A bit of a palette cleanser from politics and midterm elections this week. It’s Thanksgiving week, and we’ve pulled a story from the annals of Florida’s violent recent past that centers on one family’s tragic holiday, a salacious story that may have retreated from public memory but one that we hope to use as a backdoor to talk about the state of mental healthcare in Florida.

But first, we kick off the week with three big stories from Florida that will make you, too, ask the question, "Why Are We Like This?"

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Music in this episode is by David Rosen.