Podcasts and Summaries

The Economic Club of Florida podcast provides an extended platform for discussion to educate, engage, and empower citizens on important economic, political, and social issues. Major topics include the economy, business, investment, politics, public policy, government, education, entrepreneurship, healthcare, defense, space, and sports. New podcast episodes are published monthly.

The opinions expressed on The Economic Club of Florida podcast are those of its guest speakers and members and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Economic Club of Florida.

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Speaker Podcasts

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“Margaritaville: How a Song Became a Brand” | John Cohlan, Co-Founder and CEO of Margaritaville Holdings | November 21, 2024

“We use the lyrics everywhere. So if you get out of the elevator of one of our hotels and you look to the left, you'll see a lyric, and those lyrics really are very helpful in preserving the culture.”

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 “The U.S. Navy’s Economic and Strategic Impact from Florida around the Globe” | Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy | October 10, 2024

“As we think about climate change and whatever term you want to assign to the impact that we’re seeing, so extreme weather, heat, drought, floods,

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“Conservation is Good for Business” | Jessica Harvey, CEO of the Guy Harvey Foundation | September 24, 2024


“I there is a way we can coexist with wildlife that is helping support their conservation as well as supporting the economy that we all

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“How Autonomous Trucking Will Deliver the Future” | Lee White, President of LM White Consulting | August 27, 2024

“I think the trucking industry is the backbone of the U.S. economy and I think we have a unique opportunity right now.  There’s going to

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 Development Trajectory of the Internet and AI – Will History Repeat Itself, or Just Rhyme? | Michael Heekin, Founding COO of WebMD | July 23, 2024

“I think there is more than just replacing human labor.  Exactly who might be replaced remains to be seen.  We need to establish what an

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“Florida’s ‘Booming’ Economy” | Clark Mica, President of the Institute of Makers of Explosives | June 25, 2024

“We look at the roads, the bridges, the infrastructure, the neighborhoods, the cities, the skyscrapers, none of those things could be built without the aggregate

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“The Opportunity Capital in Florida’s Rocket Ship Economy” | Saif Ishoof, Founder and Managing Partner of Lab22c | May 16, 2024

“Florida is a global economy, sitting at number 16 in the world, with a clear path to get to number 10 within the next decade

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 Dr. Nilufer-Ertekin-Taner

“Towards Precision Medicine Therapies and Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Diseases” | Dr. Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, Professor and Enterprise Chair of Mayo Clinic’s Department of Neuroscience | April 2, 2024

“This is the epidemic of the century… where the number of cases will exponentially increase without cures.” Dr. Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, Professor and Enterprise Chair of

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“The Radical Consequences of a Digital Economy” | Bob Rice, Managing Partner of Tangent Capital Partners | March 21, 2024

“This is a clarion call. This is a five-alarm fire. It’s not going away. You can’t ignore it out of existence. It’s going to fundamentally

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 Leon Panetta

“The Challenges of Leadership in Our Times” | Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta | February 6, 2024

“We could see an American Renaissance or we could see an American decline.” Panetta Institute for Public Policy Chairman Leon Panetta discusses the growing challenges and

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 Angela Suggs

“Driving Florida’s Sports Economy” | Angela Adams Suggs, President and CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation | November 7, 2023

“It’s not just professional sports…but also includes our recreational, our leisure sports, our amateur sports, and our collegiate landscape.” Angela Adams Suggs, President and CEO

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 Armando Pimentel

“Energy of the Future” | Armando Pimentel, President and CEO of Florida Power and Light Company | October 5, 2023

“It makes sense for our customers to reduce the amount of natural gas that we’re burning at Florida Power and Light and increase the amount

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