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Louisiana Insider — 243 episodes
Episode 251: Cultured Guru is Making Sauerkraut & Fermentation Accessible in Louisiana & Beyond
Episode 250: A Peggy Martin Rose by Any Other Name Wouldn't Smell as Sweet
Episode 249: National Rivers Month with Restore the Mississippi River Delta
Episode 248: The Ban on Mass Balloon Release in Louisiana
Episode 247: The Tradition and Importance of Louisiana Fine Dining
Episode 246: An Author's Fictional Take on the Acadian Great Upheaval
Episode 245: Pontchartrain Conservancy is Making Sure the Community is Ready for Hurricane Season
Episode 244: Tennessee Williams Fest Brings Stars to New Orleans for a One-Night-Only Special Performance
Episode 243: Celebrating Louisiana's Literary Legacy at Books Along the Teche
Episode 242: New Orleans Festival Honors Tennessee Williams and Louisiana Artists
Episode 241: A Conversation with Oscar-Nominated Louisiana Native Donnie Dean
Episode 240: How Zydeco Izreal is Making Music Education More Accessible
Episode 239: Royal Sonesta Hotel's Annual Greasing of the Poles
Episode 238: Louisiana Life Contributor Wins Documentary Photographer of the Year
Episode 237: Bad Moms That Dance's Spin on the Carnival Dance Krewe
Episode 236: 4Sisters Rice is Promoting Louisiana and Sustainable Farming One Grain at a Time
Episode 235: How a Lafayette Man Turned His Passion into Art
Episode 234: A Mother/Daughter Duo Explores Haunted New Orleans
Episode 233: Beignet Fest's Community and Culinary Efforts
Episode 232: 119 Years of the State Fair of Louisiana
Episode 231: Shreveport-Native John Hoffman Joins the Band Primus
Episode 230: Dustin Dale Gaspard is Putting Cajun Culture Front and Center on The Voice
Episode 229: Ayu Bakehouse CoFounder Receives National Honor
Episode 228: Three Full Days of Festival Acadiens et Creoles
Episode 227: Haunted French Quarter Hotels
Episode 226: City of West Monroe's Northeast Louisiana Celtic Fest
Episode 225: Lake Charles Mayor Reflects on Hurricane Rita 20 Years Later
Episode 224: NBC Nightly News' Tom Llamas Shares His Connection to Louisiana
Episode 223: The New Orleans Superdome at 50 Years
Episode 222: Lafayette – The Best Place to Visit for Fall
Episode 221: Duck Hunting in Louisiana
Episode 220: Lake Isabel Farm Brings a New Beach Day Option to Louisiana
Episode 219: The Louisianians Behind the Movie "The Dirty South"
Episode 218: What Canceling the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Means for Louisiana
Episode 217: Celebrating and Saving Canal Street in New Orleans
Episode 216: Hammond Business Owner Abi Caswell Talks Expansion and TikTok
Episode 215: The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Episode 214: Coffee Talk with the Cajun Mamas Koa and Sarah
Episode 213: Exploring Baton Rouge
Episode 212: Pope Leo and His New Orleans Connection
Episode 211: The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience
Episode 210: Vice Takes a Look Inside Cajun Mardi Gras
Episode 209: Exploring the Atchafalaya Basin
Episode 208: A Man and His Blue Dog - George Rodrigue's Cajun Revival
Episode 207: Union, Justice and Confidence – The Man Who Made The Motto
Episode 206: Steamy Alexandria - Red River Town Had Its Bawdy Days
Episode 205: Political Analyst Robert Collins Shares What We Learned From the Election
Episode 204: The Drago's Family - Creativity on a Half Shell
Episode 203: So, Who Was Bienville?
