• The South Florida Roundup

  • By: WLRN News
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The South Florida Roundup

By: WLRN News
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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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  • A look ahead at hurricane season: ocean eddies, a new forecast model and resilient homes

    A look ahead at hurricane season: ocean eddies, a new forecast model and resilient homes
    May 31 2024
    On The South Florida Roundup, we discussed a possible clue scientists are using to determine which storms can become more lethal: ocean eddies (01:02). We also looked at a new hurricane forecast model that was developed with help from scientists at the University of Miami (17:39) and we asked high-tech builder Onx Homes how they’re developing new housing resilient to hurricanes (33:37).
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    51 mins
  • Cuban officials tour MIA, Overtown housing co-op scandal and BBL Drizzy

    Cuban officials tour MIA, Overtown housing co-op scandal and BBL Drizzy
    May 24 2024
    On the South Florida Roundup we examined why so many Miami politicians are up in arms — after the federal Transportation Security Administration hosted a tour at Miami International Airport for an official delegation from Cuba (01:03). We also looked at the controversy at Town Park Village, the Overtown housing cooperative whose issues were exposed this month by WLRN (19:03). And we asked why King Willonius of Delray Beach and his popular track “BBL Drizzy” are the country’s latest AI music dispute (34:35).
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    51 mins
  • Boat safety, alternate routes to the Keys and a new doc on Venezuela's corruption scandal

    Boat safety, alternate routes to the Keys and a new doc on Venezuela's corruption scandal
    May 17 2024
    On the South Florida Roundup, we examined the tragic death of 15-year-old Ella Riley Adler – killed when a boat struck her last weekend as she was wake-boarding off Key Biscayne. Are boating accidents becoming too common in too-crowded Biscayne Bay? (01:03) We also looked at a raft of projects being planned to better move folks to and around the Florida Keys (19:05). And we talked with the director of a documentary that follows Venezuelan journalists busting the Venezuelan kleptocracy (33:52).
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