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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: Louisiana Educators Brace For...

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2021/08/11

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Associated Press Baton Rouge correspondent Melinda Deslatte tells us what she’s learned in her coverage of how Louisiana K-12 schools and university systems plan to start the 2021 - 2022 school year during the state’s worst surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations to date. WWNO/WRKF education reporter Aubri Juhasz gives more details on how specific school districts plan to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 this fall

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Louisiana Considered: LSU Faculty Plead For COVID-19...

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2021/08/10

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace hosted this episode of Louisiana Considered on Friday, August 6, 2021. LSU Manship School of Mass Communication professor Bob Mann tells us the latest from a meeting of LSU’s board of supervisors on the topic of vaccination mandates for enrollment at the University. Several University faculty members pleaded that the board institute a COVID-19 vaccine requirement and more stringent testing protocols for students attending in-person classes, but the board

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Louisiana Considered: What’s Causing Louisiana’s...

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2021/08/10

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. In a report filed today for NPR’s Morning Edition, WWNO/WRKF public health reporter Rosemary Westwood explains a topic of concern as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb statewide: vaccine hesitancy among Louisiana’s healthcare workers. Ogden Museum of Southern Art executive director William Pittman Andrews tells us about one of the Museum’s current exhibits, Louisiana Contemporary 2021. This is the tenth anniversary

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Louisiana Considered: COVID-19 Hospitalizations And...

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2021/08/09

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Host Patrick Madden gives us the latest COVID-19 statistics published by the Louisiana Department of Health. COVID-19 hospitalizations now number 2,720, a new state record, up 37% from one week ago. In an interview aired two days ago, NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon spoke with president and CEO of North Oaks Health System Michelle Kidd Sutton about the massive influx of COVID-19 patients her clinic is treating in

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Louisiana Considered: COVID-19 Case Spike Affecting...

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2021/08/05

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. WWNO/WRKF public health reporter Rosemary Westwood tells us how the state’s fourth surge in COVID-19 cases is affecting the region’s hospitals and reports on what healthcare workers are seeing, including a drastic spike in COVID-19 cases among children younger than 12. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center vice president of mission Coletta Barrett tells us about OLOL’s emergency-room visit HIV and hepatitis testing

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Louisiana Considered: The Pandemic’s Effects On...

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2021/08/04

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. A&S Transportation General Manager Brad Kerrigan tells us about the effects the pandemic has had on his company’s business, especially regarding operation of school buses for charter schools nationally and in South Louisiana. Galactic bassist Robert Mercurio updates us on the band and their operation of Tipitina’s as the state loses progress in the fight against COVID-19. WWNO/WRKF lead coastal reporter Tegan Wendland

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Louisiana Considered: Delta Variant Cases And...

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2021/08/03

Patrick Madden hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Host Patrick Madden gives us the latest on the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant in Louisiana. Governor Edwards reinstated the statewide mask mandate, effective Wednesday, August 4. 4,725 new cases were reported to the state since yesterday. 2,112 people are hospitalized statewide according to the most recent data. Hospitals across the state are reaching and surpassing ICU capacity limits. For the most recent

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Louisiana Considered: National And State Responses To...

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2021/08/02

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Washington Post health and science policy reporter Yasmeen Abutaleb explains the reasoning behind updated guidance from the CDC in response to the national surge in cases of the delta variant of COVID-19. WWNO/WRKF capitol access reporter Paul Braun discusses the probable topics of this afternoon’s gubernatorial press conference, including a possible statewide mask mandate. Walton Family Foundation Environmental Program

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Louisiana Considered: Lake Charles Fails To See Aid...

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2021/07/29

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace hosted this episode of Louisiana Considered on Friday, July 23 2021. Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter describes his frustration with federal programs for failing to send aid to Lake Charles for more than 11 months after Hurricane Laura caused catastrophic damage to the city which was compounded by several other storms in the meantime. WWNO/WRKF public health reporter Rosemary Westwood speaks with Tulane University epidemiologist Dr. Susan Hassig about the

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Louisiana Considered: Baton Rouge’s Preparations For...

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2021/07/29

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. St. Vincent de Paul of Greater Baton Rouge CEO Michael Acaldo joins us to discuss what the city-parish government has done to help unhoused residents during the pandemic, and what can be done to prevent residents from losing their housing once the federal eviction moratorium ends on July 31st. Louisiana Environmental Action Network campaign organizer Allison Woolverton and Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute

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Louisiana Considered: Louisiana’s COVID-19 Surge, The...

