Florida Spectacular
Take a weekly trip across Florida with authors Cathy Salustri and Rick Kilby and discover a side of Florida you never knew existed. From the scallops in Panhandle bays to the Hemingway cats in Key West, every week's a Florida adventure.
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Florida Spectacular
Episode 237: Florida Spectacular Origin Story, Marj the Influencer, and Social Media
Send us your Florida questions!
As Rick and Cathy look to the new year, they talk about the podcast's origin story, what Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings would have sounded like as an influencer, and the ways social media can help Florida research.
Links We Mentioned
Desperately seeking information on:
Mary Mae Campbell (Most likely: South Florida/Homestead, ca. 1967)
Donald W. Sill (Winter Park artist /Altamonte Springs)
Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com.
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