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  • Send us your Florida questions!

    Just in time for the start of the scary season, Florida cozy author Tara Lush joins the podcast to talk about her three mystery series — all set in Florida. One has a haunted cookie jar, one has a decades-old disappearance, and one has a gator. Well, technically, they're all set in Florida, so there are probably gators in all of them, but one specializes in gators. Check out the links below!

    Links We Mentioned

    Murdle daily puzzle (and Murdle books)

    Catitude and Charms (the novella with a haunted cookie jar)

    You can order these books from Tombolo and Books at Park Place — and any indie bookstore can likely order them, too.

    Tara Lush website

    Coffee Lovers Mystery Series

    Crescent Moon Mystery Series

    Critters and Criminals Series

    The Rules for Cozies

    Usually about domestic matters and a comforting settingAmateur sleuth, often a woman who may be middle-aged or elderlyGore and violence are off-pageSex, if it exists, is also off-pageGreat example is "Only Murders in the Building" (although it has swearing and Lush's cozies do not)

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    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

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    Send us your Florida questions!

    Brad and Cathy talk about the origins of Key West — and the chapter in Cathy's new book about how Key West came to be the place we know today.

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    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

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  • Send us your Florida questions!

    Florida conservation biologist Gene Kelly joins the podcast to talk about the proposed Withlacoochee land swap. We talk about some of the best things about the area (Red-cockaded woodpeckers! Wilderness! Sand hill habitat!) as well as why the area's significant and deserves continued protection.

    The notes from this episode are too detailed for this space, but please hop on over to greatfloridaroadtrip.com to see the link.

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    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Send us your Florida questions!

    Rick and Cathy talk about what went into researching Cathy's new book, Florida Spectacular. They also talk about how to approach Florida history that challenges traditional interpretations of historic events, what Cathy learned from the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and why the ideas of "Florida Man" and "Real Florida" both hurt the Sunshine State.

    Links We Mentioned

    Florida Spectacular

    The Idea of Florida

    Florida's Healing Waters

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    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

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    Send us your Florida questions!

    Key lime pie: The myth, the truth, and the best place to get it in the Florida Keys. They also talk about Key lime pie on a stick, Key lime ice cream, and Key lime margarita floats. Dig in!

    Links We Mentioned

    The End of an Era: The Key Lime Tree

    Brad's Pick for Key lime pie: Key Lime Pie Lady

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    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Send us your Florida questions!

    Leslie Kemp Poole joins the podcast to talk about Florida's true first state park, the one forgotten and ignored by the Florida state parks system — but prized by the National Park Service (and part of Everglades National Park). The trio also talks about the powerhouse of a woman instrumental in the park's creation: May Mann Jennings. Finally, listeners get an update on the proposed changes to several state parks and learn how they can take action.

    Links We Mentioned

    Updates to Florida State Park proposed changes (with link to the FDEP survey)Florida's first state park, now called Royal Palm State Park and inside Everglades National ParkTopsail Hill Preserve State ParkDr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park

    Image via National Parks Service

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    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Send us your Florida questions!

    This podcast was supposed to be about Ryan Worthington's quest to visit all 175 Florida State Parks, but then FDEP announced plans to build giant hotels and golf courses in the state parks. Ryan, Cathy, and Rick talk about the plans and what action people can take if they don't want to see the parks get paved.

    Florida State Parks at Risk

    Click the links for the meeting locations — they do not take place at the parks!

    Hillsborough River State ParkHoneymoon Island State ParkOleta River State ParkJonathan Dickinson State ParkDr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State ParkAnastasia State ParkCamp Helen State ParkTopsail Hill Preserve State ParkGrayton Beach State Park

    You may also help protect these parks by emailing [email protected].

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    Find her on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy; Twitter/IG: @CathySalustri

    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Subscriber-only episode

    Send us your Florida questions!

    Brad and Cathy talk about the best dive bars in the Florida Keys.

    Links We Mentioned

    A Local's Guide to Bloodline

    Florida Keys Dive Bars (show notes with links and history)

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    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Send us your Florida questions!