Episode 202: Shadowing the Bayou Teche - Crawfish Capitol and Evangeline Country
Episode 201: Down the River - Author Ned Randolph Explores "The Big Muddy"
Episode 200: Celebrating our 200th Episode - An Interview with an Award Winner
Episode 199: Claus Sadlier's Storyville - An Immersive Experience
Episode 198: Presidents and The Planet - Jay Hakes Reveals the Politics of Energy Policy
Episode 197: Life is a Carousel (Bar) – Tales From the Bartender
Episode 196: Booze News – The Stormin' of the Sazerac
Episode 195: A Louisiana Politician in the Holy Land
Episode 194: The Mississippi Rediscovered – A Writer's Search
Episode 193: Eric Cook - A Chef in Search of "Modern Creole"
Episode 192: After the Storms - Louisiana Public Broadcasting Examines Recovery
Episode 191: Life as Hardball – The Evangeline League, Plus Post-War New Orleans
Episode 190: Randy Fertel - Improv and the Art of the Sizzle
Episode 189: Food, Recipes and SoFab with Liz Williams
Episode 188: Robert Mann - Political Expert Analyses on Landry-Era Louisiana
Episode 187: Feeling Pains? There Might Be a Solution
Episode 186: Tujaque's, The Grasshopper and Palm Royale
Episode 185: Understanding The Insurance Crisis with Former Commissioner Jim Brown
Episode 184: Mavis Fruge et Le Renouveau Français de la Louisiane
Episode 183: Dark Roast? Chicory? A Louisiana Coffee's Second Century
Episode 182: Making a Scene - Louisiana in the Movies
Episode 181: Steve Gleason - A Story of Heroism and Hard Hits, As Told By Sports Writer Jeff Duncan
Episode 180: Clerical Sex Scandals – The Latest
Episode 179: Kid-Friendly – Fantasies of a Children's Book Author
Episode 178: Anniversary of the World's Fair - Promises, Problems and Potential
Episode 177: The Mysterious and The Benevolent - Those Secretive Men's Organizations
Episode 176: Informed Sources - Stories From Four Decades of the News Beat
Episode 175: Words About Words with Editor Reine Dugas
Episode 174: A Department Store, a Sugar Refinery and the Man Who Founded Both
Episode 173: Louisiana Through the Lens with John Lawrence
Episode 172: Cultural Historian Explores Storyville and Prohibition
Episode 171: Julius Rosenwald - A Saga of a Man and His Schools
Episode 170: Warren Bell's Search for Buried History
Episode 169: Making Headlines – The Evolution of Louisiana's Newspapers
Episode 168: Rubensteins - A Place to Shop and Now a Place to Stay
Episode 167: A Conversation Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club President Elroy James
Episode 166: Slithering in the Swamps - Captain Caviar John Burke's Cajun Encounters
Episode 165: Michael Hecht - Making the Region Stronger
Episode 164: Dennis Woltering's Search for Local Breakthrough Ideas
Episode 163: What is the Data Telling Us? With Demographer Allison Plyer
Episode 162: Stanley Dry - A Legacy of Food Writing
Episode 161: Building a Great Museum - Founding CEO Tracks Evolution of National WWII Museum
Episode 160: Exploring Louisiana's Literary Scene
Episode 159: The Artistry and History of Louisiana's Capitol
Episode 158: Food Writer Jessica Harris Links African and American Influences
Episode 157: Caring for Mike the Tiger
Episode 156: From Doom to Bloom – a Tale of City Park's Disaster and Stunning Revival
Episode 155: Sallie Ann Glassman Conjures Día de los Muertos
Episode 154: A Haunting She Will Go – Author Barbara Sillery
Episode 153: Shreveport's Worst Year - Tragedy, Survival and Saintliness
Episode 152: Jim Brown - Former State Politico Has Stories to Tell
Episode 151: Nick Spitzer Explores the Rhythm of America
Episode 150: Executive Action - The Presidency and New Orleans
Episode 149: Commanding From the Palace's Kitchen
Episode 148: When the Cajundome Helped Save Southeast Louisiana
Episode 147: Shreveport Little Theatre Maker of Dreams
Episode 146: Molly Kimball – The Feat of Being Fit
Episode 145: A Design Masterpiece – Exploring the Louisiana Children's Museum
Episode 144: Tony Canzoneri - New Orleans to New York
Episode 143: Farming in the Neighborhood
Episode 142: A Louisiana Dolphin Rescue Story
Episode 141: Billy Nungesser - Lt. Gov. Takes on Diversion Projects and Global Tourism
