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Chan Marshall, better known by her stage name Cat Power, has been living in South Florida for 20 years - a place she says calms her music and her soul. She spoke to Sundial Now before her tour with Jack White stopped in Miami this week.

Robert Santos is the 26th director of the U.S. Census Bureau and the first Latino to hold that position. He spoke on Sundial Now about how he wants to establish more trust and engage with more Black and Latino communities.

Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. talks with WLRN Sundial’s Carlos Frías about retirement, race, comics, music and what’s next for this author.

WLRN Sundial host Carlos Frías talks with Felipe Valls Jr. about his father, inventor of Cuban coffee windows and founder of famous Cuban restaurant Versailles.

A literary journal penned by incarcerated people in Florida is being presented at the Miami Book Fair.

For this year's Halloween sketch, Miami-born actress and content creator Jenny Lorenzo shows us what it would be like if Scooby-Doo was Latino. As the video grows into another hit for the content creator — it already has more than 300,000 views after just 10 days — she joined Sundial Now to talk about her blossoming career, her love of dressing up in costumes and her complicated relationship with Miami.

The founder of the Black Archives at The Historic Lyric Theater, Dorothy Jenkins Fields, talks with WLRN's Carlos Frías on Sundial. They discuss Fields' impact on preserving local Black history and the personal stories that led her to this work, like the time she marched with Martin Luther King Jr. when she was a college student in Atlanta.

Photographer Carl Juste and historian Rebecca Friedman talk to host Carlos Frías about a series of conversations they're hosting this weekend at IPC ArtSpace in Little Haiti to preview an upcoming exhibition about Miami's memorial rituals.

Rico James joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about his new documentary 'Nobody Was Here' that tells the story of Wynwood artist 'Nobody,' who left the corporate world in New York to pursue art on the streets of Miami.

Neff chronicled conflicts at the Haitian-Dominican border as a photographer. She traveled to Havana with a band exploring the connections between Cuban music and Louisiana jazz as a radio producer. Now Mirissa is studying a new kind of connection.

Germane Barnes uses architecture as a medium for his art in Miami. He is interviewed on WLRN Sundial with host Carlos Frias about his Design District art.

A couple from Michigan moved down to the Florida Keys because they saw a Corona Christmas commercial. Years later, they dared to recreate that commercial by decorating a lonely pine tree on the old Seven-Mile Bridge.

Nancy Spielberg and her brother Steven Spielberg are both storytellers, but they have different focuses. While Steven has focused on narrative, feature films, Nancy has made documentaries about Israel and the Jewish diaspora.

WLRN environmental writer Jenny Staletovich talks pythons, iguanas, disappearing birds and rampant development with WLRN Sundial host Carlos Frías.

Rene Rodriguez, Miami film critic and Cosford Cinema director, talks a life in film with WLRN Sundial host Carlos Frías.

Books & Books founder Mitchell Kaplan and book reviewer Connie Ogle talk about the best books of 2022 and preview best 2023 books with WLRN Sundial host Carlos Frías.

We're taking a look at what you need to know for Tuesday's primaries. Plus, a new law in Miami puts restrictions on charities trying to feed homeless people. And Sundial's Book Club author for August tells us about dealing with grief through humor.

In today's show we get a recap of the key races from Florida's primary elections from reporters in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Plus, the new book "Grifter's Club" explores who was given access to President Donald Trump through visits at his Mar-A-Lago resort.

A recent New York Times investigation finds the number of young people dying from COVID-19 in Florida is on the rise. Plus, urbanist Richard Florida explains how South Florida's economy needs to evolve to be less dependent on tourism.

Early voting continues this weekend and vote-by-mail ballots are processing as Election Day nears on Tuesday. A lot is riding on several closely-watched county races including those for top prosecutors, sheriffs, school boards and county and city leaders across the region.