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When the Contemporary Resort was originally designed, it was built with all the hope of the future built into its existe... Read more

Hurricane Michael devastated the Panhandle of Florida last week. How did it affect us? What did we do? And where do we g... Read more

This week on Wait Five Minutes: The Floridian Podcast, we discuss the gubentorial race that has caught the public eye, a... Read more

The manatees flock to Blue Spring State Park every winter. Why do they come? Who looks out for them when they do? And wh... Read more

This week, we discuss the harmful algal blooms that are sweeping the coasts of Florida, as well as the people playing po... Read more

Donate to Feeding America here Donate to One Blood here Throughout the 1960s, cinema made its way to Florida’s shores th... Read more

The lovebugs have arrived. The lovebugs are everywhere. The lovebugs aren't going anywhere. Why are there so many myths ... Read more

Gabrielle Calise refuses to be put into a box. She has written a wide variety of stories for the Tampa Bay Times, from h... Read more

It is the one-year anniversary of the creation of this show. Today, let's celebrate how far we've come, and interrogate ... Read more

Every border of Florida is defined by its connection to the water all around us. The lines they follow are set by human ... Read more

When the Orange Bird was originally conceived, his reach and connections could not have been comprehended. He was made t... Read more

Zora Neale Hurston liked the mystery that surrounded her. That was part of what made her so unique. But who was she, rea... Read more

The Florida Bonneted Bat exists nowhere else in the world. They are some of the most fascinating animals in the country ... Read more

Every story we tell has some falsehoods. We complicate or muddle without meaning to and the story always changes. What h... Read more

I-4 carves through the middle of central Florida, connecting Tampa, Orlando and Daytona like a lifeline. This comes with... Read more

Florida's egrets were on the brink of demise. Enter Guy Bradley, an outdoorsman who, for three short years, fought adama... Read more

Authors leave a trail of legacy and memories behind them. They cannot control how their words will age or change, but, i... Read more

Florida has more golf courses than any other state in the country. What happens when those courses fall apart? When the ... Read more

John Young flew six different missions for NASA, each one unique and important in its own way. In his forty-two years of... Read more

In the 1960s, politics in the South changed forever. Nowhere is that more evident than in the rivalry between two Democr... Read more