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Latest polls in NOLA mayor’s race; PSC releases energy efficiency program; look ahead at Saints 2025 season
Season 1 Episode 1060
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to catch up on politics with The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, Step…
1 year ago
Whooping cough rates surge; LABI releases annual scorecard; early childcare providers face ongoing challenges
Season 1 Episode 1059
Louisiana is dealing with its worst whooping cough outbreak in decades. Hospitalizations have continued to rise over the summer, and two babies have …
1 year ago
How a new AI data center is turning a small town into a tech hub; Alex Beard’s new collection of bird art and poetry
Season 1 Episode 1058
Earlier this year, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, broke ground on a $10 billion data center for artificial intelligence in the middle of a Louisian…
1 year ago
How NOLA jazz funeral has evolved; findings on Louisiana’s wellbeing; urban farmers reclaim land in Lower 9th Ward
Season 1 Episode 1057
The nonpartisan, public policy organization, Leaders for a Better Louisiana, recently released its latest Louisiana Fact Book. It’s a list of 35 indi…
1 year ago
Sea Change: A Train Ride Through Katrina's Legacy
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina made landfall 20 years ago, you can take a train ride across the Gulf Coast, from Mobile to New Orleans. A…
1 year ago
Will Trump send National Guard to NOLA?; concerns over new levee system; unique origin story behind the NOLA Project
Season 1 Episode 1055
It’s Thursday, and time for our Week in Politics with the Times Picayune’s/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, Stephanie Grace. Today, w…
1 year ago
What happens to inmates convicted by split juries; new food banks coming to La.; ICE instills fear in Kenner community
Season 1 Episode 1054
In 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-unanimous jury verdicts – previously legal only in Louisiana and Oregon – were unconstitutional. Yet th…
1 year ago
Culture Collision returns to NOMA; why coastal Miss. communities devastated by Katrina are still vulnerable to storms
Season 1 Episode 1053
The New Orleans arts community, which was scattered across the nation post-Katrina in 2005, provided a healing balm for the city when artists finally…
1 year ago
20 years ago, these pre-K students wrote a book about a classmate who evacuated for Katrina. Today they reunite
When Hurricane Katrina happened 20 years ago, 4-year-old Nigel Tapp evacuated from the Lower Ninth Ward to Montclair, New Jersey – the hometown of ma…
1 year ago
20 years since Katina: How the Vietnamese community rebuilt and tech-savvy volunteers reconnected survivors
Season 1 Episode 1051
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall 20 years ago, New Orleans East was especially hard hit. This part of the city is home to a large Vietnamese popu…
1 year ago