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Archived Stories |
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Past Florida Stories |
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Billie Martini and
Paul Roat
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Billie Martini and Paul Roat
Billie Martini arrived on isolated Anna Marie Island as a teenager in 1944 after her father was discharged from the Navy following World War II. She soon fell in love with the tropical surroundings, met the man she would marry and spent decades skeptically watching development and politics transform her island. Here she tells her friend Paul Roat, the news editor at The Islander, about the colorful history of the area, including a unforgettable fish story that captured a “giant seahorse’’ and visitors’ active imaginations.
Listen now. (Aired on June 30th, 2006)
Music credits: Rinky Dink by Booker T & The M.G.s, Green Onions, Atlantic Recording Co. |
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Paula Schoenwether
and Nancy Wilson
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Paula Schoenwether and Nancy Wilson
Paula Schoenwether, an artist and photographer, and the Rev. Nancy Wilson, moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches, talk openly about their 28-year-old civil union as partners in all aspects of life --- living as a married couple, taking out a mortgage, blending families, caring for children, sharing debt - elements of a long-term relationship not always recognized as a legal arrangement. “The older we’ve gotten, the more in some ways we’ve peeled away our own internalized issues.’
Listen now. (Aired on June 16th, 2006)
Music credits: Wicked Little Town by Ben Jelen, Give It All Away, Maverick Recording Co. |
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A Special Tribute to Fathers
In honor of Father’s Day, hear a compilation of previously told Florida Stories featuring three men as they reflect on their lives. First, John Clement shares the family’s legacy of humor with his daughter Lawrason; next, Tony Castellano tells his daughter Rose Castellano Mattran about his favorite years as a young man; and finally, William J. Cobb relates to his his grandson, William Scott Cobb, what his own father meant to him.
Listen now. (Aired on June 16th, 2006)
Music credits: Forty Fingers by Pullman, Viewfinder, Thrill Jockey Records |
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Lawrason Clement and John Clement
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Lawrason Clement and John Clement
“It takes about 13 facial muscles to smile and about 87 to frown’’ says 83-year-old John Clement. Laughter and good humor connect the generations of the Clement family. Daughter Lawrason Clement brings out her father’s best stories as they chuckle through decades of family lore, including the time his infant great grandmother “disappeared,’’ only to be returned safely by a baboon, the trip that persuaded his father to buy him a Shetland pony and the honor of rubbing elbows with famous politicians and important leaders.
Listen now. (Aired on June 9th, 2006)
Music credits: Magnolia by Jon Brion, Magnolia: original motion picture soundtrack,
Reprise Records |
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William Scott Cobb and William J. Cobb
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William Scott Cobb and William J. Cobb
William J. Cobb recalls his earliest memories with grandson William Scott Cobb, including the disastrous economic circumstances that surrounded President Hoover and the Great Depression. The now elder Cobb tells of following so closely in his coalminer father’s footsteps that the experience convinced him to never work in the mines. Cobb’s ambitions carried him through service in World War II, where his unit helped liberate a concentration camp overseas, and back to the United States to pursue a career in commercial steel that led to a wonderful life crisscrossing the country and raising a family.
Listen now. (Aired on June 2nd, 2006)
Music credits: Magnolia by Jon Brion, Magnolia original motion picture soundtrack,
Reprise Records |
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Tony Castellano and Rose Castellano Mattran
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Tony Castellano and Rose Castellano Mattran
Italian immigrant Tony Castellano tells his daughter, Rose, about their family’s military service in World War II. He and his four brothers were among thousands of young Americans who were sent around the world to fight the Germans and the Japanese during “the best years of my life.’’ “I wish I was back there,’’ he laments in looking at a photo of himself in 1945 at age 29. “We knew we had a job to do’’ and never complained about military duties, but couldn’t have been happier when the war ended.
