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Joseph Cooper and Bonnie Berman share the microphone with a wide range of guests including community leaders, artists, scientists, historians, political thinkers and more who bring issues of interest to South Floridians.

Topical Currents Program Finale

(9-28-2017) Today’s Topical Currents marks the end of a nearly 18-year era for our interview/call-in program. It was created by Joseph Cooper in 1999,...
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Florida History with Andrew Frank

(9-27-2017) Today’s Topical Currents ponders a South Florida which existed long before documented settlers arrived at what’s now a Megalopolis. We vis...
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News Credibility

(9-26-2017) With so much political attention devoted to “fake news” drivel and social media, how should university journalism schools prepare tomorrow...
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Foster Care Parent Recruitment

(9-25-2017) On today’s Topical Currents, we talk about foster-care parent recruitment. We focus on ChildNet, Broward and Palm Beach Counties’ communit...
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Food & Dining Retrospective

(9-21-2017) Chef, author and syndicated columnist Linda Gassenheimer’s final segments on Topical Currents. For more than 17 years, she produced over 9...
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Florida Soul Music

(9-20-2017) The histories of R&B, soul, funk, and disco in Florida, as chronicled by University of Tampa journalism professor, John Capouya , author o...
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Affordable Housing in South Florida

(9-18-2017) Today’s Topical Currents tackles South Florida’s affordable housing woes. Single family home prices in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach ...
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Continued Post-Irma Updates

(9-14-2017) Today we continue with updates, tips, discussion and your calls and concerns in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Guests include Bryan Norcross ...
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Hurricane Irma with Bryan Norcross

(9-7-2017) Today's Topical Currents gives Hurricane Irma updates and advice from The Weather Channel's Senior Hurricane Specialist and meteorologist, ...
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