Why Are We Like This?

Why Are We Like This?


Latest Episodes

Conversation: Mr. Kennedy Goes to Tallahassee (And Gets Arrested) feat. Ryan Ray
May 05, 2023

We caught up with our own Thomas Kennedy after he and a group of other protesters who occupied Governor Ron DeSantis' office were arrested in Tallahassee on Wednesday. Along with serial #WAWLTmafia pod guest Ryan Ray (@ryanray_fla, Tropical Depression Pod

Conversation: So It's Trump vs. DeSantis, Then? feat. Ryan Ray
April 28, 2023

Eighteen months out from what promises to be a torturous, awful Presidential election, the race is beginning to take shape and, wouldn't you know it, Florida is at the center of it. We talked with Tallahassee's finest, Ryan Ray, about the role Florida pla

Interview: Florida's Brutal & Hypocritical Immigration Bill feat. Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC)
April 14, 2023

Maybe no state has benefitted from immigration more than Florida. From agriculture to hospitality, tourism and food service, the Sunshine State runs largely on people who either a.) are not from the U.S., or b.) have parents who were not from the U.S. Tha

Interview: Angie Nixon's Florida
April 12, 2023

With the ripe stench of fascism in the air, we envision a future that could be better with one of the people who can help make it happen. State Rep. Angie Nixon joins us to talk about the potential for the Florida Legislature's rules to be levied against

Conversations: Trump, Tennessee, & Abortion Bans Grab-Bag Episode, feat. Anna Eskamani & Jordan Zakarin
April 07, 2023

You'll forgive us if we're a little distracted this week, if our attention is somewhat scattered. In this super-sized episode, we catch up with returning guest, State Representative Anna Eskamani, to talk about her effort to cut through the media's obsess

Interview: Nice banking system you've got there, sure would be a shame if something happened to it, feat. Doug Henwood
March 20, 2023

Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the absolute finessing that its stakeholders ran on the Fed to get all their deposits back, we talked with The Nation contributing editor Doug Henwood about what this failure means for our banking system,

Case File: How Florida Missed its Chance to be Hollywood East, plus Oscars Special!
March 16, 2023

In 1972, then-unknown actor Burt Reynolds approached Florida Gov. Reubin Askew about bringing director John Boorman's new feature, "Deliverance" to film in Florida. Askew declined, and what happened next changed the course of movie and television history.

Conversation: Florida's Crushing Authoritarianism, Coming Soon to a City Near You
March 13, 2023

Joined by Matt Lech (@MattLech) we take a look forward at the raft of legislation coming online here in Florida and the implications of how it could take hold nationally should the man behind all of it, Gov. Ron DeSantis, find his way to the Oval Office.

Conversation: The Untold History of Miami Hip-Hop feat. John Cordero
March 06, 2023

In the '90s, Miami's hip-hop scene was undergoing a radical transformation that would evolve the then-Booty Bass-obsessed city into a critical outpost for a new MC/lyric-driven iteration of the genre. Names like Pitbull, DJ Khaled, DJ Raw and many more wo

Case File: Hissin' Rick Scott & the biggest Medicare fraud that ever there was
February 23, 2023

This week weve prepared a comprehensive case file on maybe the highest-profile criminal occupying public office in our state, his role overseeing what has been called the largest Medicare fraud in history, how hes used his vast fortune to buy three stat