Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the absolute finessing that its stakeholders ran on the Fed to get all their deposits back, we talked with The Nation contributing editor Doug Henwood about what this failure means for our… Read More »Interview: Nice banking system you’ve got there, sure would be a shame if something happened to it, feat. Doug Henwood
In 1972, then-unknown actor Burt Reynolds approached Florida Gov. Reubin Askew about bringing director John Boorman’s new feature, “Deliverance” to film in Florida. Askew declined, and what happened next changed the course of movie and television history. Today we explore… Read More »Case File: How Florida Missed its Chance to be Hollywood East, plus Oscars Special!
Joined by Matt Lech (@MattLech) we take a look forward at the raft of legislation coming online here in Florida and the implications of how it could take hold nationally should the man behind all of it, Gov. Ron DeSantis,… Read More »Conversation: Florida’s Crushing Authoritarianism, Coming Soon to a City Near You
In the ’90s, Miami’s hip-hop scene was undergoing a radical transformation that would evolve the then-Booty Bass-obsessed city into a critical outpost for a new MC/lyric-driven iteration of the genre. Names like Pitbull, DJ Khaled, DJ Raw and many more… Read More »Conversation: The Untold History of Miami Hip-Hop feat. John Cordero
This week we’ve prepared a comprehensive case file on maybe the highest-profile criminal occupying public office in our state, his role overseeing what has been called the largest Medicare fraud in history, how he’s used his vast fortune to buy… Read More »Case File: Hissin’ Rick Scott & the biggest Medicare fraud that ever there was
Thanks to supermajorities in the state legislature, Gov. Ron DeSantis has full, unfettered control of Florida’s legislative agenda — and he’s using it. Last week, DeSantis’ friendly coterie of lawmakers sent him a slate of bills aimed at burnishing his… Read More »Case File: Ron DeSantis’ “Fix-It” Week
It’s been a few months since we talked about the confounding case of Eric Silagy and Florida Power & Light, and while deductive reasoning could lead some folks to the conclusion that the nation’s largest public utility engaged in election… Read More »Interview: The Eric Silagy Syllogism feat. Mario Ariza
In Manatee County, teachers have their marching orders. Educators and administrators are clearing books from not just school libraries but class libraries. We talked with Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) from Popular Information about his reporting on the pressure teachers are feeling… Read More »Interview: The Case of the Missing Libraries feat. Judd Legum
Our humble podcast achieves the rare Eskamani Trifecta as we welcome back Ida Eskamani to help us preview what promises to be Florida’s most unhinged legislative session in living memory, with GOP supermajorities in both houses and a governor focused on… Read More »I Know Everything Sucks Yeah And This Is (Not) Gonna Be The Last Time You Hear Us Complain – Florida Legislative Session Preview feat. Ida Eskamani
We’re back for a new season and year, and the Gods have smiled on us with a series of increasingly ridiculous Florida-adjacent stories. We touched on former-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s Florida winter that landed him in a hospital while his… Read More »CONVERSATION: The Orlando Trip That Nearly Took Down a KFC-Loving Brazilian President