secret pathways of the Everglades have puzzled explorers for decades. However, for the criminals of Prohibition-era Miami, the maze of the swamp was the perfect way to escape justice.

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Most of John Huston's 1948 classic Key Largo was actually filmed in California. This doesn't matter for the people of the real Key Largo, who have built a city around the movie's popularity. How much…

For over sixty years, the citizens of Ocala have seen strange lights over their forest. Could the Navy base deep in the woods be the explanation? Or is there something beyond our world paying visits …

Yellow fever and malaria tore about the south for over a century. Fifty years before anyone had a treatment for either of these diseases, one Florida man invented a machine that could've saved millio…

It is the one-year anniversary of the creation of this show. Today, let's celebrate how far we've come, and interrogate all of the places we have yet to go. 

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Around Florida's coasts, a small population of birds with an unusual hunting habit. As their numbers dwindle in the state, a group of volunteers fight to keep the birds safe.

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John Young flew six different missions for NASA, each one unique and important in its own way. In his forty-two years of service, he set firsts unlike anyone else in the program. What makes him so sp…

Flagler's story didn't end when he died in 1913. The next century would just continue to shape and change and influence his legacy. A man would fly to Cuba, his widow would face her own troubles, and…

The last fifteen years of Flagler's life somehow managed to be more influential than the previous seventy. Flagler had done the impossible already, but now, as the 20th century began, he set out to b…

Flagler and Plant were racing each other to build a railroad to Miami. Who got there first doesn't matter in retrospect. What matters is the things they built on the way, the heartaches they faced, a…

Henry Flagler blazed the trail for the modern Florida. How did he arrive at the Sunshine State in the first place? What was his life before he ever stepped foot here? What pushed him into this dizzyi…

When the Orange Bird was originally conceived, his reach and connections could not have been comprehended. He was made to sell an idea. What came next changed American history forever.

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Looking forward, and looking back, as the summer months approach.

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The Villages is a major hub for retirees in Florida. It struggled for decades to get off the ground, meeting obstacle after obstacle. Once it took off, it left the rest of the state behind, and never…

Will Governor Ron DeSantis be a green governor? How will Florida's environmental future look? Has the president influenced our state's conservation future?

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Springtime by Lobo Loco

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There is a little city in Lake County that you might have never heard of. Its existence, however, is the launching part for some of the most significant events in the state's history. These stories a…

The three most public bills from the Florida Legislature, and a brief recap of the past two months up in Tallahassee. In just six minutes!

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Good Thoughts by Lobo Loco

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In November of 1987, stories say that aliens came to Florida. At the same time, America was facing the climax of a forty year international struggle. Why did UFOs appear in our skies? And what sort o…

The lovebugs have arrived. The lovebugs are everywhere. The lovebugs aren't going anywhere. Why are there so many myths around this unusual little fly? And why should we care whether they're here or …