(9-5-2017) Today’s Topical Currents is with longtime South Florida journalist and CBS-4 investigative reporter, Jim Defede. His first post in the region was 27 years ago, at The Miami New Times . He was Miami Herald Metro columnist through July of 2005, and joined Channel 4 in 2006. We discuss many issues, including his current Facing South Florida Everglades documentary.

(8-31-2017) Today we present an hour of restaurant reviews with Matt Meltzer, the Miami editor for the Thrillist Media Group, and Carlo Frias, Miami Herald Food Editor. We talk about the many new restaurant openings and closings and ask listeners for their favorite local restaurant. Dinner in Minutes BBQ Pork Salad – perfect for Labor Day Weekend www.dinnerinminutes.com

(8-30-2017) Today's Topical Currents features an examination of trauma, its relationship to addiction, and its effects on family members, with Judy Crane , author of The Trauma Heart: Stories of Survival, Hope, and Healing .

(8-29-2017) Today’s Topical Currents is with author & F-I-U Professor of Advertising & Communications, Margo Berman. We discuss the subtle & not-so-subtle techniques of pervasive and persuasive advertising. Nearly everything we see, hear, purchase and use may well have hidden manipulators cached within them. Will your selfie pic help a robot pick a flattering wardrobe to buy?

(8-28-2017) Do you have time to hear a story? Today’s Topical Currents is dedicated to this traditional art. Miraculous digital tools are constantly at our fingertips, but the ancient convention of oral connection and stories is now perhaps even more potent. We visit with writers and spoken-word devotees Nicholas Garnett and Andrea Askowitz, and hear storytellers Allison Langer and Josephine Phoenix.

The early morning hours of August 24 th , 1992 created trepidation in South Florida. Category 5 Hurricane Andrew aimed for landfall in South Dade County. Topical Currents revisits the 25 th Anniversary of the storm’s death and devastation--as well as the raw recovery period. We visit with meteorologist Bry an Norcross, one of the key figures in keeping many residents safe and forewarned.

(08-23-2017) History/Miami Museum Resident Historian, Dr. Paul George discusses the sensational murders and kidnappings of the 1960s, drug wars, and urban crimes of the 21 st century.

(08-22-2017) Today's episode covers criminal activity from the late-1920s through the 1960s, including the ubiquity of illegal gambling, prohibition defiance, the Greater Miami Crime Commission and Chicago kingpin Al Capone’s celebrated house on Biscayne Bay.

(08-21-2017) An impenetrable South Florida topography hindered access, so it was a haven for deserters and criminals during the Civil War. In the 1880’s, only Federal Marshals enforced laws. North Miami became a center for booze, gambling and prostitution, and Miami’s first serial killer made his mark. This is Part 1 of a three-part series on Crime History in South Florida.

(08-17-2017) We discuss a little known horror story about British prisoner of war ships docked in New York harbor. More American deaths occurred on these ships than in actual battle. Lynn University professor Robert Watson talks about his book, THE GHOST SHIP OF BROOKLYN.