It was super interesting! One of the best episodes yet.

🚨New year, new episode! Ryan (@ryanrayfla.bsky.social) is joined by Peter Schorsch of FloridaPolitics.com to discuss the current state of journalism, Vibes, & the DeSantis approach to friendship in the Florida Capitol Listen to the latest Tropical Depression wherever you get podcasts!

We’re back with a new episode out now! Ryan talks to Jamil Davis from @blackvotersmatterfund.org about Black voting power and how the Florida GOP is trying to gerrymander our state so Trump keeps control of Congress. Check out Tropical Depression wherever you get your podcasts!

Are you Team Tampa or Team St. Pete? Or do you just want both to try their best? Check out the latest episode of Tropical Depression out now!

Ryan sits down with critically-acclaimed author Sarah Gerard, and the conversation quickly turns to Florida’s unique brand of cruelty. Listen to the latest episode of Tropical Depression out now!

Grateful for everything we love about Tallahassee — and the sacred chance to make it better! In 2026, I believe the people will win

holy shit

FOR THE UNION MAKES US STRONG

We all celebrate differently 🎆 Lynn Haven residents in Bay County lead a “Recall the Mayor” campaign on July 4 — including a flyover with aerial banner

⛈️🚨NEW EPISODE! It’s June, and you know what that means: Hurricane Season is underway. Ryan talked with Amy Keith, executive director of @commoncause.org Florida. Among other things, Amy laid out a vision for helping all voters in the aftermath of a hurricane. Listen now on Spotify! 🍊👇

⛈️🚨NEW EPISODE! It’s June, and you know what that means: Hurricane Season is underway. Ryan talked with Amy Keith, executive director of @commoncause.org Florida. Among other things, Amy laid out a vision for helping all voters in the aftermath of a hurricane. Listen now on Spotify! 🍊👇

New episode is out everywhere! We talked with @kentwascom.bsky.social about The Great State of West Florida — a thrilling Western featuring duels for control of the Gulf Coast — and how it relates to the Florida of today. Listen to Tropical Depression on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3Sd6ldG...

🤠 OUT TODAY for subscribers— our talk with author @kentwascom.bsky.social on Florida’s western-most parishes, once and future Free States, and much more! listen at patreon.com/TropicalDepression or out Tuesday everywhere else

🤠 OUT TODAY for subscribers— our talk with author @kentwascom.bsky.social on Florida’s western-most parishes, once and future Free States, and much more! listen at patreon.com/TropicalDepression or out Tuesday everywhere else

We’ve got some ✨exclusive content✨ for our super cool paid members on this Wednesday morning. More coming at you soon! Want to become a paid subscriber? Support the show at patreon.com/TropicalDepression

🌈 NEW EPISODE: our first Reading Raynbow segment has friend of the show @alecniedenthal.bsky.social return to talk about his work published in @parisreview.bsky.social!

Talking turncoats in our volatile political moment on Florida This Week, WEDU PBS in Tampa-St. Pete-Sarasota:

LMAO Ron DeSantis showed up at #SNME in Tampa and got the shit booed out of him

Shameless plug: I help produce a podcast with my buddy @ryanrayfla.bsky.social about Florida politics. If that interests you, pls give it a listen and see if it’s for you! (I’m working on getting more wrestling references in)

🌈 NEW EPISODE: our first Reading Raynbow segment has friend of the show @alecniedenthal.bsky.social return to talk about his work published in @parisreview.bsky.social!

Florida Republicans wasting time & taxpayer money — Tallahassee dysfunction is GOP business as usual

🚨New pod— Keeping Florida Florida w/ Kaitlynn Black & Dean Fraser of Florida Keepers Tallahassee politicians’ crusade against citizen-led ballot initiatives, developers paving paradise to build shitty condos —and a new fight for the Spirit of Florida! open.spotify.com/episode/6MXl...

New segment coming soon!—

My favorite road sign

Thousands on hand in Tallahassee, FL to say No to Trump and his Far Right regime—

Tallahassee, Florida

Our Party’s work was featured on @maddow.msnbc.com last night! A huge honor and testament to the grassroots energy for good in Tallahassee!

Legitimately a better message than 90% of congressional democrats atm

love to get pizza from a donut shop

Wow — unbelievable Town Hall turnout to protect democracy at the American Legion Hall. North Florida doesn’t support Trump & Musk’s extremist assault on American values. 400+ enlisted today to stop the madness in Washington. This is how we take our country back from corrupt billionaires. Join us.

🗣️ WAKE UP BABE, NEW EPISODE JUST DROPPED! We spoke w/ Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith on Florida’s new anti-immigrant law, the lover’s quarrel between DeSantis and the Legislature, and the guiding force we need more of in politics: love. 🎧 Listen to Tropical Depression on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Carlos Guillermo Smith is one of the few Democrats effectively pushing back against the far-right in Florida, and it was great having him on. He and @ryanrayfla.bsky.social talked Musk’s disastrous DOGE, the absurdity of getting rid of fluoride in our water, and some other fun Valentine topics!

🗣️ WAKE UP BABE, NEW EPISODE JUST DROPPED! We spoke w/ Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith on Florida’s new anti-immigrant law, the lover’s quarrel between DeSantis and the Legislature, and the guiding force we need more of in politics: love. 🎧 Listen to Tropical Depression on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Happy Valentine's Day, y'all! We recorded our next ep with the one and only Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith, so you know we had to get his takes with some VDay-themed questions. New episode coming soon!

Throwback to our first conversation about Florida gov corruption hi jinks with @jasongarcia.bsky.social — much more to come this week Check out our full conversation on YouTube, Spotify, Patreon or Apple Podcasts! TropicalDepressionFL.com

New episode is out! We spoke with @jasongarcia.bsky.social, whose reporting details how much public money the “Free State of Florida” is spending to oppose abortion rights. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/5V1W...

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President Trump signs executive order to rebuild/restore all solarium seating sections in Wendy’s restaurants; some are hailing this decision as “a return to traditional American architectural standards”

New episode is out! We spoke with @jasongarcia.bsky.social, whose reporting details how much public money the “Free State of Florida” is spending to oppose abortion rights. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/5V1W...

Another closure for a major business in Tallahassee’s Monroe gateway corridor

hey yall. Let’s get it at local government meetings in #2025

We talk Rays baseball subsidies in the era of climate catastrophe with St. Pete Council Member Richie Floyd @richiejfloyd.bsky.social

“Not beholden to the big money boys” The late Buddy MacKay & Lawton Chiles’ Florida “revolution” 1990

“Not beholden to the big money boys” The late Buddy MacKay & Lawton Chiles’ Florida “revolution” 1990

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If I had to capture the essence of “rightwing populism” I think I would cite the time in 1774 Virginia slaveowner Richard Henry Lee wanted to protest new taxes levied by the British so he forced his slaves to protest the tax hike on his behalf with banners denouncing the taxes as "chains of slavery"