Sundial

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

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.

Author Jonathan Escoffery talks with WLRN Sundial’s Carlos Frías about his first book, If I Survive You, which was nominated for a National Book Award. His book of interconnected fictional stories draws on his real experience of a Jamaican family fleeing political oppression and immigrating to Miami — where they confront issues of race, class and crushing economic disparity.

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.

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.

We look at WLRN Reporter Wilkine Brutus’ conversation with Florida's Secretary of State, Cord Byrd. Plus, there's tons of trash piling up in Biscayne Bay, other waterways and mangrove regions. Also, we meet one of the young people in the Miami 4 Social Change Youth Film Festival.

This month’s Sundial Book Club is about the intense and intertwined history between the U.S. and Cuba.

COMMENTARY Cases in countries like Paraguay should remind anti-abortion rights absolutists that by preventing one "evil," they risk committing others.

The governor makes big cuts to South Florida programs in the most recent budget. Plus, a local radio station focuses on serving the indigenous immigrant population. And the Summer Shorts Festival returns with a series of plays — one of them written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

This month’s Sundial Book Club pick takes us to Miami in the 80s with an iconic hotel at the center of the story of this wild and significant time in the city’s history.

WLRN earned 14 awards in the Florida News Awards competition for journalism produced in 2021, including Overall Station of the Year. Sundial's Leslie Ovalle is the top radio producer in the state.

Some South Florida mayors want Governor DeSantis to put local government before business, asking him to veto Senate Bill 620. Also, Broward County is having a lot of trouble hiring and retaining workers for its 9-1-1 call center. Plus, Craig Baggs offered insight into his father, one of Miami’s most important journalists, and the center of discussion for this month’s Sundial Book Club.