Florida Spectacular

Episode 253: Rick and Cathy Live at the Florida Studies Book Festival

Send us your Florida questions! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new] Rick and Cathy talk about writing about Florida in front of an audience at their first-ever live podcast taping.  Support the show [https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US] Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com [cathy@floridaspectacular.com]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter [http://eepurl.com/df4f_T], and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com [http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/]. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com [http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/] and get his books at rickkilby.com [https://www.rickkilby.com/]. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy [http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy] and everywhere else as @CathySalustri [http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri]; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth [https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth], Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social]), and IG (@ricklebee [http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee]). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link [cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question]!

Episode 252: Florida Women You Need to Know

Send us your Florida questions! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new] Cathy and Rick talk about only a few of the many Badass Florida Women in our history. Women We Mentioned Emateloye [https://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/emateloye-estenletkvte-outside-looking-in] Commodore Rose [https://www.thehistorycenter.org/commodore-rose/] May Mann Jennings [https://flwomenshalloffame.org/bio/may-mann-jennings/] Mary Lee De Pugh [https://myweb.rollins.edu/jchambliss/Historic_Winter_Park/Historic_Winter_Park/The_Ideal_Womens_Club.html] Mary McLeod Bethune [https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-mcleod-bethune] Joy Postle [https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2009/02/meet-joy-postle.html] (and more about her [https://www.thehistorycenter.org/joy-postle/], too!)  Support the show [https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US] Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com [cathy@floridaspectacular.com]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter [http://eepurl.com/df4f_T], and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com [http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/]. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com [http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/] and get his books at rickkilby.com [https://www.rickkilby.com/]. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy [http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy] and everywhere else as @CathySalustri [http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri]; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth [https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth], Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social]), and IG (@ricklebee [http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee]). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link [cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question]!

Episode 251: Wonders of Shadow Key, Elvis, and Cryptids We Have Loved

Send us your Florida questions! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new] Florida author John Fleming joins the podcast to talk about his latest book, Wonders of Shadow Key. Links We Mentioned Wonders of Shadow Key [https://amzn.to/47Ex9Kq] Review of Wonders of Shadow Key [https://thegabber.com/wonders-of-shadow-key-florida-cli-fi-for-ya/] Connections [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078588/] TV show (BBC) John Fleming's website [https://jjflemingbooks.com/] Follow That Dream [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055992] (movie) The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman [https://amzn.to/4bLJD5t] Fearsome Creatures of Florida [https://amzn.to/41FgJxI] (and the website [https://fearsomecreatures.com/navigate.html]) Dave Barry's Swamp Story [https://amzn.to/4sWuVOQ] Songs for the Deaf [https://amzn.to/47EFrlw] The Book I Will Write [https://amzn.to/4v1vN6o] Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods [https://amzn.to/4c4uI5d]  Support the show [https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US] Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com [cathy@floridaspectacular.com]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter [http://eepurl.com/df4f_T], and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com [http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/]. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com [http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/] and get his books at rickkilby.com [https://www.rickkilby.com/]. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy [http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy] and everywhere else as @CathySalustri [http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri]; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth [https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth], Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social]), and IG (@ricklebee [http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee]). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link [cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question]!

Episode 250: Snails, Snail Kites, and Hilary Flower

Send us your Florida questions! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new] Hilary Flower, author of The Kite and The Snail: An Endangered Bird, Its Unlikely Prey, and a Story of Hope in a Changing World [https://amzn.to/4dFqp2v], joins the podcast to talk about what prompted her to write the book.  Links We Mentioned Review of The Kite and The Snail [https://thegabber.com/the-kite-and-the-snail-interwoven-lives-in-the-everglades/] Limpkins [https://www.audubon.org/magazine/limpkins-are-everywhere-all-sudden-what-going] Snail kites [https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/snail-kite] Apple snails [https://myfwc.com/research/freshwater/species-assessments/mollusks/apple-snails/] Slugs [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093995/] Merlin bird app [https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/] iNaturalist app [https://www.inaturalist.org/] HilaryFlowerAuthor.com [http://hilaryflowerauthor.com/] How To Spot a Snail Kite [https://www.hilaryflowerauthor.com/resources] Image courtesy of University Press of Florida Support the show [https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US] Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com [cathy@floridaspectacular.com]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter [http://eepurl.com/df4f_T], and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com [http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/]. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com [http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/] and get his books at rickkilby.com [https://www.rickkilby.com/]. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy [http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy] and everywhere else as @CathySalustri [http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri]; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth [https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth], Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social]), and IG (@ricklebee [http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee]). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link [cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question]!

Episode 249: Submerged Stories: Santos, Segregation, and Disenfranchisement

Send us your Florida questions! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new] Ryan and Cathy talk about Santos' Black history and how it's been erased, and put out a call for help from anyone who knows the history of the people displaced for the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Links We Mentioned The Zorg [https://amzn.to/41qninG] Santos [https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=166862] historical marker Historic Santos Recreation Area [https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/historic-santos-recreation-area] Negro League Baseball [https://www.nlbm.com/] Saving Santos [https://www.ocalagazette.com/saving-santos/] Support the show [https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US] Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com [cathy@floridaspectacular.com]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter [http://eepurl.com/df4f_T], and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com [http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/]. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com [http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/] and get his books at rickkilby.com [https://www.rickkilby.com/]. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy [http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy] and everywhere else as @CathySalustri [http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri]; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth [https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth], Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social]), and IG (@ricklebee [http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee]). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link [cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question]!