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TD Allman's New History of Florida: Finding Florida

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Tags: T.D. Allman, Finding Florida, WMNF, Florida History, Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, racism, Confederacy, poll taxes, Reconstruction, Walt Disney World, CIA

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk with the author of a new book about the 500 year history of Florida. But first two listener comments about yesterday’s open phones. For much of the hour we discussed health care, health insurance and the proposed Big Gulp ban. Here’s what several listeners had to say.

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Most history books tell us that Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida for the Europeans in April 1513—500 years ago next mon...