Katherine Fernandez Rundle: Miami's Justice Warrior | w/ Host Fred Menachem

For more than 31 years, Katherine Fernandez Rundle has served as Miami-Dade County’s State Attorney — the chief prosecutor for the largest county in Florida, and one of the longest-serving prosecutors in the United States.
She has led through Miami’s most volatile eras: the Cocaine Cowboys years, the McDuffie fallout, the rise of human trafficking, the fentanyl wave, and the evolution of justice itself.

But this conversation with Fred Menachem isn’t about cases or headlines.
It’s about the woman shaped by them — and the fire that forged her.

From growing up in Westchester as the only Cuban family on the block…
To watching her father fight discrimination as a judge and CABA founder…
To being told she’d never make it in the prosecutor’s office because of her hair, her nails, or her voice…
Kathy built a career by refusing to break.

She launched Florida’s first Human Trafficking Task Force.
Expanded Drug Court.
Pushed Smart Justice reforms.
And created expungement programs that gave thousands a second chance.
But she also carried the criticism, the pressure, and the weight of a job where every decision has a cost.

This is the side of Katherine Fernandez Rundle that Miami has never truly heard:
Not the headline.
Not the controversy.
The human being who has carried this city’s justice system for a generation — and is still fighting for it.

Hosted by Fred Menachem
Created by Eugenio Robaina Reiter & Fred Menachem
A production of The Quiet Company