On Veteran’s Day, Sundial features Ashley Esposito, a former veteran from Miami who struggled with homelessness. She eventually got a home and went back to school with the support of Operation Sacred Trust, a group funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs that helps veterans transition out of homelessness. Esposito and Seth Eisenberg, president and founder of Operation Sacred Trust, joined Sundial to talk about the challenges of helping veterans return to civilian life.Listen to today's full show.
Next, we talked to Dolores Huerta, 88, a legendary civil rights activist and labor organizer who helped found the United Farm Workers movement along with Cesar Chavez in the 1960s. Huerta was Chavez’s right hand and helped coined the phrase, “Si Se Puede,” or “Yes We Can.” Huerta was in South Florida two weeks ago and talked to Sundial about her efforts to get Latino voters engaged with democracy as part of the campaign People For the American Way's Latino’s Vote!
Lastly, a Florida true crime story called “Love and Death in the Sunshine State," by Cutter Wood, follows the mysterious death of Sabine Musil-Buehler. In November 2008, Musil-Buehler’s motel on Anna Maria Island, in western Florida, caught fire. She went missing and her body wasn’t recovered until years later. Wood joined Sundial to talk about how he interviewed residents, friends of Sabine's and her boyfriend William Cumber to write the novel. Wood will be at the Miami Book Fair, at “True Crime: Readings,” on Nov. 18 at 11 am.
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