Podcasts about Florida, United States

In Inter Miami Get Draw Against Austin In Inaugural Nu Stadium Match, the two hosts of Battered Herons: An Inter Miami Podcast spend part of their postgame comparing commutes. One drove the turnpike and was parked in about 20 minutes. The other counts 30 minutes on the monorail and a 10-minute walk. The trip home was worse for the driver, who needed "almost 45, 50 minutes to get to the highway." A soccer show has turned into traffic reporting, and that is a good way into Florida's podcasts. Whatever their subject, these shows keep explaining how a place works: the route, the shuttle bus, the special assessment, the parking lot.

The first thing you will hear is team talk, and a lot of it. The Heat, Bucs, Jaguars, Lightning, Dolphins, Hurricanes and Seminoles each have a crowded table of their own. Jacksonville started 3–1 through October 4, 2026, and The Duval Dive: A Jacksonville Jaguars Podcast marked that day with Jaguars Are 3-1 After Gritty Cincy Win. A September 28, 2026 report had the Marlins finishing 80–82, outside the playoffs.

Under the scores runs an argument about what it costs to live here. On September 21, 2026, WLRN reporting on the Amendment 3 property-tax campaign set out both sides. Supporters presented it as homeowner tax relief. Opponents warned that reduced local revenue could undermine public safety. Let's Talk Lauderdale has an episode titled What Amendment 3 Could Mean for Fort Lauderdale. The question remains open, and the shows below come at it through condo assessments, a campaign interview and the plain price of staying put.

What Florida is

Florida is in the southeastern United States, and Tallahassee is its capital. The Census Bureau estimates 23,462,518 residents on July 1, 2025, living on 53,652.17 square miles of land as recorded in 2020. Its economy includes tourism, hospitality, agriculture, real estate and transportation, and the state's geographical reference lists 663 miles of beaches.

Most of the shows here are about one part of Florida rather than the whole state. To go further, try the Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando and Central Florida pages.

Game nights, and who stays up for them

The Miami Heat Beat Podcast is at its best when history arrives during the broadcast. In 663: BAM BROKE KOBE'S RECORD! // Heat Wizards Postgame Show, the panel reads chat subscriptions aloud and works through the arithmetic of 43 points at the half. Some of the episode is profane gloating. Near the end, one host remembers watching Heat games with his parents: "Sports are important. Community is important and stuff like this matters a lot." The noise is the draw, but that moment is the reason to stay.

Tampa's team shows have different temperaments. In BUCS SQUAD SHOW: Big Decisions in Tampa | Baker Contract, Bowles Future & FA Worries, Locked On Bucs – Daily Podcast On The Tampa Bay Buccaneers reads out the franchise's reasoning for keeping Todd Bowles and then argues with it. One panelist sums up: "we don't agree with the glazers." Backchecking the Bolts, co-hosted by Raw Charge managing editor Justin Godfrey, takes another approach and borrows the opponent's voice. Its Lightning playoff preview brings on Jared Book of Habs Eyes on the Prize, who warns, "Don't bet against Martin St. Louis."

College football splits the state along its rivalries. On October 18, Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast posted Miami escapes rival Florida State 43-35 in 2OT. For the Seminoles side, Florida State at The Voice of College Football carries the mood: in SPRING UPDATE / Florida State Seminoles LIVE 324, guest Cole says, "it's not great around tallahassee and fs football right now." Game On with Bianchi & Kravitz ties the regions together, welcoming listeners "across the Sunshine State. Orlando, Jacksonville, Tallahassee."

In Northwest Florida, Inside Drive Podcast stays close to Bay County. Inside Drive Podcast Ep. 62 | Local Playoff Push, NBA & NHL Playoffs, NFL Draft Talk + Zombie Story hopes the Bay–Mosley rivalry game packs Tommy Oliver if both teams have seasons similar to last year's. It also wishes luck to the Arnold Marlins girls flag football team as they chase a first district championship.

