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Our American StoriesHow a Capitalist and Some Communists Gave Us the Worst Car Ever Made: The YugoOn this episode of Our American Stories, six months after its introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punchline; within a year, it had become a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR’s Car Talk declared it “the worst car of the millennium.” For most Americans, that’s where the story ends. Jason Vuic, author of The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History, tells the rest. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2025-05-0938 min
FORUM: Beyond the PagesJason Vuic | Nowhereland | Fall 2024 IssueAuthor Jason Vuic discusses his story, Nowhereland—a look back at how developers created faceless communities during the lot-sale booms of post-World War II Florida. Jason Vuic is the author of four books, including Florida Book Award gold medal-winning The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream. To read the digital edition of FORUM magazine, go to floridahumanities.online. And to receive the latest issue of FORUM magazine delivered to your door three times a year, consider becoming a Florida Humanities member at floridahumanities.org/memb...2024-11-0719 min
Florida Book ClubCatching Up With Jason Vuic - Season 6, Episode 2Florida's "town without pity" and a variety of obscure Florida history, memoir, and true-crime books that border on pulp are the topics we discuss with Jason Vuic, author of The Swamp Peddlers, as he drops in to talk about the book he's currently working on. I also reference the exact same passage from Shelley Katz's Alligator for a second week straight.2022-10-1246 min
Regulations RxYugo: Power in a Reputation, Not the Car.Jason Vuic, author and historian, joins Leslie and I to discuss one of the best examples of quality reputation and public perception: the Yugo. Zastava manufactured the low cost car in the 1980's, but low cost could not overcome the quality issues that turned the name Yugo, into a punchline for jokes. Car and Driver named it "Worst Car in History." Jason wrote the book: The Yugo -The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History and joins us to discuss the impact of quality on reputation and how the Yugo fits into history.2022-10-1153 min
Nostalgia TrapNostalgia Trap - Episode 340: The Tampa Bay Yucks w/ Jason VuicHistorian and author Jason Vuic returns to the Trap to talk about his book The Yucks: Two Years in Tampa with the Losingest Team in NFL History, which tells the incredible story of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ disastrous, legendary first season as a professional football organization. Marked by appalling working conditions, a colorfully brutal head coach, a penny-pinching owner, and a winking gay pirate mascot, the Bucs’ 26-game losing streak is a bizarre piece of sports history that, as Vuic explains, paints a striking picture of 1970s American entrepreneurial culture and the chaotic politics of building and promoting Florida. 2022-10-041h 28Nostalgia TrapNostalgia Trap - Episode 340: The Tampa Bay Yucks w/ Jason VuicHistorian and author Jason Vuic returns to the Trap to talk about his book The Yucks: Two Years in Tampa with the Losingest Team in NFL History, which tells the incredible story of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ disastrous, legendary first season as a professional football organization. Marked by appalling working conditions, a colorfully brutal head coach, a penny-pinching owner, and a winking gay pirate mascot, the Bucs’ 26-game losing streak is a bizarre piece of sports history that, as Vuic explains, paints a striking picture of 1970s American entrepreneurial culture and the chaotic politics of building and promoting Florida. 2022-10-041h 28
New Books in African American StudiesJohn M. Kinder and Jason A. Higgins, "Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History" (U Massachusetts Press, 2022)Wartime military service is held up as a marker of civic duty and patriotism, yet the rewards of veteran status have never been equally distributed. Certain groups of military veterans--women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and former service members with stigmatizing conditions, "bad paper" discharges, or criminal records--have been left out of official histories, excised from national consciousness, and denied state recognition and military benefits. Chronicling the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History (U Massachusetts Press, 2022) uncovers the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory pol...2022-08-312h 06
UMass Press PodcastJohn M. Kinder and Jason A. Higgins, "Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History" (U Massachusetts Press, 2022)Wartime military service is held up as a marker of civic duty and patriotism, yet the rewards of veteran status have never been equally distributed. Certain groups of military veterans--women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and former service members with stigmatizing conditions, "bad paper" discharges, or criminal records--have been left out of official histories, excised from national consciousness, and denied state recognition and military benefits. Chronicling the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History (U Massachusetts Press, 2022) uncovers the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory pol...2022-08-312h 06
New Books in Women's HistoryJohn M. Kinder and Jason A. Higgins, "Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History" (U Massachusetts Press, 2022)Wartime military service is held up as a marker of civic duty and patriotism, yet the rewards of veteran status have never been equally distributed. Certain groups of military veterans--women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and former service members with stigmatizing conditions, "bad paper" discharges, or criminal records--have been left out of official histories, excised from national consciousness, and denied state recognition and military benefits. Chronicling the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History (U Massachusetts Press, 2022) uncovers the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory pol...2022-08-312h 06
New Books in LGBTQ+ StudiesJohn M. Kinder and Jason A. Higgins, "Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History" (U Massachusetts Press, 2022)Wartime military service is held up as a marker of civic duty and patriotism, yet the rewards of veteran status have never been equally distributed. Certain groups of military veterans--women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and former service members with stigmatizing conditions, "bad paper" discharges, or criminal records--have been left out of official histories, excised from national consciousness, and denied state recognition and military benefits. Chronicling the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History (U Massachusetts Press, 2022) uncovers the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory pol...2022-08-312h 05
New Books in Public PolicyJohn M. Kinder and Jason A. Higgins, "Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History" (U Massachusetts Press, 2022)Wartime military service is held up as a marker of civic duty and patriotism, yet the rewards of veteran status have never been equally distributed. Certain groups of military veterans--women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and former service members with stigmatizing conditions, "bad paper" discharges, or criminal records--have been left out of official histories, excised from national consciousness, and denied state recognition and military benefits. Chronicling the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History (U Massachusetts Press, 2022) uncovers the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory pol...2022-08-312h 06
