Friday, June 13, 2025
630. Thomas Patterson on Huey Long, Part 1
630. Part 1 of Thomas Patterson joining us to discuss his new book, American Populist: Huey Long of Louisiana. "Thomas E. Patterson’s monumental biography of Huey Long is a profound reevaluation of his life and legacy, recognizing him as an inspirational progressive thinker, populist hero, and radical influence on the New Deal. Long transformed the politics of Louisiana by standing for the interests of citizens whom state officials had historically ignored. He eased suffrage restrictions so that more people could vote, and voters endorsed his program of more robust government services and shifting the tax burden to those better able to pay.
Friday, June 6, 2025
629. Chad Adams
629. Chad Adams returns to the podcast to discuss his new novella, Rapacity.
“A desolate young girl finds
herself trapped in rising floodwaters after her little brother
is tragically killed in a hit and run accident during a
catastrophic hurricane. As she and her mother fight to
overcome their grief and the wrath of the storm, her faceless
assailant sits out of harm's way with callous disregard for
their struggles.”
Friday, May 30, 2025
628. Anniversary episode with Ed Branley
628. Anniversary episode. It's the 13th anniversary for the Anthology, and the 12th for the Podcast. Ed Branley visits again to discuss our accomplishments and his over the past year. Here are some new additions to our Anthology over recent months:
- The Axman. Letter to the Times Picayune from a serial killer who was never caught.
- James Fenimore Cooper. The Prairie. A novel set in the Louisiana Purchase during the territorial days.
- Dabney. The Industrial Canal.
- Dorothy Day. Newspaper articles and The Eleventh Virgin.
- David Ervin. A Frozen Solution. He tells the story of how he created the drive-thru daiquiri stand in Lafayette.
- Louise Hicks. “Women and the Code Napoléon.”
- Huey P. Long. Share Our Wealth pamphlet.
- H. P. Lovecraft. The Call of Cthulhu. A tale of chilling horror beginning in a Louisiana swamp.
- Keith Plessy et al. “Grant of Posthumous Clemency to Homer Plessy.”
- Emma Southworth. India: The Pearl of Pearl River. A novel set in the antebellum South.
Friday, May 23, 2025
627. Kelly Jackson.
627. We interview Kelly Jackson, founder of the Cane River Film Festival. Natchitoches has a long and intimate history with American cinema. The Cane River film festival represents the latest chapter in that history. We are as diverse as the community that we represent. Our mission is to showcase, nurture, and support the emerging creative student and independent filmmakers stories about and or filmed in Louisiana. We want to share their films with an audience, seek opportunities for distribution and celebrate their achievement in telling their story that they want to tell. The Cane River film festival is not just a film festival — it's an experience.
Friday, May 16, 2025
626. Gabrielle Perry, Part 2
626. Part 2 of our interview with Gabrielle Perry. Gabrielle Angelique
Perry, MPH, B.S. is a public health specialist. She's also the
founder and executive director of The Thurman Perry Foundation,
an award-winning Louisiana-based nonprofit operating nationally
with a mission of aiding women and girls impacted by
incarceration. Ms. Perry’s organization has awarded tens of
thousands of dollars in scholarships to currently incarcerated
women, formerly incarcerated women, and the daughters of both
demographics via her educational program, The Perry Second
Chances Scholarship, which is reflective of her experiences as a
woman impacted by incarceration who sought to achieve her own
education.
Friday, May 9, 2025
625. Gabrielle Perry
625. Part 1 of our interview with Gabrielle Perry. Gabrielle Angelique
Perry, MPH, B.S., is a public health specialist. She's also the
founder and executive director of The Thurman Perry Foundation,
an award-winning Louisiana-based nonprofit operating nationally
with a mission of aiding women and girls impacted by
incarceration. Ms. Perry’s organization has awarded tens of
thousands of dollars in scholarships to currently incarcerated
women, formerly incarcerated women, and the daughters of both
demographics via her educational program.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
624. Lafayette's visit to New Orleans, part 2
624. Part 2 of Ed Branley's return to the porch to talk about the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de
Lafayette's visit to America in 1825. Fifty years after the
Revolutionary War, Lafayette returned for a triumphant tour of the
United States. Nowhere was he more welcome than in his visit to
Louisiana. Ed is a volunteer docent at the Cabildo Museum in Jackson
Square, and the Museum has a fantastic eshibit commemorating the
occasion.
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