PODCAST

Louisiana Anthology Podcast

The Louisiana Anthology Podcast is an part of the larger project of the Louisiana Anthology. We release new episodes every Saturday, and the podcasts last for around an hour. The purpose of the Louisiana Anthology Podcast is to discuss the literature and culture of Louisiana. We broadcast interviews with various authors, artists, and scholars about their contributions to Louisiana.

arts literature

All Episodes

659. John Rodrigue.

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2026/01/03

659. John C. Rodrigue joins us to discuss his research on the Civil War and Reconstruction. John is a prominent historian specializing in the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, known for his deep focus on slavery, emancipation, and the Lower Mississippi Valley, with key books like Reconstruction in the Cane Fields and Freedom's Crescent, exploring how the war transformed Southern society and Lincoln's evolving views on Reconstruction. He's recognized for meticulous research and contributions

en-us

658. Scott Tilton, Part 2

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/12/27

658. Part 2 of our conversation with Scott Tilton. Scott isthe Co-Founder and Director of the Nous Foundation, a platform for exchange between Louisiana and the French-speaking world. He lived the past several years in Paris where he worked as a consultant at Ernst & Young France on projects for the European Union, the UN, and the French Government. While in Paris, Scott launched and spearheaded an initiative that saw Louisiana become the

en-us

657. Scott Tilton, Part 1.

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/12/20

657. Part 1 of our conversation with Scott Tilton. Scott isthe Co-Founder and Director of the Nous Foundation, a platform for exchange between Louisiana and the French-speaking world. He lived the past several years in Paris where he worked as a consultant at Ernst & Young France on projects for the European Union, the UN, and the French Government. While in Paris, Scott launched and spearheaded an initiative that saw Louisiana become the

en-us

656. Joseph Makkos, part 2.

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/12/13

656. Part 2 of our conversation with Joseph Makkos. Joseph is anarchivist who manages a rare collection of some 30,000 historic New Orleans Times Picayune newspapers dating from 1880s-1929. Joseph has worked as a printmaker and preservationist, having salvaged and restored historic printing equipment from over a dozen print shops to date. Using these resources he actively runs a design studio in New Orleans that focuses on artful print

en-us

655. Joseph Makkos, part 1

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/12/06

655. Joseph Makkos returns to the porch to talk about his work and an archivist and researcher. He manages a rare collection of some 30,000 historic New Orleans Times Picayunenewspapers dating from 1880s-1929.He has worked as a printmaker and preservationist, having salvaged and restored historic printing equipment from over a dozen print shops to date. Using these resources he actively runs a design studio in New Orleans that focuses on artful print production and independent book publishing

en-us

654. Liberty in Louisiana Presentation

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/11/29

654. Today we post our presentation onLiberty in Louisianaat the 2025 LouisianaStudies Conference.Liberty in Louisiana by James Workman is the oldest known extant play about Louisiana. Workman wrote the play in 1803 with the goal of supporting the impending Louisiana Purchase. This was Workman’s sole venture in writing drama; he mostly wrote political essays. This time, he thought he could reach a wider audience with a play, but he still had a political objective. His goal was to

en-us

653. Kathleen DuVal, part 2.

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/11/22

653. Part 2 of our conversation with Kathleen DuVal about herbook, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. “Pulitzer Prize Winner - National Bestseller - A magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history” (The New York Review of Books), from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today. Winner of the Bancroft Prize, the Cundill History Prize, and the

en-us

652. Kathleen DuVal, part 1

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/11/15

652. Part 1 of Kathleen DuVal's return to the podcast to talk about herbook, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. “Pulitzer Prize Winner - National Bestseller - A magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history (The New York Review of Books), from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today. Winner of the Bancroft Prize, the Cundill History Prize, and

en-us

651. Skye Jackson

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/11/07

651. This week we talk to Skye Jackson about her poetry. Skye was born and raised in NewOrleans, Louisiana. She writes about love, femininity and the challenges of navigating our modern world as a young Black woman. Her work has appeared in Palette Poetry, The Southern Review, RHINO, RATTLE and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook A Faster Grave (2019) and her debut collection of poetry, Libre, which was recently published by Regalo Press and

en-us

650. Nathalie Dessens.

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/11/01

650. Nathalie Dessens is returning to herwork on Gentilly and Creole New Orleans through the recent publication of Gentilly: A New Orleans Plantation in the French Atlantic World, 1818-1851 (a book she co-edited and translated with Virginia Meacham Gould. It features letters from the manager of the Gentilly plantation, providing insight into 19th-century plantation life and its connection to the city. Dessens is a historian who has previously written

en-us

649. Leah Payne

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/10/24

649. This week we chat with Leah Payne about her book,God Gave Rock and RollTo You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music. We focus especially on the role of the family of Jimmy Swaggart, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Mickey Gilley in the history of Rock and Roll. Her book chronicles the confluence of evangelical, Pentecostal, and charismatic networks through the lens of Contemporary Christian Music, or CCM. The book indexes American evangelicalism’s political and

en-us

648. Mike and Mark Mangham. Twin Blends.

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/10/17

648. This week, we talk with Mike and Mark Mangumabout their creative venture, Twin Blends. They research local Shreveport and Bossier history The brothers join us to discuss the project’s origins, how they combine their individual styles into a unified final piece, and what it takes to manage a shared brand. Learn more about the Mangums’ work and the inspiration behind Twin Blends. Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy.

