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Wait Five Minutes: The Floridian Podcast

A weekly dive into the issues facing Floridians every day, with unique histories, great stories, and critical info. Hosted by Florida-native, Nick D’Alessandro.
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22/07/2024

When Elvis came to Florida 🌴☀️ This week, we dive into the summer of 1961 in Inverness, Florida, when Elvis Presley was in town filming FOLLOW THAT DREAM, a comedy set along Florida’s Gulf Coast 🍊 Listen here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000662934613

12/07/2024

In 1956, Orlando was home to the shopping center of the future, Colonial Plaza. Over the decades, it would expand in a wholly unusual way, as malls became the core of American comerce. Pick up your copy of FLORIDA! right here! Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our summer logo! T...

09/07/2024

Throwback to vintage Altamonte Mall 🌴 What’s your favorite mall from your childhood? For us, it’s THE Altamonte Mall. 🍊 This week, we chat Central Florida malls, and the strange history of the first, Colonial Plaza. Listen here! ☀️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000661484109

08/07/2024

Did you ever visit Colonial Plaza, the mutant mall of Orlando? 🌴 When it opened in 1956, it didn’t operate as a mall. Over the ensuing decades, it would evolve, leading to its inevitable demise. ☀️ Hear the full tale in TODAY’S NEW EPISODE! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000661484109

25/06/2024

Advertising for the fascinating segregated theme park, Paradise Park at Silver Springs 🌿 This week, we dive into the park’s formation, segregation in Florida, and the current legacy of Paradise Park. 🍊 Listen here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000660108341

10/06/2024

This is John Jacob Astor IV. His rich family had a town named for them in the Ocala National Forest. But he reached his untimely end aboard the Titanic, in the frozen waters of the Atlantic.

Hear the story of Astor, Florida and the Titanic in our BRAND NEW EPISODE! 🌿🍊🌴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000658405924

04/06/2024

Our summer season logo! 🌿🍊🐊 Designed on a stamp by our friend Chelsea Rice, this logo is surrounded by some of our favorite local flora and fauna. 🌴 It was a dream to bring this to life, thank you to Chelsea for her incredible artistry!

Catch it on our first episode of the season right here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000657623170

03/06/2024

Cattle roam the middle of our state, and for a hundred years, their ranchers took up rest at Yeehaw Junction. 🐄 But what today appears to be just an intersection of the highway is loaded with history just below the surface. 🌴 Listen to the SEASON PREMIERE here! 🍊 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000657623170

02/04/2024

The humble Florida black bear. 🌿 A recent bill in Florida’s legislature has put the bears at more risk, and this week, we discuss that bill at length. We talk trash, hunters, poachers and how to protect the four thousand bears in our state. Listen here! 🍊 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Q3J2C29C2EOYj3Y4nWC5h?si=uSZ9qvYQTgalC7YERXRRyw

18/06/2023

This Tuesday, we return to our conversation about Florida’s state flag, its complicated history, and the governor who changed Florida.

05/06/2023

Listen to the season premiere HERE! 🌿 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5aGulfr4FULVXlsnPP7x75?si=iE3D-5CASeOiTXamEb59AQ

The schoolhouse of the Sanibel Historical Museum and Village, now leaning after Hurricane Ian’s impact.

This week, we visit the island of Sanibel, just a few months after the island sustained a direct hit from a Category 5 hurricane. We walk the nine historical buildings, discuss the hurricanes of years past, and consider how the island will recover as another hurricane season approaches.

02/06/2023

June 5th 🌿🌴 The summer season begins as we take a trip to Sanibel Island, reconnect with old friends, and learn how Florida is recovering after Hurricane Ian.

Catch up on last season here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444

07/03/2023

🌿 This week, on our first Spring Break trip of 2023, we travel to Gainesville, for pizza, a movie, and a trip into the Devils Millhopper Geological State Park. 🌱

Listen here! https://waitfiveminutes.podbean.com/e/the-devil-of-gainesville/

27/02/2023

STARTING NEXT MONDAY - For the entire month of March, we’re going on road trips! From the Panhandle to South Florida, we are exploring Florida’s nature and our historical connection to those green spaces around us, and find what’s out there. Tune in Monday for our first trip, to Gainesville! 🌿

20/02/2023

TOMORROW! Did Babe Ruth hit the longest home run of his career in Tampa, Florida? ⚾️ We break it down, and how Babe became an icon of American sports!

Catch up on old episodes here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444

06/02/2023

Listen to the new episode here! 🐊 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ZW5zIMUV0ikindcTAo8SN?si=nirHj5pWTDySsbZDhYvgoQ

In the winter of 1933, Zora Neale Hurston was out of options, trying to relaunch her career after leaving New York. A career opportunity came not far from her hometown, and what followed would change American literature forever. ☀️

10/11/2022

Do you know the name of Florida's first state governor? Well this is William Dunn Moseley! A Democrat and lawyer, Moseley won the first governorship in 1845 - how we got there is what this week's episode is all about! 🌿 LISTEN HERE! https://waitfiveminutes.podbean.com/e/florida-s-first-election/

19/10/2022

You may never have heard of this splatter classic, but it inspired generations of filmmakers after AND it was filmed in Miami! 🔪🩸 Hear the story of BLOOD FEAST in this week’s new episode!

