Episode 353 - Happy Snakesgiving

Florida Men on Florida Man

Wayne McCarty

Comedy, History

5 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Josh Mills and Wayne McCarty are joined by fan favorite guest Michael Mutz, local snake handler and alumnus of Nickelodeon's "Global Guts."

The boys cover your favorite snake-related Florida Man headlines before diving into the returning segment "Teach Me Something" for the icebreaker. Topics include India, the dairy capital of the world, snake handling, and the dancing plague of 1518.

Showrunner Luke West shows up for a Thanksgiving edition of "Luke's Five Minute Film Corner."

The story section unpacks Thanksgiving in Florida through a historical lens, including frontier menus featuring swamp cabbage and GatorDucken.

Each week, the Florida Men on Florida Man podcast blends comedy with the fascinating legends, lore, and history of the wildest state in the union: Florida.

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0:00.0	Starting Florida Men on Florida Man.
0:05.6	Way down upon the Swanee River far, far away.
0:13.7	That's where my heart is yearning ever,
0:17.7	where the old folks stay.
0:25.3	Welcome to Florida Men on Florida Man with Josh Mills and Wayne McCarty.
0:36.1	The podcast where Floridians discuss the legends and lore and crazy stories that always seem to take place in Florida. Now, if you're a part of our live stream, we understand if you
0:46.3	exited because there are three Caucasian men on your screen and one mammal reptile mammal, reptile, with no legs.
0:57.0	Yeah.
0:57.2	And that's scary.
0:58.2	Michael Mutz is here with a python, everybody.
1:01.0	Yeah.
1:01.7	We're on, this feels the most appropriate pet in Florida.
1:06.1	Thank you.
1:06.6	And I've been working with the Florida Commission of Wildlife to pass a proposal that if you want to claim residence, if you want a homestead in Florida, you must also own a snake.
1:22.2	You must also own a snake.
1:23.5	Because to me, it's like if you're going to call it home, then you've got to go down and you've got to catch one of the invasive species or purchase your own snake. It's one or the other.
1:37.0	So you caught this python and brought it into our studio and now it's just wrapping itself around you. And that's a kill move according according to TV. Yeah, I believe so. And you're not nervous at all. I'm not nervous, but I do want to let you know. Our audio listeners are going to love this part. I am going to have to hand the snake to one of you because this snake is actually not mine. It's my five-year-old daughters. Okay. She has been wanting a snake since she was two.
2:00.8	You bought your kid a snake.
2:02.2	Cool, cool, cool.
2:02.9	She's been asking, the only consistent animal she's asked for is a snake.
2:08.0	And we've caught a bunch of snakes outside.
2:10.6	And then we decided to trade the wild ones for a domestic.
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