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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.
Get more Florida goodness with greatfloridaroadtrip.com and rickkilby.com.
Florida Spectacular
Episode 265: Serge Storms, Doc Ford, and Travis McGee
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Send us your Florida questions!
Rick and Cathy talk about Florida mystery writers. Curl up with your next summer read after listening!
Links We Mentioned
Striptease (also a book; this links to info about the film)
Carl Hiaasen (website has links to Striptease, Tourist Season, Squeeze Me, and Stormy Weather)
Cathy's 2017 interview with Carl Hiaasen
Randy Wayne White (website has link to Dark Light)
John D. MacDonald (not John D. MacArthur!)
Tim Dorsey and Serge Storms books
Travis McGee movie
Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast Cookbook
Kristen Arnett podcast episode
Tara Lush podcast episode about Florida cozies and another about her haunted mysteries
Book cover via Tara Lush; used with permission.
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Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee).
NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!
Podcasts we love
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The Florida Madcaps
Sunshine State Seekers and the Florida Excursionist