Louisiana Insider

Louisiana Insider

63 episodes

A superlative guide to a great state’s destinations, hosted by Errol Laborde, Executive Editor of Louisiana Life Magazine.

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Episode 185: Understanding The Insurance Crisis with Former Commissioner Jim Brown

Published: June 27, 2024, 6:53 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 184: Mavis Fruge et Le Renouveau Francais de la Louisiane

Published: June 13, 2024, 5:46 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 183: Dark Roast? Chicory? A Louisiana Coffee's Second Century

Published: June 6, 2024, 6:22 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 182: Making a Scene - Louisiana in the Movies

Published: May 23, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 181: Steve Gleason - A Story of Heroism and Hard Hits, As Told By Sports Writer Jeff Duncan

Published: May 16, 2024, 6:40 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 180: Clerical Sex Scandals The Latest

Published: May 9, 2024, 11:38 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 179: Kid-Friendly Fantasies of a Children's Book Author

Published: May 2, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes

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Episode 178: Anniversary of the World's Fair - Promises, Problems and Potential

Published: April 25, 2024, 3 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 177: The Mysterious and The Benevolent - Those Secretive Men's Organizations

Published: April 18, 2024, 7:22 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 176: Informed Sources - Stories From Four Decades of the News Beat

Published: April 11, 2024, 7:40 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 175: Words About Words with Editor Reine Dugas

Published: April 4, 2024, 7:45 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 174: A Department Store, a Sugar Refinery and the Man Who Founded Both

Published: March 28, 2024, 6:19 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes

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Episode 173: Louisiana Through the Lens with John Lawrence

Published: March 21, 2024, 5:53 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 172: Cultural Historian Explores Storyville and Prohibition

Published: March 14, 2024, 6:46 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 171: Julius Rosenwald - A Saga of a Man and His Schools

Published: March 7, 2024, 12:25 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 170: Warren Bell's Search for Buried History

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, noon
Duration: 53 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 169: Making Headlines The Evolution of Louisiana's Newspapers

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 8:04 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 168: Rubensteins - A Place to Shop and Now a Place to Stay

Published: Feb. 15, 2024, 7:53 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 167: A Conversation Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club President Elroy James

Published: Feb. 8, 2024, 5:17 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 166: Slithering in the Swamps - Captain Caviar John Burke's Cajun Encounters

Published: Feb. 1, 2024, 6:55 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 165: Michael Hecht - Making the Region Stronger

Published: Jan. 25, 2024, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 164: Dennis Woltering's Search for Local Breakthrough Ideas

Published: Jan. 18, 2024, 9:07 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 163: What is the Data Telling Us? With Demographer Allison Plyer

Published: Jan. 11, 2024, noon
Duration: 37 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 162: Stanley Dry - A Legacy of Food Writing

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 7:24 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 161: Building a Great Museum - Founding CEO Tracks Evolution of National WWII Museum

Published: Dec. 21, 2023, 4:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 seconds

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Episode 160: Exploring Louisiana's Literary Scene

Published: Dec. 14, 2023, 6:37 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 159: The Artistry and History of Louisiana's Capitol

Published: Dec. 7, 2023, 10:42 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes

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Episode 158: Food Writer Jessica Harris Links African and American Influences

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 8:12 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 157: Caring for Mike the Tiger

Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 7:02 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 156: From Doom to Bloom a Tale of City Park's Disaster and Stunning Revival

Published: Nov. 9, 2023, 6:02 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 155: Sallie Ann Glassman Conjures Dia de los Muertos

Published: Oct. 19, 2023, 6:50 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 154: A Haunting She Will Go Author Barbara Sillery

Published: Oct. 12, 2023, 5:12 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 153: Shreveport's Worst Year - Tragedy, Survival and Saintliness

Published: Oct. 5, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 152: Jim Brown - Former State Politico Has Stories to Tell

Published: Sept. 28, 2023, 7:57 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 151: Nick Spitzer Explores the Rhythm of America

Published: Sept. 14, 2023, 4:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 150: Executive Action - The Presidency and New Orleans

Published: Sept. 7, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 149: Commanding From the Palace's Kitchen

Published: Aug. 31, 2023, 6:05 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 148: When the Cajundome Helped Save Southeast Louisiana

Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 147: Shreveport Little Theatre Maker of Dreams

Published: Aug. 17, 2023, 3:44 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 146: Molly Kimball The Feat of Being Fit

Published: Aug. 10, 2023, 2:28 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 145: A Design Masterpiece Exploring the Louisiana Children's Museum

