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.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Salt=salary? Dan Grech speaks with linguistics expert, Feryal Yavas, about how words change over time. Listen to this web extra here.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
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.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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...
Thursday, November 26, 2009
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.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Dan Grech interviews FIU demographer Maria Aysa about why some people identify themselves as Hispanic, and others as Latino. What's in a word? Aysa explains it's not just ethnicity that's at stake. It's also about political visibility.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
"If you can't find a humor column in this city, then you are legally dead." Dave Barry recounts moving to crazy Miami in the 80's and the real-life experiences that inspired his writing. Listen to Dave Barry's conversation with Under the Sun co-host Dan Grech here.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Poet Campbell McGrath combines the sensibilities of an economist, a documentary film-maker, and a historian. Dan Grech interviewed McGrath about his work and life in South Florida. Listen to that interview here.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
A group of creative activists in Little Haiti match homeless people with foreclosed homes. Host Dan Grech joined them on a recent move in.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Miami Beach was the end of the line for serial killer Andrew Cunanan. But five years earlier, a different serial killer, this one from Austria, led police on an international manhunt that ended in South Beach.
Monday, July 12, 2010
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