Sergeant Ernest Ivy "Boots Thomas Jr., who grew up in Monticello, Florida, was one of the men who helped raise the first American Flag at the top of Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima in World War...
On WFSU'S Local Routes, we meet the man entrusted to make the old oak tree in front of the Leon County Library into more than just a memory. American Graduate looks at solutions to the high school dropout...
This week on “Local Routes,” Rob Diaz de Villegas travels to the Munson Sandhills of the Apalachicola National Forest to learn how conservationists are working to reintroduce a tiny amphibian to the ecosystem. Mike Plummer travels to Thomasville...
In this episode we explore memories of Smokey Hollow-- an African American Community in Tallahassee built after the Civil War. Plus, a local chapter of the Society of Creative Anachronism take us back to the Middle Ages for a...
In our Local Routes Episode 902 we featured Jordan Roberts singing her song "Day by Day." In this full Spotlight episode, you can hear another one of her songs called "Frustrations" and see an interview with this talented...
October 10, 2019 marks one year
since Hurricane Michael roared ashore in Mexico Beach, Florida, cutting a
destructive Category 5 path across the North Florida region. In this episode we
revisit some the areas hit back then and see how they are...
In this episode, we explore the history of cracker cattle in Florida, go behind the scenes of a new film called the Great Florida Cattle Drive: Unbroken Circles, which is about these animals and the culture that surrounds...
Local singer Kanise is serving up a vibrant blend of energy, color, and flow in this full episode of Spotlight! In the October 19th, 2023 episode of Local Routes we shared one of her songs from this episode. Hear...
Video by Alex Campbell and Freddie Hall
Expanding the Spotlight
Those familiar with our digital Spotlight music series on WFSU’s YouTube channel know that we recently featured our first non-music artist: Muralist Matthew “briteso” Forrest. Forrest has been doing graphic design...
First we experience a virtual reality world that also physically moves like a roller coaster. Then we head into the woods with a charismatic adventurer named Dr. Bruce Means. He shows us why Salamanders are cool (and sometimes...
