Issues - A Production of WPBT2

Watch This Week's Issues

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Friday, September 30 @ 7:30 PM and Sunday, October 2 @ 12:30 PM


ISSUE ONE: Interview with Superintendent Alberto Carvalho
ISSUE TWO: Faster Foreclosures?
ISSUE THREE: Charter Reform on January Ballot?

This Week on Issues - 9/30 & 10/02

Friday, September 30 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 2 @ 12:30 PM

 

Interview with Superintendent Alberto Carvalho
Miami-Dade School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho joins us on the program to discuss the newly-enacted teacher performance pay, what to do with “dropout factories,” and how after-school care and summer programs can raise student learning.

Guest:
Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade County Public Schools


Faster Foreclosures?
Florida Governor Rick Scott recently proposed removing the foreclosure procedure from the courts, therefore fast-tracking foreclosures so that houses can enter the market more quickly.  Who does this benefit: the real estate market, the banks or the consumers?

Guest:
Jack McCabe, McCabe Research and Consulting

 
Charter Reform on January Ballot?
Next Tuesday, the Miami-Dade County Commission will meet to discuss whether they should form a new charter review task force committee or just place the already proposed reforms on the January presidential primary ballot.  We discuss the upcoming commission meeting.

Guest:
Jorge Luis Lopez, Esq., Jorge Luis Lopez Law Firm

Watch This Week's Issues

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Friday, September 23 @ 7:30 PM and Sunday, September 25 @ 12:30 PM


ISSUE ONE: Interview with Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez
ISSUE TWO: Online Slurs

This Week on Issues - 9/23 & 9/25

Friday, September 23 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 25 @ 12:30 PM

 

Interview with Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez
City of Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez joins us on the program to address what he feels are several misconceptions of the City’s stance on “maquinitas,” the video gaming machines which are blamed for the fallout between Police Chief Miguel Exposito and Mayor Tomas Regalado.

Guest:
Francis Suarez, City of Miami Commission, District 4


Online Slurs
An Associated Press/MTV poll says that youths today are more accepting of using racial and ethnic slurs online or via texts than in face-to-face conversations. Why are teens and adults so emboldened by the internet?
 
Guest:
Sam Terilli, J.D., University of Miami

 

Links to Last Week's Issues Now Available - 9/16 & 9/18

The links to last week's Issues program are now available on uVu.


ISSUE ONE: Miami Police Chief Ouster
ISSUE TWO: Debates and Job Creation

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This Week on Issues - 9/16 & 9/18

Friday, September 16 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 18 @ 12:30 PM

 

Miami Police Chief Ouster
On Monday, City of Miami commissioners voted to remove Police Chief Miguel Exposito for insubordination after clashing with  Mayor Tomas Regalado for almost a year.  Miami Today’s Michael Lewis joins us to discuss this and why he thinks “the circus [came] to town.”

Guest:
Michael Lewis, Miami Today



Debates and Job Creation
This week, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner made their pitch for job creation.  How will this affect future Republican debates?

Guests:
Sean Foreman, Ph.D., Barry University
Anthony Man, SunSentinel
Robert Watson, Ph.D., Lynn University

This Week on Issues - 9/09 & 9/11

Friday, September 9 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 11 @ 12:30 PM

In lieu of this week's Issues program, WPBT2 will air For the Love of Their Brother.

The "Tunnel-to-Towers Run" is spotlighted. The road race honors the memory of Stephen Sillers, a firefighter who died on Sept. 11, 2001, by retracing his route from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center. John Turturro hosts.

Issues will return next week, Friday, September 16 @ 7:30 PM and Sunday, September 18 @ 12:30 PM, with a new episode.

Watch This Week's Issues

Here are the links to watch this week's program on uVu.

Friday, September 2 @ 7:30 PM and Sunday, September 4 @ 12:30 PM

ISSUE ONE: Interview With Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez
ISSUE TWO: Barahona Review Panel
ISSUE THREE: Florida Republican Straw Poll

This Week On Issues - 9/02 & 9/04

Friday, September 2 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 4 @ 12:30 PM

 
Interview with Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Xavier Suarez joins us on the program to discuss Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s restructuring efforts and his thoughts on urban planning and transportation.

Guest:
Xavier Suarez, Miami-Dade County Commission, District 7

Barahona Review Panel
David Lawrence Jr., former Miami Herald publisher and chair of the Children’s Movement of Florida joins us on the program to discuss the sensitive Nubia Barahona abuse case and his participation in the independent investigative panel formed in the wake of the tragedy.

Guest:
David Lawrence Jr., The Children’s Movement of Florida

Florida Republican Straw Poll
In late September, Florida Republicans will hold their straw poll for the presidential primary.  Are candidates paying enough attention to our state?

Guest:
Sean Foreman, Ph.D., Barry University