When you lose someone to suicide, it takes time and someone with training to help you understand that you are not to blame. Teresa’s guests, Psychiatrist Dr. Eugenio Rothe, will shed light mental illness, suicide and those who are left behind. But first, Melanie Z., a wife and mother whose husband took his life. Four years later, how are she and her family coping and moving forward? Listen to this unedited and very candid episode of Stories Beyond the Headlines. Visit these...

The recent suicides, in the same week, of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef and storyteller Anthony Bourdain, have shocked the world. Suicide has become a public health crisis. From 1999 to 2010, the suicide rate in the United States has increased by 30%. More people die by suicide than car accidents. How can you tell when someone is suffering? And how can you help? Teresa’s guests, the director of the Crisis Hotline Daniel De Vries and Help Line Counselor Richard Shutes will share how...

Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 as a category 4 storm. 150 mile-per-hour winds knocked out power for 3.4-million Puerto Ricans, with different levels of devastation throughout the island. A new Harvard study now estimates that at least 4,645 people were killed…A substantial increase over the official toll of 64. Teresa’s guests, Orlando Sentinel journalist Bianca Padró Ocasio and architectural engineer Rick De La Guardia will share their personal accounts of...

It started out as a night celebrating the Gay Pride Parade, but ended up in an almost deadly encounter. Gay couple René Chalarca and Dmitry Logunov were viciously attacked by four young men as they walked out of a South Beach restroom area. According to police, one of the victims accidentally bumped into Juan Carlos Lopez, 21. Lopez and three friends began their verbal and physical attacks. Teresa’s guests, Miami Herald Journalist David Ovalle and Nadine Smith, Executive Director of Equality...

It’s Tueday, May 15th, lunchtime in New York City. Attorney Aaron Schlossberg is picking up his lunch at a nearby deli. Schlossberg hears Spanish being spoken by a few employees. He’s not liking it and he lets them know. And it’s all captured on a smartphone. Before long Aaron’s rant goes viral. Teresa’s guests, WPIX-New York Reporter Andrew Ramos. He confronted Aaron Schlossberg not long after the incident. And Emily Sanchez Solano, who recorded the outburst. As this episode was being...

Part 2 - Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones finally got his man. “DNA evidence provided a key to unlock the case,” Jones said, "I can't underscore enough the absolute human factor." Investigators, district attorneys, the community, the victims all were as important as the genetic sequence that put the alleged Golden State Killer behind bars. On this episode of Stories Beyond the Headlines, Teresa will take you inside the decades-old investigation with guest Sgt. Shaun Jones, from the Sacramento...

The elusive Golden State Killer is alleged to have committed more than 100 burglaries, 50 rapes and 12 murders, in at least 10 California counties, from 1974 through 1986. After searching for more than 40 years, authorities finally got their break. To quote Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, "We all knew that we were looking for a needle in a haystack. We found the needle in the haystack and it was right here in Sacramento." Teresa’s guests, Melody Gutierrez, Sacramento Bureau...

Teresa Rodríguez first covered the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in the Feburary 27th episode of Stories Beyond the Headlines. Anthony Borges, a 15-year-old student was then in critical condition. He was shot five times while barricading a classroom door. Anthony was protecting his classmates from the gunman, preventing him from entering the classroom. Joining Teresa on this episode is Alex Arreaza, the attorney representing Anthony and his family in the first lawsuit to come out of the...

On Thursday, April 12th , what began as a meeting between two friends, in a Philadelphia Starbucks, ended in their arrest. Donté Robinson and Rashon Nelson, both 23 and black, were waiting for a friend to talk about real estate. Nelson asked to use the restroom and was told it was only for paying customers. The store manager claims they cursed at her and that they refused to leave. She called the police, two minutes later, both men were lead out in handcuffs, arrested for loitering. It’s...

It reads as a storyline from House of Cards or Homeland. In March 2018,The New York Times, along with The Observer of London and The Guardian, broke the Cambridge Analytica story. It’s alleged that Cambridge, a political consulting firm, illegally obtained Facebook data of as many as 87,000,000 users, which may have influenced the 2016 presidential election. Facebook users world-wide are now concerned about security issues, as their personal information might also have been compromised....

The struggle to overcome an opioid addiction, is absolutely devastating. And watching someone you love during this struggle, can be torture. On this episode of Stories Beyond the Headlines you’ll hear from Teresa’s guests, Debra, a former opioid addict and Ray Estefania, a certified addiction counselor who specializes in substance abuse treatment and intervention. Diary of an addict. The challenges of opioid addiction are epic.  Visit these...

We start our third season with a sobering topic. The most devastating addiction epidemic in America’s history. The opioid epidemic. It’s taking almost 65,000 lives each year. Teresa Rodriguez’s guest, West Virginia Gazette Journalist Eric Eyre, who was awarded the distinguished Pulitzer Prize for his investigative reporting on the West Virginia counties experiencing the highest opioid deaths in this country. It’s safe to say he broke the story. He’s here to share the harrowing details, on...

