FLORIDA HUMANITIES Executive Director & Host Nashid Madyun - Leslie Poole
Season 2, Episode 863, Jun 27, 02:33 PM
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Introduced by FLORIDA HUMANITIES Executive Director & Host Nashid Madyun, this episode of FLORIDA HUMANITIES podcast talks with award-winning journalist, author and environmentalist Leslie Kemp Poole. Poole tells us about our lifelong connection to Florida's environment, the moment she decided to spend her career writing about the topic and how she approached her FORUM story, "Preserve and Protect," which is a snapshot of the crossroads Florida's environment is currently facing. Learn more about her newest book TRACING FLORIDA'S JOURNEYS
ABOUT POOLE Leslie Kemp Poole, a fourth-generation Floridian, is an associate professor of environmental studies at Rollins College. She is the author of Saving Florida: Women’s Fight for the Environment in the Twentieth Century and coeditor of The Wilder Heart of Florida: More Writers Inspired by Florida Nature. She received her PhD in History from the University of Florida in 2012. Poole has long been interested in the role of women in the state’s environmental movement and how they were saving the state’s important natural resources even before they were able to vote. She has appeared in PBS documentaries, "In Marjorie's Wake," and "American Experience: The Swamp." Her articles have been published in a number of academic journals and she worked as a freelance author for a number of magazines and publications. Prior to working in academia, Poole was a reporter for several newspapers, including the Orlando Sentinel, where she helped pen a series of articles about Florida's lack of growth management that won a national award.
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ABOUT POOLE Leslie Kemp Poole, a fourth-generation Floridian, is an associate professor of environmental studies at Rollins College. She is the author of Saving Florida: Women’s Fight for the Environment in the Twentieth Century and coeditor of The Wilder Heart of Florida: More Writers Inspired by Florida Nature. She received her PhD in History from the University of Florida in 2012. Poole has long been interested in the role of women in the state’s environmental movement and how they were saving the state’s important natural resources even before they were able to vote. She has appeared in PBS documentaries, "In Marjorie's Wake," and "American Experience: The Swamp." Her articles have been published in a number of academic journals and she worked as a freelance author for a number of magazines and publications. Prior to working in academia, Poole was a reporter for several newspapers, including the Orlando Sentinel, where she helped pen a series of articles about Florida's lack of growth management that won a national award.
#lesliekemppoole #tracingfloridasjourneys #floridahumanities #podcasts #floridahistory #Nashid Madyun #educate #Inspire #connect #stpete #stpetefl #tampabay #radio #radiostpete
Want to get the latest issue of FORUM magazine delivered to your door three times a year? Consider becoming a Florida Humanities member by visiting floridahumanities.org/membership.
Explore the podcast