Each week, journalists and newsmakers from South Florida analyze and debate some of the most topical issues from across the region.
Latest episodes
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54 min
Amendment 3 and its potential effects on South Florida
This hour we were all about Amendment 3, the ballot measure that would slash property taxes for budget-crunched homeowners – but would potentially gut services they depend on, from…
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54 min
Teacher pay referendum, Broward County vs. BSO, Librarians fighting book bans
We talked about South Florida voters deciding whether teachers get to keep their pay raises — but voter confusion over the controversial Amendment 3 may lead to unintended conseque…
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Anti-DEI law harms Broward org, Cornell rape ties to South Florida, WLRN doc unearths Miami history
We assessed the future of diversity, equity and inclusion in Broward County now that DEI has been outlawed by the state. Are the arts – and the renowned Gay Men’s Chorus of South F…
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38 min
Carnegie Mellon's Miami campus, a shark refuge in Biscayne Bay and Miami Carnival moves to Broward
We looked at the game-changing plan announced to bring a high-tech Carnegie Mellon University campus to Miami’s hip Wynwood district, courtesy of billionaire Ken Griffin (01:03). W…
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39 min
Record cuts at Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Hollywood Mayor switches parties, immigrant fear in Doral
We will discuss Palm Beach County’s rare budget pushback against its longtime sheriff, Ric Bradshaw — and the scrutiny Broward and Miami-Dade County’s top cops find themselves unde…
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54 min
Maria Elvira Salazar breaks with Trump, 100 years since the Great Hurricane of 1926 and a Broward medical brea…
We examine Republican Miami Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar’s new video telling Trump he’s “gone too far” in his anti-immigration crusade. Is a Latino voter backlash building he…
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54 min
9/11 hijackers in South Florida, Jewish High Holidays and antisemitism, a longtime Miami Herald reporter retir…
We mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Not just the terrorist attacks that changed America forever, but the lives of the terrorists here in South Florida – and the Islamophobia that…
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54 min
Encore: Film Previews: 'The Python Hunt', 'Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change,' and 'An Instr…
On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we speak with filmmaker Xander Robin about his new documentary The Python Hunt. The film examines the rise of Burmese pythons as “exot…
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54 min
Child sex abuse prevention, chaos at a Brickell condo, TPS effects on home care
In this week's South Florida Roundup we discussed the disturbing allegations of child sexual abuse against the now suspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Court and Comptroller Mike C…
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Looking back at the Florida primaries, sargassum inundates South Florida
This hour we were joined by Florida International University politics expert Dario Moreno to unpack this week’s primary elections and what they portend for the November midterms. H…
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53 min
Colombia earthquake, manosphere in South Florida and is Miami more expensive than NYC?
We're updating you on the situation in western Colombia after it was hit by a deadly magnitude 7.4 earthquake this week and how the community here is getting relief there. NPR corr…
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54 min
Back to School: Incoming Miami-Dade Superintendent Rafael Villalobos, school lunches and vaccines
In the next hour we will get you ready for the new school year that begins next week, starting with a conversation with Miami-Dade County’s incoming school superintendent Rafael Vi…
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54 min
League of Women Voters of Miami Dade, WLRN reporters and a political analyst talk upcoming elections
The primaries are upon us in South Florida. Rest easy, your mail-in ballots look secure — but Democratic races in those new gerrymandered districts? They’re lookin’ messy.Early vot…
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54 min
Miami-Dade mayor talks budget, TPS for Haitians set to end and local filmmaker shoots movie in Cuba
On the South Florida Roundup, we talked with Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava about the daunting budget dilemmas ahead – especially if Florida voters approve a sharp pr…
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54 min
Alligator Alcatraz shutdown, Project Tango voted down and Argentine Football Association scandal
On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we discuss what’s next for the Everglades site that, for the past year, was home to the controversial migrant detention center known a…
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54 min
How Venezuela recovers, Miami-Dade's new mental health facility and a World Cup roundup
On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we try to unpack how Venezuela now recovers from its worst earthquake disaster in a century – and the impact that will have on the lar…
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54 min
SCOTUS decision to end Haitian TPS, remembering Surfside and Venezuela devastated by earthquakes
This week, we meet with Haitian-American immigration attorney Frandley Julien to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling ending TPS for Haitian and Syrian migrants (0:11). We remem…
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54 min
Juneteenth: the origins of the holiday and the future of Black history
On this edition of The South Florida Roundup, we're joined by guests Dr. Tameka Bradley and Brian Knowles to talk about the history of Juneteenth and the end of slavery in the U.S.…
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South Florida property appraisers dissect homestead exemption, the World Cup comes to our backyard
This week on The South Florida Roundup, we're joined by the property appraisers from Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties (1:39). We also take a look at some of the local s…
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A fuel depot on Fisher Island, U.S.-Cuba aid negotiations and Muhammad Ali's life in photos
This week on The South Florida Roundup, we talk about Miami-Dade County's purchase of a fuel depot site on Fisher Island (0:11). We also breakdown the developments in aid negotiati…