Hear celebrated and up-and-coming authors read excerpts from new books and discuss their work with former Times-Picayune book editor Susan Larson.
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Part-time New Orleans resident Harry Shearer hosts a look at the worlds of media, politics, cyberspace, sports and show business while providing an eclectic array of music along the way.
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New Orleans writer Ian McNulty hosts Where Y'Eat, a weekly exploration and celebration of food culture in the Crescent City and south Louisiana.
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Living on the coast means living on the front lines of a rapidly changing planet. And as climate change transforms our coasts, that will transform our world. Every two weeks, we bring you stories that illuminate, inspire, and sometimes enrage, as we dive deep into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond. We have a lot to save, and we have a lot of solutions. It’s time to talk about a Sea Change. Sea Change is a new podcast hosted by Carlyle Calhoun an ...
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OUT TO LUNCH finds economist and Tulane finance professor Peter Ricchiuti conducting business New Orleans style: over lunch at Columns in Uptown New Olreans. In his 14th year in the host seat, Ricchiuti’s learned but uniquely NOLA informal perspective has established Out to Lunch as the voice of Crescent City business. You can also hear the show on WWNO 89.9FM.
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Climate change is scary. Life Raft is not. From WWNO, WRKF and PRX, comedian Lauren Malara and reporter Travis Lux explore your questions about living with climate change. How bad will the flooding get? Is it ever going to be too hot to live here? Have I had my last good oyster? We’ll tackle it all.
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Four historic clashes between Louisiana politicians and the media, one at a time. The series highlights the tense but necessary relationship between the media and the government, and draws parallels between past moments in our country's history, and today.
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A leaked draft Supreme Court opinion suggests the US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe versus Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. How did we get here? This is Banned, a new narrative podcast that tells the story of how one Mississippi law could end the right to legal abortions in the United States — and overturn Roe v. Wade. Hosted by journalist Rosemary Westwood, Banned is a production of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio, WRKF Baton Rouge Public Rad ...
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Each episode of TriPod: New Orleans at 300 is devoted to a single story or subjects from New Orleans’ rich history.
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of the Olympic Movement, News of Musk Love, News of A.I., News of Bees, News of the Godly, The Apologies of the Week, and News of Crypto-Winter. We also hear an outgoing message from President Joe Biden and learn that some members of the military are too fat to fight.…
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The Reading Life: Susan Taylor, New Orleans Museum of Art
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Flooding is the most common natural disaster — by far. As more and more towns are devastated by floods, people are facing the tough question of how to rebuild — or even if they can. In this episode, we travel to two towns to discover how one obscure federal policy designed to stop the cycle of flood damage is leading to opposite destinies. Thanks f…
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Where Y’Eat: Dooky Chase’s Restaurant Revives a Piece of Civil Rights History
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Where Y’Eat: Dooky Chase’s Restaurant Revives a Piece of Civil Rights HistoryBy Ian McNulty
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If you’re not a musician, you might occasionally think how great it would be to be a musician. If you are a musician, you might occasionally think how great it must have been to be in The Beatles. New Orleanian Bruce Spizer is not a musician. He’s a lawyer and an accountant. But, not only has he occasionally thought how great it must have been to b…
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of the Olympic Movement, News of Microplastics, News of Smart World, News of A.I., News of Musk Love, News of Crypto-Winter, The Apologies of the Week, and another edition Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump. He also shares insight and his personal account of the Califor…
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry shares his local insight about the attack that took place in New Orleans on New Years day and then shifts his attention toward regular features like News of Inspector’s General, News of the Godly, The Apologies of the Week, News of Smart World, and News of Microplastics. He also shares great music and sends …
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The Reading Life: Mel Buchanan / New Orleans Museum of Art
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Where Y’Eat: Remaking the Muffuletta Hub of Central Grocery
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Where Y’Eat: Remaking the Muffuletta Hub of Central GroceryBy Ian McNulty
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As 2024 comes to a close, we are taking this time to focus on hope. While this year has been rough for the climate and the environment in many ways, there is also so much good happening out there. There are wins to celebrate and reasons for optimism. Today, Sea Change sits down with an expert on hope, and learn why evidence-based hope is essential …
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Where Y’Eat: New Orleans Shows What True Food Culture Gives Us Beyond the Plate
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Le Show For The Week Of December 29, 2024
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It’s time for Le Show’s annual “Year In Rebuke!” This week Harry looks back at news stories that were big, small, overlooked, forgotten, or simply ridiculous. He also keeps us on pace for the new year with regular segments like News of the Godly, The Apologies of the Week, News of A.I., and News of Crypto-Winter. Give us a listen and wrap up your y…