What it costs to stay

The sharpest money conversation comes from Let's Talk Lauderdale. In Can You Really Afford Fort Lauderdale?, realtor Karen Sneed, who says she has lived in South Florida for 42 years, describes a coastal two-story building from 1962 whose owners just received an $80,000 assessment for pipes. The host asks what happens to owners who cannot pay, and the answer is blunt: "The association can foreclose you." The host admits he had only heard of fines. Few episodes make the cost of staying this concrete.

Panhandle Pulse, hosted by Chuck Asbury, offers the campaign version. In Inside Florida’s Future: GOP candidate for governor Paul Renner on Taxes, Insurance, AI & vision for the state., Renner describes a plan under which homes valued under a million dollars would pay no property taxes. On data centers he says, "I want a moratorium and I don't want to build first and ask questions later," citing electric bills and the aquifer. Hear these as one candidate's positions.

Neighbors with microphones

Some of the most useful listening is the least glamorous. About the Town is hosted by Lisa and Vern Hendricks for Sun City Center, a 55-plus community. In It's almost March and almost time for Fun Fest, they cover shuttle buses from Community Hall, volunteer guides with maps, and club rooms that stay closed until the tents come down. It is a bulletin board read aloud, and read warmly.

On the Spot with EGM, hosted by Jesse Kriski, does the same for Vero Beach with more history. In USA ALL DAY'S VETERAN'S CEREMONY (Tony Young & Aaron Vos), a guest tells the story of a World War I veteran, later a state legislator, who had the spoil from dredging the lagoon piled in one place. He then went to Vero Beach officials and asked, "how would you like to buy an island?" That island became Veterans Memorial Island.

Arts Blast on the Air with Willi Miller turns the arts calendar into conversation. Catherine Esrock (Brevard Cultural Alliance) & Aaron Collins (Space Coast Symphony Orchestra) moves from Melbourne's EGAD arts district to discussion of a 45-minute session about what people are "going to experience in the rehearsal."

Hometown Jax treats local work as biography. In The Jingle Queen of Jacksonville: Deborah McDuffie’s Legendary Music Career, McDuffie describes jingle writing as "getting a whole story in 60 seconds." She also recalls a teacher fair at the Prime Osborne, where a Jeff Davis Middle School principal asked whether she could teach band.

mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues covers a regional development in mosaic: Vanderbilt University's Plans for West Palm Beach Campus. Vanderbilt's chancellor explains his campus approach to protest: "We don't shout each other down."

For Orlando, Living By Disney looks at the parks after dark. In 6 years since Covid- What’s still missing at Disney World, Serena argues that "every park day should end with a nighttime spectacular."

Harder listening

Bone Valley comes with a Florida premise. According to its publisher, Gilbert King's first season followed Leo Schofield's fight to prove his innocence in the murder of his wife, Michelle. In the publisher's framing, the State of Florida believes neither Schofield nor the man trying to prove his own guilt. Recent chapters range further afield: Gilbert King Presents: Bone Valley Season 4 | Earwitness introduces an Alabama wrongful-conviction case. Expect murder, contested memory and close attention to witnesses.

About the Town also turns serious in LouAnne Rossdeutscher and Barry Tollenger from the Campaign Against Human Trafficking. The guests describe an abduction they say was prevented in a Sun City Center parking lot. One guest cites 97 privately funded recovery beds across the state. The discussion of sexual exploitation is frank.

Where to start

• For anyone who drives to games: Battered Herons: An Inter Miami Podcast, Inter Miami Get Draw Against Austin In Inaugural Nu Stadium Match. It is a postgame show and a commute diary at once.
• If the cost of staying worries you: Let's Talk Lauderdale, Can You Really Afford Fort Lauderdale? Listen for what one assessment can do to an owner on a fixed income.
• For one unforgettable night: The Miami Heat Beat Podcast, 663: BAM BROKE KOBE'S RECORD! // Heat Wizards Postgame Show. Expect strong language and a tender close.
• For history lovers: On the Spot with EGM, USA ALL DAY'S VETERAN'S CEREMONY (Tony Young & Aaron Vos). The island story alone repays the time.
• For a working life: Hometown Jax, The Jingle Queen of Jacksonville: Deborah McDuffie’s Legendary Music Career. Notice how a teacher fair changed a career.

The Florida feed on this page plays clips from these shows.