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Louisiana Considered

WWNO/WRKF Newsroom

“Louisiana Considered” showcases South Louisiana"s biggest stories and features interviews with journalists, newsmakers, and artists. The show is a collaboration between the WWNO and WRKF newsrooms. Airs Monday through Friday at noon.

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Louisiana Considered: The Second Annual Human Horse...

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2021/11/25

Patrick Madden hosted this episode of Louisiana Considered. Investigative reporter Rich Webster discusses the latest findings from his investigation into the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. He recently uncovered efforts to conceal racial profiling of Hispanic motorists by deputies. Karl Lengel speaks with Ingrid Anderson about the Second Annual Human Horse Races, taking place Thanksgiving Day at Easton Park in New Orleans. All proceeds raised at the event will be donated to a

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Louisiana Considered: “Music Inside Out” returns on...

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2021/11/23

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Music Inside Out host Gwen Thompkins debuts her new show, “Back by Popular Demand - The Music Inside Out Sessions,” which features the stories of musicians whose lives and careers were upended by the COVID-19 pandemic and how they were able to get by. In this episode, vocalist Erica Falls (Galactic, Allen Toussaint) tells us how the pandemic derailed her 2020 headliner touring plans and how her grandmother’s bread

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Louisiana Considered: Walter Isaacson On His Book...

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2021/11/22

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Author, journalist and Tulane University history professor Walter Isaacson discusses his new book, “The Code Breaker.” It’s a biography of Dr. Jennifer Doudna, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her work on the CRISPR gene editing system. The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Food Writer Ian McNulty chronicles his personal history with tomato sandwiches. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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Louisiana Considered: Analyzing voting trends in New...

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2021/11/19

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace hosted this Friday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Clarus Research Group President Dr. Ron Faucheux breaks down the voter turnout numbers from New Orleans’ mayoral race last weekend. Congressman Troy Carter of New Orleans discusses the Build Back Better bill, which passed in the House of Representatives this morning, and the selection of former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu to spearhead distribution of funds from the federal infrastructure bill

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Louisiana Considered: What causes “Long COVID?”

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2021/11/18

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Tulane University Assistant Dean of Clinical Research Dr. Vivian Fonceca argues the need for research on “long COVID,” a nickname for symptoms suffered by some COVID-19 patients for varying periods after they are no longer infected. Little is known about what causes the symptoms, which most commonly include headaches, fatigue, brain fog, and shortness of breath. Louisiana State Museum Division Director Rodneyna Hart and

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Louisiana Considered: Solutions for vaccine hesitancy...

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2021/11/17

Patrick Madden hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Kaiser Family Foundation Associate Director for Public Opinion Ashley Kirzinger, Dartmouth College John Philips Professor in Religion Randall Balmer and Southwestern Seminary Land Center Director and pastor Daniel Darling join us for a roundtable discussion about what can be done to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation targeted at white evangelical conservatives, who are less likely to get vaccinated than any

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Louisiana Considered: Classical and jazz musicians...

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2021/11/16

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Cellist Dr. Jee Yeoun Ko discusses her upcoming annual Coats for Kids Concert, taking place this Thursday, Nov. 18, which will bring classical and jazz musicians together in concert and collect winter coats for children at several New Orleans schools. The event will be held in tribute to its former co-host, Ellis Marsalis. Ballet Master Jarina Carvalho and Artistic Director Dave Hurlbert tell us about the upcoming

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Louisiana Considered: Breaking down the results of...

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2021/11/15

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace co-hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu has been selected to spearhead the distribution of funds from the federal infrastructure bill, which is expected to be signed by President Biden later today. WRKF’s Karen Henderson and Paul Braun and WWNO City Hall reporter Ryan Nelsen discuss the results of this weekend’s election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Louisiana Considered: What President Biden’s...

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2021/11/13

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace co-hosted this Friday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. In an interview originally aired earlier this week on “Here and Now,” NPR’s Robin Young interviewed Louisiana Transportation and Development Secretary Dr. Shawn Wilson about how the state plans to use more than $7 billion from the federal infrastructure bill passed last week in Congress. WWNO/WRKF Capitol Access reporter Paul Braun joins to discuss the infrastructure bill’s contents and what it

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Louisiana Considered: What is “blue hydrogen?”

