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Sociolinguist Phillip M. Carter tells us about his research on language diversity and how he’s become an authority on the Miami dialect.

This week on The South Florida Roundup, we discussed Citizens Insurance's rate hikes for homeowners and their efforts to transfer policy holders to private providers (01:00), took a look back on the community impact made by Danny Agnew (19:24), and talked about the relationship between Cuba and the Roman Catholic Church (35:30).

We're joined by Miami-Dade College's first woman president Madeline Pumariega. The once student-athlete at the Kendall Campus now leads one of the largest community colleges in the country.

May 14, 2023 Martin Friedman's spirit animal was there all the time.

Walshy Fire, a Jamaican-American music producer and MC who grew up in South Florida, is the subject of a new PBS short documentary called Walshy Fire: Pulling Up.

Miami Waterkeeper, a nonprofit that advocates for clean water in South Florida, recently received a $5 million grant from the Knight Foundation. Rachel Silverstein, the executive director of the organization, tells us about their work and what this grant can do.

Leila Cobo has been watching Latin stars — Shakira, Bad Bunny, Ricky Martin and Jenni Rivera, among others — break into the U.S. market for more than two decades.

Hundreds of thousands of Floridians have lost their Medicaid coverage; a federal court blocks Florida’s ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care; how Florida plans to protect its environmentally sensitive lands.

We look at why inflation remains high in Florida and what citizens are doing to grapple with rising costs of living. Plus, the threat that warming waters cause to coral reefs.

A discussion with the new Broward schools superintendent following his first week on the job, a look into the rise in inflation and home insurance in South Florida (19:33) and looking at the Tequesta archaeological site and the back and forth on its preservation (35:03).

We’re joined by the director of the film South Beach Shark Club, Robert Requejo Ramos. He grew up in Miami Beach and was inspired to make the film after hearing family lore about a group of Cuban exiles and shark fishermen in the 1970s.

This week’s episode discusses Hialeah’s troubled 911 emergency call dispatch system, new revelations about Miami-Dade County’s Guardianship program (18:32) and whether Guatemala’s presidential election is reason for hope (36:08).

The Florida Roundup discusses a few key laws that will go into effect Saturday, including immigration reform, permitless carry and parental rights. Plus, what are local officials doing to mitigate the risks of rising temperatures?

We’re chilling backstage with the artist Helado Negro. He sat down with Sundial producer Elisa Baena to talk about his relationship to movement, performance and South Florida's landscape.

One of our best Sundial conversations: Suzy Batlle, the owner and founder of Azucar Ice Cream Company, joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about starting the iconic business after the 2008 economic crisis and her kids' suggestion to go into the confections business. We originally aired this conversation in May 2023.

A look into where Miami-Dade County is going to take all its trash, South Florida’s small public airports leading the country in toxic lead pollution (19:00) and the 200-year anniversary of America’s southernmost county (34:24).

Our recent heat is a result of climate change, and we should expect more extreme temperatures to come. Also: WLRN investigates the Miami-Dade County Guardianship Program.

We’re joined by Caron Bowman, the director of curation for Street Art Revolution, a public art collective based in West Palm Beach. Bowman grew up in Riviera Beach and founded the collective in 2015 after she saw a lack of diversity in public art.

Yvette and Yvonne Rodriguez, twin sisters and entrepreneurs, explain how their Cuban cigar brand Tres Lindas Cubanas tells their story.

July 16, 2023 Michael Stock interviews Taylor Hagood about Stringbean's life and murder and how it changed country music.