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Tulane heads to college football playoff; Black Film Festival; Calvin Duncan on journey from prison to public office
Season 1 Episode 1114
It's official: Tulane is headed to the college football playoff. The Green Wave punched their ticket in a Saturday 34 to 21 win against North Texas. …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Federal immigration enforcement update; new ‘Prosperity Centers’; La. ranks low in child support payment collection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ramped up enforcement in the New Orleans area last week. Officials say the operation, known as “Catahoula Crunch,”…
7 months ago
Farming the Ocean: Part 1
Season 1 Episode 1112
This is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the future of farming seafood in the Gulf. Americans eat a lot of farmed seafood — but the vast majority …
7 months ago
Worsening conditions at La. ICE lockup; at-home childcare options; Louisiana Main Street program
Season 1 Episode 1111
Conditions at an ICE processing center in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, are reported to have deteriorated over the past year. There are multiple reports o…
7 months ago
La. surgeon general and vaccine skeptic to join CDC; how college accreditation became political
Season 1 Episode 1110
Louisiana’s surgeon general has been critical of vaccines. Now, Dr. Ralph Abraham has a new job as the second-in-command at the Centers for Disease C…
7 months ago
LSU hires Lane Kiffin as new football coach; findings from Tulane violence study; program to protect turtle hatchlings
Season 1 Episode 1109
Over the weekend, LSU announced that Lane Kiffin would take on the job of head football coach. This comes after a weekslong search following coach Br…
7 months, 1 week ago
Ad invites New York businesses to come to La.; local company boasts mobile atmospheric hydrogen generator
Season 1 Episode 1108
After New Yorkers elected democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as their new mayor, Louisiana’s Economic Development (LED) forum took out a full-page a…
7 months, 1 week ago
How undocumented people can prepare for ‘Swamp Sweep’; report cards show improvement in La. schools
Season 1 Episode 1107
Last week, news broke that roughly 250 U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were headed to south Louisiana for an operation dubbed “The Swamp Sw…
7 months, 1 week ago
New Orleans’ school integration history; head of FEMA resigns; innovative addiction treatment center in Algiers
Season 1 Episode 1106
You’ve probably heard of Ruby Bridges, the first grader who helped desegregate New Orleans’ public schools in 1960.
But have you heard of the three ot…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Celebrating life, legacy of NOLA author Anne Rice; impact of Meta data center’s construction in small Louisiana town
Season 1 Episode 1105
As AI technology gets bigger and bigger, so do data centers. Meta is building the largest data center in the world in a small Louisiana town. It’ll h…
7 months, 2 weeks ago