# pittman (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover pittman. Page: Feed: --- ## Episode 319: Lovebugs _2026-08-18 · Welcome to Florida_ The super wealthy have found a new way to exploit Florida's undeveloped land: private auto racing clubs . You know them, you probably hate them, they're lovebugs - the little black bugs that get all over your car during spring and fall. Our guest on this episode, Norman Leppla , University of Florida professor of integrated pest management and biological control, is the nation's leading expert on… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/episodes/19648625-episode-319-lovebugs.mp3) ## Episode 318: Florida's Notorious Jailhouse Snitch _2026-08-11 · Welcome to Florida_ Florida wants to take almost $200 million from the federal government earmarked for electric vehicle charging stations and instead waste the money pursuing flying cars. Seriously. Pamela Colloff spent a decade investigating the life and crimes of Paul Skalnik. Skalnik, among other things, was a longtime jailhouse snitch whose phony testimony was relied upon by Pinellas County prosecutors for… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/episodes/19618317-episode-318-florida-s-notorious-jailhouse-snitch.mp3) ## Episode 317: Bob Ross _2026-08-04 · Welcome to Florida_ The Florida Department of Environmental "Protection" refuses to investigate a Key West utility company that has been injecting waste water underground only to have it surface elsewhere. Everyone knows 1980s PBS TV painter Bob Ross , but most people don't associate him with Florida. Ross was born, raised, lived and died in Central Florida. The Bob Ross Art Workshop & Gallery in New Smyrna Beach is… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/episodes/19585290-episode-317-bob-ross.mp3) ## Episode 316: Florida's Independent Bookstores _2026-07-26 · Welcome to Florida_ The state kept an "enemies list" of outspoken environmental advocates with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission using government and law enforcement databases to illegally track and investigate the citizens. This shocking abuse of power demonstrates how developers and industry run this state and the degree to which the ruling party in Tallahassee will go to maintain that power imbalance. If… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/episodes/19550584-episode-316-florida-s-independent-bookstores.mp3) ## Episode 315: Gulf Sturgeon _2026-07-21 · Welcome to Florida_ Ron DeSantis first ran for governor promising to solve Florida's water quality problems. Every day in office since then, up nearly to his last, he has broken that promise. Kenneth Sulak joins us on this episode to talk about gulf sturgeon . Sulak spent decades researching this ancient and endangered fish in the Suwanee River and Gulf of Mexico. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/episodes/19512620-episode-315-gulf-sturgeon.mp3) ## Episode 314: Tom Gaskins Cypress Knee Museum _2026-07-14 · Welcome to Florida_ Craig takes us to the little fishing village of Cortez on the Gulf side for his latest "Florida Phoenix" column. Tom Gaskins Cypress Knee Museum was a popular roadside attraction in Palmdale during the 50s, 60s, and 70s. The business hung on until 1998 , but Disney and the interstates have mostly disappeared these quirky, small, once-cherished tourist stops. Writer Amy Bennett-Williams from the… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/episodes/19481101-episode-314-tom-gaskins-cypress-knee-museum.mp3) ## Episode 313: Charles Broley and Bald Eagles _2026-07-07 · Welcome to Florida_ Craig Pittman surveyed a variety of Florida water experts with advice for the dictator about his algae problem. In the 1940s, 50's, and 60's, bald eagle populations nationally were collapsing. The poison DDT, widely used in crop dusting, was eventually determined to be the culprit. A retired man in Florida, Charles Broley , banded bald eagles throughout mid-century; his research was essential in… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/episodes/19443935-episode-313-charles-broley-and-bald-eagles.mp3) ## Episode 312: Ma Barker Shootout _2026-06-30 · Welcome to Florida_ Invasive Burmese pythons continue swallowing the Everglades while the state wastes money on concentration camps. Ma Barker and one of her sons engaged federal agents in an hours-long gunfight near Ocala in the 1930s. Wayne Hughes is a tour guide at the Ma Barker House and tells us the story. "Welcome to Florida" patrons receive exclusive access to your Florida Conservation Newsletter, a weekly… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/episodes/19413478-episode-312-ma-barker-shootout.mp3) ## Episode 311: The Revolutionary War in Florida _2026-06-23 · Welcome to Florida_ A species of moth thought to be extinct was r ediscovered by researches in Florida . Florida's role in the American Revolution is little known or discussed. That is our topic for this episode with historian David Head . "Welcome to Florida" patrons receive our weekly "Florida Conservation Newsletter" for only $5 per month. [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/episodes/19375524-episode-311-the-revolutionary-war-in-florida.mp3) ## Episode 310: Keys Wreckers _2026-06-16 · Welcome to Florida_ Our friend Jason Garcia from "Seeking Rents" takes a first look at everything wrong with the legislature