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This oral historian is using social media to share Broward's Black history Nov 08, 2023

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Emmanuel George is an archivist and community historian who created the Black Broward Instagram page to share pieces of Broward’s Black history. It’s a peek into all the different kinds of work he’s doing to highlight Broward’s Black history.

Best of: Dave Barry on the oddities of swamplife ahead of his appearance in this year's Miami Book Fair Nov 07, 2023

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Syndicated humor writer Dave Barry joins WLRN's Carlos Frías on Sundial to talk about his newest book, Swamp Story, which features the oddities of swamp culture and TikTok. They also discuss his life growing up and how his family, especially his mother, influenced his unique sense of humor. Dave will be at this year’s Miami Book Fair for two events on Saturday, Nov. 18.

How medicine music transformed the lives of this duo. Now, they want to bring it you Nov 06, 2023

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It’s a crossover episode of Sundial and Folk and Acoustic Music with Michael Stock. Jesus Hidalgo and Teresa de Jesus co-founded the annual Music Medicine Festival to spread the healing powers of music. They join us for a jam session and to talk about how music brought healing to their own lives.

Talking grief, rock 'n' roll and comedy with a Princess Diaries heartthrob Nov 02, 2023

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"The Princess Diaries" heartthrob, Robert Schwartzman, is an actor, musician and filmmaker. He’ll be at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival this weekend presenting four films.

How a trip to Cuba - and music - taught duo Afrobeta about who they are Nov 01, 2023

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Tony Laurencio and Cuci Amador are the founders of Afrobeta — they embody a Miami sound. They star in the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Birthright," about their trip to play in Cuba. They join us to talk about that controversial trip and what it taught them about themselves.

An 'unintentional offender': one author's journey to understand life with ADHD Oct 31, 2023

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Roberto Carlos Cruz Garcia is the author behind "Sweet Boy: The Unintentional Offender." Roberto has ADHD and he’s on the Autism spectrum. But as a kid, he was undiagnosed — and this made him the sweet boy who would sometimes say the wrong thing at the wrong time and that became the inspiration for the book.

Can Miami artists afford to stay local? This Miami-Dade County official is looking for solutions Oct 30, 2023

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Host Carlos Frías is joined by Miami-Dade County's director of public housing and community development. He's a Miami native who's trying to find solutions to the housing affordability crisis.

These women kick ice: Why the Lucky Pucks are the hockey team you should be following Oct 26, 2023

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Karen Ota-O’Brien co-founded the Florida Women’s Hockey League more than 20 years ago and started South Florida's Lucky Pucks, a club for women and girls of all ages. Last season their teams swept the state championships, with the over-40s winning the national championship.

Wynwood's Zak the Baker is trading poems for bread Oct 25, 2023

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Zak Stern is the actual baker behind Zak the Baker in Wynwood. He's credited with starting the artisanal bread movement in Miami. He tells us why he prompted us to write poems answering: "What is Miami food?"

Miami-Dade's poetry ambassador comes to us from the land of rhymes, sonnets and haikus Oct 24, 2023

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Nicole Tallman is an author and the poetry ambassador for Miami-Dade County. She joins WLRN Sundial to talk about how living in South Florida helped her find her voice as the poet.

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