Catching Up with Shane Hinton – Season 11, Episode 6
In this week's episode, we catch up with Shane Hinton, author of Pinkies and Radio Dark, and editor of We Can't Help It If We're From Florida, ahead of his…
Kristen Hare and “Hotels, Motels, and Inns of Florida” – Season 11, Episode 5
A lot of Florida's boutique resorts, lodges, beach motels, and villas have some pretty intriguing stories to tell! Poynter Institute director of craft and local news Kristen Hare joins us…
Darcy Greco and “One More Iris” – Season 11, Episode 4
Darcy Greco's novel of addiction, family dysfunction, and despair is saved from bleakness by her resilient and optimistic narrator. Darcy joins us today to discuss what it was like inhabiting…
Revisiting ‘The Storm’ with Keith Huneycutt – Season 11, Episode 3
The Storm is an important literary document in Florida's history. It's also a compelling storm story (if anyone still wants to read one after 2024). Keith Huneycutt joins us again…
Asha Elias and “Pink Glass Houses” – Season 11, Episode 2
If a lurid story of PTA drama, fundraising rivalries, Ponzi schemes, and adults acting less mature than their kids sounds fun to you, you will love Asha Elias' novel Pink…
Doug Alderson and “Encounters with Florida’s Endangered Wildlife” – Season 11, Episode 1
Doug Alderson, author of Encounters with Florida's Endangered Wildlife, joins us to kick off Season 11, discussing his work as a steward and advocate for Florida's most vulnerable (and breathtaking)…
Florida Storm Stories
Florida, sadly, does not lack for storms, as many of us have been reminded in the last month. The sensory evidence of Helene’s and Milton’s rampages is everywhere, not just…
Laura van den Berg and “State of Paradise” – Season 10, Episode 8
Laura van den Berg's new novel State of Paradise gave me serious Franz Kafka and David Lynch vibes. It contains some of the weirdest evocations of Florida I've ever encountered,…
Alex Gurtis and “When the Ocean Comes to Me” – Season 10, Episode 7
Fans of climate-change poetry and the struggles most people endure under late-stage capitalism in Florida will love Alex Gurtis' When the Ocean Comes to Me. And if you aren't, but…
Catching Up With P. Scott Cunningham – Season 10, Episode 6
Leaving Florida after you've built a huge legacy with a project like O, Miami must be hard. We welcome back P. Scott Cunningham to talk about relocating to Illinois, how…