New Books in Military HistoryJohn M. Kinder and Jason A. Higgins, "Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History" (U Massachusetts Press, 2022)Wartime military service is held up as a marker of civic duty and patriotism, yet the rewards of veteran status have never been equally distributed. Certain groups of military veterans--women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and former service members with stigmatizing conditions, "bad paper" discharges, or criminal records--have been left out of official histories, excised from national consciousness, and denied state recognition and military benefits. Chronicling the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History (U Massachusetts Press, 2022) uncovers the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory pol...2022-08-312h 06Nostalgia TrapNostalgia Trap - Episode 328: Selling the Dream w Jason VuicJason Vuic is a historian and writer whose books tell incredible stories about the unintended consequences of unbridled American ambition. This conversation focuses on his two latest books: The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History and The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream, as we explore how the market for cars and houses creates a fertile landscape for cynical opportunism and environmental disaster. Subscribe to access our galaxy of bonus content, including the all-new CAMPUS TRAP w/ Ryan Boyd: patreon.com...2022-06-071h 11Nostalgia TrapNostalgia Trap - Episode 328: Selling the Dream w Jason VuicJason Vuic is a historian and writer whose books tell incredible stories about the unintended consequences of unbridled American ambition. This conversation focuses on his two latest books: The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History and The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream, as we explore how the market for cars and houses creates a fertile landscape for cynical opportunism and environmental disaster. Subscribe to access our galaxy of bonus content, including the all-new CAMPUS TRAP w/ Ryan Boyd: patreon.com...2022-06-071h 11
Remembering YugoslaviaSarajevo 1984 / 2030Thirty-eight years ago, on February 8th, 1984, 50,000 spectators attended the opening ceremony of the 14th Winter Olympic Games at the Koševo Stadium in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. For twelve ensuing days, 250,000 spectators and 2 billion television viewers watched nearly 1,300 athletes from 49 countries compete for medals…or simply participate. Sarajevo 1984 was the greatest sporting event in Yugoslavia’s history and the first Winter Olympics to be held in a socialist country. To many ex-Yugoslavs the Sarajevo Olympics are still that country’s brightest moment on the world stage, if not its last glorious hurrah. How did the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, the most...2022-02-0746 min
Sports Writers Inc. with JD: Sports Writers Talk Sports Writing39: Jason Vuic, author, "The Yucks!"Jason Vuic joins us from Fort Worth, Texas, to chat about his book "The Yucks: Two Years in Tampa with the Losingest Team in NFL History". The book chronicles the hapless Tampa Bay Buccaneers' first two seasons as an NFL expansion team in the 1970s.Please visit our Substack page — there you can subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the show, links to our guests' work and other information.Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle, find his art on Instagram here. 2022-02-0744 minRemembering YugoslaviaHere Yugo AgainThe Yugo car headlined the inaugural episode of Remembering Yugoslavia. A part of the little Yugoslav car's story remained unexplored, the part that made the Yugo one of the best known automobiles in history—and turned it into a legend.Out of the 794,428 Yugos made between 1980 and 2008 in Kragujevac, 141,651 were sold in the U.S. In America, the Yugo went from fad to farce in just a few years. How did Zastava manage to sell the Yugo in the U.S.? Why was the Yugo both "the worst car in history" and a legend? And wh...2021-12-271h 09
Florida Book ClubJason Vuic's "The Swamp Peddlers" - Season 3, Episode 7I can't imagine buying property out-of-state sight unseen. But that's what a lot of shady land "developers" were able to convince people do in the 1950s and 60s, selling unimproved patches of Florida swampland. Join me as I discuss the unsavory and environmentally damaging legacy of some of these companies with Jason Vuic, author of The Swamp Peddlers.2021-09-2936 min
Welcome to FloridaEpisode 54: The Swamp Peddlers (Florida's land giant communities)This week's episode begins with Craig's investigation of the MURDER of a Florida river.Our guest for this episode is Punta Gorda native Jason Vuic, author of the recently released book, "Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream." Jason tells a Florida origin story of sorts about how land speculation, unethical developers and lack of regulation wrought upon the state the numerous environmental disasters we're currently facing. Why is Florida so screwed up? This book has A LOT of the answers. Find it at your l...2021-06-2950 min
Feel The Most Mind-Blowing Full Audiobook Today!The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream by Jason VuicPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499430to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream
Author: Jason Vuic
Narrator: Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Release date: June 21, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called 'installment land...2021-06-219h 35Enjoy The High-Impact Full Audiobook Experience!The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream by Jason VuicPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499430to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream
Author: Jason Vuic
Narrator: Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Release date: June 21, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called 'installment land sales industry...2021-06-219h 35
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in History, The AmericasThe Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream by Jason VuicPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream Author: Jason Vuic Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 21, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called 'installment land sales...2021-06-2130 minListen to New Full Audiobooks in History, The AmericasThe Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream by Jason VuicPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499430to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream
Author: Jason Vuic
Narrator: Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Release date: June 21, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called 'installment land sales industry...2021-06-219h 35
Access Must-Have Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream by Jason VuicPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream Author: Jason Vuic Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 21, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called 'installment...2021-06-2130 minAccess Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream by Jason VuicPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499430to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream
Author: Jason Vuic
Narrator: Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Release date: June 21, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called 'installment land...2021-06-219h 35
On Writing Archives - War Room - U.S. Army War CollegeTWO AUTHORS UNDER THE SAME ROOF (ON WRITING)It's a two-for-one on A BETTER PEACE this week. Kara Dixon-Vuic and Jason Vuic join Mike Neiberg in the studio for our ongoing ON WRITING series. Kara and Jason share their varied approaches to writing and discuss what literary collaboration looks like in their house. Two very different authors that write on different topics discuss their takes on research, their writing styles and reading each other's drafts.
