Shelley Katz’s “Alligator” – Season 1, Episode 8
"Alligator" looks like the cheapest kind of pulp horror novel upon first glance. The cover, the summary, the title – they all do it no favors in terms of perception.…
Shane Hinton’s “Radio Dark” – Season 1, Episode 7
Shane Hinton’s 2019 novel "Radio Dark" doesn’t seem like the kind of book one would want to read in 2020. It’s about a plague that effectively ends society, it uses…
“The Letters of George Long Brown” – Season 1, Episode 6
George Long Brown was no Harriet Beecher Stowe. I mean, he bought slaves when he settled in Florida after emigrating from New England, and Stowe was a fervent abolitionist. But…
George McCowan’s “Frogs” – Season 1, Episode 5
Frogs aren’t really scary. Well, unless they’re telepathically controlling lizards, alligators, snakes, and other reptiles and commanding them to attack humans. I mean, these are humans with lots of hubris…
“Florida Reimagined” – Season 1, Episode 4
Walt Disney World, it could be argued, has not had a net positive effect on Central Florida, environmentally speaking at least. University of Central Florida professor of art history Keri…
“Condoms and Hot Tubs Don’t Mix” – Season 1, Episode 3
There is a book out there filled with sexual anecdotes and stories that in some cases are so embarrassing, frightening, or... well, ordinary, that they make for pretty entertaining reading.…
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Palmetto Leaves” – Season 1, Episode 2
Florida before air-conditioning was still somehow considered paradise by a lot of people, including "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" author Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote a book on it! Join me as…
Ernest Hemingway’s “The Strange Country” – Season 1, Episode 1
Ernest Hemingway's association with Florida is most commonly defined by his time spent in Key West during the 1930s. However, in "The Strange Country," published posthumously as part of "The…