Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II’s 1991 visit to Miami
The world mourns as Queen Elizabeth II passed on Thursday. Here is news coverage of her 1991 visit to Miami from the Wolfson Archive (WPLG coverage)
CFO Patronis attacks free market in anti-tech company ad to launch reelection bid
Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis, who has consistently attacked “big tech” in the past, has produced his first TV ad of the 2022 campaign – attacking big tech and by extension, the very free market principles for private enterprise GOPers once upon a time defended with vigor. The irony of this ad…
The Spanish-American War in Florida
The Spanish-American War had a large Florida component to it as Cuba was the most significant fighting front of the war. On this edition of the Florida History Podcast, we talk about Florida’s role in that war of 1898. 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, […]
The Keys Labor Day Storm – Murder at Matecombe
The National Hurricane Center in 2014 reclassified the 1935 Keys Labor Day Storm, one of the greatest tragedies in Florida’s History as the strongest storm to ever hit the US mainland. The storm hit 83 years ago today on September 2, 1935. One of the great tragedies of the Labor Day storm was the death of hundreds of […]
Birds fishing in Cypress Swamps at the Loxahatchee NWR
A morning in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge brings birds searching for fish in the boggy Cypress Swamps.
Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve
A quick overview of one of the entrances to the reserve in St Johns County.
The Focus Group – Florida Man with Marc Caputo
Marc Caputo, of NBC News (former Politico, The Miami Herald, and The Palm Beach Post) knows Florida about as well as any political reporter in the last two decades. He sat in on this podcast with Sarah Longwell of The Bulwark , and it should be essential listening for all those who make political assumptions, […]
The Florida Squeeze 