Listen now. (Aired on May 26th, 2006)
Music credits: Love Theme from The Winds of War/ War and Remembrance by
Robert Cobert, Telarc |
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Adrienne Garcia and Cassandra Gonzmart
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Adrienne Garcia and Cassandra Gonzmart
Adrienne Garcia, longtime friend of the Gonzmart family, relates the pleasures and pride that evolved as she mentored Cassandra Gonzmart through high school, college and into adulthood. Cassandra talks about the importance of having an older woman friend serve as a surrogate older sister/aunt/mother/teacher in the decade since her own mother died when she was a teenager. Both share how they have learned from each other as their relationship continues to grow.
Listen now. (First aired on May 19th, 2006)
Music credits: Bo’s Veranda by Morphine, B-Sides and Otherwise, Rykodisc USA. |
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Stories of Moms
Celebrate Mother’s Day and the moms it honors by listening to a compilation of stories previously broadcast reflecting the special relationships between mothers and daughters. Here is Willow Wright talking about her recently deceased mother, Dorris; Jillian Leytham enjoying a special bond with her single mother, Beth; and Marilyn Nolan remembering with son, Scott, the too short life of her daughter and his sister, Renee.
Listen now. (First aired on May 12th, 2006)
Music Credits: Forty Fingers by Pullman, Viewfinder, Thrill Jockey Records |
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Dr. Philip Adler
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Dr. Philip Adler
Pediatrician Philip Adler, a well-known and highly regarded fixture in Tampa’s medical history, talks about the community’s struggles to integrate Florida’s hospitals. Dr. Adler led the effort to provide equal medical care to all patients — black and white, young and old — starting in the 1950s when he flew into town from Boston with a new degree and a fresh perspective.
Listen now. (First aired on May 5th, 2006)
Music credits: Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie, arranged and performed by Christopher Parkening, Christopher Parkening The Great Recordings, EMI Classics |
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Janet Lorenzo and
Sändra Helen Wilson
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Janet Lorenzo and Sändra Helen Wilson
Retired librarian Janet Lorenzo of Temple Terrace and her longtime friend, Sändra Helen Wilson of Tampa, recall the considerable influence that Sändra’s mother, Helen Greene Wilson, had on the larger community. The elder Wilson “wrote her name in the lives of so many people’’ by living a life of faith and charity, encouraging others to pursue their dreams and generally contributing positively to the well-being of others.
Listen now. (First aired on April 28th, 2006)
Music credits: The Banks of Green Willow by George Butterworth, English String Orchestra, conducted by William Boughton; Butterworth, Nimbus Records |
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Mary Jane and
Bob Martinez
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Mary Jane and Bob Martinez
The former Florida governor recounts his life of public service from school teacher to union leader to Tampa's mayor to Florida's governor to U.S. drug czar. Now a consultant for one of the state's oldest law firms, he attributes much of his success to the stability and strength of his 51-year marriage to Mary Jane.
Listen now. (First aired on April 21st, 2006)
Music credits: Everloving by Moby, Play, V2 Records |
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Beth and Jillian
Leytham
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Beth and Jillian Leytham
Mother and daughter, Beth and Jillian Leytham of Tampa, talk about the strength of their relationship as a single parent with an only child. Beth shares her focus on successfully raising an independent daughter, while juggling societal expectations, career, family and personal choices. Jill relates how her dreams and aspirations for college evolved as she grew up.
Listen now. (First aired on April 14th, 2006)
Music credits: J'ai Dormi Sous L'Eau by Air, Premiers Symptomes, Astralwerks |
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Delano Stewart
and Arthenia Joyner
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Delano Stewart and Arthenia Joyner
Law partners Delano Stewart and Arthenia Joyner relate the good times (successes in the courtroom) and the bad (racism inside and outside the judiciary) as their persistent pioneering spirits earned them many “firsts’’ in Tampa’s struggle to become an integrated community at home and at work. Arthenia now represents Tampa in the Florida Legislature.
Listen now. (First aired on April 7th, 2006)
Music credits: Why Can’t We Live Together by Joan Osborne, How Sweet It Is,
Compendia Media Group. |
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