The Florida History Podcast
The Florida History Podcast
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A weekly look at a different fascintating topic in Florida History Cover art photo by Derek Reese. @DR928
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DEC 9, 2025
Civil Rights in Florida - Coming in 2026
To celebrate America 250 we are going to tell the true stories of what happened in Florida after joining the union in terms of African-Americans. We will go from 1845 right through the Civil Rights era.
1 MIN
DEC 2, 2025
Episode 328: Why is UF Football so hated by rival fans?
Despite their own huge rivalry Miami and Florida State fans seem to exhibit a sense of solidarity when it comes to Florida. The same can be said for some SEC schools when it comes to Florida. Neil Blackmon joins us to examine why this is.
16 MIN
NOV 25, 2025
Episode 327: Florida v Miami
Neil Blackmon joins us again to discuss the historic rivalry between Florida and Miami which ended for the foreseeable future in 2025.
21 MIN
NOV 18, 2025
Episode 326: Spurrier v Bowden - A decade defining rivalry
We continue our miniseries on Florida's college football history with a look at Bobby Bowden v Steve Spurrier and the colorful 1990's in the Florida v FSU rivalry.
22 MIN
NOV 11, 2025
Florida vs Florida State: The Origins of the Sunshine State Showdown
We begin a short series on the history of College Football in the state discussing the early history of the rivalry between Florida and Florida State on the gridiron and the importance placed on it by both schools. In the coming weeks we will also look at the Florida-Miami rivalry and the FSU-Miami rivalry. Neil Blackmon of Saturday Down South and an eminent historian of UF football joins us for this entire miniseries.
19 MIN
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