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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Bunker USA: Why is Florida so weird?
Description: Florida could well be America’s future. Governor Ron Desantis presides over an increasingly right-wing and combative “loudocracy” and he thinks he can become President by out-Trumping Trump. So why is the Sunshine State so notoriously bizarre? FLORIDA MAN Craig Pittman, author of The State You’re In: Florida Men, Florida Women, and Other Wildlife, tells Andrew Harrison about Matt Gaetz, socialised mermaids, and why Florida produces more madness than it can consume.
“You put that many people in a confined space and they’re bound to start ramming each other’s cars and chasing each other with...