from LOCAL 6 NEWS CLICK ORLANDO: "Florida man accused of trying to steal horses, riding them home." What kind of man breaks into his neighbor's barn to rename his neighbor's horses? A cowboy kind of man. A cowboy kind of Florida man. Vaxxed and unmasked, the WPOE team returns in-person for the Season One Finale to talk about life in pre-post-pandem…

from LOCAL 10 NEWS: Florida woman drops pants, licks man, dances naked in Waffle House parking lot Heather installed a stripper-pole in her living room. You can imagine what happens next. But you don't have to imagine, do you? That's what we're here for. The WPOE team discusses the origin story of Waffle House and Trump's ties to Cracker Barrel the…

from the HERALD TRIBUNE: "Florida man steals parrot from Venice pet store by putting bird in shorts pocket" COVID-19 is a lonely planet, especially for people like Roger, who's been looking for love in all the wild places. Speaking of wild places, it's Spring Break in Florida, and all the masks are off! The WPOE Team tracks our collective Covid tra…

Zip-Tie Guy and his Mom tell their side of the story in this Special Sedition Edition of WPOE. And the WPOE Team returns with a rendition of Jess's favorite 90's gay-raver tune, "I Do Both Jay and Jane." Caleb pitches his million-dollar idea: Tandem-Bike Capitol Riot Tours. And the Team lays out the pros and cons of Senator Joe McMansion's pandemic…

from Orlando Sentinel: "Man stranded at Lake Eola fountain after stolen swan boat floats away" from Travel + Leisure: "Man Arrested After Sneaking On To Abandoned Disney World Island For Quarantine" Oh, the things people will do to make it to Disneyworld just one more time. After taking a long break in their own private pandemic staycation bunkers,…

from NBC LOCAL NEWS: "Florida woman accused of zipping boyfriend in suitcase, leaving him to die" Clara's not planning a vacation, but she still packed way too much for her trip. The WPOE team experiences technical difficulties while trying to pinpoint our place on the backwards Mayan calendar, then ponders the benefits of "extreme trauma packing" …

from LOCAL10.COM: "Woman found dead near cemetery in Brownsville" Leonard's story is full of ghosts, the same ghosts who haunt the hearts and souls of very many Floridians. The WPOE team hops off the soap-box and summons the spirit of James Baldwin, whose voice echoes in the chambers of the Florida Forum and out onto the streets of every city in Am…

from WFHN Florida Headline News: "Bunnell man kills neighbor’s dog after it mauls his cat” There's a Rat Lady loose in the backyards of Bunnell, and she will do anything to protect her babies. It's the third fully-locked-down episode of WPOE, and the team muses from deep in their bunker-holes about drive-through rodeos in Broward, Shining-inspired …

Jess social distances with a mango, and Caleb tries to buy a sandwich in this special locked-down edition of WPOE. The team spends some quality time sniffing their microphones and reminiscing about head-sized margaritas and perfectly-cheesed nacho chips enjoyed in solidarity; then they attempt to accurately measure the emotional weight of the Coron…

From ABC7 WWSB: "Manatee County man arrested for allegedly threatening neighbors with AR-15" Michael from Manatee County is real mad that someone ripped up his new lawn, but it's not something his Ruger GP100 Double Action 357 Magnum can't fix. Or so he thought. After Michael tells it like it is, the WPOE Team breaks a few 1000-year-old-eggs trying…

from THE MIAMI NEW TIMES: "Ultra Music Festival-Goer Nearly Dies After Drinking Water Laced With Antifreeze" Cry, beloved Ultra. Shayna trips hard then her friend trips way harder. The WPOE team dives deep into the thermal-pool of politics and then dives even deeper into the gonorrhea-pool of music festivals; Caleb puts his drug-soaked yurt up for …

From the MIAMI HERALD: "Two priests parked their car in South Beach. What they were seen doing sent them to jail" Something happened to Father Kevin on Ocean Drive, something that, for the first time in his life, made him truly believe. The WPOE team follows with an official welcome to Life in the Time of Coronavirus and ponders what wicked things …

from NEWS 96.5 WDBO: "Easter bunny gives beat down in downtown Orlando" Vicky from Sarasota Springs explains how sometimes the Easter Bunny can be just like a vengeful God. Then Caleb, with the help of Jack "Murph the Surf" Murphy, sets the record straight on surfing in Florida and comes clean on his Christian evangelical past; fake Guns N' Roses m…

from CBS MIAMI: "Florida Man Tries To Pay For Fast Food With Bag Of Weed" When Surfer Jon surfs, he gets hungry, and when he gets hungry, he gets hungry for chicken nuggets, period. Also, when Caleb wonders aloud about surfing, he says "like" a lot, like 30 times a lot. He also can't figure out where the waves are in Florida. Jess tries to explain …

from ABC NEWS FLORIDA: "Mother charged after 3-year-old son nearly drowns in Florida hot tub." Deborah from Daytona Beach wants you to know that she's genuinely sad about that kid nearly drowning; but in all honesty, her daughter has a much better shot at snagging Little Miss Sunshine now that that kid is off the stage. Caleb and Jess take the oppo…

from the MIAMI HERALD: "‘Do not warm urine.’ Florida gas station warns people not to put pee in the microwave." Stanko really doesn't want you to heat up your piss in his microwave. So please stop. Jess and Caleb reveal the secret ingredient in Red Bull and try to pinpoint what gives gas station convenience stores that distinctive "murder hut" smel…

from MIAMI NEW TIMES: "Miami Social Media 'Influencer' Arrested on Money-Laundering Charges" Manuela is not happy about her lambos being impounded. All three of them. But her followers are up, and her new lawyer might catch her a break; so all's good in the land of Instagram. Also, Caleb and Jess somehow make a Judd Nelson connection, momentarily f…

from ACTION NEWS JAX: "Florida man battered boyfriend with Billy Bass fish" Derrick really hated that singing fish. Caleb and Jess try to figure out why and go on a trip with Big Mouth Billy Bass through the troubled corridors of post-capitalist television and into the realm of ancient Babylonian revenge gods. Then they talk about fishing. And Morr…

from WFLA: "Key Largo couple steals motorized shopping cart from Walmart, drives to bar." Meet Angelyne. She loves horses, and she loves her man; but she loves Fireball most of all. Caleb and Jess talk about the joy and destruction of Florida binge drinking, underage clubbing, and the feeling you get when you hear a reggae band play a cover of your…

from Miami Herald: "Security Officer Fired For Uploading His Farts To Instagram." Doug the security guard tells his side of the story; Caleb and Jess talk all things Florida, all things flatulent, and introduce the non-polka-loving world to the bombastic sounds of the Europa Band.