Published: Aug. 3, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 144: Tony Canzoneri - New Orleans to New York

Published: July 27, 2023, 4:48 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 143: Farming in the Neighborhood

Published: July 20, 2023, 11:01 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 142: A Louisiana Dolphin Rescue Story

Published: July 13, 2023, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 141: Billy Nungesser - Lt. Gov. Takes on Diversion Projects and Global Tourism

Published: July 6, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 140: The Upstairs Lounge, A Fire in the Vieux Carre

Published: June 29, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 139: Stanley Dry - Stirring It Up With The Kitchen Gourmet

Published: June 22, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 138: Discoveries in Our Geography Views from Richard Campanella

Published: June 15, 2023, 4:20 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 137: Monroe Doctrine with Mayor Friday Ellis

Published: June 8, 2023, 5:18 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 136: Robert Mann, Huey Long and LSU

Published: June 1, 2023, 3:12 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 135: Perique - The "Only in Louisiana" Crop

Published: May 25, 2023, 2:10 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 134: Cafe Brulot - Drinking the Devil's Brew

Published: May 18, 2023, 4:35 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 133: Exploring Louisianas Historically Black Universities

Published: May 11, 2023, 6:10 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 132: Tele-Louisiane Un Renouveau Francais

Published: May 4, 2023, 2:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 131: Chris Thomas King A Man and His Blues

Published: April 27, 2023, 9:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 130: Kouri-Vini - Louisiana's Endangered Creole Language

Published: April 20, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 129: Adventures with Jambalaya

Published: April 13, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 128: Vieux Carre - The Cocktail and the Neighborhood

Published: March 30, 2023, 6:57 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 127: The Disease - One Mans Journey Through a Life with Leprosy

Published: March 23, 2023, 9:37 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 126: Tales of the Crawfish

Published: March 16, 2023, 3:21 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 125: Louisianians of the Year - Class of 2023

Published: March 2, 2023, 6:28 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 124: Smoked, Southern and Cajun - A Chef's Stories and Techniques

Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 4:50 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 123: The Heavenly Hash Centennial

Published: Feb. 16, 2023, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 122: Cajun Country Carnival

Published: Feb. 9, 2023, 3:36 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 121: A Century Old, Yet Not a Has Bean

Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 6:52 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 1 second

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Episode 120: Allons a Lafayette pour le bicentenaire

Published: Jan. 26, 2023, 7:26 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 119: The Need for Beads

Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 118: Governors in History with Robert Mann

Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 5:02 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 117: A Century of Healthcare for Kids - The Shriners in Shreveport

Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 7:22 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 116: Merger Enhances Prospects for Global Trade - Insights From Businessman Michael Hecht

Published: Dec. 29, 2022, 5:05 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 115: Warren Perrin - A Man of Many Topics

Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 8:33 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 1 second

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Episode 114: A Time for Crawfish

Published: Dec. 15, 2022, 12:29 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 113: A Celebration of Louisiana

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 6:16 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 112: High-Rise Disasters! Remembering Two New Orleans Tragedies

Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 5:16 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 111: Floating with the Lt. Governor

Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 110: Frenchies Cajuns et Acadiens qui sont alles a la guerre

Published: Nov. 17, 2022, 6:40 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 109: Whole Lot of Shakin'

Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 108: Secrets of Traiteuses

Published: Nov. 3, 2022, 1:55 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 107: Interview with a Voodoo Priestess

Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 4:13 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 106: Brown Pelicans Taking a Dive

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 4:38 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 105: Hunting for Haunts

Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 5:36 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 104: Love That Chicken!

Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 4:09 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 103: Learning About Ourselves What the Numbers Say

Published: Sept. 28, 2022, 11:29 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 102: Shrimp Boats are Coming

Published: Sept. 22, 2022, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 101: Looking for the Latest in Louisiana

Published: Sept. 15, 2022, 3:12 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 100: Russel Honore, The General Who Took Charge

Published: Sept. 8, 2022, 11 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 99: Angela Gregory - A Woman Who Turned Stone Into Art

Published: Sept. 1, 2022, 11 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 98: Louisianians in the Kitchen - Stirring it up with Stanley Dry

Published: Aug. 25, 2022, 3:52 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 97: Cancer in Louisiana The Statistics and Treatments

Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 3:05 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 96: Architect Trey Trahans' Blueprint for Natchitoches

Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 4:42 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 95: In Search of Places Worth Saving

Published: July 28, 2022, 7:24 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 94: Return of the Dew Drop Inn

Published: July 21, 2022, 4:36 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 93: Operation Desert Storm Monument

