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Sep 28, 2023•30 min
Sundial
As a result of a daytime programming change, WLRN canceled Sundial, the locally-produced arts and culture show, effective Friday Feb. 2, 2024.
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Miami artist Jason Seife on how to make it big in your hometown
Jason Seife's first solo show, “Coming to Fruition," is at the Perez Art Museum Miami. His style honors his Cuban and Syrian parents.
Sep 27, 2023•49 min
How to be a poet of place, with Coconut Creek's first poet laureate
Laura McDermott Matheric, Coconut Creek’s first poet laureate, talks about being inspired by her community of 'Creekers' and how several learning disorders changed her life's trajectory from business to the arts.
Sep 26, 2023•49 min
How Yvonne Lee Odom changed Palm Beach County Schools forever
Yvonne Lee Odom has had a 45-year teaching career in Delray Beach, she desegregated Palm Beach County schools as a 15-year-old high school sophomore and is tennis star Coco Gauff’s grandmother.
Sep 25, 2023•49 min
This local smokehouse is serving up barbecue — but making it Miami
Harry and Michelle Coleman went from journalists to the kitchen. Their new smokehouse doesn't make your usual barbecue, they've created Miami barbecue. They tell us about their brisket rubbed with ground espresso, ribs glazed with guava-chili sauce and the smoked flan.
Sep 21, 2023•49 min
How comedian Gadiel del Orbe's Latino pride helped him go viral
Comedian Gadiel del Orbe got his start making viral videos for Buzzfeed. He focused on the Latino community, specifically making comedy para sus domincanos. He tells us how he went from being the funny guy on a Navy aircraft carrier to being that funny guy on YouTube.
Sep 20, 2023•47 min
He was the first in his family to go to college. Now he's president of FIU
South Florida native Kenneth A. Jessell is the president of Florida International University. He tells us how he went from being the first in his family to go to college to leading FIU.
Sep 19, 2023•49 min
How a search for mom saved this historic Black cemetery in South Florida
The search for his mother brought Jessie Wooden to the Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Brownsville. It’s an all-Black cemetery built at a time when South Florida was segregated in life and death.
Sep 18, 2023•49 min
This Miami Book Fair fellow came here to write her first novel and decolonize her voice
Siham Inshassi is a recipient of this year’s Emerging Writer Fellowship from the Miami Book Fair. She's writing her first novel and she joins us to talk about how she’s honing her voice in Miami.
Sep 14, 2023•49 min
Dale Elliott Jr. brings his comedy and his Caribbean experiences to South Florida
Comedian and actor Dale Elliott Jr. has a big following on social media for his comedy sketches and stories that depict Caribbean families and culture.
Sep 13, 2023•49 min
He started at the Miami Herald at age 19. Now Alex Mena is the first immigrant as executive editor
The Miami Herald's new executive editor, Alex Mena, started working at the paper when he was 19 years old. He's now the first immigrant in his position.
Sep 12, 2023•49 min
How writing books for children helped veteran Winsome Bingham overcome PTSD
Winsome Bingham's new book The Walk tells the story of a woman taking her granddaughter to knock on doors in their neighborhood to get out the vote. Her children's books teach kids important lessons about family, community and civic action.
Sep 11, 2023•49 min
From immigration to AIDS and sea level rise, Xavier Cortada's art is a witness to South Florida
Xavier Cortada, Miami-Dade County’s first artist in residence, wants to tackle the big issues that affect his home in South Florida with his art.
Sep 07, 2023•49 min
This veteran is studying war poetry while writing his own
Justin Eggen is an award-winning poet and U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran studying war poetry at Florida Atlantic University. He joins us to talk about using poetry to unravel his war experience.
Sep 05, 2023•48 min
Best of: This Miami teacher is helping students see their worth through writing
When Precious Symonette became a creative writing teacher at Miami Norland Senior High, she brought in the principles of the Freedom Writers — a movement started in California in the 1990s to teach students to write through their troubles.She started the Viking Freedom Writers, named for the high school’s mascot. She’s now taught more than 3,000 students these principles. Some have gone on to become professional writers.The creative writing teacher has been named a Miami-Dade County teacher of t...
