Topical Currents

(11-14-2016) On today’s Topical Currents, we take a trip back to “old Florida,” the one before Interstate Highways and the theme park craze. Is it possible to retrace the routes promoted in the Florida tour guide of 1930 by the Federal Writers Project? Cathy Salustri says yes. She’s written BACKROADS OF PARADISE: A JOURNEY TO DISCOVER OLD FLORIDA.

(11-10-2016) Mi Ae Lipe, author of Bounty from the Box: the CSA Farm Cookbook, and Art Friedlich, President of the Urban Oasis Project. The topic is tropical produce and how to use it and how to connect with CSA Community Supported Agriculture farms. They both will be at the Miami Book Fair. There will be a special Kitchen Stadium food tent with cooking demonstrations and food discussions this year. Art will be running a farmer's market and Mi Ae will be speaking. Art brings produce for us to

(11-10-2016) Starting with toddlers, parents exhort kids to NOT speak with strangers. Familiarity could lead to who-knows what . . . So, Today’s Topical Currents begins with Kio Stark. She loves to speak with those she doesn’t know . . . it enriches her life. We’ll talk about her book, WHEN STRANGERS MEET .

(11-9-2016) . Today’s Topical Currents is a South Florida post-election program, which highlights how our region will be affected by vote results. We feature Florida Bulldog Editor Dan Christensen, as well as Barry University Political Science professor, Sean Foreman. We also take your post-election calls.

(11-8-2016) To day’s Topical Currents highlights one of South Florida’s top events, the Miami Book Fair Intern ational, now in its 33 rd year. Esteemed worldwide, the Book Fair is produced and presented by Miami Dade College, with some 450 authors, a myriad of events, and of course, the gigantic street fair. We visit with Co-founder, Mitchell Kaplan, and Director of Programs, Lisette Mendez. www.miamibookfair.com 305-237-3258 [email protected] www,booksandbooks.com

(11-7-2016) Today’s Topical Currents is a Florida-flavored analysis of Tuesday’s General Election, with a call-in program featuring members of the WLRN/Miami Herald News Team, including editors Tom Hudson and Tim Padgett. Co-hosts Joseph Cooper and Bonnie Berman take a look at key state, regional and municipal races, as well as Florida Constitutional and local ballot initiatives.

(11-3-2016) Today’s Topical Currents centers on a persistent Miami-Dade battle: the creation of a “Pets Trust” . . . funding for spay and neutering services . . . and a no-kill policy for adoptable pets by the Animal Services Department. A straw-ballot, non-binding resolution in favor was voter approved in 2012, but the Miami-Dade Mayor and some Commission members balk at implementing it. Why? We discuss the issue, and take your calls . www.petstrustmiami.com www.miamidade.gov/animals am13

(11-02-2016) Ponder how many obituaries have appeared in the New York Times since 1851, and how those obits reflect cultural, social and political history. Wednesday’s Topical Currents is with Obituary Editor, William McDonald, and his remarkable book of “obits,” called The New York Times Book of the Dead. What was written, for example, about Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie or Coco Chanel?