The Materialists

The Materialists are….

Nigel Rudolph (FPAN Central Region)

Mandy Wagner-Pelkey (FPAN Central Region)

For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/

We would like to thank….

The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology. For more info on USF Anthropology Department, please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ 

For questions or concerns about the podcast, please email us at the [email protected]

The Materialists Podcast – Season 4, Ep. 7:

A huge thank you to Erica Mollen from the University of Florida Historic Preservation Department.

All the Music, All the Guests…in order of appearance:

Cousin Thelma Boltin

Florida Memory Legend of the Devil’s Millhopper, 1981

https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/238058

Andrew Persons, Chief Operating Officer, City of Gainesville, Board of City Commissioners.

Erica Mollen, PhD Candidate and Doctoral Research Assistant at the University of Florida

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmollon/

Melanie Barr, Historic Preservation advocate, City of Gainesville, 2025 Preservation Champion Award.

Richard Williams, “Old Forty”, Recorded May 27, 1978, by Dwight DeVane, Brenda McCallum & Stephen McCallum in Jonesville. https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/audio/playlists/playlist6.php

Florida: Moonport USA. 1963 (circa)

State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232391

William Cooke, "Washboard Bill", 1905-2003, “Sunshine, Florida”, Where the White Feathers Grow. 1995-05-27.

State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/239662.

Betsy Waite, Wild Spaces & Public Spaces, Engineer IV.

https://www.gainesvillefl.gov/Government-Pages/Government/Departments/Wild-Spaces-Public-Places/WSPP-Team.

Vive y Vacila – Adalberto Santiago & Salsa Express. Recorded August 14, 1981, by Peggy Bulger & Doris Dyen in Miami.

https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/audio/playlists/alma_corazon_vida.php#tracks

Thelma Boltin, Tom Walton, “Butter Beans” Florida Folk Festival, 1985.

https://www.floridamemory.com/learn/exhibits/florida-folklife/people/?id=boltin

If you are interested in listening and viewing the exciting City of Gainesville BOCC meeting where they discuss the fate of the Thelma Boltin Center, follow this link: https://pub-cityofgainesville.escribemeetings.com/Players/ISIStandAlonePlayer.aspx?Id=1dfd350d-dc6b-4ce0-98a2-ab282f285b57.

The Materialists are….

Nigel Rudolph (FPAN Central Region)

Mandy Wagner-Pelkey (FPAN Central Region)

For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/

We would like to thank….

The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ 

For questions or concerns about the podcast, please email us at the [email protected]

The Materialists Podcast – Season 4, Ep. 6: Gill-ty Pleasures

What fun this episode was to make. Spent a great day at the Silver Springs State Park in Ocala, Florida. For all the information on Silver Springs State Park, please check out https://silversprings.com/ and https://www.floridastateparks.org/silversprings

New intro song for the episode is Unknown by The VY-Dels from Surf-Age Nuggets: Trash & Twang Instrumentals 1959-1966 Surf 1. Song purchased from iTunes.

Movie Clip was from The Seven Year Itch https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZbXA4lyCtqo1iUH91Pfv-7gwa7z2dOLY 

Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Cast: Tom Ewell, Marilyn Monroe 

The closing song is Creature From the Black Lagoon by Dave Edmunds from his 1970 album Repeat When Necessary. Song purchased from iTunes.

For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/

We would like to thank….

The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ 

Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/

For questions or concerns about the podcast, please email us at the [email protected]

The Materialists Podcast – Season 4, Ep. 5: Of an Illicit Nature: The Artifacts of Vice

A huge thank you to our partners, Tim Jones & Sandra Chupinsky of FDEP Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve. https://floridadep.gov/rcp/aquatic-preserve/content/big-bend-seagrasses-aquatic-preserve-management-and-protection

Miami Vice theme - Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nPTZqnIfFM

https://www.janhammer.com/miami-vice-...

For more about Jan Hammer please visit:

Official Jan Hammer Website:  http://www.janhammer.com

Official Jan Hammer Giftshop:  http://www.janhammer.com/giftshop

Images of our trip to the mysterious island in Waccasassa Bay will be on our Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/fpancentral/

The Materialists are….
Nigel Rudolph (FPAN Central Region)
Mandy Wagner-Pelkey (FPAN Central Region)
For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/
We want to thank….
The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, For more info on USF Anthro Department, please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/  
Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for using their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT, please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/
For questions or concerns about the podcast, please email us at the [email protected]


The Materialists Podcast – Season 4, Ep. 4: Stuffocation: The Afterlife of Stuff
Sorry it took so long to get this episode out, friends….life has many twists and turns.

Thank you to Sarah Goff, Co-Founder and Artist of the Repurpose Project, Reuse Planet, and Renovator Reuse in Gainesville, Florida. For all the info...

https://www.repurposeproject.org/about/resident-artists-bios/

https://www.repurposeproject.org/contact/

https://www.instagram.com/therepurposeproject/

Oh, my stars…another huge thank you to the artist Leah Piekarski for the impromptu interview while Mandy and I had a slice of pizza at Satchels Pizza. Mandy and Leah are old friends, and she was very generous in chatting with us out of the blue! For info on Leah and her art, check out…

https://www.instagram.com/refractedlight_mosaic/

 https://www.instagram.com/leahmmmpie/

https://www.satchelspizza.com/


“Not Charity, but a Chance”: Philanthropic Capitalism and the Rise of American Thrift Stores, 1894–1930, By Jennifer LeZotte

Jennifer Le Zotte. "“Not Charity, but a Chance”: Philanthropic Capitalism and the Rise of American Thrift Stores, 1894–1930." The New England Quarterly, 86 (2013): 169-195. https://doi.org/10.1162/TNEQ_A_00275

Thrift Shopping (song) by Matt Ward

https://youtu.be/Ls5ii8ziXW0?si=OFfDNNGCX5p61dB4

The Materialists are….

Nigel Rudolph (FPAN Central Region)

Mandy Wagner-Pelkey (FPAN Central Region)

For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/

We want to thank….

The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ 

Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/

For questions or concerns about the podcast please email us at the [email protected]

The Materialists Podcast – Season 4, Ep. 2: The Bricks Beneath the Marker

Huge thank you to Sam M. Wilford, Deputy State Archaeologist & Archaeology Collections & Conservation Supervisor, Florida Division of Historical Resources

Here’s a list of links to all we talked about!!!

Pensacola Brick Works articles…
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pensacola-news-brickmaking-in-pensac/32943137/



Alachua County Soil Survey
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00025129/00001



Closing song: Gouge Away by the Pixies used from iTunes