Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
The women who built south Florida
In our final extended Women’s History Month podcast, we look at two remarkable women who were most responsible for initial development South Florida (west and east coasts). 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 […]
Federal Government helping Florida handle Climate Change
The Biden Administration has helped Florida try to mitigate Climate Change. As the historic Fort Lauderdale flood event showed us less than two weeks ago, our state is in critical trouble.
Boca Raton’s unique urban oasis- Yamato Scrub
We have two videos from Boca Raton’s Yamato Scrub Natural Area which is maintained by Palm Beach County.
DeSantis play is for angry Covid-related warriors, conservative intellectuals and college-educated “anti-woke” types. Can it overcome Trump’s populist working class dominance?
Even as Governor Ron DeSantis continues his sinister non-candidacy candidacy (because here in Florida we have pesky progressive laws like “resign-to-run” and full disclosure of use of state funds etc) the race for the GOP Presidential nomination becomes crystal clear – it’s a contest between two very different visions of the GOP. DeSantis’ despite trying […]
DeSantis insults Florida while claiming he invented “state pride”- Florida has always been worth fighting for.
I’ve been proud to be a Floridian since I was a kid – maybe it was insecurity when relatives from up north would brag about New York, or my friends in school’s parents would brag about New York, or the person who lived next door would brag about New York, or the guy at pizza […]
May Mann Jennings
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we discussed, May Mann Jennings, a Florida First Lady who became an incredible force for conservation and charity in the state. 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 […]
DeSantis instincts & sheltering may have let him down – Trump is now aggressively defining DeSantis.
This week Ron DeSantis really began campaigning for President in earnest. He went to Ohio, Virginia and New Hampshire (an early primary state my sources indicate DeSantis team is not convinced he can be that competitive in vs Trump for what it’s worth) this week, while choosing not to pay a visit to Fort Lauderdale […]
Beyond Politics: Will Fumbling DeSantis Fail Beyond Politics:
I appeared on the Beyond Politics podcast to discuss Ron DeSantis and Florida’s drift to this point. In the last 20 years Florida has gone from balanced swing state to incubator of far-right Trump clones, and it’s about to produce the leading non-Trump Republican candidate for President, Ron DeSantis. So why did Florida go so…nuts? […]
The Florida Squeeze 