Episode 140: The Upstairs Lounge, A Fire in the Vieux Carré
Episode 139: Stanley Dry - Stirring It Up With The Kitchen Gourmet
Episode 138: Discoveries in Our Geography – Views from Richard Campanella
Episode 137: Monroe Doctrine with Mayor Friday Ellis
Episode 136: Robert Mann, Huey Long and LSU
Episode 135: Perique - The "Only in Louisiana" Crop
Episode 134: Café Brulot - Drinking the Devil's Brew
Episode 133: Exploring Louisiana’s Historically Black Universities
Episode 132: Télé-Louisiane – Un Renouveau Français
Episode 131: Chris Thomas King – A Man and His Blues
Episode 130: Kouri-Vini - Louisiana's Endangered Creole Language
Episode 129: Adventures with Jambalaya
Episode 128: Vieux Carré - The Cocktail and the Neighborhood
Episode 127: The Disease - One Man’s Journey Through a Life with Leprosy
Episode 126: Tales of the Crawfish
Episode 125: Louisianians of the Year - Class of 2023
Episode 124: Smoked, Southern and Cajun - A Chef's Stories and Techniques
Episode 123: The Heavenly Hash Centennial
Episode 122: Cajun Country Carnival
Episode 121: A Century Old, Yet Not a Has Bean
Episode 120: Allons à Lafayette pour le bicentenaire
Episode 119: The Need for Beads
Episode 118: Governors in History with Robert Mann
Episode 117: A Century of Healthcare for Kids - The Shriners in Shreveport
Episode 116: Merger Enhances Prospects for Global Trade - Insights From Businessman Michael Hecht
Episode 115: Warren Perrin - A Man of Many Topics
Episode 114: A Time for Crawfish
Episode 113: A Celebration of Louisiana
Episode 112: High-Rise Disasters! Remembering Two New Orleans Tragedies
Episode 111: Floating with the Lt. Governor
Episode 110: Frenchies – Cajuns et Acadiens qui sont allés à la guerre
Episode 108: Secrets of Traiteuses
Episode 107: Interview with a Voodoo Priestess
Episode 106: Brown Pelicans Taking a Dive
Episode 105: Hunting for Haunts
Episode 104: Love That Chicken!
Episode 103: Learning About Ourselves – What the Numbers Say
Episode 100: Russel Honoré, The General Who Took Charge
Episode 99: Angela Gregory - A Woman Who Turned Stone Into Art
Episode 98: Louisianians in the Kitchen - Stirring it up with Stanley Dry
Episode 97: Cancer in Louisiana – The Statistics and Treatments
Episode 96: Architect Trey Trahans' Blueprint for Natchitoches
Episode 95: In Search of Places Worth Saving
Episode 94: Return of the Dew Drop Inn
Episode 93: Operation Desert Storm Monument
Episode 92: Fun with Film - Louisiana as a Setting and as a Site
Episode 91: Exploring the Atchafalaya Swamp – And Minding the Gators
Episode 90: Of Black Bears, Redfish and Brown Pelicans! Louisiana's Wildlife Population
Episode 89: The Evolution of Saints – A Shreveport Story
Episode 88: Jim Brown - Stories To Tell
Episode 87: Cajun Through the Lens
Episode 86: MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR! Hey, That's Us!
Episode 85: Charter Schools Re-Examined – What a Tulane Professor Learned
Episode 84: Tom Sancton's Horn of Plenty
Episode 83: The Making of a Better Pecan – An Enslaved Person's Story
Episode 82: Food and Drink – The Southern Influence
Episode 81: The Saga of the Spaniard Who Influenced The Acadian Settlement In Louisiana
Episode 80: Former Secretary of State's COVID Battle
Episode 79: Naughty New Orleans
Episode 78: The Wrath of Climate Change – An Award-Winning Reporter's Beat
Episode 76: Early Radio in Louisiana - A Station Reaches a Century
Episode 75: A Saga of Mutinous Women – How Early New Orleans Dealt With a Gender Shortage
Episode 74: Make Way For The Courir De Mardi Gras
Episode 73: Orphan Trains - Life on the Other Side of the Tracks
Episode 72: Pointe-Au-Chien – The People and The Place
Episode 71: Storyville – A Neighborhood Of Its Own
Episode 70: Some of the State's Best
Episode 69: Stories of the King Cake - Any Way You Slice It
Episode 68: Stories From The Census
Episode 66: Christmas Eve Adventures Along The Levees
Episode 65: Adventures in No Man's Land
Episode 64: Notes on Votes - How Louisiana Politics is Changing
Episode 63: Exploring The Green Book – A Travel Guide From The Age Of Segregation
