649. This week we chat with Leah Payne about her book, God Gave Rock and Roll
          To 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. 
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Thursday, October 16, 2025
648. Mike and Mark Mangham. Twin Blends.
648. This week, we talk with Mike and Mark Mangum
        about 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.
Friday, October 10, 2025
647. Brad Dison. "The Trap."
647. We talk to Brad Dison about his book, The Trap, about the death
        of 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. Henderson Jordan was the sheriff in Bienville Parish,
        Louisiana, when he learned that Bonnie and Clyde were hiding
        somewhere within the jurisdiction that he had sworn to protect.
        It was he who tracked the gang to their hideouts, who set the
        trap to capture them, and who led the ambush posse that ended
        their crime spree in a hail of gunfire.
Friday, October 3, 2025
646. Thomas Smith
646. We talk to Dr. Thomas Smith about his series of Red String novels, set in 19th
        century 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 seeks his 
fortune, chasing legendary buried treasure and trying his luck at cards 
in New Orleans.
Friday, September 26, 2025
645 David Ballantyne, Part 2.
645. Part 2 of our interview with David Ballantyne about post
        Civil-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.
Sunday, September 21, 2025
644. David T. Ballantyne, Part 1
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 white residents that allowed the 
Republican Party to gain and maintain power there. It was only with the 
collapse of state-level Republican power in 1877 that Democratic forces 
in the parish were able to dismantle local Republican political control 
and gradually constrict Black freedoms." 
Saturday, September 13, 2025
643. Roxanne Harde, Part 2.
643. Part 2 of our conversation with Roxanne Harde about the Tremé
            series. 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. 
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