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Gubernatorial debate preview; school mental health programs; problems with Louisiana’s energy grid
Season 1 Episode 600
Gun violence is the leading cause of death for children in Louisiana and nationwide. According to the Orleans Parish School District, more than 60 ch…
2 years, 8 months ago
Diverse candidates run for sheriff; Baton Rouge Mayor-President Weston Broome on BRPD ‘Brave Cave’
Season 1 Episode 599
News broke last week of an unmonitored interrogation facility at a Baton Rouge Police warehouse, dubbed “the Brave Cave.” One officer resigned shortl…
2 years, 8 months ago
Remembering David Berger – New Orleans Jewish weightlifter killed at 1972 Olympics – 51 years later
Season 1 Episode 598
Today – Sept. 5, 2023 – marks 51 years since the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics, when members of a Palestinian terrorist organization murdered …
2 years, 8 months ago
Sea Change: Expand Your Blue Mind Part 2
Season 1 Episode 597
It's summertime. Most of us hope to spend time on the beach, or by a river, or a pool, and we thought we'd try to understand why? Why do we want to b…
2 years, 8 months ago
BRPD ‘Brave Cave’; efforts to report labor violations; relocating residents in flood-prone areas
Season 1 Episode 596
The Baton Rouge Police Department is under scrutiny after news broke of its so-called “Brave Cave,” a BRPD warehouse at police that was allegedly use…
2 years, 8 months ago
As Tiger Island fire rages on, Ag commissioner Mike Strain details multistate response
Season 1 Episode 595
Last week, a series of wildfires broke out in Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana, near the Texas border. Several communities received evacua…
2 years, 8 months ago
Why the EPA dropped civil rights investigation in Louisiana; getting to know LPO’s new director
Season 1 Episode 594
In the final days of June, the federal Environmental Protection Agency suddenly closed what environmental advocates once hailed as a landmark civil r…
2 years, 8 months ago
New program invites leaders to experience La. in wheelchairs; parents launch suicide prevention campaign
Season 1 Episode 593
Earlier this summer we spoke with Mark Raymond Jr., who has been fighting for more accessible buildings and services in New Orleans since a boating a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Sea Change: Expand Your Blue Mind Part 1
Season 1 Episode 592
It's summertime. Most of us hope to spend time on the beach, or by a river, or a pool, and we thought we'd try to understand why? Why do we want to b…
2 years, 8 months ago
Latest on minors at Angola — plus the psychological impact of incarcerating youth in adult prisons
Season 1 Episode 591
Last year, the state of Louisiana moved dozens of incarcerated children to an old death row facility at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, t…
2 years, 9 months ago