The Return of the Oppressed 

A conversation with Robert Fieseler on American Scare and the recovery of queer history long obscured by state censorship

“I kept wondering why it felt like we were all living in the United States of Florida,” says Robert W. Fieseler. In his new book, American Scare: Florida's Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives (Penguin Random House, 2025), Fieseler examines the forces shaping the fastest-growing state in the ...
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The Return of the Oppressed 

The Miami Condo Collapse

Past Present Podcast, Episode 287

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: On June 24, a security camera captured the collapse of much of the Surfside condominium complex, killing a still untallied list of residents. Natalia cited this Slate article on the death of the Florida dream. Niki contextualized the collapse in ...
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