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Miami Outlaw

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Terence Cantarella takes in a stray and battered dog--a pit bull. It's illegal to have a pit bull in Miami-Dade. Cantarella tries to find a way to get rid of the dog that sits well with his conscience. It doesn't quite work out. Listen to the story here.

Interview: Raffa and Rainer

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

Raffa and Rainer's song, "Waterfall" plays in today's Under the Sun story about a pitbull and the owner he adopts. Here's more about the duo behind the music.

Radiolab is coming to South Florida [Updated]

Mon, Jan 23, 2012

Radiolab is coming to South Florida [Updated]

Radiolab is the kind of show that you've either never heard of or you love. If you love Radiolab, how would you describe it to those who've never heard of it?

Lost Between Two Nations

Wed, Jan 11, 2012

Lost Between Two Nations

When an earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, the United States stopped deporting Haitian immigrants to the devastated nation. But deportations resumed in January, and Franco Coby, convicted of selling drugs, found himself banished from the country he grew up in since the age of 6. Now he lives in a country that is foreign to him.

Fiction: Dolphins, Oysters and Crabs

Thu, Jan 5, 2012

Fiction: Dolphins, Oysters and Crabs

Jeremy Glazer writes about that weird liminal space between high school graduation and supposed adulthood. It's set against the backdrop of Key Biscayne. Listen to his latest work of fiction.

Diana Abu-Jaber on Sharing the Table During the Holidays

Wed, Dec 14, 2011

Diana Abu-Jaber on Sharing the Table During the Holidays

Floridians are the hosts of the nation during the holidays, as snowbirds land here for the season. Listen to author Diana Abu-Jaber’s essay on her family’s heritage of hosting guests.

Diana Abu-Jaber’s Recipes for Baklava and Tabbouleh

Wed, Dec 14, 2011

Diana Abu-Jaber’s Recipes for Baklava and Tabbouleh

Here are a few recipes you might want to add to your holiday table. One is more elaborate--perhaps for a host to serve. The other is super simple--perhaps something a guest can contribute to a party.

How Wilton Manors Came Out

Thu, Dec 8, 2011

How Wilton Manors Came Out

It used to be that Key West, Victoria Park and South Beach were the centers of gay life in South Florida. Over the last decade, this tiny town of about 12,000 people, just outside of Fort Lauderdale – has taken over. Wilton Manors has more same-sex couples per capita than anyplace but Provincetown, Massachusetts. Kenny Malone tells the story of how this little village surrounded by metropolitan South Florida became a gay mecca.

Bunny Yeager: “Sexy in a Nice Way”

Wed, Nov 30, 2011

Bunny Yeager: “Sexy in a Nice Way”

Local photographer Bunny Yeager was behind the lens for some of the most classic images of 1950s pinup girls. Now the art world has discovered her.

From alien to citizen

Wed, Nov 23, 2011

From alien to citizen

Former immigration reporter and Under the Sun producer Ruth Morris decides it's finally time to leave her permanent resident alien status behind and become a U.S. citizen.

“Imagined anthology” of flight and escape

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

“Imagined anthology” of flight and escape

Author and former Miami Herald columnist Ana Menendez is back from Amsterdam for the Miami Book Fair International. She talks about her new book, Adios Happy Homeland, which deals with the themes of dislocation and exile.

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