Published: July 14, 2022, 7:38 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 92: Fun with Film - Louisiana as a Setting and as a Site

Published: July 7, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 91: Exploring the Atchafalaya Swamp And Minding the Gators

Published: June 30, 2022, 4:47 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 90: Of Black Bears, Redfish and Brown Pelicans! Louisiana's Wildlife Population

Published: June 23, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 89: The Evolution of Saints A Shreveport Story

Published: June 16, 2022, 2:16 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 88: Jim Brown - Stories To Tell

Published: June 9, 2022, 8:28 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 87: Cajun Through the Lens

Published: June 2, 2022, 6:16 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 86: MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR! Hey, That's Us!

Published: May 26, 2022, 3:27 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 85: Charter Schools Re-Examined What a Tulane Professor Learned

Published: May 19, 2022, 3:05 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 84: Tom Sancton's Horn of Plenty

Published: May 12, 2022, 5:40 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 83: The Making of a Better Pecan An Enslaved Person's Story

Published: May 5, 2022, 6:09 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 82: Food and Drink The Southern Influence

Published: April 28, 2022, 9:31 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 81: The Saga of the Spaniard Who Influenced The Acadian Settlement In Louisiana

Published: April 21, 2022, 7:10 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 80: Former Secretary of State's COVID Battle

Published: April 14, 2022, 2:54 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 79: Naughty New Orleans

Published: April 7, 2022, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 78: The Wrath of Climate Change An Award-Winning Reporter's Beat

Published: March 31, 2022, 5:08 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 77: Crops vs. The Battlefields

Published: March 24, 2022, 2:38 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 76: Early Radio in Louisiana - A Station Reaches a Century

Published: March 17, 2022, 12:22 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 75: A Saga of Mutinous Women How Early New Orleans Dealt With a Gender Shortage

Published: March 3, 2022, 1:10 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 74: Make Way For The Courir De Mardi Gras

Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 5:37 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 73: Orphan Trains - Life on the Other Side of the Tracks

Published: Feb. 18, 2022, 12:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 seconds

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Episode 72: Pointe-Au-Chien The People and The Place

Published: Feb. 10, 2022, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 71: Storyville A Neighborhood Of Its Own

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 4:19 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 70: Some of the State's Best

Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 69: Stories of the King Cake - Any Way You Slice It

Published: Jan. 19, 2022, 11:57 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 68: Stories From The Census

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 12:35 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 67: Sweet Dreams Somethings Special From the Oven

Published: Jan. 5, 2022, 11:27 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 66: Christmas Eve Adventures Along The Levees

Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 2:15 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 65: Adventures in No Man's Land

Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 1:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 5 seconds

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Episode 64: Notes on Votes - How Louisiana Politics is Changing

Published: Dec. 2, 2021, 3:55 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 63: Exploring The Green Book A Travel Guide From The Age Of Segregation

Published: Nov. 18, 2021, 4:58 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 62: A View From The Coushatta Nation A Tribal Chairman Speaks Out

Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 4:32 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 61: Edwards, The Stories Continue; Plus, A Dad's War

Published: Nov. 4, 2021, 2:35 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 1 second

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Episode 60: Klan of Devils New Book Reports On 1965 Murder of a Black Louisiana Deputy

Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 11:03 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 59: The Plight of Coastal People A Geographer's Perspective

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 58: On Top of the Hill Journalist Steve Roberts Recalls Career of Wife Cokie Roberts

Published: Oct. 14, 2021, 2:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 57: Towns With Charm

Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 3:49 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 56: Booze, Bordellos and Battles Impact of World War I Era in Louisiana

Published: Sept. 23, 2021, 8:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 55: La Nouvelle Louisiane Whats New In the State? A Lot

Published: Sept. 16, 2021, 12:33 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 54: The Civil Rights Trail - Stories From The Saga

Published: Sept. 9, 2021, 10:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 53: Shane Bernard - A Man and his TABASCO

Published: Aug. 26, 2021, 7:26 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 52: Bob Mann - Stories From a Political Reporter Who Lived Close to the Action

Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 12:08 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 51: A Louisianian Who Saved China

Published: Aug. 12, 2021, 12:07 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 50: Playing the Wildcard The Rise of Casino Gambling in Louisiana

Published: July 29, 2021, 9:32 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 49: Steps To Power - Former Secretary of State Jim Brown

Published: July 22, 2021, 12:12 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 48: Supreme Choice - A Young Lawyer and a Defendant Argue Their Case Before the Highest Court

