The Fluent in Floridian podcasts seeks to highlight the Sunshine State’s brightest leaders solving issues affecting the state’s citizens, as well as its 100 million annual tourists. Each week, the podcast will cover important topics, including education, the environment, the arts, politics, business, and health care. Each interview will allow listeners to gain insight on both the featured guest’s professional and personal background, as well as how they are contributing to the state’s growth and continued success.

Each of the episode’s guests are fluent in Floridian. Interviewees such as Florida State University President John Thrasher and political operative Sally Bradshaw assert the excellence that is emitted throughout the state’s university systems. Conservationist Eric Draper and community developer Syd Kitson uphold the opportunities the state has to develop from an environmental and technological standpoint.

Chris Cate, Fluent in Floridian’s leading interviewer, is a former teacher, television reporter, spokesperson in the governor’s office, communications director for two of Florida’s secretaries of state, as well as a former communications director for our state’s chief financial officer. As a current member of the SalterMitchell PR creative team, Cate aids Florida businesses and organizations in relaying their stories. “I’m a Floridian who loves and cares about the future of this state.” Subscribe to the Fluent in Floridian Podcast on Apple Podcast, Stitcher, or Google Play Music.