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