Tag Archive | "Dan Grech"

Canoe Project: “A Certain Amount of Willful Lack of Planning”

Thursday, April 19, 2012

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Earlier this week WLRN Miami Herald's Dan Grech interviewed Terence Cantarella, an intrepid contributor to WLRN who had the idea of navigating his way around Miami through its canal system in a canoe. Terence confessed to "a certain amount of willful lack of planning" for this adventure.

Dan Grech on why WLRN is doing the Canoe Project

Monday, April 16, 2012

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WLRN's Arianna Prothero interviewed Dan Grech, the station's news director and Under the Sun's co-creator, this morning about the impetus for the Canoe Project. Dan talks with Arianna about being approached by a contributor to WLRN for the story and what this story means this story means to our community.

Miami Beach Remembered in Coral Gables

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

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In honor of "O, Miami" and National Poetry Month, Under the Sun co-host Dan Grech shared an original poem with a live audience at the Under the Sun/Lip Service storytelling event in Coral Gables. The goal of "O, Miami" is to have every person in Miami-Dade encounter a poem in April.

A lesson in civic duty

Thursday, March 3, 2011

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Part of jury selection is a process called "voir dire," an Anglo-Norman expression meaning "to tell the truth." Under the Sun co-host Dan Grech and Miami New Times reporter Tim Elfrink with some straight talk about what happens when journalists get called for jury duty.

One Year After the Quake: “Las Twins”

Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Carmen Mario Romero was one of the four medical workers in Haiti whose voices you heard in "After the Quake: Patients and Healers." We followed the story of Romero after the earthquake, when she made the decision to permanently move to Haiti to devote herself to aid efforts there. Before she left, she'd never been apart from her identical twin for longer than a week. Listen to the story here.

After The Quake: Patients And Healers

Monday, July 12, 2010

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In this piece, four medical professionals recount how their patients broke into song in a makeshift medical tent, despite the desperate circumstances. One doctor describes the moment as a tipping point, in which the patients lifted their healers. We'll be playing stories to commemorate the one year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti throughout January.

Hurricane, I Mean Earthquake Extra: How Word Meanings Change

Friday, May 14, 2010

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Salt=salary? Dan Grech speaks with linguistics expert, Feryal Yavas, about how words change over time. Listen to this web extra here.

Hurricane, I Mean Earthquake

Thursday, May 13, 2010

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Have you heard anyone slip up and say "the hurricane in Haiti," when they meant to say "earthquake?" Hurricanes and earthquakes are both disasters, but could these words become interchangeable? Under the Sun co-host Dan Grech speaks with a linguistics expert about the potential meaning of this error. You can listen to his interview here.

Under The Sun Awards

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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Under The Sun has won several awards in recent weeks, for stories on everything from surviving the condo crisis to working as a professional mermaid...

Human Hair Is Farmers’ Friend

Thursday, November 26, 2009

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Host Dan Grech filed this story about a novel way to fertilize plants that's gaining ground in South Florida: mats made from human hair. Farmers in the area say hairmats are helping them save money and nourish crops.

Journey through Miami-Dade's Canals



WLRN contributor Terence Cantarella begins his journey through Miami-Dade's canal system by canoe on Monday, April 16.


Follow his journey on Twitter and Facebook, and tune in to WLRN 91.3 FM every morning and afternoon to hear about his travels.


Look for daily blog posts and updates and follow along on our map, Storify feed and photo gallery.

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