In this episode, Kerri Parker speaks with Cecilia Canut about the initiatives of Keep Walton Beautiful, a program dedicated to enhancing the environment of Walton County through community engagement, litter prevention, and sustainability efforts.
In this episode we connect you with Christian Wagley, a science-rooted environmental advocate working with Healthy Gulf organization. Christian brings a deeply personal connection to this work, sharing a childhood memory fishing with his grandfather —when he first witnessed the loss of a thriving yellow perch population to pollution. That early experience ignited a lifelong commitment to protecting water and communities. In this conversation, we explore what it means to pursue science-driven advocacy and how that expertise is rooted in place.
What if the most profound detour of your beach vacation… was a perfect circle? Not metaphorically. A literal, spring-fed, mathematically rare, perfectly round lake…hidden just off HWY 331.
This episode is all about the power of coming together—about what can happen when business owners stop seeing each other as competition and start seeing each other as community. At the heart of that mission in Freeport, Florida, is the Freeport Merchant Association—and at the heart of that is today’s guest, William “Bill” Blanken.
Some say the South is all sweet tea and front porch stories, but if you’ve read F. Diane Pickett’s work, you know better. Her novels don’t just whisper Southern history—they grab you by the collar and drag you through the grit, grace, and downright fight of strong-willed women who refuse to be tamed. Today, we sit down with the legendary storyteller, preservationist, and force of nature herself—Diane Pickett. Diane is a woman who doesn’t just tell history—she shapes it.
In this episode we’re talking about one of our absolute favorite traditions—the Seaside Race Weekend—and kicking it off with one of the best culinary events in Walton County, The Taste of the Race!
