Bunker USA: Why is Florida so weird?

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🗓️ 4 March 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Florida could well be America’s future. Governor Ron Desantis presides over an increasingly right-wing and combative “loudocracy” and he thinks he can become President by out-Trumping Trump. So why is the Sunshine State so notoriously bizarre? FLORIDA MAN Craig Pittman, author of The State You’re In: Florida Men, Florida Women, and Other Wildlife, tells Andrew Harrison about Matt Gaetz, socialised mermaids, and why Florida produces more madness than it can consume. “You put that many people in a confined space and they’re bound to start ramming each other’s cars and chasing each other with machetes.” “For Floridans, being free doesn’t mean I can do what I want. It means YOU have to do what I want.” “We have a huge cost of living yet our leadership would rather talk about drag shows and Disneyworld.” “We have more shark bites than anywhere in the world except Australia – I think because we’re so tasty.” Get Craig's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/State-Youre-Florida-Women-Wildlife/dp/081306886X Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer Jacob Jarvis. Music and audio production by Jade Bailey. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:26.2	I've only ever been once and that was for a layover on a flight connection
1:29.4	but the sunshine state looms ever larger in our political consciousness.
1:34.0	It's not just the pugnacious Republican Governor Ron Descentis and his goal of out-trumping Trump,
1:39.7	with a war on Woken schools, his don't say gay legislation, and his aggressive
1:43.7	campaign to make Florida the freest state in America, it's not even Florida's
1:47.6	shift from a Republican Democrat swing state to an increasingly right-wing
1:52.0	and combative loudocracy.
1:54.4	In fact, it's the deep strangeness of the place,
1:57.0	from the marginal lives identified by writers like Harry Cruz and Carl Hyacinth,
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