610,000 people die of heart disease every year. Heart attacks are the leading cause of death for women and men. Young athletes, people in their 20’s, 30’s…it’s not just age related. Teresa’s guests, world-renowned cardiologist, creator of The South Beach Diet, Dr. Arthur Agatston. Good carbs, gluten, exercise, he has the answers. And American Heart Association spokesperson Jennifer Velez will share how American Heart can help you and your family. Life-saving tips…Listen...

In August, 2015, while campaigning in Dubuque, Iowa, then candidate Trump shared a heated exchange with Jorge Ramos, accusing the Latino journalist of disrupting his press conference. Trump demanded that he, “Go back to Univision!” and had him ejected. Allowed back a few minutes later, he told candidate Trump that his immigration plan, “is full of empty promises.” Was this incident the inspiration for his new book? Find out next, as Jorge joins Teresa Rodríguez on this revealing episode of...

Today’s guest claims that no one should be surprised by the actions of the 19-year-old mass shooter at Stoneman Douglas. He gave so many strong clues that he was troubled. Troubled people cause trouble. Teresa Roríguez’s guest today is Dr. Julia Harper. She is a wife, mother, psychologist, occupational therapist, life coach mentor, speaker and writer. Listen to what she has to say on how tragedies like these may be presented, on this episode of Stories Beyond the...

They survived a school shooting. Now students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida are demanding their voices be heard. Meet student Alyssa Fletcher. What did she hear, where did she hide, how did she honor her coach, a hero who died protecting others? Teresa Rodriguez speaks with Alyssa, her mom and UM Psychologist Anabel Bejarano on this emotional episode of Stories Beyond the...

On September 14th, 2016, 16-year-old Kayla Cuevas’ body was found in a wooded yard in Brentwood, Long Island. She was brutally murdered by members of the MS-13 gang following an argument at school and over social media. Hear what her mother, Evelyn Rodríguez, has to say about her meeting with President Trump and the new Gang Unit leading the fight against MS-13 in this exclusive conversation with Teresa Rodríguez...Now on Stories Beyond the...

What started out years ago as a Valentine’s Day event soon became a hilarious and critically acclaimed presentation at ZooMiami; Sex and the Animals. Join Teresa Rodríguez and her guest, wildlife expert, photographer and ZooMiami Ambassador, the one and only Ron Magill. We’re going to have fun with this episode and it may be R-rated…Our Valentine’s Day edition of Stories Beyond the Headlines is Wild at Heart. It’s hilarious and...

On November 30th, 1990, a lifeless body was discovered in the bushes of a home in Miami Beach. The victim of this unspeakable crime was a three-year-old boy named Lazaro Figueroa, now known as Baby Lollipops. His birth mother, Ana Maria Cardona has twice been convicted of killing her son and sent to death row. In December of 2017, Cardona on trial for the third time, decided to share what she claims really happened that day. Join Teresa Rodríguez, and her guest, journalist David Ovalle from...

At the age of ten, Jorge Garcia was brought to the United States from Mexico, by undocumented family members. For the next 30 years, he attended school, worked, raised a family, paid taxes and contributed to his community. On January 15th of this year, Jorge was deported back to Mexico. His family, friends, community and all those he touched were left devastated. It has since become his wife Cindy’s mission to speak on behalf of her husband and the Dreamers pending deportation by the US...

The wage gap is not just a women’s issue. It’s a societal issue that affects men and women alike. In today’s world, equal pay for equal work is still being discussed. Women are paid 20 per cent less than their male counterparts performing the same job, despite equal pay laws. And minorities fare even worse. The fight for equal pay has never ended. On this episode of Stories Beyond the Headlines, Teresa Rodríguez and her guests will share how the wage gap affects everyone, and what is being...

Four months ago, Hurricane María ravaged much of Puerto Rico, an island already hurting by an ailing economy and deteriorating infrastructure. A painfully slow recovery has delayed the sense of normality, which may take years to resolve. What are Puerto Ricans doing to reclaim their lives? To shed light on what the future might bring, Dr. Jorge Duany, Director of the Cuban Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology at Florida International University. Dr. Duany also served as Acting...

For over a decade, world-renowned artist Xavier Cortada has been working with scientists in helping to communicate the science of climate change around the world. From the South Africa, Holland, Hawaii, the North and South Poles and even The White House, Cortada has focused his work on the relationship between humans and nature, with science as his muse. On this episode of Stories Beyond the Headlines, Teresa Rodríguez chats with this next level Renaissance person about the art of climate...

On November 7th, 2017, Democrat Danica Roem became our country’s first openly transgender state representative, defeating Virginia’s self-proclaimed “chief homophobe” Robert Marshall, by nine percentage points. Delegate Roem is now a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 13th district. On our first episode of 2018, Delegate Roem will talk about her road to politics and the challenges she faced during her race. And Washington Post Reporter, Antonio Olivo, who covered her...

As a cultural icon, Time Magazine’s anticipated Person of the Year issue features and profiles a person, group, idea, or an object, that for better or for worse, has done the most to influence events of the past year. In 2017, they are The Silence Breakers…The women and men who stood up to begin a global conversation about sexual harassment, assault and the #MeToo movement that keeps growing each day. Listen to Time Magazine’s Deputy Editor, Kira Pollock share how this topic was selected and...