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2021/11/11

We speak with two environmental resource experts about an effort to produce green energy in Louisiana. Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources’ Patrick Courreges explains the process of “carbon sequestration,” or removing carbon during chemical processing and pumping it underground instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. In October, industrial gas supplier Air Products announced a $4.5 billion facility will be

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Louisiana Considered: Enabling vaccine access for...

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2021/11/10

Patrick Madden hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Dr. Shantel Hebert-Magee, Dr. Thomas LaVeist, Dr. Tina Harris and Dr. Brice Miller join us for a roundtable discussion on COVID-19 vaccine equity for Louisiana’s Black community. To listen to previous episodes of this series and to find accurate information about COVID-19 vaccines, visit WRKFInforms.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Louisiana Considered: Music, movies and festivals in...

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2021/11/10

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Lula Elzy and Derek Douget tell us about their upcoming music and dance production, “The Silverbook: Music of the Modern Jazz Masters of New Orleans.” The concert features the music of Alvin Batiste, Ellis Marsalis and other pioneers of modern New Orleans jazz. The show takes place Nov. 14 at the Lafon Performing Arts Theatre. In a 2018 “Inside the Arts” interview, multi-disciplinary artist and activist José

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Louisiana Considered: Chronicling the climate crisis...

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2021/11/08

Karl Lengel hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Author Elizabeth Rush discusses the continuing impact of her 2018 book on how climate change affects human communities, “Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore.” She also talks about her 2019 trip to Antarctica to research the continent’s diminishing glaciers, which is the topic of an upcoming book. Bicycle advocate Mark E. Martin joins us once again to talk about the dangers posed to cyclists on Louisiana roads

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Louisiana Considered: Baton Rouge’s bus system is on...

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2021/11/05

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace hosted this Friday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. The Advocate’s Paul Cobler reports on the controversies surrounding the Capital Area Transportation System, which operates public busses in Baton Rouge and Baker, ahead of parish-level vote to renew a tax that funds CATS on Nov. 13. Gulf States Newsroom public health reporter Shalina Chatlani reports on data showing that Black teenagers in the Gulf States are getting vaccinated about 1.5 times more

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Louisiana Considered: Baton Rouge Symphony celebrates...

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2021/11/04

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Oyster Program Manager Carolina Bourque tells us why Hurricane Ida was catastrophic for the state’s oyster population, and what oyster harvesters need from the state and federal governments for recovery. The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra’s Timothy Muffitt and Eric Marshall join us to discuss the Symphony’s 75th anniversary season, which kicks off tomorrow night with works by

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Louisiana Considered: Young adult vaccination rate...

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2021/11/03

Patrick Madden hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter, health researcher Abdullah Shihipar and COVID Campus Coalition founder Jordan Tralins join us in a roundtable discussion about low vaccination rates among adults 18 to 29 years old in the U.S. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Louisiana Considered: The New Orleans Opera returns...

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2021/11/02

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. New Orleans Opera General and Artistic Director Clare Burovac tells us about the Opera’s upcoming return to live performance at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. The 2021-2022 season premieres Friday, Nov. 12, with Act I of Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” In an interview from this August, Historic New Orleans Collection art curator Judith Bonner joins us to talk about the Collection’s current exhibit of works by native

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Louisiana Considered: High vaccination rates among...

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2021/11/02

Karl Lengel hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Galactic bassist Robert Mercurio tells us how the band and their venue, Tipitina’s, are doing as COVID-19 case numbers fall and mask mandates are lifted in New Orleans. Gulf States Newsroom reporter Brittany Brown reports on how health officials built trust with Black communities in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, where more Black people are getting vaccinated at higher rates than Black people nationwide. See

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Louisiana Considered: What’s on the ballot this...

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2021/10/29

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace hosted this Friday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. WWNO/WRKF reporter Ryan Nelsen and Jessica Williams from The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate join us to talk about the amendments to the state constitution and candidates running for public office in New Orleans that are on the ballot on Nov. 13. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Louisiana Considered: State program will help resolve...

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2021/10/29

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. State Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon discusses the Hurricane Ida Mediation Program, which aims to resolve disputes between insurance policyholders and their providers over storm-related insured losses. Mia L. Bagneris, director of Tulane University’s Africana Studies Program, tells us about Tulane’s three-year Black Studies Book Club lecture and conversation series, which kicked off last week. See

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