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, October 3, 2025
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.
Thursday, September 4, 2025
642. Roxanne Harde, Part 1.
642. Part 1 of our conversation with Roxanne Harde about the Tremé television 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.
Friday, August 29, 2025
641. Josh Neufeld, Part 2
Part
2 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.
Friday, August 22, 2025
640. Josh Neufeld, Part 1
640. Bruce's son Kerr joins us for part 1 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 experience the chaos
of the Superdome; the Doctor, whose unscathed French Quarter
home becomes a refuge for those not so lucky; Abbas and his
friend Mansell, who face the storm from the roof of Abbas’s
family-run market; Kwame, a pastor’s son whose young life will
remain wildly unsettled well into the future; and Leo, a
comic-book fan, and his girlfriend, Michelle, who will lose
everything but each other.”
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