Sep 04, 2023•49 min
Michel Hausmann on using theater to create community and stand up to those in power
Michel Hausmann is the artistic director and founder of Miami New Drama, one of the largest bilingual theater companies in the country. He joins us to talk about his love for the stage and his motivation to stay true to his art—despite pushback from those in power.
Aug 31, 2023•49 min
Author M. Evelina Galang connects Manila and Miami using language
Filipina-American author M. Evelina Galang joins us. She’s a professor of English at the University of Miami and directed their creative writing program for 10 years.
Aug 30, 2023•49 min
From the Cuban doctor to the nosy neighbor: Mario Ramil's comedy gets Miami
Here in South Florida, the rent is high, traffic is bad … and it’s hotter than the sun, but we’re going to laugh about it with comedian Mario Ramil.
Aug 29, 2023•49 min
How columnist Fabiola Santiago's multiple lives as a journalist shaped her voice
In a world of knee-jerk reactions, Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago provides the exception: the calm, considered opinion. She tells us about her journey to becoming a prominent voice in South Florida.
Aug 28, 2023•49 min
Author and activist Ana Sofía Peláez on how to set a table for difficult conversations
Ana Sofía Peláez is the author of "The Cuban Table" cookbook and executive director of the Miami Freedom Project. She joins us to talk about her goal of making sure that progressives in Miami have a seat at the table.
Aug 24, 2023•49 min
Director Giancarlo Rodaz on bringing 'The Little Mermaid' to Miami
Giancarlo Rodaz is the artistic director of Area Stage Company in Miami. He is behind the production of Disney’s "The Little Mermaid" at the Arsht Center, playing through August 27.
Aug 23, 2023•49 min
Marie Vickles merges local and global art, minting a new generation of art lovers in South Florida
Marie Vickles tells us about bringing the arts to people — and people to the arts. She is the director of education at the Perez Art Museum and she’s also the curator-in-residence at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex.
Aug 22, 2023•49 min
Yaddyra Peralta preserves South Florida culture — and coffee — with her poetry
Yaddyra Peralta is a Honduran-American poet and essayist in Miami. Her poetry doesn't just take us places. It bravely stands up for the places that are important to South Floridians.
Aug 21, 2023•49 min
Evan Snow is helping South Florida artists stay local by creating affordable studio spaces
Evan Snow is an arts leader and creative entrepreneur in Broward County. We talk to him about how his work celebrates the arts community and the challenges of earning a living as an artist in South Florida.
Aug 17, 2023•49 min
Miami Herald editor Amy Reyes on becoming a radio star in the Dominican Republic
Amy Reyes is the Miami Herald arts and entertainment editor. We talk about the biggest art stories of summer 2023 and what’s ahead this fall.
Aug 14, 2023•49 min
West Palm Beach’s first poet laureate expresses activism through her art
Dalhia Perryman is the inaugural poet laureate of the City of West Palm Beach. She’ll tell us about her work as a poet, arts organizer and advocate against gun violence.
Aug 10, 2023•48 min
How DJ Laz's music powered Miami's block parties
We're joined by long-time DJ and Power 96 radio personality DJ Laz. He’ll tell us about growing up in South Florida, the creation of "Miami booty music" and why he’s known as “the pimp with the limp.”
Aug 09, 2023•49 min
Author Ana Menendez seeks adventure and the characters in her new book find it
Author Ana Menéndez's new novel brings an apartment in Miami Beach to life. Menéndez tells the stories of the people who live there over the span of 70 years, from newlyweds and war vets to refugees and concert pianists.
Aug 08, 2023•15 hr 41 min
Best of: 'Nattie Meets World' connects with her students through TikTok
We’re getting ready for the start of the new school year this month across South Florida. So we wanted to bring you one of our favorite conversations with a Broward County teacher.We first spoke to Natalie Stuart in June. The Viral TikToker and elementary school teacher joined us to share how she uses dance and social media to connect with her students.
Aug 07, 2023•49 min
Director of hit Sundance doc on Black trans women comes home to Miami
Wilkine Brutus is joined by D. Smith, whose documentary Kokomo City — her directorial debut — won the Innovator Award at Sundance Film Festival this year. The film is premiering in her hometown of Miami later this week.
Aug 03, 2023•49 min
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