    Campers, listen up! From Tin Can Tourist to air conditioned cabins, Florida's a camper's paradise. Rick and Cathy talk about the origins of Tin Can tourists in Tampa, which state parks have the best camping, and how to camp in comfort at them.

    Links We Mentioned

    Lance Campers (2565)

    Lazy Days RVs

    Desoto Park in Tampa

    Tin Can Tourist websites

    Briny Breezes

    In Her Shoes

    Photo by Britt Fuller/public domain

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    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Send us your Florida questions!

    Along the Suwannee River, there's a treasure trove of fossilized rhinos and elephants. Stephenie Livingston, a science journalist, joins the podcast this week to talk about the Montbrook fossil site, what we can learn about climate change from it, and why it matters.

    Links We Mentioned

    National Wildlife article about Florida's elephants

    More about Montbrook fossil site in Levy County

    Stephenie's website and Instagram

    Image: Florida Museum illustration by Merald Clark

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    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Subscriber-only episode

    Send us your Florida questions!

    Brad and Cathy take a look at the state of shark populations in the Keys, explain that the shark's reputation as man-easting beast is undeserved, and why they're a lot better — and nicer — than dolphin.

    Links We Mentioned

    Brad's post on Facebook about shark finning

    Meet the sharks of the Florida Keys

    Info about endangered sharks

    "Why the Author of Jaws Wishes He Never Wrote It"

    "Why Dolphins Are Evil"

    Nat Geo video of dolphin-on-dolphin violence

    Shark bite statistics

    Fins, part of the Sharks Incorporated series by Randy Wayne White

    Marine biologist on why dolphins are scarier than sharks

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    Question or comment? Email: [email protected].

    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Send us your Florida questions!

    Who loves a good dive bar? Rick and Cathy do. This week they chat about their favorites — send them yours!

    Whiskey Lou's in Orlando's Milk District

    The Emerald in downtown St. Pete

    Tony's Liquors in Winter Garden

    Wally's on Mill in Orlando

    Joannie's Blue Crab in Ochopee

    Last Chance Saloon in Florida City

    Mahuffer's on Indian Shores

    The Palace Saloon in Fernandina

    Flora-Bama Bar

    Burton's in Thornton Park

    Links We Mentioned

    Knuckleheads with a boat in Crystal River (please drink responsibly!)

    Lucky Cole

    List of "dive" bars in Florida (but not really)

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    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

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    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Send us your Florida questions!

    Rick and Cathy look at Florida crackers: Cracker culture, Florida cowboys, and cracker villages.

    Links We Mentioned
    The Secret History of the Word Cracker

    Florida Wildlife Corridor and Wild Space Gallery

    Florida Cracker Horse

    Florida Cattle History

    Lake Kissimmee State Park Cow Camp

    Florida Cracker entry at FL Memory

    Rick's post about Kissimmee/Osceola Co cattle history

    Fort Christmas

    Rick's post about Christmas

    Dade City's FL Pioneer Village

    Barberville Pioneer Settlement

    Rick's post about Barberville

    Cracker Country at the State Fairgrounds

    Dunn History: Black Cowboys

    Lawrence Silas at Osceola Co History Center

    Dunn History: Rosewood Before the Massacre


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    Send us your Florida questions!

    Cathy and Brad talk about Florida lobster. Lobster season runs Aug. 6- Mar. 31, but there's more to this tasty crustacean than meets the antenna! Hear why Brad (and many other Keys residents) thinks the mini-season has gotten out of hand, why spiny lobsters are actually crayfish, and how they reproduce.

    “You should have seen the crawfish in the mangrove roots along the shores. They were stacked up two feet – one on top of the other. I’ve had them weigh seven pounds. The whole shore would be red, two or three hundred feet. One time I caught 2,900 crawfish with a small net. My father had a contract with the railroad to supply crawfish to Key West. The last season we worked for them, we shipped 54,000 pounds even though the supply was depleted by that time. That was the only year we kept a record. We found most of them on the lee side of Key Largo, Rodriguez, and Tavernier – wherever there was a mangrove shore. Nothing much on Dove Key.” —Beauregard Albury, Florida Keys

    Links We Mentioned

    Scorpion sex

    How do spiny lobsters reproduce?

