/tags/topical-currents Topical Currents en-US WLRN Tue, 24 May 2022 10:15:00 GMT /2022-05-24/the-gulf-of-mexico-loop-current-could-be-setting-up-another-brutal-hurricane-season University of Miami Rosenstiel oceanographer Nick Shay says the Loop Current swings up from the Caribbean toward the Gulf coast like an ocean river, moving warm water hundreds of feet deep. That can help produce dangerous storms like 2018's Hurricane Michael that rapidly intensify. Tue, 24 May 2022 10:15:00 GMT /2022-05-24/the-gulf-of-mexico-loop-current-could-be-setting-up-another-brutal-hurricane-season Jenny Staletovich /show/topical-currents/2017-09-28/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, and… Thu, 28 Sep 2017 19:39:22 GMT /show/topical-currents/2017-09-28/topical-currents-program-finale Joseph Cooper, Richard Ives, Polly Landess /show/topical-currents/2017-09-27/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 visit… Wed, 27 Sep 2017 19:50:18 GMT /show/topical-currents/2017-09-27/florida-history-with-andrew-frank Joseph Cooper, Richard Ives, Polly Landess /show/topical-currents/2017-09-26/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’s… Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:02:43 GMT /show/topical-currents/2017-09-26/news-credibility Joseph Cooper, Richard Ives, Polly Landess /show/topical-currents/2017-09-25/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’… Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:51:42 GMT /show/topical-currents/2017-09-25/foster-care-parent-recruitment Joseph Cooper, Richard Ives, Polly Landess /show/topical-currents/2017-09-22/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 900… Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:38:41 GMT /show/topical-currents/2017-09-22/food-dining-retrospective Joseph Cooper, Richard Ives, Polly Landess /show/topical-currents/2017-09-22/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 of… Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:29:38 GMT /show/topical-currents/2017-09-22/florida-soul-music Joseph Cooper, Richard Ives, Polly Landess /show/topical-currents/2017-09-19/etiquette-decorum-and-protocol-hurricane-edition (9-19-2017) Wouldn’t most everyone love to go through life with grace and poise? Known for our adaptability in daily routines . . . and admired for… Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:02:26 GMT /show/topical-currents/2017-09-19/etiquette-decorum-and-protocol-hurricane-edition Joseph Cooper, Richard Ives, Polly Landess /show/topical-currents/2017-09-18/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… Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:57:10 GMT /show/topical-currents/2017-09-18/affordable-housing-in-south-florida Joseph Cooper, Richard Ives, Polly Landess /show/topical-currents/2017-09-14/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 and… Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:41:46 GMT /show/topical-currents/2017-09-14/continued-post-irma-updates Joseph Cooper, Richard Ives, Polly Landess