Why Are We Like This?

Why Are We Like This?


Latest Episodes

Interview: Reining in the HOAs and Insurers feat. Adrian Madriz
November 20, 2023

We talked with Adrian Madriz of Struggle for Miami's Affordable and Sustainable Housing Incorporated (SMASH Miami) about their new campaign to overhaul the unfair and predatory practices of Homeowners Associations and insurance companies in Florida. Be su

WAWLT Halloween Special: The Great MAGAgration
November 01, 2023

Things keep getting spooookier here in Florida, as all the worst people continue moving here for all the wrong reasons. We took a deep-dive into the forces behind the Great MAGA Migration to the Sunshine State and how Florida became the homing beacon for

Conversations: Argentina's dead-dog medium presidential candidate & a Florida property insurance crisis update
October 27, 2023

We've got a two-pack of WAWLT topics today. First, we talked with Hernan Reyes, a public opinion analyst based in Buenos Aires, about the ascendance of political figure Javier Milei, Argentina's very own Donald Trump, a Libertarian radical running as an o

Case File: "You Got Spon-Con All Over My News Coverage!" the Florida Politics Investigation feat. Miranda Green & Eunic Epstein-Ortiz
October 14, 2023

This week, we focus on a name that not many folks know outside of the hyper-targeted world of lobbyists, consultants, pollsters, and special interest groups in Florida. Florida Politics at first blush looks like a finely tuned news-gathering machine, step

Conversation: There's Not a Political Duopoly That Can Save Us Now from Governor Matt Gaetz
October 06, 2023

Saddest four words in podcasting: It's just the boys! We've got a lot to say about Florida Man Matt Gaetz's inevitable path to Florida governor, the current governor's qualities that would make him an awful Speaker of the House, and our favorite topic: Mi

Conversation: The Interconnected Web of Corruption from Miami to New Jersey feat. Billy Corben
September 30, 2023

To celebrate a year of WAWLT, we welcomed back three-time returning guest Billy Corben to talk about the recent arrest of Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla and to help tell the inside story behind our own Thomas Kennedy's ethics complaint a

Conversations: A Farewell to Bros, the So-Long Miami Edition
September 11, 2023

It's Thomas' last podcast recorded from Florida as he makes his way up north, but rest assured, we will still discuss "Florida fuckery." We empty the ol' Ron DeSantis notebook, catching up with our least favorite soon-to-be also-ran in the GOP presidentia

Interview: Manatee County's assault on the environment feat. Craig Pittman
September 01, 2023

About the Intro: Jacksonville was once known as "Stinky City" because of two paper mills that befouled the entire town. The documentary "The Smell of Money" was an expose of how commercial and business interests made the city so smelly, and how it eventua

Conversation: GOP Debate Coverage & Ron's Performance feat. Jordan Zakarin
August 24, 2023

We welcome back Jordan Zakarin (@jordanzakarin) from More Perfect Union to discuss the difficult-to-watch uncanniness of the GOP debate on... Fox? Rumble maybe? Come for DeSantis campaign deathwatch and stay for our exploration of Eric Adams and Frances S

Conversation: Catching up after our summer break
July 31, 2023

The guys discuss news and notes from things we missed during the summer break, including the Barbenheimer phenomenon, the brutal effects of manmade climate change on our Florida summer, declining tourism and our slumping economy that is also experiencing