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How Louisiana continues to change the sports world
Episode 29
On this week's episode, we round the bases with a couple of sports stories, like a "torpedo bat" design giving baseball players newfound power.
But w…
1 year, 2 months ago
Using nature to solve man-made problems
Episode 28
On this week's episode of the Gulf States Gumbo, we take a look at how communities are turning to nature to solve their environmental problems, from …
1 year, 2 months ago
Hip-hop takes center stage at Jazz Fest
Episode 27
The first weekend of New Orleans’ highly anticipated Jazz and Heritage Festival is underway. And this year, New Orleans native and hip-hop legend Lil…
1 year, 2 months ago
Statehouse roundtable: Chaos, caution, finished honeymoons
Episode 26
Campaigns and election days tend to hog the political spotlight. It's much harder to follow the time of year when the state leaders who won those ele…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why Gulf Coast shrimpers see tariffs as a win
Episode 25
It's been a wild few weeks in global trade.
President Donald Trump put 10% tariffs on all imports, and some countries started getting hit with much h…
1 year, 2 months ago
HBCUs and the next generation of environmental activists
Episode 24
How are HBCU students working to respond to a changing climate? Environment and communities reporter Danny McArthur spoke to a few of them at a confe…
1 year, 3 months ago
How Alabama and Louisiana schools defied the COVID decline
Episode 23
Pandemic disruptions put a lot of kids behind. But in the South, some schools seized the moment, making unexpected gains in different subjects. Alaba…
1 year, 3 months ago
What billions spent on data centers means for Mississippi
Episode 22
Tech companies have pledged hundreds of billions of dollars to build new data centers. These centers are the backbone behind AI and are being built a…
1 year, 3 months ago
Southern scientists protest federal funding cuts
Episode 21
In this episode, environment and communities reporter Danny McArthur, economic mobility reporter Stephan Bisaha and WBHM managing editor Andrew Yeage…
1 year, 3 months ago
Who pays when ocean oil wells run dry?
Episode 20
This week, we’re on the water.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management made some new rules to help clean up old oil wells in the Gulf. WWNO's Eva Tesfay…
1 year, 4 months ago