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Each week, journalists and newsmakers from South Florida analyze and debate some of the most topical issues from across the region.

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Each week, journalists and newsmakers from South Florida analyze and debate some of the most topical issues from across the region.

    Democratic Party leader suspensions, so long to the Seaquarium and is a new wave of Haitian refugees imminent?

    Democratic Party leader suspensions, so long to the Seaquarium and is a new wave of Haitian refugees imminent?

    On the South Florida Roundup, we spoke to Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried about her decision to suspend two of the party’s South Florida chairpersons, amid fears that Democrats could lose once reliable Miami-Dade County (01:01). We also discussed Miami-Dade’s decision to scrap the Seaquarium — and what a more 21st-century use for that site is (19:25). And we examined whether Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ prep for more Haitian boat people is just more political grandstanding (35:13).

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    Key West fish mystery, gang violence in Haiti and Edel Rodriguez's memoir 'Worm'

    Key West fish mystery, gang violence in Haiti and Edel Rodriguez's memoir 'Worm'

    On The South Florida Roundup, we examine a disturbing maritime mystery: sawfish deaths in the waters off the Lower Keys, and bizarre behavior from other fish species (01:02). We also talked to a Haitian-American leader in South Florida who, like most Haitian expats, is urging President Biden to change course in Haiti before it’s too late (18:37). And we heard from Cuban exile and Hialeah son Edel Rodriguez about his new graphic memoir, Worm (35:05).

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    Spring break: beach breakups, airports and sand erosion

    Spring break: beach breakups, airports and sand erosion

    On the South Florida Roundup we spoke to the mayors of Miami Beach and Hollywood about why we’ve come to dread the month of March here, and whether some efforts to block the spring break crowds are crossing a line (01:03). We took a look at whether Miami International and Florida-Hollywood International Airports have fixed their nagging problems in time for the spring break wave (19:08). And we examined whether throwing more sand at the problem is really the way to save our beaches (35:29).

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    Teaching kids about communism, Miami pastimes and Latin America backsliding into old repression

    Teaching kids about communism, Miami pastimes and Latin America backsliding into old repression

    On The South Florida Roundup, we discussed our latest history education controversy and we asked, "if we teach the evils of communism, shouldn’t we include fascism?" (01:03) We also talked (or vented) about how unaffordable many South Florida events have become for average South Floridians (19:17). Plus we examined how the left and the right are taking Latin American human rights back to the bad old days (35:33).

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    Age and the presidency, issues at Miami Seaquarium and Bob Marley's legacy on screen

    Age and the presidency, issues at Miami Seaquarium and Bob Marley's legacy on screen

    On The South Florida Roundup, we discussed the age and competency anxieties that are gripping this year’s presidential election, because if South Florida – America’s Senior Citizen Central – can’t address them, who can? (01:03) We also looked at the animal welfare and other concerns swirling around the Miami Seaquarium (19:01). And we talked with the daughter of the late Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley, Sharon Marley, about the new biopic Bob Marley: One Love (34:35).

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    Redefining Broward schools, affordable housing in the Keys and the case of Virgilio Aguilar-Mendez

    Redefining Broward schools, affordable housing in the Keys and the case of Virgilio Aguilar-Mendez

    On The South Florida Roundup, we spoke to Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Peter Licata about how he’s adjusting to dramatically declining enrollment – and the growing competition that’s driving it (01:02). We also looked at the state legislature’s efforts to get sorely needed tourism workforce housing built in the Florida Keys (19:04). And we examined the case of Guatemalan migrant farmworker Virgilio Aguilar-Mendez, who community leaders insist was unjustly charged with a Florida police officer’s death (34:32).

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16 Ratings

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