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Inviting place for americans who just wanted to get off the grid, own rules. you ll remember travis mcgee, the mystery solving boat bum who lived on a houseboat in miami. the busted flush. people used to live like that. less and less today. travis: when my wife passed away a few years ago, i was living in a condo and didn t want to do that anymore. now i m on this piece of iron. anthony: bob, aka captain bob, is still here and still living on his boat in the miami river. bob: we sit out here and we look like we re enjoying ourselves, but it is really hard work. just sitting here looking pretty, it s not for everybody. but yeah, it s a good life. anthony: i ve had many friends over the years who live on boats, work on boats, but these were just degenerate wind addicts. this is more of a lifestyle choice for you. bob: it is. it s got a machine shop on board. ....
Another country, do we care? trickle down boys, trickle down. billy: it has propped up miami once again with another inflated bubble, and the question is how long will it last? anthony: there s history and there s the more immediate needs of the present. i need food presently and perhaps some fine bourbon and when i need good food in a city not my own, more and more these days i call somebody if they weren t good at enough things already, has become something of an expert on good food around the world. anthony: every time i check instagram you re eating with one of my culinary heroes. he seems to like you a lot better than me. [ laughter ] ahmir-khalib thompson, known to most as questlove. anthony: you ve been to this place before? questlove: i live at this place. anthony: really? questlove: yeah. anthony: yard bird quickly ....
Records had organ in theirs. but i do consider the sound of miami, the beginning of really great dance music. anthony: what s called 77 elvis pancakes? chocolate chip pancakes, bourbon maple syrup, banana compote and peanut butter. even if you re not the king, you ll want to die on the toilet like her did after this carbo load. anthony: if we re doing the elvis experience right, i should elvis experience right, i should be eating a fist full of anthony: yard bird s signature fried chicken comes with chilled spiced watermelon and cheddar cheese waffles. they brine the chicken 27 hours to be exact. and spicy bath that includes cayenne, and black pepper, and garlic and onion. tender inside and perfectly crispy on the outside. anthony: to me, i like waffles and i like chicken, but i don t understand waffles and chicken together. questlove: you still don t understand? anthony: i understand people deeply love them and i do like waffles and i do love fried chicken. put them on s ....
In all actuality, we re an island town. miami was made of bahamians that built the city of miami. so now you have a lot of different cultures. anthony: caribbean, southern american. very, very different. luther: yeah. anthony: how was that mix? how has that impacted music? luther: it s everything in the music. when people think about me, this guy makes bootie shaking music. everybody s dancing. everybody is dancing in a sexual way. the girls are standing up on you. the girls stand up on you and put their butt on you. anthony: i ve seen this on television. luther: it s no different than a lap dance. anthony: among your other accomplishments, you ran for office. luther: yeah. anthony: about 70% residents ....
alfred: federal reserve branch in miami had a $5 billion cash surplus. mostly 50s and 100 dollar bills all of which had trace elements of cocaine on them. billy: and the guys who were in cocaine trafficking in the 70s and 80s got busted and went to prison got out and are now big medicare fraudsters. alfred: we re whispering because they re probably here. anthony: so where s the money now? how s business in general in miami and where is that business coming from? billy: oh remarkably, the rebound from the great recession, the people thought it would take almost a decade for all the condo inventory to get absorbed and it seemed to happen almost overnight by 2010-2011 things have turned around here were in the middle of another huge boom. so, who is buying? wealthy foreigners. a lot of flight capital from overseas in latin america, south america, russians. anthony: russians? if it is money looted from ....