The South Florida Roundup

Each week, journalists and newsmakers from South Florida analyze and debate some of the most topical issues from across the region.

The South Florida Roundup is a news podcast hosted by WLRN News, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

WLRN News hosts The South Florida Roundup, a news show with 100 episodes published.

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  Carnegie Mellon's Miami campus, a shark refuge in Biscayne Bay and Miami Carnival moves to Broward

  Oct 2, 202638 min

  We looked at the game-changing plan announced to bring a high-tech Carnegie Mellon University campus to Miami’s hip Wynwood district, courtesy of billionaire Ken Griffin (01:03). We also discussed a surprising new study that reveals Biscayne Bay is actually a sanctuary for endangered shark and ray species (13:34). And we fill you in on the 2026 edition of the Miami Broward Carnival that started Saturday, and this time it’s all Broward, baby (26:15).

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  Record cuts at Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Hollywood Mayor switches parties, immigrant fear in Doral

  Sep 25, 202639 min

  We will discuss Palm Beach County’s rare budget pushback against its longtime sheriff, Ric Bradshaw — and the scrutiny Broward and Miami-Dade County’s top cops find themselves under (1:03). We also spoke to Hollywood City Mayor Josh Levy about why he’s left the Democratic party to be an independent (13:15). And we’ll examine the Venezuelan community’s anger about ICE arrests in Doral — and President Trump’s meeting with Delcy Rodríguez at the U.N. (26:50).

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  Maria Elvira Salazar breaks with Trump, 100 years since the Great Hurricane of 1926 and a Broward medical breakthrough

  Sep 18, 202654 min

  We examine Republican Miami Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar’s new video telling Trump he’s “gone too far” in his anti-immigration crusade. Is a Latino voter backlash building here? (01:03) As we, so far, experience a hurricane-free season, we’ll also mark today’s centennial of the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 and how it modernized storm preparation. (19:03). And we’ll discuss an important and promising new Alzheimer’s medication trial at Broward Health. (34:35).

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  9/11 hijackers in South Florida, Jewish High Holidays and antisemitism, a longtime Miami Herald reporter retires

  Sep 11, 202654 min

  We mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Not just the terrorist attacks that changed America forever, but the lives of the terrorists here in South Florida – and the Islamophobia that follows their atrocities even today (1:03). We’ll also discuss the Jewish High Holy Days that start this evening in the shadow of rising antisemitism (19:03). And we’ll talk with Miami Herald reporter Jay Weaver, who’s retiring after decades following South Florida’s often bizarre crime and crime fighters (34:35).

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  Encore: Film Previews: 'The Python Hunt', 'Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change,' and 'An Instrumental Start: A Model for the Nation'

  Sep 4, 202654 min

  On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we speak with filmmaker Xander Robin about his new documentary The Python Hunt. The film examines the rise of Burmese pythons as “exotic pets” that often end up in the Everglades, and the state sponsored 10-day competition to hunt and remove them (0:13). Alex Harris, lead climate change reporter for the Miami Herald, also joins to talk about the impact of climate change in South Florida (20:28), featured in the film Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change. In an interview with Marshall L. Davis, Sr. and documentary director Brian Bayer (An Instrumental Start: A Model for the Nation), we learn about the development of Marshall L. Davis, Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center., which provides access to educational and artistic resources for kids in Liberty City (33:56).

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