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2021/07/28

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Host Karl Lengel and WWNO/WRKF public health reporter Rosemary Westwood give us the latest updates on Louisiana’s ongoing surge in COVID-19 delta-variant cases and hospitalizations. Gulf States Newsroom lead coastal reporter Tegan Wendland reports on the state’s preparedness for the 2021 storm season, which is projected to rival last year’s in terms of damage and storm severity. In a January 2020 interview, Holocaust

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Louisiana Considered: Housing Instability In New...

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2021/07/26

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Ozanam Inn CEO Clarence Adams, Sr. tells us about his organization’s efforts to help homeless people in New Orleans find housing and notes that many of those recently seeking shelter are newly homeless because of factors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. WWNO/WRKF reporter Bobbi-Jeanne Misick spoke to immigrants recently released from ICE custody in Louisiana about ICE’s failure to provide them with the resources they

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Louisiana Considered: The M.J. Foster Promise...

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2021/07/23

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Louisiana Community and Technical College System President Dr. Monty Sullivan tells us about the M.J. Foster Promise Program, a new program funded in the most recent legislative session which provides grants for Louisiana adults seeking education at the community-college level. LSU Department of Petroleum Engineering Assistant Professor Dr. Jyotsna Sharma explains recent research into using optical fiber, the same technology

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Louisiana Considered: Live From The Veto Override...

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2021/07/21

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. WRKF/WWNO Capitol Access Reporter Paul Braun updates us on the state legislature’s historic veto override session, happening this week. New Orleans Business Alliance CEO Norman E. Barnum, IV joins us to introduce himself as NOLABA’s new leader and to discuss the directions in which he plans to take the Alliance. Meteorologist Dan Holiday recaps recent weather patterns and explains why the Gulf Coast has seen much more

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Louisiana Considered: Low COVID-19 Vaccination Rates...

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2021/07/20

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. WWNO/WRKF Public Health Reporter Rosemary Westwood reports on the recent surge in Delta-variant cases of COVID-19 and speaks with Louisiana State Nurses Association President Ecoee Rooney and Louisiana State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter about low vaccination rates among nurses. Director Jon Greene tells us about the upcoming production of William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors,” set in 1980s Miami Beach, during this

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Louisiana Considered: Tomorrow’s Veto Override...

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2021/07/19

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. WWNO/WRKF Capitol Access Reporter Paul Braun tells us what to expect from tomorrow’s first-ever veto override session in the legislature under Louisiana’s new constitution. NPR Southwest Correspondent John Burnett reports on an industrial grain silo construction project which residents of Wallace, LA say will destroy their community. We listen to recordings from 1970’s Jazz Fest with archivist Rachel Lyons, who gives us

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Louisiana Considered: Veto Override Session May Pass...

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2021/07/15

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. WWNO/WRKF Capitol Access Reporter Paul Braun and WWNO/WRKF Public Health Reporter Rosemary Westwood discuss the bills that Republican state lawmakers hope to approve later this month during what could be Louisiana’s first veto override session under the new constitution, including bills that would hinder COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Executive Director Justin Lemoine and Assistant Director

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Louisiana Considered: Some Louisiana Law Enforcement...

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2021/07/14

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Baton Rouge Associated Press correspondent Melinda Deslatte discusses last Thursday’s news release about several Louisiana law enforcement officers supporting Governor Edwards’ veto of a bill that would get rid of the training and background checks required for firearm owners to carry concealed handguns. Republican legislators plan to hold the state’s first-ever veto override session to pass this and other bills later

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Louisiana Considered: Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre’s...

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2021/07/13

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre Artistic Director Michael McKelvey joins us to discuss the Theatre’s final run of shows for this summer and his final production at Tulane: a 50th-anniversary presentation of "Jesus Christ Superstar." Ochsner Health Center Internist Dr. Padma Sahu tells us the best practices for proper hydration during hot Louisiana summers. Le Petit Theatre Executive Director Don-Scott Cooper tells us about the

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Louisiana Considered: Former Governor Edwin Edwards...

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2021/07/12

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Talk Louisiana host Jim Engster discusses the life and legacy of former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards, who passed away Monday morning. The Times-Picayune | The Advocate business reporter Kristen Mosbrucker discusses plans to build seven solar power industrial developments in rural Louisiana and how Louisiana’s solar power industry is faring. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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