Why Are We Like This?

Why Are We Like This?


Latest Episodes

INTERVIEW: The Deeply Corrupt Status Quo of Tallahassee feat. Ryan Ray
October 18, 2022

There’s machine politics, and there’s micro-machine politics. In Florida’s state capital, you can find both right across the street from each other. Ryan Ray, Aide to Tallahassee city commissioner Jeremy Matlow, stopped by to discuss his boss’s efforts t

INTERVIEW: The Deeply Corrupt Status Quo of Tallahassee feat Ryan Ray
October 18, 2022

Theres machine politics, and theres micro-machine politics. In Floridas state capital, you can find both right across the street from each other. Ryan Ray, Aide to Tallahassee city commissioner Jeremy Matlow, stopped by to discuss his bosss effor

CASE FILE: Florida Power & Light’s Corrupt Election Hustle
October 11, 2022

I want you to make his life a living hell. Seriously.The quote is from a 2019 email the chief executive of Florida Power & Light, Eric Silagy, about Florida State Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez, who had been a thorn in the side of the utility m

CONVERSATION: The Ron DeSantis Riddle Feat. Jordan Zakarin
October 04, 2022

With our guest Jordan Zakarin from More Perfect Union, we dive into the enigma that is Florida’s Governor and his myriad scandals, missteps and misadventures. You can follow Jordan @jordanzakarin and subscribe to Progress Report here. You c

INTERVIEW: Education Part II feat. Jennifer Berkshire
September 27, 2022

Following last week’s conversation and exploration of education, we talked with Jennifer Berkshire, a journalist and podcaster who covers education policy and politics. Along with her co-host Jack Schneider, she co-authored “A Wolf At The Sch

CASE FILE: Proud Boy’ing Our Public Schools
September 20, 2022

This is the story of a multi-million dollar heist of taxpayer funds into private hands that has played out for more than a decade and shows no sign of slowing down. As the school calendar flips throughout Florida, we look at how Charter Schools and scho

CONVERSATION: A People’s History of the Sunshine State feat. Matt Christman
September 20, 2022

Before its bloody and violent present, Florida had a bloody and violent past of colonial brutality, racially motivated terrorism, and politically motivated bombings (oh, the bombings!). We spent an hour talking with Matt Christman from Chapo Trap Hou

So, Why Are We Like This, Anyway?
September 20, 2022

As a coda for this new show, we take a 10k foot view of why Florida is the way it is, the forces conspiring to implement creeping authoritarianism in recent years, the anti-democratic sentiment guiding right-wing culture, its status as a laboratory for

Why Are We Like This – Coming September
September 15, 2022

The true crime podcast where Florida is an active crime scene. Politics, culture, history, crooked cops, scumbag politicians, zombies and more. Join hosts Thomas Kennedy, Gerald Doherty and David Quiones as we get to the bottom of Americas id and answe

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