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.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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.
Monday, July 12, 2010
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.
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.
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