Celebration, FL - Disney's Failed Suburb
Did you know that in the 1990s, the Walt Disney Corporation built a suburban town in Florida? Celebration, FL, was an experiment in New Urbanism constructed (in the Disney style) to recall an idyllic American past that never existed to begin with. The schools, municipal buildings, restaurants, storefronts, homes, landscaping, churches and everything else were all tightly controlled by Disney. Wanna guess how that turned out?
We’ve all heard about Florida Man, but what about Florida Woman? Join us weekly as we explore the humid landscape, absurd crimes, bizarre history, and beautiful fucking maniacs that make up our country’s weirdest state.
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Florida Woman theme song is My Heart Is Open by So Sensitive Band from their debut album Bedroom Drama. You can find them on Spotify, BandCamp, Apple Music, or wherever you listen! Follow them on Instagram at @sosensitiveband
SOURCES:
https://insidethemagic.net/2020/12/golden-oak-disney-world-kc1mmb/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/13/celebration-death-of-a-dream
https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/90dc4c6c715e0ecd94586f3a9d6cc9e1
Florida Woman
We've all heard of Florida Man, but what about Florida Woman? Join hosts Kelsey Ann Wacker (Florida Native) and Nathan Simpson (Midwestern Outsider) as we dive deep into the humid landscape, bizarre crimes, strange history and beautiful fuckin maniacs that make up our country's weirdest state. A podcast as obscene and surreal as the place itself
- No. of episodes: 118
- Latest episode: 2024-10-30
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