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LSU launches new modeling system to better predict flooding after hurricanes
Season 1 Episode 454
Last week, two Baton Rouge area elementary school teachers were recognized with the Milken Educator Award, a nationwide honor sometimes described as …
3 years, 7 months ago
The musical “The Color Purple,” based on the book by Alice Walker, extends run at Le Petit Theatre
Season 1 Episode 453
Le Petit Theatre’s production of The Color Purple, the musical based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, has been extended through Februa…
3 years, 7 months ago
When neo-Nazis came to New Orleans, a group of Holocaust survivors fought back
Season 1 Episode 453
Last Friday was Holocaust Remembrance Day. And even though these days, the term “never forget” seems to be part of public discourse, it wasn’t that l…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Little Book of King Cake brings the story of the iconic carnival dessert to kids
Season 1 Episode 452
In the last few years New Orleans has seen an explosion in the variety of King Cakes one can buy. From Dong Phuong’s Vietnamese style of the desert, …
3 years, 7 months ago
Teens who were held at Angola's former death row facility seek to join lawsuit against Gov. Edwards
Season 1 Episode 451
Following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans became one of the most deforested cities in the country. Recently, the environmental group Sustaining Our Ou…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Southern University Laboratory Virtual School is awarded for surmounting pandemic obstacles
Season 1 Episode 450
The Southern University Laboratory Virtual School in Baton Rouge will be recognized next week by the State Department of Education for its progress a…
3 years, 7 months ago
Big Freedia returns to TV with a new show about her business endeavors
Season 1 Episode 449
Coming in the summer of 2023, New Orleans' own Big Freedia will bring us the brand-new series, Big Freedia Means Business. This new show documents th…
3 years, 7 months ago
Set in Baton Rouge, new National Treasure TV show unearths Louisiana history
Season 1 Episode 448
Last month, Disney Plus premiered National Treasure: Edge of History. This TV Show brings the national treasure story back to life after a 15-year hi…
3 years, 8 months ago
How the Bogalusa Heart Study has contributed to cardiovascular research over the last 50 years
Season 1 Episode 447
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Bogalusa Heart Study. Started in 1973, this study looks at the impact of vascular and metabolic changes o…
3 years, 8 months ago
How the Mobile Carnival Museum is preserving Alabama Mardi Gras history
Season 1 Episode 446
Mobile, Alabama has long claimed to be the site of the first American Mardi Gras, but what’s the story behind this historic carnival – and what does …
3 years, 8 months ago