Floridation

Send us Fan MailWe discuss shantyboat writer’s workshops with Lynn Harlin and Jim’s book of short fiction. Dystopian walks and the dirty Suwannee River. Taxodium, more than just his big Cummer exhibition, a multi- disciplinary exploration of the local sentinels that know more than entire civilizations. No kneed to apologize. Season 2 of Floridation discusses art and culture in Northeast Florida with a different artist or culture maker each episode.Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailPart 1 of 2. This episode discusses Baroque Jacksonville, Jim and the Jags/Cowford connection, his Mississippi roots, the Jax art scene of Murray Hill in the 90s and the Feast of Flowers project and Cummer exhibition as the  prototype for his upcoming Taxodium project. Also, how Radical Naturalism is you! Follow Jim on his Substack: https://substack.com/@jimdraper (artwork by AI, which is very radically natural)Season 2 of Floridation discusses art and culture in Northeast Florida with a different artist or culture maker each episode.Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailMeet Jacksonville artist, community organizer, and Director of CoRK Arts District, Crystal Floyd. She's been central to the thriving Jacksonville artist community for at least 20 years, makes terrariums and dimensional, sculptural naturalist environments. Join us as we learn about the history of CoRK, the intricacies of her medium, how she sources materials, where she recommends to go into the wild, and on a studio tour to learn about her influences, her space, and the workshops you can participate in.Season 2 of Floridation discusses art and culture in Northeast Florida with a different artist or culture maker each episode.Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailJacksonville’s progressive mayor, Donna Deegan, is an outlier in Florida politics. Obvi, MAGA is gunning for her, but their ideas of waste, fraud and abuse are all a deflection. Donna is Florida’s post-MAGA future. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailThe racist roadways of Jacksonville and the characters that inhabit them. Will is looking for a dog with a badonkadonk. Bad Playlist Street. Segway suicide. Where did “sharrow” come from? The gang war between cyclists and pedestrians. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailA rare recording of the first time Will and Jon tried talking into microphones. They discussed the Florida Governor’s secret $30k golf simulator and how much better corruption is than “waste and abuse.”Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailWill and Jon on “the free state of Florida” and Tiny Trump MAGA-ing it up. The boyz ask the hard questions like “Who owns this wild pack of dogs?” and “Do the 100 new laws make us free-er?”Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailMeet the Real Dawg, the amateur wrestler from Lorida, FL, a mermanatee dancer, Temu Batman, and other unbelievable characters in this improv episode. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailWill and Jon snitch on Florida cops. These violent, racist rednecks are hammers while the rest of us are nails. Especially criticizing Jacksonville’s sheriff about the roadside beating of William McNeil Jr. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailWill and Jon talk about their cute meet, sportsball (go jags), the lost Spice Girl, fighting Joe Rogan, but not the audio issues, God is still working on them.Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?

Send us Fan MailWill and Jon work on their DeSantis impressions. Governor DeSantis fields a press conference to pitch new laws to Floridaman for EVEN MORE freedom. Thanks for putting a little a Florida in you. Y'all come back now, hear?