Welcome to Florida
Episodes
311 episodes
Episode 305: 'Welcome to Florida' x 'Seeking Rents'
Jason Garcia hosts the "Seeking Rents" podcast and writes the "Seeking Rents" Substack newsletter. Both investigate government corruption in Florida. Both are essential for Floridians interested i...
Episode 304: The Black Seminole Chief and America's Forgotten War
Martin County wants to prevent a slaughterhouse from being built there. The state says it doesn't have a say in the matter....
Episode 303: Guy Bradley (The Everglades' First Game Warden)
Join "Welcome to Florida" along with Jason Garcia from "Seeking Rents" for our first in-person event. May 7 we'll be at Tombolo Books in St. Pete and May 9, we'll be at Austin's Coffee in Winter Park.
Episode 302: The world's deadliest tree
Join Craig, Chadd, and Jason Garcia from "Seeking Rents" Thursday,
Episode 301: Burrowing Owls
BIG NEWS! "Welcome to Florida" is hosting our first ever in-person events along with Jason Garcia from "Seeking Rents!"
Episode 300: Miami Circle
Not satisfied with simply being a dictator, Donald Trump allowed for the convening of the Endangered Species Com...
Episode 299: Guava
Craig found a villainous Floridian who thinks his interest in building a home is more important than the survival of Florida s...
Episode 298: Tampa Mobster Charlie Wall
The state legislature passed laws preventing Florida municipalities from pursuing clean energy.Mobster Charlie Wall
Episode 297: Turnbull Plantation and Menorcans
Florida U.S. Representative Cory Mills is one of the most unscrupulous politicians and businesspeople in the s...
Episode 296: Everglades Snail Kites
The Florida State Legislature continues breaking state law and disobeying the will of the people by defunding the Florida Forever la...
Episode 295: Wakulla Springs
Fifteen miles south of Tallahassee, one of Florida's most magnificent springs can be found: Wakulla Springs. Kellie Keys is a professor in the Communications Department at Florida State University working with FSU researchers at
Episode 294: Lakeland's Swanfather
Big Sugar is leaning on the legislature to make it so people can't badmouth their product.Big ag is leaning on the legisla...
Episode 293: Spring Training
Spring Training has marked the end of winter in Florida for more than 10...
Episode 292: Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
Florida continues to promote unfettered growth without paying attention to the water demands of all those new people and bus...
Episode 291: The Swamp Doctor
The Florida State Legislature continues its rich tradition of doing the bidding of powerful corporate interests, this ...
Episode 290: Latino Orlando
Immigration and Customs Enforcement goons are murdering American citizens in Minneapolis, running concentration camps around the country - including Florida - and increasing their terror campaign in and around Orlando. The mission of ICE is to ...
Episode 289: "Hit Man"
Craig has identified what he believes to be the single worst piece of proposed legislation for the upcoming session of the Florida...
Episode 288: Gideon v. Wainwright
The people of Palm Beach County are fighting a proposed data center.Learn more about data centers by subscribing to our ...
Episode 287: Manta Rays
Craig wraps up 2025 with his weirdest Florida headlines of the year.Our patrons at Patreon have exclu...
Episode 286: James Weldon Johnson
In the upcoming legislative session, Florida politicians will be considering a bill which would give the biggest Florida land d...
Episode 285: Rice's Whales
Drawing down the Rodman Reservoir proves how a free-flowing Ocklawaha River would benefit Florida.
Episode 284: Marijuana Smuggling in the Everglades
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proud to acknowledge that it didn't follow science wh...
Episode 283: Florida in the 1930s
With the gubernatorial election less than a year away, now is the time to ask the crowded field of candidates ...