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Kunya Rowley, the founder and artistic director of Hued Songs, joins us to talk about the third annual Juneteenth Experience at the Miami Beach Bandshell.

One of our best Sundial conversations: Writer Alexandra T. Vazquez joined WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about her book "The Florida Room" — she uses it as a metaphor, as a place that’s in-between spaces. She discusses how culture and music mix in Florida, and specifically, Miami.We originally aired this conversation in April 2023.

Marvin Dunn, an authority on race in America, discusses what it was like to grow up in Florida during segregation. A Florida law bans his books on Black history in classrooms.

Dr. Armen Henderson is the founder of Dade County Street Response, an organization that combines medical care with social justice. They treat those with barriers to healthcare and meet them where they are. He joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about how and why he started doing this work.

Journalists Ana Arana and Oz Woloshyn, the hosts and reporters behind the podcast “Silenced: The Radio Murders,” join WLRN's Carlos Frías. The series is about the murders of local Creole radio journalists in Little Haiti in the 1990s.

WLRN's Carlos Frías is joined by poet and interdisciplinary artist Arsimmer McCoy. She tells us about her solitary month in the Everglades as the park's artist in residence, fishing with her dad and the music and scents of Friday night football in Richmond Heights.

We’re coming up on some very important elections next week. Why are there so few showing up to vote early? Some believe Governor DeSantis needs to win Florida in 2022 if he stands a chance to run for the White House in 2024. Plus, are the Miami Dolphins about to make a controversial move to try to start winning? And South Florida’s famously haunted places.

One of our best Sundial conversations: Carlos “Beto” Ortiz, the creative director of Humans of the Kitchen, joins Carlos Frías to talk about the digital platforms he created where he shares the stories of the back of the house of the hospitality industry. We originally aired this conversation on February 2023.

WLRN’s Carlos Frías is joined by Lucy Lopez. The writer, actor and former radio personality is one of the actors in the world premiere of the play “#GRACED” now showing at the Arsht Center. We’ll talk about her impact on South Florida during her time as an iconic radio personality on Power 96 and the projects she’s working on since leaving radio.

WLRN’s Carlos Frías is joined by Portia Dunkley, who has made it her mission to spotlight Black composers and bring their music to the South Florida community. She’s the founder of the New Canon Chamber Collective ensemble and Teeny Violini, a mobile music education program for preschools and afterschool programs.

WLRN’s Carlos Frías is joined by Julia Longoria, the host and managing editor of the podcast “More Perfect” from WNYC. The series is about “how the Supreme Court got so supreme.” She got her start in radio at her hometown public radio station — WLRN.

Comedian Aida Rodriguez has stand-up specials on Netflix and HBO Max. She has particular insight into what it means to grow up in South Florida — down to the horrible drivers. She’ll be at the Miami Improv for one night as part of her “Don’t At Me” tour.

A Parkland school resource officer faces an unprecedented trial, Lionel Messi is coming to Miami (19:40) and battered Haiti needs our help more than ever (35:16).

June 11, 2023 Michael Stock interviews Mitch Greenhill about his new book "Raised By Musical Mavericks - Recalling life lessons from Pete Seeger, Lighnin' Hopkins, Doc Watson and Rev. Gary Davis".

The outgoing president and CEO of Oolite Arts joins us. Dennis Scholl is retiring after six years at Oolite to pursue his art and filmmaking full-time. He was previously the vice president for arts at the Knight Foundation.

Herrera, the first Latino U.S. poet laureate, is in town for a summer institute hosted by O, Miami and the Poetry Foundation. He's helping teachers from around the country build lesson plans for their classrooms.

Sri Prabha went to art school, worked as a therapist and then went back to art full-time. He tells us how his work in clinical psychology is connected to his new exhibit at the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

Author and syndicated columnist, Ana Veciana-Suarez, joins us to discuss her latest book, Dulcinea, a feminist retelling of Don Quixote. She talked to Carlos Frías about how writing this book made her fall in love with historical fiction and how she found her writing community here in Miami.

Marshall Davis Sr. is the director of the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center that is currently poised for renovation, so he can continue to foster a cultural rich community.

Saliha Nelson is the CEO of Urgent Inc, a youth center in Overtown whose mission is to educate the next generation of creative leaders in Miami. Their annual youth film festival is being held on Thursday and Friday at Miami Dade College North Campus.