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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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Miss Rodeo Louisiana 2022 reflects on her reign as...

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2023/01/13

New Orleans is once again gearing up to overhaul its laws governing short-term rentals, like those listed on platforms like Airbnb. And City Hall is under a fast-approaching deadline to pass new rules, set by a federal court. WWNO’s New Orleans reporter Carly Berlin tells us what changes might be in store for the city’s short-term-rental industry. This Saturday, New Orleans will host the 2023 Miss Universe pageant where representatives from 165 countries will take to the runway to compete

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A look at Louisiana’s ‘walkability,’ and ways for the...

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2023/01/12

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America One Step at a Time is a bestselling book on urban planning from the last decade. Author Jeff Speck joins us for a look at what Louisiana can learn from other cities about improving roads and pedestrian safety. For 40 years, coastal researchers and advocates have called for the use of the muddy Mississippi River to combat land loss in south Louisiana. In December, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off on a first-of-its-kind project to do

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Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge celebrates 50...

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2023/01/11

The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge turns 50 this year, and they’re holding a gala this Thursday to celebrate that milestone. President and CEO Renee Chatelain tells about the organization’s 50 years of creative programming and community growth. When Robert Carriker first moved to Louisiana, he spent his weekends exploring the backcountry for the state’s tastiest boudin. That soon turned into a website guide, BoudainLink.com, followed by a boudin festival and most recently, a book

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How a new photography exhibit explores the role of...

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2023/01/10

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, multidimensional artist José Torres-Tama photographed laborers repairing homes. He joins us for more on his new photo exhibition, ‘Latin American Roofers Post-Ida.’ Nearly two decades ago, gallerist Jonathan Ferrera began collaborating with Cuban artists – and their joint projects haven’t stopped. Ferrera, along with artist Elio Jesus, tell us about exploring the connection between New Orleans and Cuba in the new exhibition, CUBA Revisited: 20 Years

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How a New Orleans assembly facility is playing a role...

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2023/01/09

NASA's new multibillion-dollar spacecraft Artemis 1 successfully returned from the moon December 11th, taking the agency one step closer to getting U.S. astronauts back on the moon. This mission came after several delays due to engine problems and inclement weather. Much of that rocket was built here in Louisiana at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Director Lonnie Dutreix joins us for more on the facility’s role in getting back to the moon. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a

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Voting maps proposed by Republican state officials...

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2023/01/06

A push from Republican state officials could specifically dilute the voting power of Black people by changing who counts as Black in voting maps. This would further gut the increasingly fragile Voting Rights Act. Hansi Lo Wang covers voting for NPR and he reported this story for the podcast, Code Switch. He joins us for more on the impacts of tightening legal definitions of race. Across the country, and especially in Louisiana, we are already seeing migration due to climate change. But

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Encore: Political consultant James Carville discusses...

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2023/01/05

Back In July, famed American political consultant and strategist James Carville joined us to discuss his letter to The Advocate | The Times Picayune titled, “No more denying it – New Orleans isn’t working.” Today, while the US House of Representatives remains at a stalemate in electing a Speaker of the House, we are revisiting our conversation with Carville on what is and isn’t working in government. Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karl Lengel. Our managing producer

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Tulane won its first major bowl in 83 years. What...

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2023/01/04

On Monday, Tulane University amazed the nation when the school’s football team won the 2023 Cotton Bowl, beating football powerhouse USC 46-45. The historic game is the Green Wave’s first major bowl win since the Sugar Bowl in 1935. For more on the game, Louisiana Considered’s Managing Producer Alana Schreiber spoke with Tulane wide receiver Jha’Quan Jackson about the historic win and what this means for the future of Tulane football. Louisiana’s Early Steps program is a statewide effort

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How Cameroonian asylum-seekers find themselves in the...

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2023/01/03

Back in December, we brought you a series of stories from the Gulf States Newsroom’s justice, race, and equity reporter, Bobbi-Jeanne Misick. For over a year, she’s been following the journeys of Cameroonian asylum seekers in the United States, many of whom were fleeing a brutal conflict that erupted in 2017. But many of these asylum seekers were sent to a part of the Deep South where detention centers were rapidly expanding and a wave of conservative immigration judges had just taken the

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A look back on our station’s first interview in...

