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The South Florida Roundup
As a producer for WLRN's live radio weekly program, I drove the execution of live and pre-taped segments, mixed audio, and wrote scripts that captured the complex political and cultural pulse of South Florida.
On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we talked with Miami’s Roman Catholic Archbishop Thomas Wenski about the Trump Administration’s erasure of a program to aid unaccompanied child migrants — and the papal-presidential quarrel behind it. We also examined a growing movement on Florida college campuses to rescind cooperation deals with federal immigration agencies. And we discussed a new WLRN documentary that casts South Florida as a national climate resilience model.
On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we reviewed this week’s historic Miami mayoral election — and preview its possible national repercussions after President Trump’s endorsement loses in a landslide. We also looked at the big local repercussions of the possible expiration of Obamacare subsidies — especially in the largest enrollment group here: Latinos. And we discussed how to navigate what’s being forecast as unprecedented holiday travel volume starting next week.
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On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we talked with newly elected Democratic state Representative Emily Gregory about her surprise win — in President Trump’s district. Was it a harbinger of November’s national midterms? We also reviewed last weekend’s debut of Nu Stadium — the new home of our Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and megastar Lionel Messi. And we looked at a Miami Film Festival documentary on Liberty City’s revered arts school — and the stars it’s trained.
On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we talked to Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald journalist who’s done the most to keep the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case alive. How does she assess the massive new release of files? We also looked at disturbing complaints of alleged design errors and defective materials as Miami’s once celebrated Fountain bridge project faces even more delays and costs. And we discussed the trials and triumphs of Puerto Rico that Bad Bunny was singing about at the Super Bowl.
February 13, 2026
January 30, 2026
On this episode of The South Florida, our show came to you live from the Little Haiti Cultural Complex in Miami, where we devoted the program to the immigration crisis facing our large and important Haitian community. Tuesday, Feb. 3, may see the cancellation of the Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, that has shielded more than 350,000 Haitians from deportation to Haiti — that is, back to a country that’s been rendered dystopian by the chaos of violent gang rule. Does Trump have a case? Or will the U.S courts block him?
October 10, 2025
On The South Florida Roundup, we hailed today’s announcement that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize — an award for democracy movements across the Americas. We also looked at the controversy — and now a lawsuit — over Miami-Dade College’s gift of valuable downtown property for Trump’s presidential library. And we talked about the response of Florida’s LGBTQ community to the state's campaign to eradicate crosswalk art.
September 19, 2025
On this week's episode of The South Florida Roundup, we looked at the free-speech debate raging after Charlie Kirk’s murder — specifically in Palmetto Bay, whose mayor, Karyn Cunningham, talked about ousting Councilman Steve Cody. We also talked with Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine-Cava about how a county budget that looked wrecked got repaired. And we discussed why a Broward County judge just let a police officer off in a deadline shooting case.
December 19, 2025
On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we looked at an unusual, if not unconstitutional, move by the state to authorize charter schools in Miami-Dade County — without the authorization of Miami-Dade public schools. We also discussed an important new Miami Herald series, “Haiti’s Lost Generation,” on the growing horror of women and girls raped by violent gangs. And we tried to understand the uneasy place that our faiths — and our inter-faith efforts — are at in this year’s holiday season.
Miami-Dade's public transit gets mandate, Palm Beach County's new university and a former Haitian president gets sanctions
August 23, 2024
On the South Florida Roundup we looked at the impact of two results from Tuesday’s primary election: Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s landslide re-election – and landslide approval of a call for expanded Miami-Dade rapid transit. We also examined why elite Vanderbilt University is opening an unusual satellite campus in Palm Beach County. And we discussed the drug trafficking and gang sponsorship sanctions the U.S. just slapped on former Haitian President Michel Martelly.
Copa America chaos, Sergio Pino's legacy and shark anxiety
July 19, 2024
On the South Florida Roundup we discussed what went so wrong on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium – when crowd control lost control of gate-crashing (and air vent-crashing) soccer fans before the Copa America final. What lessons must Miami learn before the World Cup? We also looked at the important impact developer Sergio Pino had here – before his life ended in scandal and suicide this week. And we asked: what’s reality and what’s myth regarding this summer’s big fears about sharks?
Air traffic controller tries to save a pilot who lost control of his plane in bad weather
Adrien Valentine, 21, of Melrose, Florida, took off from Kissimmee Gateway Airport in his small Cherokee Piper 180 plane on Nov. 14, 2023. His presumed destination was Gainesville Regional Airport, but he became disoriented after encountering bad weather. An air traffic controller from Jacksonville tried to help him land the plane safely.
Thaliondor: Ocala LARPers find community through fighting
Thaliondor is a medieval, fantasy-themed role-playing, foam-fighting group of 40-50 people. With their foam swords, spears, jabalines, plastic crossbows and tennis balls that represent spells and fireballs, weekly participants transform into fighters, archers, wizards and clerics.
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Thaliondor is a medieval, fantasy-themed role-playing, foam-fighting group of 40-50 people. With their foam swords, spears, jabalines, plastic crossbows and tennis balls that represent spells and fireballs, weekly participants transform into fighters, archers, wizards and clerics.
Saviors of the skies
Air traffic controllers often face stressful situations in their day-to-day jobs. Traffic controllers Kerri Fingerson, Chip Flores and Robert Morgan have gone through dire situations in which their instructions are essential in bringing pilots back to the ground safely.
Air traffic controller Kerri Fingerson
The Archie League Medal of Safety Awards, bestowed each September by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, honor efforts to save pilots who find themselves in distress while in the air. Kerri Fingerson, a Boston-based controller, won her award in 2022 after helping a pilot land amid harsh weather conditions.
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February 2nd, 2024: Rolling back child labor laws
Friday’s host, Jimena Romero, speaks with Alexis Tsoukalas, a policy analyst at Florida Policy Institute on the impacts that a possible Florida law would have on young workers 16- and 17 years old. Plus, the number of homicides in the Gainesville area increased in 2023 compared to the year before, and Florida banning changes of gender on driver’s licenses has sparked confusion and backlash.
March 1st, 2024: Florida: The state for mom and pop shops
Friday’s host, Jimena Romero, speaks with Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce CEO and President Eric Godet on Florida’s business climate. Plus The Ocala Police Department conducted an internal investigation on Gainesville Police Chief Lonnie Scott before his resignation, Florida looks set to ban local heat protections for workers, and more.
April 26th, 2024:
Misunderstood alligators
Friday's host, Jimena Romero, speaks with Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and Services (EEARSS) founder Frank 'Alligator' Robb on misconceptions about alligators in Florida. Plus, two women face obstruction charges in a Marion County case in which a man and a K9 died, rate hikes, lack of competition between insurance companies and more.
The Point Podcast
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As a producer and host of WUFT's radio public affairs podcast, The Point, I pitched state and local stories, conducted interviews with stakeholders and put together a weekly podcast episode that also rounded up the news of the week: everything from politics and business to culture and the environment.