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Episode 251: Cultured Guru is Making Sauerkraut & Fermentation Accessible in Louisiana & Beyond

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Episode 250: A Peggy Martin Rose by Any Other Name Wouldn't Smell as Sweet

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Episode 249: National Rivers Month with Restore the Mississippi River Delta

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Episode 248: The Ban on Mass Balloon Release in Louisiana

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Episode 247: The Tradition and Importance of Louisiana Fine Dining

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Episode 246: An Author's Fictional Take on the Acadian Great Upheaval

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Episode 245: Pontchartrain Conservancy is Making Sure the Community is Ready for Hurricane Season

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Episode 244: Tennessee Williams Fest Brings Stars to New Orleans for a One-Night-Only Special Performance

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Episode 243: Celebrating Louisiana's Literary Legacy at Books Along the Teche

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Episode 242: New Orleans Festival Honors Tennessee Williams and Louisiana Artists

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Episode 241: A Conversation with Oscar-Nominated Louisiana Native Donnie Dean

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Episode 240: How Zydeco Izreal is Making Music Education More Accessible

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Episode 239: Royal Sonesta Hotel's Annual Greasing of the Poles

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Episode 238: Louisiana Life Contributor Wins Documentary Photographer of the Year

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Episode 237: Bad Moms That Dance's Spin on the Carnival Dance Krewe

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Episode 236: 4Sisters Rice is Promoting Louisiana and Sustainable Farming One Grain at a Time

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Episode 235: How a Lafayette Man Turned His Passion into Art

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Episode 234: A Mother/Daughter Duo Explores Haunted New Orleans

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Episode 233: Beignet Fest's Community and Culinary Efforts

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Episode 232: 119 Years of the State Fair of Louisiana

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Episode 231: Shreveport-Native John Hoffman Joins the Band Primus

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Episode 230: Dustin Dale Gaspard is Putting Cajun Culture Front and Center on The Voice

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Episode 229: Ayu Bakehouse CoFounder Receives National Honor

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Episode 228: Three Full Days of Festival Acadiens et Creoles

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Episode 227: Haunted French Quarter Hotels

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Episode 226: City of West Monroe's Northeast Louisiana Celtic Fest

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Episode 225: Lake Charles Mayor Reflects on Hurricane Rita 20 Years Later

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Episode 224: NBC Nightly News' Tom Llamas Shares His Connection to Louisiana

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Episode 223: The New Orleans Superdome at 50 Years

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Episode 222: Lafayette – The Best Place to Visit for Fall

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Episode 221: Duck Hunting in Louisiana

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Episode 220: Lake Isabel Farm Brings a New Beach Day Option to Louisiana

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Episode 219: The Louisianians Behind the Movie "The Dirty South"

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Episode 218: What Canceling the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Means for Louisiana

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Episode 217: Celebrating and Saving Canal Street in New Orleans

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Episode 216: Hammond Business Owner Abi Caswell Talks Expansion and TikTok

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Episode 215: The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana

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Episode 214: Coffee Talk with the Cajun Mamas Koa and Sarah

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Episode 213: Exploring Baton Rouge

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Episode 212: Pope Leo and His New Orleans Connection

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Episode 211: The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience

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Episode 210: Vice Takes a Look Inside Cajun Mardi Gras

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Episode 209: Exploring the Atchafalaya Basin

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Episode 208: A Man and His Blue Dog - George Rodrigue's Cajun Revival

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Episode 207: Union, Justice and Confidence – The Man Who Made The Motto

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Episode 206: Steamy Alexandria - Red River Town Had Its Bawdy Days

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Episode 205: Political Analyst Robert Collins Shares What We Learned From the Election

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Episode 204: The Drago's Family - Creativity on a Half Shell

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Episode 203: So, Who Was Bienville?

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Episode 202: Shadowing the Bayou Teche - Crawfish Capitol and Evangeline Country

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Episode 201: Down the River - Author Ned Randolph Explores "The Big Muddy"

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Episode 200: Celebrating our 200th Episode - An Interview with an Award Winner

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Episode 199: Claus Sadlier's Storyville - An Immersive Experience

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Episode 198: Presidents and The Planet - Jay Hakes Reveals the Politics of Energy Policy

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Episode 197: Life is a Carousel (Bar) – Tales From the Bartender

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Episode 196: Booze News – The Stormin' of the Sazerac

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Episode 195: A Louisiana Politician in the Holy Land

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Episode 194: The Mississippi Rediscovered – A Writer's Search

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Episode 193: Eric Cook - A Chef in Search of "Modern Creole"

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Episode 192: After the Storms - Louisiana Public Broadcasting Examines Recovery

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Episode 191: Life as Hardball – The Evangeline League, Plus Post-War New Orleans

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Episode 190: Randy Fertel - Improv and the Art of the Sizzle

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Episode 189: Food, Recipes and SoFab with Liz Williams

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Episode 188: Robert Mann - Political Expert Analyses on Landry-Era Louisiana

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Episode 187: Feeling Pains? There Might Be a Solution

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Episode 186: Tujaque's, The Grasshopper and Palm Royale

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

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

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

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Episode 182: Making a Scene - Louisiana in the Movies

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

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Episode 180: Clerical Sex Scandals – The Latest

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

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

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

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

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Episode 175: Words About Words with Editor Reine Dugas

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

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Episode 173: Louisiana Through the Lens with John Lawrence

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Episode 172: Cultural Historian Explores Storyville and Prohibition

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

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Episode 170: Warren Bell's Search for Buried History

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

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

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

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

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Episode 165: Michael Hecht - Making the Region Stronger

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

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

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Episode 162: Stanley Dry - A Legacy of Food Writing

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

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Episode 160: Exploring Louisiana's Literary Scene

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

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

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Episode 157: Caring for Mike the Tiger

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

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Episode 155: Sallie Ann Glassman Conjures Día de los Muertos

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Episode 154: A Haunting She Will Go – Author Barbara Sillery

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

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