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2023/01/03

As we approach the new year, we are looking back on some of our favorite stories from 2022. Today on Louisiana Considered, we encore a conversation with Jay Isch, executive director of Deaf Focus, about problems faced by the Louisiana School for the Deaf. And, with the 2022 World Cup freshly in our rearview mirror, we hear about two new soccer teams coming to the Crescent City Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karen Henderson. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and

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The new newsrooms and media shaping New Orleans

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2022/12/31

As we approach the new year, we are looking back on some of our favorite stories from 2022. Today on Louisiana Considered, we revisit a conversation on the launch of a new New Orleans nonprofit newsroom, Verite, and hear about its mission to cover historically overlooked communities. And, we look back on a conversation about the HBO documentary, Katrina Babies. Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Patrick Madden. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital

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Encore: a look at Louisiana’s immigration history

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2022/12/29

As we approach the new year, we are looking back on some of our favorite stories from 2022. Today on Louisiana Considered, we encore a conversation with historian Dr. Laura D. Kelley. She walks us through the history of immigration in Louisiana and tells us how different communities have helped shape our state today. Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karl Lengel. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are

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A look back on a conversation with former New York...

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2022/12/28

As we approach the new year, we are looking back on some of our favorite stories from 2022. Today on Louisiana Considered, we give a second listen to a conversation between WRKF’s Adam Vos and former New York Times Executive Editor – and New Orleans native – Dean Baquet. Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Adam Vos. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubry Procell, and Thomas Walsh. You

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Celebrating New Orleans Civil Rights icons Norman C....

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2022/12/28

As we approach the new year, we are looking back on some of our favorite stories from 2022. Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the new season of Queer Eye taking place in New Orleans. And, we revisit two stories that celebrate the life and legacies of Civil Rights icons, Norman C. Francis and Moon Landrieu. Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Diane Mack. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett

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A look back on two stories that celebrate Louisiana’s...

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2022/12/26

As we approach the new year, we are looking back on some of our favorite stories from 2022. Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn what the Richardson Funeral Home in Amite is unearthing about the town’s Black history. And, we look back on a conversation about the new PBS docuseries, Making Black America Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karen Henderson. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman

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Remembering P.B.S. Pinchback, Louisiana’s – and the...

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2022/12/23

In December of 1872, Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback, otherwise known as PBS Pinchback, became governor of Louisiana. He was the first African American to become governor of any US state. To learn more about Pinchback’s life and legacy 150 years after his reign, Louisiana Considered’s Alana Schreiber spoke with Joseph Dawson, Professor Emeritus of History Texas A & M University. He is the editor of the book The Louisiana Governors: From Iberville to Edwards. November saw the debut of

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What's next for Claiborne Expressway? Our metro...

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2022/12/22

In the 1960s, the construction of New Orleans’ Claiborne Expressway split a prominent Black neighborhood in half. WWNO’s Metro reporter Carly Berlin spoke to business-owners and residents in the neighborhood to hear how they would like to see the highway be redesigned. Then, she gives us a behind-the-scenes look into her reporting. Between the end of many pandemic relief programs and rising costs due to inflation, lines at food banks have surged. The Gulf States Newsroom's Stephan Bisaha

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From New Orleans to Amsterdam and back, here’s the...

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2022/12/21

Last week, the Library of Congress announced that the short silent film titled Mardi Gras Carnival has been added to the National Film Registry. The film, which captures about two minutes of the Krewe of Rex rolling through New Orleans in 1898, is this year’s oldest inductee. But this film was actually long thought to be lost. Until Mackenzie Roberts Beasley, an audiovisual researcher and archivist for the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, tracked it down earlier this year in a trail

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From Kwanzaa bike rides to Chanukah parades, here’s...

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2022/12/19

Between a menorah parade and a Southern Fried Chanukah a cappella concert, there’s plenty of ways to celebrate the festival of lights in New Orleans. Louisiana Considered’s Managing Producer Alana Schreiber speaks with Caitrin Gladow, Senior director of marketing and communications for the Jewish Federation of New Orleans, to learn more about this week’s events. And Kwanzaa is just around the corner, and there’s no shortage of ways to celebrate in Louisiana. Shukrani Gray, the African

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Katrina rebuilding program prioritized the wealthy...

Louisiana Considered ·

2022/12/16

For years, low-income residents of New Orleans have said the Road Home program – a federal rebuilding effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina – paid them less to rebuild their homes compared to wealthier residents. Now, there’s new data to back that up. Investigative reporter David Hammer of WWL-TV and Jeff Adelson from The Times Picayune | New Orleans Advocate join us to dig into their investigation into the program’s shortcomings for ProPublica. The Times Picayune | New Orleans

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