Episodios

  • Protests against Trump's deportation crusade, Miami Beach wants the Metromover and a FIFA Club World Cup preview

    Protests against Trump's deportation crusade, Miami Beach wants the Metromover and a FIFA Club World Cup preview
    Jun 14 2025
    On the South Florida Roundup, we unpacked a tumultuous week — and what may be a tumultuous weekend — involving America’s and South Florida’s angry dispute over President Trump’s migrant deportation crusade (0:09). We also examined why a new poll shows the denizens of Miami Beach favor a Metromover connection to Miami — even if their mayor and city commissioners don’t (20:44). And we previewed the soccer Club World Cup kicking off in Miami and around the U.S. Saturday (35:07).
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  • Trump's new travel bans, how federal cuts will hit hurricane forecasting and a mayor's lawsuit to keep ICE out

    Trump's new travel bans, how federal cuts will hit hurricane forecasting and a mayor's lawsuit to keep ICE out
    Jun 6 2025
    On The South Florida Roundup, we looked at President Trump’s new travel bans and restrictions — and the impact, if not the insult, it’s registering in our Haitian, Venezuelan and Cuban communities (01:08). We also talked with acclaimed NBC 6 meteorologist John Morales about his concerns that Trump’s budget cuts could have weathermen like him “flying blind” this hurricane season (20:02). And we heard from South Miami Mayor Javier Fernandez about his suit to keep his cops out of immigration enforcement(35:40).
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  • A look ahead at hurricane season: Storm forecast, property insurance and emergency management in the Keys

    A look ahead at hurricane season: Storm forecast, property insurance and emergency management in the Keys
    May 30 2025
    On The South Florida Roundup, we said hello to another hurricane season. Forecasters — the ones still employed — again expect an above-average roster of named storms, from Andrea to Wendy, including as many as five major hurricanes (01:08). But here are two big questions if one of them hits us: Will your overpriced windstorm policy actually cover the damage anymore (19:05)? And with FEMA funding and staffing on the ropes, what will storm response look like in storm-prone places like the Keys (34:51)?
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  • Miami author on her Pulitzer-winning Harriet Tubman book, South Florida's new boating laws and Florida's weak patriotism

    Miami author on her Pulitzer-winning Harriet Tubman book, South Florida's new boating laws and Florida's weak patriotism
    May 23 2025
    On the South Florida Roundup, we talked with the Miami native Edda Fields-Black — winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her history of Harriet Tubman and the pivotal Civil War raid on the Combahee River (01:08). We also examined Lucy’s Law — a bill that was just passed by the Florida Legislature to strengthen the state’s boating codes after Luciana Fernandez’s tragic death (19:34). And we looked at how we measure patriotism — and why Florida keeps finishing near the bottom in one patriotism survey (34:18).
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    54 m
  • South Florida's HIV battle, Miami crime-prevention programs suffer, Palm Beach County pays for Trump's protection

    South Florida's HIV battle, Miami crime-prevention programs suffer, Palm Beach County pays for Trump's protection
    May 16 2025
    On this week's episode of The South Florida Roundup, we discussed the HIV infection crisis in South Florida – and the serious cuts in federal funding for detection and prevention that could make it worse (1:09). We also took a look at the quarter-million-dollar per day cost of protecting President Trump that Palm Beach County bears each time he visits Mar-a-Lago – and whether it will get paid back again (18:48). And we asked whether the Circle of Brotherhood’s important anti-crime and violence community work will continue here (35:12).
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  • The first American pope, Ft. Lauderdale's community court and rescued Venezuelan opposition leaders

    The first American pope, Ft. Lauderdale's community court and rescued Venezuelan opposition leaders
    May 9 2025
    On The South Florida Roundup, we looked at the new pope, Robert Francis Prevost, now Leo XIV – and talk with a nun who knew and worked with him in Peru. How will his American and Latin American, ties influence his papacy (01:08)? We also discussed a community court in Fort Lauderdale, and why Florida’s new homelessness law makes it an important innovation (22:13). And we examined that rescue of Venezuelan opposition leaders who are now here (35:09).
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  • Fluoride fight, Miami’s Cuban leaders controversy, drought concerns

    Fluoride fight, Miami’s Cuban leaders controversy, drought concerns
    May 2 2025
    On the South Florida Roundup, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava discussed her fight against Florida’s controversial move to remove fluoride from local drinking water (01:15). We also talked about Cuban exile healthcare billionaire Mike Fernandez’s claims that Miami’s Cuban political leaders are betraying their community (19:02). And a weather expert weighed in on the drought and if we should be as concerned as the alligators are (35:14).
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  • Palm Beach Public Schools nix DEI, Operation Tidal Wave hits Florida and remembering Pope Francis

    Palm Beach Public Schools nix DEI, Operation Tidal Wave hits Florida and remembering Pope Francis
    Apr 25 2025
    On this week’s South Florida Roundup, we examine the Palm Beach County School Board’s scramble to revise its diversity, equity and inclusion programs in order to salvage $300 million federal funding (1:12). We also examine Operation Tidal Wave, and how the feds, with state help, are specifically targeting undocumented migrants in Florida. (18:57) And we remember Francis, the first Latin American pope, and how he and his home region influenced one another (35:33).
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