The South Florida Roundup

Mar 07 2025 99 ep. 52 mins 29
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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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NOAA scientists laid off, editor fired over a Gaza cartoon and pro-democracy aid in Latin America is halted

Mar 07 2025 54 mins  
On this week's South Florida Roundup, we looked at the Trump Administration’s layoffs and cutbacks at key science agencies here – not least of which involve the researchers who revolutionized hurricane forecasting (01:10). We also talked to Tony Doris, the editorial page editor of the Palm Beach Post. who was fired after he ran an editorial cartoon that some Jewish advocates ca

Immigrant community on alert: TPS terminated for Haitians and Venezuelans, migrants sent to Guantanamo and arrests in Palm Beach County

Feb 28 2025 54 mins  
On the South Florida Roundup, we dedicated the entire show to the issue that’s got this community tied in knots at the moment: immigration. Or maybe: anti-immigration. We had a candid conversation about our wrecked immigration system: Do we rely too much on stop-gap measures like TPS and parole (01:11)? Did the Trump Administration brand non-criminal migrants as “criminals” a

Special: Haiti On The Line

Feb 26 2025 92 mins  
The South Florida Roundup's Tim Padgett co-hosts the 90-minute call-in special “Haiti on the Line,” a collaboration between WLRN, WNYC (New York City) and GBH News (Boston) which aired live on Feb. 24, 2025. Last year more than 5,000 people in Haiti were killed in gang-related violence. The country has been in a political crisis for years. And for Haitians in America with feet

Coral Gables and human smuggling, red light camera tickets and Miami sends park funds to Inter Miami

Feb 21 2025 54 mins  
On the latest episode of South Florida Roundup, we talked about how the city of Coral Gables became an end-point for smuggled migrants between the Bahamas and South Florida in recent weeks (01:06). We also looked into red light camera tickets and how cities like Aventura are making major profits from them (16:30). And we examined the city of Miami commission’s recent vote to shif

Miami's Catholic leader hits back at deportations, more politicians lead universities and Republicans question Colombian justice

Feb 14 2025 54 mins  
This week on the South Florida Roundup, we talked with Miami’s Roman Catholic Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who’s had a lot to say about the Trump administration’s controversial pursuit of undocumented migrants — and its swipes at the Church (01:11). We also looked at another controversial trend: top Republican politicos taking the helm at colleges like Florida International Un

Trump revokes TPS for Venezuelans, Miami-Dade Black neighborhoods could become a city and Haiti's Creole Pig

Feb 07 2025 54 mins  
On the South Florida Roundup, we looked at President Trump’s alarming decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans here — who now face deportation back to a brutal dictatorship (01:06). We also looked at a Miami-Dade effort just underway that could turn traditionally Black communities into a new city (20:22). And we talked with the film

South Florida's garbage problem, Elon Musk's brain chip trial at UM and Dreamers' uncertain future

Jan 31 2025 54 mins  
On the South Florida Roundup, we took a deep dive into this region’s deepening waste management crisis (01:02). We also looked at the University of Miami’s new mission to test Elon Musk’s brain chip to help paralyzed persons lead more normal lives (20:00). And we examined what’s next for the undocumented residents known as Dreamers now that Florida may reduce their access t

Climate change and property taxes, Proud Boys get pardoned and Trump targets the Panama Canal

Jan 24 2025 54 mins  
On the South Florida roundup, we discussed the new proposal from Miami-Dade County’s new property appraiser, Tomas Regalado, to calculate climate change risk into our home values (01:11). We also looked at the possibility of a resurgence here of the hate group Proud Boys after the presidential pardon of Jan. 6 convicts like Enrique Tarrio (19:25). And we examined President Trump�

DeSantis’ deportation effort, kid coders in Miami Gardens and removal of Cuba from U.S. terrorism list

Jan 17 2025 53 mins  
On the South Florida Roundup we discussed the constitutional questions surrounding Gov. Ron DeSantis’ demand that local authorities assist federal immigration officials. South Florida may not be on board (1:12). We also looked at a popular new program in Miami Gardens that teaches kids a vital but not always accessible skill: computer coding (19:28). And we examined the new deal

South Florida's sex-trafficking plague, Palm Beach County rebuilds mental health care and Venezuela's dictatorship

Jan 10 2025 54 mins  
On the latest episode of the South Florida Roundup, we took a closer and deeper look at the decades of rapes of dozens of women allegedly committed by the wealthy Alexander brothers. Why is South Florida so often the scene of this horror (01:09)? We also examined a groundbreaking, $60 million effort in Palm Beach County to create a more modern and effective central mental health fa