Miami's new mayor, the expiration of Obamacare subsidies and holiday travel
On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we reviewed this weekâs historic Miami mayoral election â and preview its possible national repercussions after President Trumpâs endorsement loses in a landslide [01:09]. We also looked at the big local repercussions of the possible expiration of Obamacare subsidies â especially in the largest enrollment group here: Latinos [20:35]. And we discussed how to navigate whatâs being forecast as unprecedented holiday travel volume starting next week. [35:47].
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A South Florida congresswoman's indictment, Inter Miami in the MLS final and Haitians' loss of TPS
On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we dissected the heads-pinning federal campaign fraud charges against Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, including that diamond ring [01:19]. We also looked at Inter Miamiâs future on the eve of their Major League Soccer championship game [14:26]. And we discussed our immigration anxiety with Gepsie Metellus, whoâs stepping down as the revered director of the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center âand just had a street named for her [27:58].
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Behind âHistory We Call Home: 100 Years of South Floridaâ
On this special episode of The South Florida Roundup, we looked at WLRNâs fascinating series âHistory We Call Home: 100 Years of South Florida.â The reports take us back to the epic real estate boom of the 1920s, which spawned city charters up and down our coast. The stories are captivating: Was Al Capone a founding father of Deerfield Beach? Why did all those pink flamingos stay in Hialeah? And how did Boca Raton become a reverse, North-to-South Black migration magnet?
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Miami Book Fair: an immigration mystery, bilingual odes to Miami and a post-literate world
On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we talked with the award-winning Miami journalist Mirta Ojito about her debut novel Deeper Than the Ocean â and the immigration mysteries it solves [01:09]. We also spoke with Oscar Fuentes â the Biscayne Poet â and got to hear his odes to Miami in English and SpanishâŠwith a little music [18:56]. And Miami Book Fair co-founder Mitchell Kaplan discussed why reading, against all odds, still has a future [36:37].
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The Epstein files, Hialeah's youngest mayor and the anti-drug attacks in Venezuela
On this episode of the South Florida Roundup, we looked at the new Jeffrey Epstein revelations coming out of Washington and how theyâre landing in Palm Beach County, the sex-trafficking scandalâs epicenter [01:09]. We also talked to Hialeah Mayor-elect Bryan Calvo about why the current mayor seems to be making the power shift there less than amicable [19:24]. And we examined the human targets of the U.S. militaryâs anti-narcotics strikes in the Caribbean â and whatâs next for Venezuela as a U.S. aircraft carrier arrives [36:45].