# Islandia Hidden Histories, Book Reviews, Stories, Poems, and other bits of from Islandia, Miami, and Florida Page: Feed: --- ## [The Film that Changed Miami](https://islandia.substack.com/p/the-film-that-changed-miami) _2025-05-13 · Jason Katz_ From the 1980s to 2000s, dozens of film productions used Jimbo's on Miami's Virginia Key as their tropical backwoods set. None of them would have happened without Island Claws (1981) and its narco $$$ ## [Miamilandia Episode 1: Miami Vice](https://islandia.substack.com/p/miamilandia-episode-1-miami-vice) _2025-04-20 · Islandia_ Publisher Jason Katz discusses Episode 8 from Season 1 of Miami Vice with P. Scott Cunningham and Erika Meitner [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/151761649/936700bb95a89df16c39e77eface3b2a.mp3) ## [Detective Extralarge: The Miami Vice Sequel That Never Was](https://islandia.substack.com/p/detective-extralarge-the-miami-vice) _2025-04-19 · David Rolland_ Contributor David Rolland takes you on a journey into a little-known Italian cop show starring Philip Michael Thomas which aired after Miami Vice's run came to an end... ## [Operation Mangrove Shield](https://islandia.substack.com/p/operation-mangrove-shield) _2024-12-11 · Jason Katz_ In 1990, a company owned by Blockbuster CEO Wayne Huizenga tried get a private beach club approved on Soldier Key, the uppermost Florida Key. Earth First had other plans... ## [Three Islandia Maps That Will Blow Your Mind](https://islandia.substack.com/p/three-islandia-maps-that-will-blow) _2024-12-04 · Islandia_ If it seems like the City of Islandia and its overseas causeway were a pipe dream, these plat maps prove otherwise ## [Islandia Citizenship Can Be Yours](https://islandia.substack.com/p/islandia-citizenship-can-be-yours) _2024-12-03 · Islandia_ This 2025 thrive drive is inspired by the deep hidden history of thirty three islands in Biscayne Bay ## [Blessings for the Birds That Left](https://islandia.substack.com/p/blessings-for-the-birds-that-left) _2024-11-21 · Joey Hedger_ It's not farfetched to imagine a time when there's no habitat for migrating birds in South Florida. Joey Hedger's speculative elegy does just that. Let Osprey it never happens. ## [Issue 11: Islandia Vice](https://islandia.substack.com/p/issue-11-islandia-vice) _2024-10-18 · Islandia_ Forty years ago, the pilot episode of Miami Vice aired. Our city was already on its way but the show accelerated its status as a global metropolis. We seek Miami Vice inspired work for our next issue. ## [Why We Throw A$$: Reggae, Dancehall, and Miami Bass](https://islandia.substack.com/p/why-we-throw-ass-reggae-dancehall) _2024-09-11 · Jasmine Respess_ Islandia Managing Editor Jasmine Respess writes about the historical and ongoing sonic interaction between Miami and Jamaica. ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/H9a3llqstLvZ) _2024-09-11 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Islandia Issue 10 is Here](https://islandia.substack.com/p/islandia-issue-10-is-here) _2024-06-24 · Islandia_ Our tenth print edition is officially up for preorder at islandiajournal.com/shop. We'll be sharing bits of it here and there online but nothing beats the print...