Fifth generation Florida native here, family’s from Bartow and Wauchula . Content is great. The guys have good radio voices and you’ll notice they actually sort of apologize when they raise an absurdly unpopular notion like gender curriculum in kindergarten. I think they are more like the old Democrats who (don’t stone me!) really weren’t that bad. My grandmama was one. It’s the Jimmy Carter type democrat. I think they are as annoyed with all the CRT and climate “mania” as everyone else but they have to toe the line for the liberal police from Tally and S Fla. these guys are good, give ‘em a chance!

The content is incredible because it is difficult to find the detailed Florida history anywhere else. It is clear that Kartik spends a lot of time on research. However, often in his episodes I can hear him typing and doing other things while the guest speaker is talking. I am appalled that he would do this while someone is speaking because it appears by him working on something else, he is not listening. Additionally, he should not be publishing the episode if other background sounds are heard. Please Kartik--- listen to the noises you are making BEFORE publishing. It would make your podcast far more professional. Thank you for all of your hard work on the content and just bought your book on the American Revolution.

Too much political bias to be useful. I prefer the Old Florida Now podcast since it’s straight history.

I really enjoy some of the content but it is hard (despite what other reviewers say because they sit on the same side of the fence) to trust that a fair representation is being given because it becomes obvious that everyone leans to one side of the political spectrum on the show. It’s really hard to take seriously when silly media terms like “climate denier” are used to brand people with different viewpoints. Wish I had better things to say, how about no political bias, at least give both sides of an argument, and don’t use dumb labels for people that are meant to divide.

Fascinating and nuanced telling of Florida history. I’m a Floridian and I didn’t know this history at all! Those complaining that this show is “too political” are simply not comfortable with history. Good luck finding an alternative to coddle your fragile worldview 💕 this ain’t Fox News.

Most of the podcasts are some great learning experiences of our great, butcrazy at times, state. I’ve learned so much listening but it seems some political views sometimes comes out. Of course everyone can believe what they want but this isn’t supposed to be a political show. Keep That out of it and it would be perfect. You must know things that were done in the past cannot be held accountable to the people of today that had nothing to do with it. People and society evolve.

I am a 6th generation Floridian who was so very looking forward to learning and enjoying this podcast. Unfortunately, like everything else these days. The hosts obvious political bias and commentary permeates everything. Very disappointing. C. Hodges

This is an informative and interesting podcast in regard to its subject focuses and historical content. I love the locally-focused nature of some stories, and the attention to clarifying common historical misconceptions. Even so, the presentation of the content can be agonizing to listen to, mainly due to the bizarrely long, mid-sentence pauses in narration. As a listener, I find it not only distracting, but highly irritating when following a story or commentary, and the host suddenly goes silent in the middle of a thought, only to continue the thought after about 4 to 8 seconds, as if an audio glitch, or break in cellular service occurred. This could easily be fixed with better editing, which in my opinion, would do wonders for efficacy and enjoyability for listeners.

Very politically biased

I’ve been traveling to Florida over the years, so I decided to listen to some podcasts to learn more about Florida’s history. I’ve been listening to this podcast periodically & it’s been ok, though very dry, but has certainly become political too. While listening to episode 232, they comment about not getting “too political”, but then go on to unfairly criticize all Republicans in some negative aspects that aren’t true nor fair. I’ll stop following now, I’m looking for accurate history, not political slants…