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The Reading Life: A look back on 2024 with nonfiction and noteworthy events
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Le Show For The Week Of December 22, 2024
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On this holiday edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of Forever Chemicals, News of A.I.,News of the Atom, News of Crypto-Winter, News of the Godly, The Apologies of the Week, and Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump. We’ll also hear selections from Harry’s Holiday Playlist and listen as Fred Willard regales us with “The Tr…
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We kicked off this season of Sea Change with a globetrotting journey. A quest to understand a booming new industry on the Gulf Coast: liquified natural gas, or LNG. In a historic move, the Biden Administration froze any decisions on new gas export projects…until it could study how shipping so much American gas overseas could affect the economy, hea…
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There’s a lot going on in the world of liquified natural gas, or LNG. And we are here to tell you about it! The Department of Energy just released its big report on whether exporting more LNG is in the public interest…spoiler alert: it’s not. One of the largest LNG facilities in the world, located just south of New Orleans, recently began productio…
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The Reading Life: A Look Back on 2024 (Fiction)
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Where Y’Eat: For the Holidays, a Classic Cocktail Steeped in Memory
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Where Y’Eat: For the Holidays, a Classic Cocktail Steeped in MemoryBy Ian McNulty
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Hi, it's Peter Ricchiuti. I’ve got a scenario I want to run by you, and I want your opinion. Here’s the situation: It’s morning. I get ready to leave the house. I pick out an outfit, get dressed, I look great. Then my wife says, “You can’t go out looking like that. That shirt doesn’t go with those pants. That tie is hideous. And 1998 called and wan…
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Le Show For The Week Of December 15, 2024
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of A.I., News of NiceCorps, News of Crypto-Winter, News of the Godly, and The Apologies of the Week. He also discusses the physical (and romantic?) relationship between modern humans and neanderthals, and then later gets a call from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.…
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The Reading Life: Andy Young, Rachel Marsh
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Where Y’Eat: A New Way for Willie Mae’s Restaurant
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On this week’s program Harry speaks with Dr. Stephanie Kelton, author of The Deficit Myth. They discuss aspects of the federal reserve including why it was made, why interest rates change, and when the last time the national debt was paid off. We’ll also hear regular features like News of A.I., News of Crypto-Winter, The Apologies of the Week, and …
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The Reading Life: Chris Champagne, Kalamu ya Salaam
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Where Y'Eat: The Faces on the Wall Effect at New Orleans Restaurants
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New Orleans food writer Ian McNulty on one way restaurants, bars immortalize their relationships with regulars.By Ian McNulty
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The Lemon Tree Mound is a sacred place for the Atakapa/Ishak-Chawasha tribe. And it's disappearing under the rising waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In this episode, we travel out into the bayous of South Louisiana to understand what this one small sacred place means for the Land Back Movement and climate justice, and why efforts to save our coast mat…
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When you’re talking with someone and they want to know what final conclusion you want them to draw from your conversation, they might ask you, “What’s the bottom line?” The origin of the term, “the bottom line,” is business accounting. It refers to the literal bottom line of a financial statement - a company’s profit or loss. This literal bottom li…
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Introducing: Hazard NJ "First a Miracle, Then a Curse"
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They are called PFAS or “forever chemicals.” They originated in New Jersey decades ago with a promise of a future made easier by science. They’ve spread into countless products and polluted countless places throughout the world. Now, they are even in our blood. Today we are bringing you the first episode of Hazard NJ's new season that dives into th…
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On this week’s episode of Le Show we hear about the latest developments in artificial intelligence from Ralph the Talking Computer, then hear regular segments like News of the Godly, News of the Atom, The Apologies of the Week, and News of Crypto-Winter. Harry also invites baker Graison Gill, creator of Bellegarde Bakery in New Orleans, to discuss …
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This is a time of celebrating food and giving thanks to the people who grow it, catch it, and prepare it. That’s why today we are bringing you an episode we first aired back in May of 2023. Food connects us to our past, to our memories, to each other, and to the world around us. It’s powerful. But food systems–from how we grow or catch things to ho…
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Le Show For The Week Of November 24, 2024
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us News from the Land of 4,000 Princes, News of A.I., News of the Atom, The Mar-Apprentice, News of the Godly, The Apologies of the Week, great music, and more.By Harry Shearer
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The Reading Life: Alison Fensterstock and Gwen Thompkins
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Where Y’Eat: Learning at Lunch at a Cooking School Restaurant
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Where Y’Eat: Learning at Lunch at a Cooking School RestaurantBy Ian McNulty
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