and governor's proposed property tax break. Florida Keys historian Brad Bertelli joins us on this episode to talk about the old wrecking industry that made Key West one of the wealthiest cities in America at the turn of the 19th century. "Welcome to Florida" patrons receive exclusive access to… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1169570/episodes/19333104-episode-310-keys-wreckers.mp3) ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/o59CyuXMJqB1) _2026-06-16 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Remembering Marilyn: Lesbian feminist poet Judy Grahn](https://www.outinthebay.org/a-simple-revolution-poet-judy-grahn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-simple-revolution-poet-judy-grahn&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-simple-revolution-poet-judy-grahn) _2026-04-02 · Out in the Bay Radio · Out In The Bay_ The third in our series featuring interviews by Marilyn Pittman, who died March 28 at age 73. RIP, Marilyn, and thanks for all you left us. Judy Grahn’s “Common Woman” poems in the 1960s and... The post Remembering Marilyn: Lesbian feminist poet Judy Grahn first appeared on Out In The Bay . [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cpa.ds.npr.org/kalw/audio/2013/02/20130131oitb_0.mp3) ## [Remembering Marilyn: Sylvester](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-best-of-oitbs-ten-years-sylvester/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-of-oitbs-ten-years-sylvester&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-of-oitbs-ten-years-sylvester) _2026-04-01 · Out in the Bay Radio · Out In The Bay_ This sound portrait of the late great disco diva Sylvester is the second in a short series honoring co-producer Marilyn Pittman, who died Saturday, March 28. We’re re-posting some of her stellar features. In this... The post Remembering Marilyn: Sylvester first appeared on Out In The Bay . [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cpa.ds.npr.org/kalw/audio/2015/02/20150226oitb.mp3) ## [Remembering Marilyn Pittman: Lesley Gore](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-best-of-out-in-the-bay-lesley-gore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-of-out-in-the-bay-lesley-gore&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-of-out-in-the-bay-lesley-gore) _2026-03-31 · Out in the Bay Radio · Out In The Bay_ With sadness, I honor senior co-producer Marilyn Pittman, who passed away Saturday, March 28, by reposting some of her stellar features. She was especially proud of easing Lesley Gore “out” on-air. RIP, Marilyn. ~ E... The post Remembering Marilyn Pittman: Lesley Gore first appeared on Out In The Bay . [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cpa.ds.npr.org/kalw/audio/2015/02/20150219oitb.mp3) ## [Author Dwayne Ratleff on ‘Dancing to the Lyrics’](https://www.outinthebay.org/author-dwayne-ratleff-on-dancing-to-the-lyrics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=author-dwayne-ratleff-on-dancing-to-the-lyrics&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=author-dwayne-ratleff-on-dancing-to-the-lyrics) _2026-02-18 · Out in the Bay Radio · Out In The Bay_ Dwayne Ratleff grew up Black, poor and gay in 1960s Baltimore. As a youngster, his loving grandma taught him: “Don’t explain yourself, be yourself.” Ratleff has written an impressive, award-winning debut novel – a memoir really... The post Author Dwayne Ratleff on ‘Dancing to the Lyrics’ first appeared on Out In The Bay . [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.outinthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/22-Aug-18-OITB-Dwayne-Ratleff-Dancing-to-the-Lyrics.mp3) ## [Utah prof: ‘Gender is queer for everyone’](https://www.outinthebay.org/utah-prof-gender-is-queer-for-everyone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=utah-prof-gender-is-queer-for-everyone&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=utah-prof-gender-is-queer-for-everyone) _2026-01-08 · Out in the Bay Radio · Out In The Bay_ According to author and academic Kathryn Bond Stockton, “gender is queer for everyone.” She doesn’t mean “queer” only in the LGBTQIA+ sense — she means the dictionary definition: strange. “Gender is strange,” she writes,” even... The post Utah prof: ‘Gender is queer for everyone’ first appeared on Out In The Bay . [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.outinthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/21-Oct-8-OITB-Genders-KB-Stockton.mp3) ## [World’s first Drag Laureate shares art, joy, politics of drag](https://www.outinthebay.org/worlds-first-drag-laureate-shares-art-joy-politics-of-drag/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worlds-first-drag-laureate-shares-art-joy-politics-of-drag&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worlds-first-drag-laureate-shares-art-joy-politics-of-drag) _2025-12-27 · Out in the Bay Radio · Out In The Bay_ A yearly "Day of Drag" and a Drag Mall? While many states are restricting drag, San Francisco Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger is spreading the humor and "sparkle" of drag to make positive change in the world. The post World’s first Drag Laureate shares art, joy, politics of drag first appeared on Out In The Bay . [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.outinthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Drag-Laureate-DArcy-D-1July2024.mp3)