On a recent Florida History Podcast, our series on Disney in Florida continued with a look at Walt Disney World in the 1990’s. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free which enable you to ..read more

In a special joint-Tropical Depression/Florida History Podcast release, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Ryan Ray discuss the great Bob Graham who passed away last week at 87. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free which enable ..read more

From a company press release:  Breeze Airways, the U.S.’ only NLCC, or ‘Nice Low Cost Carrier,’ announced today that Fort Myers’ Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) will become the airline’s ninth base of operations nationally and third in Florida, starting October 1. Breeze’s first flight from Fort Myers was in June, 2022 and, since then ..read more

Florida Republicans have long been extremists on the abortion issue. Even in the 1990’s as the GOP had several pro-choice legislators in and around leadership, the party’s grassroots began pushing the party harder and harder to the right. Ron DeSantis after being one of the nation’s most popular Governor’s and winning reelection by a landslide ..read more

We lost both Jimmy Buffett and Bob Graham in the last several months, so we’re re-running a piece I wrote when Buffett passed last September. Jimmy Buffett’s passing on Friday is symbolic of the Florida we once had and have now lost. Buffett was the greatest symbol of the unique Florida culture we had created ..read more

The Florida Squeeze has been making and sometimes not making endorsements in Florida’s Democratic politics for well over a decade. Rarely have we been as enthusiastic about any recommendation as for Billy Corben for Miami-Dade DEC Chair. To the Precinct Committee People who will vote in this election – it’s OK to do something unusual ..read more

In honor of Governor and Senator Bob Graham who passed on Tuesday, we bring you this encore presentation of one of earliest The Florida History Podcasts (sorry for the poor audio this was before we got better equipment), where we discuss workdays, Bob Graham’s campaign gimmick which helped make him one of the political and public ..read more

In honor of Senator and Governor Bob Graham who passed earlier this week, we bring you an encore of our podcast from 2020 on the High Tech boom that Governor Graham helped create ..read more

Continuing our tributes to Bob Graham who passed this week at 87 we look back on what his enlightened and correct views on the US War in Iraq.  While the war was very popular at the time, it’s become an issue since that first defined Democrats in the 2007 to 2012 period and since 2015 ..read more

Bob Graham, the single most influential Floridian of my lifetime passed a few hours ago. For me it’s a devastating blow- no public official meant more to me personally than Graham did. Let’s review the Florida he came into and the state he helped mold into a true Sunshine State along with the likes of ..read more