Episode 53 Community Based Research

Episode 53 Community Based Research

In this episode I spoke with Dr. Julian Chambliss, an associate professor of history at Rollins College. He is the coordinator of the Africa and African-American Studies Program at Rollins. I spoke with Dr. Chambliss about Community Based Research, specifically how he incorporates this approach to his teaching.

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Episode 52 Interview with Jim Clark Part 2

Episode 52 Interview with Jim Clark Part 2


This is a two part interview with Dr. Jim Clark from the University of Central Florida.

In this second part we talked with Dr. Clark about his book Presidents in Florida and his forthcoming book Pineapple Anthology of Florida Writers Volume 1.

You can listen to the interview on iTunes or iTunesU.

Episode 51 Interview with Jim Clark Part 1

Episode 51 Interview with Jim Clark Part 1


This is a two part interview with Dr. Jim Clark from the University of Central Florida.

In this first interview I spoke with Dr. Clark about his research and recent book examining the 1950 US Senate Primary election between Claude Pepper and George Smathers. This was one of the most colorful and significant political campaigns in Florida.

Professor Clark talks to me about his research and why we should remember these two political characters from Florida’s past.

You can listen to the interview on iTunes or iTunesU.

Winter 2013 Vol 91 No. 3

Winter 2013 Vol 91 No. 3

In this episode of the Florida Historical Quarterly Podcast Assistant Editor Daniel S. Murphree interviews Paul Hoffman, Paul W. and Nancy W. Murrill Professor of History at Louisiana State University. Professor Hoffman was the guest editor for the first of a series of issues that re-examines the five hundred years of Florida's history since the landing of Ponce de Leon in 1513. This issues addresses the Sixteenth Century. Four more issues will come out yearly to re-examine the subsequent centuries.

The Table of Contents for this issue is below:


"500 Years of Florida History – The Sixteenth Century:  Introduction”  By Connie L. Lester and Daniel S. Murphree
“The Historiography of Sixteenth-Century La Florida” By Paul E. Hoffman
“The Historical Archaeology of Sixteenth-Century La Florida” By Kathleen A. Deagan
“Entangled Borderlands:  Europeans and Timucuans in Sixteenth-Century Florida” By Jonathan DeCoster
“Sixteenth-Century Florida in the European Imagination” By John McGrath


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New Podcast Preview

New Podcast Preview

In this episode we take a sneak peek at the new RICHES Podcast called A History of Central Florida. This 50 episode podcast will examine the history of central Florida through local area objects found in museums, historical organizations and other places. It is based on the BBC's famous podcast History of the World in 100 Objects. The difference being that we will explore objects in numerous repositories throughout central Florida and we will provide images of those objects within the podcast.

The new series will begin on August 15th, 2013. Before then we will be providing you with interviews from central Florida historians.

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Episode 50 An Interview with Paul Ortiz Part 2

Episode 50 An Interview with Paul Ortiz Part 2


In this episode we interviewed Paul Ortiz a historian at the University of Florida. His recent book Emancipation Betrayed The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920 chronicles the history of black organizing in Florida after the end of slavery.

You can listen to the interview on iTunes and iTunesU.

Episode 49 An Interview with Paul Ortiz Part 1

Episode 49 An Interview with Paul Ortiz Part 1

In this episode we interviewed Paul Ortiz a historian at the University of Florida. His recent book Emancipation Betrayed The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920 chronicles the history of black organizing in Florida after the end of slavery.

You can listen to the interview on iTunes and iTunesU.