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Local artist Melissa Gutierrez is behind the "Westofchester" series of illustrations of iconic places in South Florida. She speaks with WLRN's Carlos Frías about why it's important to record our memories of South Florida through art.

This week on the South Florida Roundup we held our annual post-legislative session discussion with the editorial page editors of South Florida’s three major newspapers. We examined the immigration crackdown (1:00) and the effects measures like abortion restriction will have in South Florida (19:14), as well as what this all may mean for Gov. Ron DeSantis if he seeks the Republican nomination for President (34:27).

WLRN’s Carlos Frías is joined by author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. In his new novel, he imagines a not-too-distant future where people convicted of violent crimes can fight to the death for their freedom – on pay-per-view TV. We talk about how he blends fiction and facts to reveal the real horrors of our current criminal justice system.

On the South Florida Roundup, we spoke about the Broward County school board’s closed-door discussion about backpacks and uniforms, how dangerous climate change is making Miami heat (19:38), and how difficult daily life is in Haiti amid the country’s violent security collapse (37:46).

Viral TikToker and elementary school teacher Natalie Stuart joins host Carlos Frías to share how she uses dance and social media to connect to her students.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicks off his 2024 presidential campaign; the NAACP issues a Florida travel advisory; is Florida’s new immigration law prompting some to leave the state?

Donna Deegan was the first woman elected mayor in Jacksonville and the first Democrat to win in years — despite Gov. Ron DeSantis backing her opponent.

The South Florida Roundup covered whether Southeast Florida could extend its five-year winning streak with hurricanes, a decade-long federal lawsuit that may force Florida to remove medically fragile kids from homes for the elderly (18:55) and the modernizing effect Chile’s young President Gabriel Boric may have on a movement that haunts South Florida: the Latin American left (34:42).

Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors also creates obstacles for adults to access treatment; former Congressman David Jolly weighs in on Florida’s culture wars

Alex Segura, author of Araña and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow, joins Carlos Frías to talk about how the Miami Heat and his childhood comic book store still inspire him.

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.