About this episode

The episode discusses the future of Florida's midterm elections, the impact of data centers, and lessons from the movie JAWS.

America's 250th birthday has come and gone. It's time to start looking to the future. Today, we talk about the upcoming Florida midterm elections, the looming threat of data centers in our state, and the things we can learn from our favorite movie, 1975's JAWS. Make sure you are registered to vote at Vote.org Read more reporting about the data centers in Florida at the Tampa Bay Times Read more about the Florida gubernatorial candidates here Vote for us as Best Local Podcast! All of the music was originally composed.

Topics covered

• Florida elections
• data centers
• JAWS
• voting
• politics

Keywords

• Florida
• midterm elections
• data centers
• JAWS
• voting
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vote.org, Tampa Bay Times

Books & works: JAWS

Places: Florida

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