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11/04/2025 | Episode 279 | 49:37

Welcome to Florida: Bone Valley (Injustice and Redemption)

Bone Valley (Injustice and Redemption)

1. Former unelected shadow president and super-villain Elon Musk wants to close public beaches and pollute an estuary near Cape Kennedy on the Space Coast so he can play astronaut. 2. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King is back on the show to talk about his latest book, and podcast, both focused on an outrageous miscarriage of justice in Lakeland: "Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida."

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S. Rose Smith-Hayes
05. 11 2025, 06:47:0707
My, what a story. I just wonder what would have happened if this innocent man had been Black. So grateful for the folk that believed in him.If that young lady had showed courage, he might Not have been found guilty.Thank you for this story, it shows that our jury system is not always the best.

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Craig Pittman is the award-winning author of Oh, Florida!: How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country, The Scent of Scandal, Cat Tale, Manatee Insanity and The State You’re In, and co-author of Paving Paradise. Born in Pensacola, he graduated from Troy State University in Alabama, where his muckraking work for the student paper prompted an agitated dean to label him “the most destructive force on campus.” Since then he has covered a variety of newspaper beats and quite a few natural disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and the Florida Legislature. 


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