en-us

647. Brad Dison. "The Trap."

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/10/10

647. We talk to Brad Dison about his book,The Trap, about the deathof Bonnie and Clyde. "For far too long, Sheriff Henderson Jordan's role in ending the crime spree of Bonnie and Clyde has been overlooked or ignored. On the rare occasion that he is portrayed in films or documentaries, he is depicted as an insignificant character. Since 1934, we have accepted the notion that Frank Hamer located the outlaws and led the ambush against them

en-us

646. Thomas Smith

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/10/04

646. We talk to Dr. Thomas Smith about his series of Red String novels, set in 19thcentury Mississippi River and Central Louisiana. His first novel in the series is Just a Piece of Red String: Antebellum Voodoo and Vengeance. In antebellum Natchez, Mississippi, and the bustling city of New Orleans, cousins Sawyer Dundee and Solomon Witcher come into manhood, each charting a dramatically different course. While Sawyer remains in Natchez to run the family business, the charismatic Solomon

en-us

645 David Ballantyne, Part 2.

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/09/26

645. Part 2 of our interview with David Ballantyne about postCivil-War Reconstruction of the Red River Valley. He has given the history on the area in his book,Fractured Freedoms: Reconstruction in Central Louisiana. “Fractured Freedoms is a riveting history of central Louisiana from the 1860s to the 1890s, focusing on majority-Black Rapides Parish during Reconstruction. Using the region as a case study, Ballantyne reveals what is, in part, a rural

en-us

644. David T. Ballantyne, Part 1

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/09/22

644. Part 1 of our interview with David T. Ballantyne about his book,Fractured Freedoms: Reconstruction in Central Louisiana. "Fractured Freedoms is a riveting history of central Louisiana from the 1860s to the 1890s, focusing on majority-Black Rapides Parish during Reconstruction. Using the region as a case study, Ballantyne reveals what is, in part, a rural Reconstruction success story, emphasizing the resilience of Black politics and the persistence of significant divisions among

en-us

643. Roxanne Harde, Part 2.

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/09/13

643. Part 2 of our conversation with Roxanne Harde about the Treméseries. Roxanne Harde on the Tremé series. "Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, this hour-long drama series, from executive producers David Simon and Eric Overmyer, follows the lives of ordinary residents as they struggle with the after-effects of the 2005 hurricane. Says star and New Orleans native Wendell Pierce, 'The only things people had to hang on

en-us

642. Roxanne Harde, Part 1.

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/09/05

642. Part 1 of our conversation with Roxanne Harde about the Tremételevision series. "Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, this hourlong drama series, from executive producers David Simon and Eric Overmyer, follows the lives of ordinary residents as they struggle with the aftereffects of the 2005 hurricane. Says star and New Orleans native Wendell Pierce, 'The only things people had to hang on to were the rich traditions we knew that survived the test of time before: our music, food and family,

en-us

641. Josh Neufeld, Part 2

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/08/30

Part2 of our conversation with Josh Neufeld about his non-fiction graphic novel, A. D. After the Deluge. “A stunning graphic novel that makes plain the undeniable horrors and humanity triggered by Hurricane Katrina in the true stories of six New Orleanians who survived the storm. A.D. follows each of the six from the hours before Katrina struck to its horrific aftermath. Here is Denise, a sixth-generation New Orleanian who will

en-us

640. Josh Neufeld, Part 1

Louisiana Anthology Podcast ·

2025/08/23

640. Bruce's son Kerr joins us for part 1 of our conversation with JoshNeufeld about his non-fiction graphic novel, A. D. After the Deluge. “A stunning graphic novel that makes plain the undeniable horrors and humanity triggered by Hurricane Katrina in the true stories of six New Orleanians who survived the storm. A.D. follows each of the six from the hours before Katrina struck to its horrific aftermath. Here is Denise, a sixth-generation

en-us

125 results

Louisiana Anthology Podcast

All Episodes

Similar Podcasts

Start The Breakthrough Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!

thebookvoice.com

Get Hooked On The Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook Experience!

thebookvoice.com

西四五条

主播郑捕头

Podcast Patapoe

0d0a

On Mic Podcast

Jordan Rich