Pete and Tim sat down with environmental activist and native Floridian Marian Ryan to discuss the Green Swamp, the proposed extension of SR-56, wildlife corridors, the USF Forest Preserve and other pressing environmental issues throughout Florida.

You can visit the following pages to find out more about these topics:

The Green Swamp - https://www4.swfwmd.state.fl.us/green...

The Florida Wildlife Corridor - https://floridawildlifecorridor.org/

Florida Natural Areas Inventory - https://www.fnai.org/

SR 56 Project Website - https://fdotd7studies.com/SR56EXT/

Road projects throughout Southwest Florida - https://www.swflroads.com/

USF Forest Preserve - https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/dep...

Save the USF Forest Preserve - https://www.saveusfforestpreserve.com/

USF Forest Preserve Petition - https://www.change.org/p/university-o...

US 98 Project Website - http://www.swflroads.com/us98/socruml...

The Green Swamp: Florida's Liquid Heart - https://bit.ly/3ARrnST

The West Klosterman Preservation Group recently signed an agreement with the Pinellas County School Board to purchase the 14-acre West Klosterman Preserve for $3,000,000. They have until July 2022 to raise the funds in order to protect this rare parcel of undisturbed land in Pinellas County. Tim spoke with Tex Carter and Kay Carter from the West Klosterman Preservation Group about their effort to purchase and preserve this pristine piece of Pinellas County. #SaveTheWKP

If you want to support the group or find out more you can visit

https://wkpreserve.com/

or go to their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheWestKlostermanPreserve/

or make a donation through the Pinellas Community Foundation:

https://pinellascf.org/giving/wkpreserve-fund/

It is my pleasure to welcome one of the nation’s top folklorists and folklore administrators Peggy Bulger to the Florida Folk Show Podcast. Peggy’s career began in Florida when she was named Florida’s State Folk Arts Coordinator in 1975, a year later she became the administrator of the Florida Folklife Program for 13 years. Bulger left in 1989 to work 10 years as the Folk Arts Director and Senior Program Officer for the Southern Arts Federation in Atlanta. In 1999, she was named director of Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center – only the second person to hold that post since the Center’s creation in 1976 (Florida folklorist Alan Jabbour was the founding director). Bulger retired from her position as Director of the American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress on December 31, 2011. I met Peggy when she first came to Florida and traveled with her to visit a few folklore legends. As she put together the state’s first Folklore directory and have followed her career ever since. In fact, she was the one who first told me about Mary Smith McClain – the legendary Diamond Teeth Mary. Since Mary was in Bradenton and I was in St. Pete, Peggy asked me if I would give Mary a ride to White Springs to perform in the Florida Folk Festival.

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Welcome to the Florida Folk Show Podcast. This conversation between myself and composer extraordinaire, David Amram, who lives in upstate New York, touches on all aspects of his life and almost a century worth of American music, literature, arts and culture. He shares memories of his time with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk to Langston Hughes and Jack Kerouac; from Ramblin’ Jack Elliott to Willie Nelson. I could have done a whole year of shows with this Renaissance man.
He served as an advisor to the Friends of Jack Kerouac’s House in St. Petersburg and I called him up to give him the bad news about the house, namely the owner had sold it to a flipper. That’s when we cooked up the idea for a zoom interview.
Approaching his 90th birthday in November, you’ll see he is full of life, animated, sharp and has more stories than even Ramblin Jack! Let us know how you like these episodes. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel and leave us a message at Pete@Floridafolkshow.com

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Welcome to The Florida Folk Show podcast. In this episode, through the words and recollections of Arcadia realtor and land manager Gordon “Mac” Martin, we celebrate the life and times of a man known far and wide as The Citrus King. We are talking about none other than the legendary Ben Hill Griffin III of Frostproof, who died July 25, 2020 at the age of 78. Early in his own career, Mac worked very closely with The Citrus King, and shares with us some precious memories of one of Florida’s greatest citizens. In addition to his own career in Florida land, Mac is also one of Florida Folk Music’s best singer-songwriters. He has promised to write a song about Ben Hill Griffin III and when it is ready, we’ll add it to this podcast.

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Pete interviewed Steve Arvey back on April 2nd. Steve was playing that night at the Old Key West Bar & Grill. This video features that interview as well as a few of the songs that Steve played that night. Enjoy the International cigar box guitarist and world travelin' singer songwriter, the West Coast of Florida legend and King of the Folk Vampires for the Florida region, the legendary Steve Arvey!

On September 12, 2019 Pete interviewed Chief Jim Billie on his front porch. Chief Jim Billie talks about his childhood growing up on the Dania Chimp Farm, his time deployed in Vietnam, his experience as Chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, leadership, preserving Seminole culture and much more.

After the Florida Folk Night @ Old Key West, Pete sits down with Raiford Starke for an intimate interview in Pete's living room. They discuss Raiford's life, family and career. Raiford talks about growing up outside of D.C., how he first got into music, his time spent playing with Chief Jim Billie, spring break in the Florida Keys playing with Big Dick and the Extenders and much more.