Episode 62: A View From The Coushatta Nation – A Tribal Chairman Speaks Out
Episode 61: Edwards, The Stories Continue; Plus, A Dad's War
Episode 60: Klan of Devils – New Book Reports On 1965 Murder of a Black Louisiana Deputy
Episode 59: The Plight of Coastal People – A Geographer's Perspective
Episode 58: On Top of the Hill – Journalist Steve Roberts Recalls Career of Wife Cokie Roberts
Episode 57: Towns With Charm
Episode 56: Booze, Bordellos and Battles – Impact of World War I Era in Louisiana
Episode 55: La Nouvelle Louisiane – What’s New In the State? A Lot
Episode 54: The Civil Rights Trail - Stories From The Saga
Episode 53: Shane Bernard - A Man and his TABASCO
Episode 52: Bob Mann - Stories From a Political Reporter Who Lived Close to the Action
Episode 51: A Louisianian Who Saved China
Episode 50: Playing the Wildcard – The Rise of Casino Gambling in Louisiana
Episode 49: Steps To Power - Former Secretary of State Jim Brown
Episode 48: Supreme Choice - A Young Lawyer and a Defendant Argue Their Case Before the Highest Court
Episode 47: Bridges To Cross - Spans Across The Mississippi
Episode 46: Ghosts of Good Times: Dance Halls, Swamp Pop and Zydeco
Episode 45: Living at the River's Edge - At Home on the Adventurous Side of a Batture
Episode 44: Speakeasies and Hard Liquor – Louisiana During Prohibition
Episode 43: Movies That Moved Us - Top Films Set In Louisiana
Episode 42: Exploring Jewish Louisiana – One of the State's Oldest Cultures
Episode 41: A Plantation and a Briar Patch - Stories from a Place Called "Laura"
Episode 40: Artifacts? Yes. Apparitions? Maybe – Exploring Magnolia Plantation
Episode 39: Charity, The Hospitals – A History of Help in a Heartbeat
Episode 38: A Long Way From Palermo, How The Sicilians Influenced Louisiana
Episode 36: Cajun Soldiers in World War II – Bringing Something Extra
Episode 35: The Empire of Louisiana – Aaron Burr and What Might Have Been
Episode 34: The Bounty From The Sea - Stanley Dry At The Skillet
Episode 33: Conversation with a Voodoo Priestess
Episode 32: Soul and the Holy Spirit
Episode 31: À la recherche de Cajun (Or, as they say in that other language: In Search of Cajun)
Episode 30: In Search of a Pirate
Episode 29: Traveling the Scenic Byways
Episode 28: A Man and His Movies – Louisiana Stories
Episode 27: A Spanish Liquor That Louisiana Saved; And why not to be bitter about bitters
Episode 26: Staycations – Traveling Far, Yet Close To Home
Episode 25: If You Were An Escaping Nazi P.O.W., Louisiana Was A Far Place To Swim From; National WWII Museum
Episode 24: What Do A Zydeco Expert And An Authority On Ancient Roman Technology Have In Common?
Episode 23: Cajun Navy - Riding Rough Waves
Episode 22: Bounty of the Cajun Pig – Cochon de Lait, Boudin, Cracklins and Other Treasures from the Boucherie
Episode 21: Bourbon Beat – Louisiana’s Cocktail Culture
Episode 20: A Plantation in Modern Times – Owner Kevin Kelly Discusses the Revival of Houmas House, and the Challenges Involved
Episode 19: Sizzling In The Kitchen – Stanley Dry, The Best of Louisiana Cooking
Episode 18: A Man and His Swamp - Dean Wilson, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper
Episode 17: Pre-Historic Poverty Point - Indigenous Settlement Is Rich With Discoveries
Episode 16: Traiteurs – The Traditions of Plants and Prayers for Healing
Episode 14: Living The Chimp Life - A Haven Near Shreveport is a Happy Space for Retired Chimpanzees
Episode 13: Les cajuns et l'histoire française de la Louisiane
Episode 12: Capitol Ideas - Reports From The Hospitality Battlefield
Episode 10: Two Towns and a Scenic River
Episode 9: Of Pirates, Cajuns and Cowboys
Episode 8: Rock and Blues with a Cajun Accent
Episode 7: The Clam That Saved Lake Pontchartrain
Episode 6: Up The River and Along River Road
Episode 5: The Best of What is New, a Look at La Nouvelle Louisiane
Episode 4: Do You Know What It Means? Rambles Through New Orleans
Episode 3: Calling Baton Rouge, a Fun Ramble Through the Capitol City
Episode 2: Leadbelly, Elvis, Hank and historian Winston Hall take Shreveport
Episode 1: Explore Lafayette with travel writer Cheré Coen