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In 1812 the Madison Administration tacitly backed a hostile rebellion in East Florida.

We discuss the short-lived Republic of West Florida and the US annexation of areas of Florida west of the Perdido River. These locales are now in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

In the second episode of our series on Andrew Jackson and the Conquest of Florida, we discuss The Louisiana Purchase and how it impacted Florida. US negotiators were more interested in acquiring Florida than the vast wilderness of the west at the time.

On our first pod of a new series, we discuss why the United States was so committed to stealing Florida from Spain in the early 1800's. We cover the period from the Revolution until the 1820's in this series and discuss the broader themes we will explore in future pods in this episode.

Part 2 of the Beyond Politics discussion we started last week.

For the next two weeks we're going to play part one and part two of Kartik's recent appearance on the Beyond Politics podcast discussing Florida's evolution from progressive state in the 1970's, to neoliberal/DLC state in the 1980's and 1990's to competitive leans conservative state in the 2000's to Tea Party state in the 2010's and MAGA Central in…

We discuss Julia Tuttle and Bertha Palmer today on the Florida History Podcast, and discuss how both coaxed the railroads on either coast south from their previous terminus' (West Palm Beach and Tampa) toward to Miami and Sarasota.

We discuss one of the most remarkable female Floridians of all time, May Mann Jennings, First Lady from 1901-1905, who became a leading conservationist and activist as well.

We discuss Florida's first female member of Congress, who was the daughter of one of most famous political figures in American history.

Continuing our Women's History Month theme we discuss Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most famous Floridians in multiple fields.

This week for Women's History Month 2023 we talk about two very famous Florida women who were both writers.

On this Women's History Month themed Florida History Podcast we discuss Marjorie Harris Carr's fight against the Cross Florida Barge Canal and her impact in influencing the politics of Florida.

We discuss the 1889 visit to Florida of Frederick Douglass one of the greatest Americans in history.

Florida played a large role in the Civil Rights Movement - and was a critical stage in the fight over the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

We continue our Black History Month series with a look at a dark, dark period in Florida's History. The 1920's until the 1960's. Key figures are NAACP President Harry T. Moore who was the victim of an assassination in Titusville in 1951 and Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall whose control over local police departments in Central Florida and connecti…

In this second episode of our Black History Month 2023 series, we discuss runaway slaves escaping to British-held territories in the 1800's.

To kick of Black History Month at the Florida History Podcast we discuss several topics we have previously touched upon in greater detail - the impact of runaway slaves on Spanish Florida in the 18th Century, the free black settlement of Fort Mose and the critical role free African-Americans took in defending Florida from British conquest.…

The Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park is in Flagler County and yields a lot of history to discuss from the early 1800's in Florida.

We discuss the history of Florida's State University System which was founded in 1905.

We discuss President McKinley's 1899 visit to Tallahassee, including the State Capitol and Florida A&M University. This was the first ever Presidential visit to Florida's capital city.

In this episode of The Florida History Podcast we look back at the enormous contributions of Mary McLeod Bethune, who the state has honored as a designee in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington DC.

Ryan Ray, Chair of the Leon Democrats joins us to discuss the collapse of the Democratic Party in Florida elections.

We discuss the events leading up to the opening of the Sunshine State Parkway (now Florida's Turnpike) in 1957 and then changes to the road in the 1960's.

On New Years Eve 1896, a ship with a famous passenger, Stephen Crane and lots of armaments for Cuban revolutionaries left Jacksonville for Havana. It never made it. We tell the story in this podcast.

We discuss the famous 1715 Treasure Fleet which washed up near modern day Vero Beach and the character of Henry Jennings a British privateer. turned pirate who was instrumental in the theft of some of the riches from the fleet.

In a short episode this week, we discuss the 1883 Ocala Fire which destroyed two luxury hotels and six city blocks. Ocala was a frontier town at the time but was rebuilt and became a key Florida city in the aftermath.

On Episode 185 we discuss the Koreshan Unity a religious movement that empowered women that set up a town on the banks of the Estero River in Lee County. The area is now part of the Koreshan State Historic Park.

On this episode we discuss the building of the Overseas Railroad from Miami to Key West - an engineering marvel.

In this week's Florida History Podcast, we dive into Jeb Bush historic 1998 victory that ushered in an era of GOP dominance at the state level.

Bob Martinez is elected in a banner GOP year that began the state's drift toward the GOP.

A special treat this week on The Florida History Podcast as Voting Rights Attorney Nick Warren, from the ACLU Florida joins us to take us through the odyssey of voting rights in Jacksonville and Duval County since the 1967 consolidation charter up until today and the court decision regarding City Council and School Board districts.…

1970 was supposed to be a banner GOP year in Florida. But infighting turned Republican against Republican, and led to a banner Democratic year headlined by Reubin Askew's rout of sitting Governor Claude Kirk.

In 1966 Governor Haydon Burns was denied renomination by the Democrats who opted for liberal Miami Mayor Robert King High instead of the conservative Burns. This led to a mass exodus of Democrats from their ancestral party in the fall election, where they backed Republican Claude Kirk. With his win, Kirk became the first GOP Governor in 90 years an…

2022 is a Governor's Election year. For the rest of the month we will focus on past Governor's races that proved turning points in Florida's History. We start with 1952.

Using the career of former GOP Governor Charlie Crist , who is currently the Democrats nominee for Governor as a reference point, we go through the history of the GOP in Pinellas County, the home of the traditional moderate Republican in the Sunshine State.

With Ian approaching Florida we take a look back at September storms that impacted Florida previously from 1935 to present day.

In this episode we chronicle the 1774 journey of William Bartram through East Florida and exploration of the St Johns River.

In this short episode, we discuss sites in Florida associated with the DeSoto trail.

We discuss the Cross Florida Barge Canal project, long in the making that got cancelled in 1971.

We discuss Florida's central role in the US' first modern military conflict: the Spanish-American War of 1898.

We discuss General and President Zachary Taylor's tremendous relationship and impact upon Florida.

We discuss the escape of runaway slaves to the Bahamas and Caribbean via Florida in the 1800's.

Of the first 16 movies in the 007 franchise, Florida was involved in filming of five of them, with Goldfinger and License to Kill being set partly in Florida. We discuss those films, plus why Casino Royale was not filmed in Florida despite much of the movie being set in Miami.

We discuss the history of Disney's Reddy Creek Improvement District, signed into law in 1967 and rescinded in 2022 by the Florida Legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis.

We launch a new season of the podcast today. New topics and fresh looks/deeper dives at topics we've previously discussed. In this podcast, 50 years on we take a fresh look at Watergate and Florida.

The Civil Rights movements St Augustine campaign had one of its most important moments at this spot.

Chief Osceola’s resting place is in South Carolina where he was moved after being taken prisoner.

We discuss Fort King, an important(present) Marion County US fort which existed from 1827 to 1844.

Silver Springs, Florida's original tourist attraction first opened in 1878.

In part two of our look back at the Florida GOP’s evolution we cover the years from Jeb Bush to Ron DeSantis.