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Sundial is the featured midday show on WLRN 91.3 FM, South Florida's NPR affiliate.

01/31/2024

Artist Chire "VantaBlack" Regans searches for the truth in portraits, names and hair.

The Black Lives Matter movement pushed Chire Regans' art in the direction of social awareness. From portraits of gun violence victims to sculptures exploring hair braiding practices, the new Oolite Arts resident hopes to spark change through her pieces.

01/30/2024

Michael League wasn't good enough for his university's musical ensembles. Today he is a Grammy-winning bandleader of Snarky Puppy and the co-founder of this weekend's GroundUP Music Festival 🎸🌊

Grammy-winning bandleader of Snarky Puppy tells us how breaking into Dallas' gospel scene and making his own band influenced his music. Now he's bringing all of those influences to the Miami Beach's GroundUP Music Festival which he co-founded.

01/04/2024

It’s a good time to talk film. Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards can be an indicator of which films will win more awards and what that might mean for Oscar nominations.

We invited film critic Rene Rodriguez to talk about movies today.

We talk best and worst movies from 2023 with René Rodriguez. He’s a former film critic and manages the Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami. He also tells us what he's looking forward to in 2024.

01/03/2024

Ron Magill is the communications director for Zoo Miami and has become famous around the world for his animated animal advocacy.

He joined us to talk about life, his new book and falling in love.

Wildlife photographer and Zoo Miami’s “Goodwill Ambassador," Ron Magill joins us to talk about new book The Pride of a Lion.

12/18/2023

"Families can come and know nothing about ballet and still have a really great time," said principal dancer Dawn Atkins of Miami City Ballet about "The Nutcracker."

Dawn Atkins is a principal dancer with Miami City Ballet. She tells us about her career, MCB’s 2023-2024 season and her performance as the lead roles of Dew Drop and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker this month.

12/14/2023

You know him from his hit songs with the Puerto Rican duo Calle13 oficial. Now Eduardo Cabra is showing us the man behind the music.

Eduardo Cabra who produced the sound for the three-time Grammy-winning Puerto Rican band, Calle 13, is showing us the sound of his voice.

12/13/2023

Gladys Ramírez is directing "La Gringa" for its Miami debut. She’s the executive director of City Theatre.

Carlos Frías is joined by director Gladys Ramírez. She’s the executive director of City Theatre in Miami where she's directing the Miami debut of the play "La Gringa" at the Adrienne Arsht Center.

12/12/2023

Local trio The Latin Divos joined guest host Kate Payne to talk about their careers as opera singers –– from Cuba to Miami.

Guest host Kate Payne is joined by the local group The Latin Divos. The Cuban trio takes Latin pop, traditional opera and timeless classics and makes them their own.

11/30/2023

Fereshteh Toosi is a Miami-based interdisciplinary artist who recently launched an interactive audio project called "Voice Memos for the Future."

Fereshteh joined guest host Wilkine Brutus on today's show ✨

Fereshteh Toosi is a Miami-based interdisciplinary artist who recently launched an interactive audio project called “Voice Memos for the Future.” The project discusses Miami residents' shared stories and thoughts about the future in South Florida. They tell us how nature has inspired their life....

11/28/2023

We had a jam session in our studio with local string quartet Baby B Strings!

Baby B Strings is a quartet that performs classical and pop music in unconventional spaces. They take the Beatles to the concert hall and bring Bach to the beach. They join Sundial host Carlos Frías us for a jam session.

11/27/2023

Listen to a piece of WLRN's new podcast "Bright Lit Place" on today's show and some stories that didn't make it into the podcast.

We listen to the part of the first episode of Bright Lit Place, a new WLRN podcast distributed by the NPR Network. It was reported by WLRN's environment editor Jenny Staletovich. We also hear behind-the-scenes stories from Jenny and Patrick Farrell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who worked...

11/21/2023

Key West is a fish net for writers and book lovers. Arlo Haskell of the Key West Literary Seminar told us why.

Arlo Haskell is an author, historian and the executive director of the Key West Literary Seminar, which is happening from January 11 to the 14.

11/20/2023

Guest host extraordinaire Kate Payne chatted with Vanessa Garcia, Writer about how she's telling stories of the Cuban diaspora through theater and baking.

Vanessa Garcia's play 'Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas' is at the Miracle Theater in Coral Gables through Dec. 3. She joined us to talk about telling family stories through food and the stage.

11/16/2023

Luis Alberto Urrea is headed to the Miami Book Fair with his latest novel, "Good Night, Irene."

It’s a story unlike anything he’s ever written — and a World War II story unlike anything you’ve probably ever read.

Luis Alberto Urrea is a Mexican-American poet, novelist and essayist. He’ll be at the Miami Book Fair on Sunday on a panel about powerful historical fiction–– presenting his latest book 'Good Night, Irene.'

11/14/2023

Author Tananarive Due's latest book mixes fictional and real-life horror. It's based on the infamous Dozier School for Boys in North Florida, where her great-uncle was sent and never came home.

Tananarive Due is a novelist who writes in the genre of Black horror. She’ll be presenting two books at the Miami Book Fair this weekend, including her latest The Reformatory.

11/09/2023

Scholar Julian Chambliss told us how he connected Afrofuturism to South Florida's history in his Fort Lauderdale exhibit.

We're joined by Afrofuturism scholar Julian Chambliss. He co-curated the "Afrofantastic" exhibit at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale.

11/08/2023

Community historian and archivist Emmanuel George is preserving Broward's Black history.

His Instagram, Black Broward, uses old photos, newspaper clippings and archival video to show us the Black history he wants to hold onto.

Emmanuel George is an archivist and community historian who created the Black Broward Instagram page to share pieces of Broward’s Black history. It’s a peek into all the different kinds of work he’s doing to highlight Broward’s Black history.

11/02/2023

Maybe you know Robert Schwartzman as the male lead in "The Princess Diaries" and lead singer of Rooney.

But he's in town to present new films at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival this weekend.

"The Princess Diaries" heartthrob, Robert Schwartzman, is an actor, musician and filmmaker. He’ll be at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival this weekend presenting four films.

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