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The post TWO AUTHORS UNDER THE SAME ROOF (ON WRITING) appeared first on War Room - U...2020-09-2225 minA Better Peace: The War Room PodcastTWO AUTHORS UNDER THE SAME ROOF (ON WRITING)It's a two-for-one on A BETTER PEACE this week. Kara Dixon-Vuic and Jason Vuic join Mike Neiberg in the studio for our ongoing ON WRITING series. Kara and Jason share their varied approaches to writing and discuss what literary collaboration looks like in their house. Two very different authors that write on different topics discuss their takes on research, their writing styles and reading each other's drafts.
TRANSCIRPT: https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/20-131-TWO-AUTHORS-UNDER-THE-SAME-ROOF-ON-WRITING-Transcript.pdf2020-09-2225 min
Sun Crime State Podcast83 Hours Inside a Box - The Kidnapping of Barbara Mackle - Ep 17The arrests of three men linked to the viral video of a shark being dragged behind a boat; Pierson woman accused of living in squalor and storing dead dogs in a freezer; The story of the 1968 kidnapping of Barbara Mackle, an heiress to a powerful, wealthy Florida family. Special guest: Author-historian Jason Vuic.2017-12-1852 min
Sun Crime State Podcast83 Hours Inside a Box - The Kidnapping of Barbara Mackle - Ep 17The arrests of three men linked to the viral video of a shark being dragged behind a boat; Pierson woman accused of living in squalor and storing dead dogs in a freezer; The story of the 1968 kidnapping of Barbara Mackle, an heiress to a powerful, wealthy Florida family. Special guest: Author-historian Jason Vuic.2017-12-1852 min
The PewterCastEpisode 40 - Yukking It UpIn this episode, Brent and Ren finish out the long, dark night of Football with a very special guest, Buccaneers historian, Jason Vuic. Jason's book, The Yucks is all about the history of how the Bucs came to Tampa in the first place, how the team formed itself, and of course, an in depth look at those first years as a team, including that 0-26 start. Jason tells us story after story, some of which you can find in the book, and some you won't find anywhere else. Then for our Top 3, we stay in this theme as...2017-07-182h 35
How to Stream Free Audiobook in Sports, OtherThe Yucks by Jason Vuic | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Yucks
Author: Jason Vuic
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-30-16
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Genres: Sports, Football
Summary:
Long before their first Super Bowl victory in 2003, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did something no NFL team had ever done before and that none will ever likely do again: They lost 26 games in a row. It started in 1976, in their first season as an expansion team, and it lasted until the penultimate game of the 1977 season, when they defeated Archie Manning and...2016-08-317h 19
Feel Into A Best-Selling Full Audiobook This Weekend.The Yucks by Jason VuicPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/59937to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Yucks
Author: Jason Vuic
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
Release date: 08-30-16
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 58 ratings
Genres: Coaching
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Title: The Yucks
Author: Jason Vuic
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
Release date: 08-30-16
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 58 ratings
Genres: Sports History
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Title: The Yucks
Author: Jason Vuic
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
Release date: 08-30-16
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 58 ratings
Genres: Sports History
Publisher's Summary:2016-08-307h 19
Get Full Audiobook in Business, LeadershipThe Yugo by Jason Vuic | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Yugo
Author: Jason Vuic
Narrator: Erik Synnestvedt
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-04-10
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy
Summary:
Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends. Hardly.
The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men...2010-03-048h 57
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Title: The Yugo
Author: Jason Vuic
Narrator: Erik Synnestvedt
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
Release date: 03-04-10
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 544 ratings
Genres: Automotive
Publisher's Summary:2010-03-048h 57