Published: July 16, 2021, 3:37 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 47: Bridges To Cross - Spans Across The Mississippi

Published: July 8, 2021, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 46: Ghosts of Good Times: Dance Halls, Swamp Pop and Zydeco

Published: July 1, 2021, 3:37 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 45: Living at the River's Edge - At Home on the Adventurous Side of a Batture

Published: June 24, 2021, 4:47 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 44: Speakeasies and Hard Liquor Louisiana During Prohibition

Published: June 17, 2021, 4:06 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 43: Movies That Moved Us - Top Films Set In Louisiana

Published: June 10, 2021, 5:38 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 42: Exploring Jewish Louisiana One of the State's Oldest Cultures

Published: June 3, 2021, 5:22 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 41: A Plantation and a Briar Patch - Stories from a Place Called "Laura"

Published: May 26, 2021, 11:15 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 40: Artifacts? Yes. Apparitions? Maybe Exploring Magnolia Plantation

Published: May 19, 2021, 11:48 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 39: Charity, The Hospitals A History of Help in a Heartbeat

Published: May 13, 2021, 1:28 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 38: A Long Way From Palermo, How The Sicilians Influenced Louisiana

Published: May 6, 2021, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 37: The Kingfish Swimming with the Sharks - How Huey Long Shaped Louisiana Politics

Published: April 29, 2021, 2:04 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 36: Cajun Soldiers in World War II Bringing Something Extra

Published: April 21, 2021, 11:53 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 35: The Empire of Louisiana Aaron Burr and What Might Have Been

Published: April 16, 2021, 7:16 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 34: The Bounty From The Sea - Stanley Dry At The Skillet

Published: April 8, 2021, 2:07 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes

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Episode 33: Conversation with a Voodoo Priestess

Published: April 1, 2021, 2:42 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 32: Soul and the Holy Spirit

Published: March 24, 2021, 11:54 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 31: A la recherche de Cajun (Or, as they say in that other language: In Search of Cajun)

Published: March 18, 2021, 6:30 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 30: In Search of a Pirate

Published: March 11, 2021, 1:35 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 29: Traveling the Scenic Byways

Published: March 4, 2021, 1:50 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 28: A Man and His Movies Louisiana Stories

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 7:39 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 27: A Spanish Liquor That Louisiana Saved; And why not to be bitter about bitters

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 9:22 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 26: Staycations Traveling Far, Yet Close To Home

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 12:16 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 25: If You Were An Escaping Nazi P.O.W., Louisiana Was A Far Place To Swim From; National WWII Museum

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 7:40 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 24: What Do A Zydeco Expert And An Authority On Ancient Roman Technology Have In Common?

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 8:43 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 23: Cajun Navy - Riding Rough Waves

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 10:33 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 22: Bounty of the Cajun Pig Cochon de Lait, Boudin, Cracklins and Other Treasures from the Boucherie

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 2 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 21: Bourbon Beat Louisianas Cocktail Culture

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 8:06 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 19: Sizzling In The Kitchen Stanley Dry, The Best of Louisiana Cooking

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 1:54 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 18: A Man and His Swamp - Dean Wilson, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 2:21 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 17: Pre-Historic Poverty Point - Indigenous Settlement Is Rich With Discoveries

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 12:57 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 16: Traiteurs The Traditions of Plants and Prayers for Healing

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 5:08 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 14: Living The Chimp Life - A Haven Near Shreveport is a Happy Space for Retired Chimpanzees

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 2:54 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 13: Les cajuns et l'histoire francaise de la Louisiane

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 7:27 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 12: Capitol Ideas - Reports From The Hospitality Battlefield

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 3:06 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 11: Brush Strokes The Art of Louisiana

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 1:24 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 10: Two Towns and a Scenic River

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 1:38 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 9: Of Pirates, Cajuns and Cowboys

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 4:14 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 8: Rock and Blues with a Cajun Accent

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 2:56 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 7: The Clam That Saved Lake Pontchartrain

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 2:36 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 6: Up The River and Along River Road

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 2:27 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 5: The Best of What is New, a Look at La Nouvelle Louisiane

Published: Sept. 3, 2020, 3:07 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 4: Do You Know What It Means? Rambles Through New Orleans

Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 1:27 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 3: Calling Baton Rouge, a Fun Ramble Through the Capitol City

Published: Aug. 20, 2020, 3:02 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 2: Leadbelly, Elvis, Hank and historian Winston Hall take Shreveport

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 1: Explore Lafayette with travel writer Chere Coen

Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 5:40 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 7 seconds

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