Written by best-selling author Khaled Hosseini, who lives part time in the Florida Keys, the novel about oppression and brutality in Afghanistan is set to have its world premiere as an opera this weekend in Seattle. The story first came alive on stage in Key West, in a workshop version of the opera's first act.
Over the past six months, WLRN News has reorganized, retooled and reimagined our future. We asked ourselves, and we asked you: How can we better serve our community in South Florida?
Alicia Zuckerman has loved audio since she was a kid listening to comedy albums and call-in radio advice shows she probably shouldn't have been listening to. She is Editorial Director at WLRN where she edits narrative and investigative audio journalism. She routinely reminds reporters to find and make moments of joy, which is how she learned you can grow mangoes on a balcony, and about the popularity of Manischewitz in the Caribbean. In 2020, she was named Editor of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists Florida chapter.
WLRN’s former editorial director, Alicia Zuckerman, joins Sundial Now to talk about her time in South Florida and her new focus on making radio more accessible to those with hearing loss.
To mark the anniversary of the devastating landfall of Hurricane Andrew occasion, we are making available once again WLRN's one-hour documentary special, 'Remembering Andrew'.