Recent Florida Stories episodes
Studio @ 620 - Bob Devin Jones speaking with Dave Ellis (July 23, 2010)
This week on Florida Stories, we hear from the founders of St. Petersburg's Studio @ 620. Bob Devin Jones and Dave Ellis talk about the evolution of their studio, which has hosted everything from book signings, to poetry slams, to plays. They say...
Lykes Brothers Steamship Company - Judge Alexander Paskay with Harley Riedel II (July 16, 2010)
When it comes to shipping companies, there are a lot of moving parts, not all necessarily owned by the same organization. So when the nearly 100 year old Lykes Brothers Steamship Company tried to file for bankruptcy in 1995, it was a complex...
Kerry Klecic speaking with USF's Jim Louk (July 9, 2010)
Jim Louk is the voice of the USF Bulls and today on Florida Stories Louk talks to Kerry Klecic who covers the Bulls as a St. Petersburg Times correspondent.
Bank of Credit and Commerce International - Patrick Doherty speaking with Gary Trombley (July 2, 2010)
B.C.C.I. was the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. By the 1980's it had hundreds of branches in 78 countries, including one in Tampa. It was also tied to terrorists, drug runners, and dictators. This week on Florida Stories, we hear from...
Outlaw Motorcycle Club - Marshal Brenda Ferebee speaking with Christina Kizirian Ramirez (June 24, 2010)
This week on Florida Stories, the 1995 trial of the notorious Florida-based biker gang, "The Outlaws". The trial with 16 defendants, was held in Tampa Federal Court. And today Federal Marshall Brenda Ferebee and Christina Kizirian Ramirez recall...
Sunshine Skyway Collapse - Carl Nelson speaking with Roger Vaughan (June 18, 2010)
Early on the morning of May 9th, 1980 a large ship crashed into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The bridge was sheared off and six cars and a Greyhound bus went into the bay killing 35 people. Thirty years later, lawyers involved in the case Roger...
