Florida Keys Traveler podcast
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30: Happy 200th Birthday, Florida Keys!
July 3, 2023 marks the bicentennial "birthday" of the Florida Keys — and in this episode, we meet a Key West-born “Conch”…
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29: Quintessentially the Keys: Resilience, Jimmy Buffett and The Conch Republic
What’s the significance of Mallory Square in Key West? What does Jimmy Buffett represent to the Florida Keys? And just…
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28: Behind the Scenes at Truman Little White House in Key West
Why did President Harry Truman establish his Little White House in Key West? Where was he frequently spotted around town?…
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27: Wreckers, Sponges and a Fort Gone to Sea
What is sponging and how has it impacted the Keys? How did lighthouses save one industry, and end another? Why…
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26: Finding the World’s Richest Shipwreck
In 1985 off the Florida Keys, legendary treasure diver Mel Fisher and his team finally found the object of a…
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25: How Rope and Cement Are Helping Save North America’s Only Coral Barrier Reef
What marine animal is considered the gardener of the coral reef? What role can rope and cement play in Florida…
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24: The Florida Keys’ Heritage of Conservation
Did you know the Florida Keys are the home of North America’s only coral barrier reef and some of the…
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23: Kayak Through a Mangrove Tunnel, Where the Trees Meet the Seas
What's an aquatic tumbleweed? Can tiny, indigenous Key deer swim? And how does a barracuda trick its prey? Find out…
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22: Release the Fish, Keep the Memory: It’s Bigger
In the Florida Keys, fishermen have the chance, every day, to catch a prize trophy fish. Islamorada, in fact, is…
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21: Sensational Keys Seafood, Sustainable Stone Crab
The Florida Keys culinary adventure continues in this episode, as host Elizabeth Harryman Lasley and producer Jason Paton joins Key West Chef…
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