Listen right here! https://open.spotify.com/episode/1P2mhXv9LDBnQWqr4zGaTp?si=O7wXC68_RI-bRiTdOrIchg

22/08/2022

🔨 Listen to the new episode here! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mlRBVw3rSpxl0lBrMx3tM?si=fkqzAHIfSy2ZIf5olHPZbA

⚾️ In the year before he moved to the Big Leagues, Hank Aaron spent a year in Jacksonville, slugging baseballs and making an impact. His team in Florida would lead to him becoming of the greatest baseball players of all time.☀️

15/08/2022

🌊 Listen to the new episode here!! https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Kf61uNjHKcRhn3y4e0pen?si=1HLqbHnaRtyJvr4A1DYcew

🌱 For half a century, the best place to get a look at cypress tree knees outside of a swamp was inside the Cypress Knee Museum - a unique tourist attraction with an even more unique owner. 🌤

08/08/2022

🐟 Listen to the new episode HERE! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000575325745

In a small lab in the middle of Orlando, a few specimens of coral are doing an incredible thing: they're reproducing! In this episode, we dive into the life of coral, and the future of the Florida Reef Tract Rescue Project. 🌊

04/08/2022

🐠 Listen to our new episode! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000574682076

This week, we visit a lab in Orlando where coral (seen here!) are being quarantined from a deadly disease on the Florida Reef. 🌊 (Photo credit: SeaWorld)

02/08/2022

Did you hear our episode about the Queen Kumquat Sashay parade? 🍊 It only partially explains the context of this photo. 🧈 Listen here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000570268924

01/08/2022

🌊 Listen to the new episode here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000574682076

🐠 The coral of Florida's waters are in danger. In a small lab in the middle of Orlando, a group of scientists seem to be doing the impossible - they're protecting the coral and creating an artificial environment where they can prosper and thrive. 🐟

21/07/2022

🍊 JUST SOME GUYS WHO ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN A PARADE 🍊

Hear about these gentlemen and so many more who marched in Orlando’s Weirdest Parade, the Queen Kumquat Sashay!

🌿 Listen here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000570268924

18/07/2022

🍊 Listen to the new episode! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000570268924

For nearly a decade from 1986 to 1994, a parade celebrating Orlando's weirdness took over downtown. Meet the man who created the parade and gathered all the strangeness into one uniquely Floridian event. 🏙

11/07/2022

⛺️ Listen to the new episode HERE! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000569482445

Fireflies, birds, rivers, stars and a bright full moon. 🌖 That's what we encountered out in the Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park a few months ago, as summer began and the heat crept in. Let's go back to that camping trip, and experience the night together. 🌌

06/07/2022

🌿 Listen to the new episode here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000568824740

This week, we continue our discussion about mangroves along Florida's coasts! Dr. Loraé Simpson teaches us about the value of mangroves against hurricanes, and the amazing ways we can track their growth through the generations! 🌊

01/07/2022

Listen to this week's episode right here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-is-a-mangrove/id1418794444?i=1000567790205

Have you ever seen these little green ci**rs floating in the Florida waterways, or laying on the ground beneath mangroves? 🌿 These are actually the seeds of the mangrove, and unlike other trees, the seeds are ALIVE when they DROP OFF THE TREES!!

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In our three year anniversary episode, we chat with the one and only Dr. Beach, about what makes a beach special, the unique quality of Florida beaches, and the call of humanity to our shores. 🌊🌴 Listen to the new episode here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-beaches-with-dr-beach/id1418794444?i=1000530001476

In 1961, Elvis Presley came to the city of Inglis to film his movie FOLLOW THAT DREAM. For forty years, it was the biggest event in the tiny Levy County town. Then, in 2001, that legacy was changed when the Devil came to town. 💀🔥 Hear the tale here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000496064663

The humble gopher tortoise, maybe one of the most important animals in all of Florida. 🍊 Catch his story in Season Four, premiering June 22nd!

Season Four. The songs that define us. ☀️ (THE FLORIDA SONG by Charles Atkins, with video produced by @wfsupublicmedia)

“Don’t touch that chimp!” This clip is from a popular 60s television show called Daktari, produced by Ivan Tors, whose animal actors took up residence in Homosassa Springs, Florida! ☀️ Hear their full amazing story right here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000470613723

“Where in the hell is the cavalry on this one?” Dade County Emergency Director Kate Hale three days after Hurricane Andrew struck Miami in August of 1992. Listen to her story and more right here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-five-minutes/id1418794444?i=1000465799232

Season Three. January 13th.

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