The United States is the largest art market in the world, and with its unique combination of rich people and light oversight, Florida is a natural nexus for art-related fraud. This week, Tess Davis, Executive Director of the Antiquities Coalition,… Read More »INTERVIEW: Baseled in Miami feat. Tess Davis
Billy Corben, director of hit documentaries like Cocaine Cowboys, The U, and most recently HULU’s God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down A Dynasty, joins us to talk about Miami’s undisputed status as the capital of crypto scams and… Read More »CONVERSATION: Welcome to Shitcoin City feat. Billy Corben
A bit of a palette cleanser from politics and midterm elections this week. It’s Thanksgiving week, and we’ve pulled a story from the annals of Florida’s violent recent past that centers on one family’s tragic holiday, a salacious story that… Read More »CASE FILE: The Thanksgiving Day Merhige Murders & Florida’s Mental Health Crisis
(Ok, you’ll probably notice that we recorded this shortly after the midterm elections, as various races that are now settled were still up in the air. But we turned out to be right so stick a sock in it.) With… Read More »INTERVIEW: Why Are Florida Democrats Like This? feat. Kartik Krishnaiyer
Following yet another crushing defeat for Florida Democrats, we caught up with Danny Rivero (@TooMuchMe), a Miami journalist at NPR affiliate WLRN to figure out exactly why our politics are like this. One issue that Democrats ceded ground on was… Read More »CONVERSATION: Fumbling the Bag & Immigration — How the GOP Locked Up Florida While Underperforming Nationally
We talked with Ida V. Eskamani (@ida_v_e) about Florida’s place in the war on LGBTQ+ rights, and the moving target that is straight-cisgendered hate for nonbinary people. Schools and scholastic sports are the new battlegrounds, and it all comes to… Read More »INTERVIEW: Of Mice and Men Who Are Into Men feat. Ida Eskamani
There’s machine politics, and there’s micro-machine politics. In Florida’s state capital, you can find both right across the street from each other. Ryan Ray, Aide to Tallahassee city commissioner Jeremy Matlow, stopped by to discuss his boss’s efforts to address… Read More »INTERVIEW: The Deeply Corrupt Status Quo of Tallahassee feat Ryan Ray
“I want you to make his life a living hell. Seriously.” The quote is from a 2019 email the chief executive of Florida Power & Light, Eric Silagy, about Florida State Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez, who had been a thorn… Read More »CASE FILE: Florida Power & Light’s Corrupt Election Hustle
With our guest Jordan Zakarin from More Perfect Union, we dive into the enigma that is Florida’s Governor and his myriad scandals, missteps and misadventures. You can follow Jordan @jordanzakarin and subscribe to Progress Report here. You can follow WAWLT… Read More »CONVERSATION: The Ron DeSantis Riddle Feat. Jordan Zakarin
Following last week’s conversation and exploration of education, we talked with Jennifer Berkshire, a journalist and podcaster who covers education policy and politics. Along with her co-host Jack Schneider, she co-authored “A Wolf At The Schoolhouse Door” in 2020. Her… Read More »INTERVIEW: Education Part II feat. Jennifer Berkshire