Ten years in the past the sunshine state was primarily recognized for its outlandish stereotypes: swamps, gators, retirees, Disneyland on a regular basis. However now energy is shifting.
How did that state that was as soon as the political joke of America change into the nation’s centre of energy?
Tom Gatti is joined by Gary Mormino creator of Land of Sunshine, State of Desires: A Social Historical past of Trendy Florida, and New Statesman contributor Lily Lynch.
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