    Spiny lobster fun facts

    Facts about Florida lobster

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    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

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  • Send us your Florida questions!

    A look at the history of Florida's role in the American revolution, the history of the Gadsden flag, and why Floridians hated everything for which it stood when it was a symbol of the American Revolution.


    Links We Mentioned & Further Reading:

    Don't Tread on Me post about the license plate and Florida history

    Florida Frontiers podcast about early Florida history

    Florida Veterans Foundation

    Don't Tread on Anyone version of the flag

    Gadsden/Tampa Connection

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    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

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    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Send us your Florida questions!

    Willett Hancock Museum Assistant at the Matheson Museum joins the podcast to talk about a new exhibit at the Matheson Museum in Gainseville: Voices and Votes. Rick, Cathy, and Willett talk about democracy in Florida, and the historical struggle to make sure everyone can participate in it.

    Links We Mentioned

    Voices and Votes (and other exhibits) at the Matheson Museum

    Ocoee Massacre

    Rosewood Massacre

    Pork Chop Gang

    William A. Shands

    Satchel's Pizza

    The Top



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    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

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    Send us your Florida questions!

    Were there pirates in the Florida Keys? Who was Black Caesar? What does Black Caesar have in common with The Princess Bride?

    Brad Bertelli explains it all.

    Links We Mentioned

    Elliot Key in Biscayne National Park

    Florida Keys History with Brad Bertelli, Volume II

    Mostly Fake Black Caesar History

    General History of Pyrates (1724)

    Gasparilla Pirate Fest

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    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

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  • Send us your Florida questions!

    This week, the best parts of Kissimmee, from roadside ephemera to the headwaters of the Florida Everglades.

    Stay

    Legacy Vacation Resorts, Cathy found it to be a great home base for exploring the less touristy areas of the area.
    Disclaimer: Legacy hosted most of her stay, but she chose to mention them because of the B Corp certification and location.

    Eat

    Woodsby's Cafe

    Catfish Place St. Cloud

    1881 Restaurant & Bar

    Explore
    Shingle Creek paddling (Read about Rick's experience)
    Downtown Kissimmee and the Kissimmee Monument of States

    Learn More About Kissimmee
    Roadside Kissimmee
    Kissimmee Follow-Up
    Kissimmee and Shuffleboard

    Links We Mentioned
    Big Bamboo
    Kast Club
    Xanadu: House of the Future
    Osceola History and Cow Town Recreated (Rick)

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    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

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    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

  • Send us your Florida questions!

    This week Rick and Cathy talk about some of their favorite bike trails in Florida.

    Orange County Bike Trails

    West Orange Trail

    Bikes and Blades at Killarney Station

    Northeast Orlando Trail Map

    Cady Way Trail

    Post: Biking the Orlando Urban Trail

    Post: West Orange Trail

    Oakland Nature Preserve

    Downtown Winter Garden

    Plant Street Market

    Hunger Street Tacos

    Pinellas Trail

    Pinellas Trail Guide

    Wall Springs

    Casa Tina

    Fenway

    Tallahassee

    BikeTallahassee

    Word of South Festival


    Volusia's Spring-to-Spring Trail

    Gainesville-Hawthrone Trail

    Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail

    About the Trail

    Trail brochure/map

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    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

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    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...

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    Send us your Florida questions!

    If it's Old Key West you want, stop short of Key West on your drive down US 1 and explore Stock Island. Brad and Cathy talk about the island's cow-centric and crime-adjacent history, what's worth doing now, and where you can meet an ostrich.

    Links We Mentioned

    Bone Island Mambo by Tom Corcoran

    Stock Island Festival

    Cow Key 0K

    Monroe County Petting Zoo

    A Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida (Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series) by Walter C. Maloney

    Lucy Burdette's Key West food critic murder mysteries

    Brad Bertelli books — Cathy says get the Florida Keys Skunk Ape Files book!

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    Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.

    Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).

    Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...