The very first episode of The Florida Heritage Project's limited podcast series: Making Florida Home. Myriam Mompoint, a Professor of Humanities at Florida SouthWestern State College interviews special guest and Florida native Stuart Brown about the fascinating history of the Calusa in Florida. Stuart Brown is a highly accredited scholar and professional with credits in film, and theater.

Date Posted: 1/17/24

This episode features special guest Autumn Watkins Holloway, who is the Executive Director of the Lee County Black History Society – a nonprofit organization founded in 1990 – which is a veritable cultural institution that preserves, commemorates, and celebrates black culture and the achievements of African Americans both locally and at the national level.

Date Posted: 2/14/24

This episode features award-winning Reference Librarian and visionary, Nadine Kramarz. She earned her MS in Information and Library Science from Drexel University and has a BA in Anthropology from Bloomsburg University. She explains how Archaeology has changed over time, challenges that Archaeologists in Florida face, and some of the oldest discoveries in the state’s history!

Date Posted: 3/13/24

This episode features special guest Dr. Alyssa Sepinwall - Professor of History at California State University San Marcos. She is a scholar and specialist of the French and Haitian Revolutions, gender, and colonial studies, as well as visual and pop cultures. She has visited Haiti, supports Haitian academics, writers, and artists, especially young Haitian filmmakers.

Date Posted: 4/10/24

Our guest for this episode is Ricky Ly - Founder of the tastychomps.com food blog and the Author of "Food Lover’s Guide to Orlando: The Best Restaurants, Markets, and Local Culinary Offerings." He is featured in Season 7 of the Netflix Series: “Somebody Feed Phil” starring Philip Rosenthal. He is a civil engineer and an alumnus of the University of Central Florida and the University of Florida. Ricky Ly has an active presence in the Vietnamese and Asian American communities of Orange County, Florida.

Date Posted: 5/8/24

This episode features Steven Butterman - An Associate Professor of Portuguese, Brazilian, and Global Lusophone studies at the University of Miami. He is a distinguished scholar recognized by the broad range of his work, which covers Brazilian literature and language, film and new media studies, comparative studies, immigration, gender, as well as post-colonial and decolonial studies, and social movements. He has studied and taught in Brazil, and has worked with the growing Brazilian population in South Florida notably in Miami and Pompano Beach.

Date Posted: 6/20/24

This episode features Jacob Winge - A public historian with deep personal ties to Florida. His family has lived in the state for five generations. Jacob has a long history of civic engagement. As a scholar of Florida Mr. Winge has worked with the Estero historical society where he has done presentations on colonial maritime shipwrecks, Spanish settlements, and piracy in Florida. Listen along as he shares his insights on the state’s evolution.

Date Posted: 9/11/24