32. Interview with Novelist Andre Rome

32. We interview Andre Rome. He has published his first novel, Hallowed Be Thy Name.  After Maria and Joey are trapped on their roof for several days after a hurricane, a boat mysteriously washes up to their rescue. They are shocked when they miraculously find an abandoned baby in the boat. Their lives take a dangerous turn for the worse when their miracle baby becomes the target of assassins determined to eliminate the threat that he may pose to all organized religions.

1. This week in Louisiana history. Dec. 28 1862. (Old) State Capitol burned by Union Soldiers
2. This week in Louisiana.  
   December 27, 2013 - December 28, 2013
   Creole Christmas
   523 St. Ann Street
   New Orleans, LA 70116
   504-524-9118
        Guests take a self-guided tour of 5 homes in the French Quarter decorated in the Creole Christmas Style. At the final home, Spring Fiesta House, their is a presentation on Christmas during the 19th century. Refreshments are provided. Tours are family friendly and all money raised goes to the Friends of the Cabildo, support organization for the Louisiana State Museum.

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31. Interview with poet David Middleton

31.  We interview Louisiana poet David Middleton.  Dr. Middleton grew up in North Louisiana, and our interview focuses on his poems that reflect those experiences. Middleton is professor emeritus from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, where he served as professor of English, Poet-in-Residence, Distinguished Service Professor, Alcee Fortier Distinguished Professor, and head of the Department of Languages and Literature.  He has published the books The Burning Fields, As Far as Light Remains, and The Habitual Peacefulness of Gruchy. His poems have appeared in The Southern Review, The Sewanee Review, Louisiana Literature, The Lyric, and elsewhere.

1. This week in Louisiana history.  Dec. 25, 1861. The Trent affair ends with release of Commissioners Mason & Slidell to the British (see Nov. 8, 1861 - Confederate Commissioners James Mason & John Slidell are seized by union navy ship USS San Jacinto off the British ship "Trent" on high seas in
   violation of international law. )
2. This week in Louisiana.
   December 20, 2013 - January 2, 2014
   Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit "The Way We Worked"
   Downtown Minden
   Minden, LA 71055
   318-371-4258
   The exhibit is sponsored by the Louisiana Endowment for the
   Humanities.

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30. Grandissimes. George Washington Cable.

30.  We discuss The Grandissimes, by George Washington Cable.  Perhaps Cable's best-known work, The Grandissimes is set in New Orleans at the time of the Louisiana Purchase.  Travel back to a time of duels, gambling, masked balls, voudou, Papa Lébat, plaçage, corsairs, and, of course, yellow fever.

1. This week in Louisiana history. Dec. 15 1802. Pres. Jefferson, worried of French takeover of Louisiana, seeks to purchase Isle of Orleans.
2. This week in Louisiana.
   Yuletide on the Bayou
   December 14, 2013
   337-369-2330
   102 W. Main Street
   New Iberia, LA 70560
   Gingerbread House Competition among Girl Scouts Pine to the Gulf

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29. All the King's Men. Robert Penn Warren.

29. Our discussion of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men.  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1947, it was made into movies of the same title in 1949 and 2006.  This novel is one of the most important of the 20th century, and it introduces the character of Willie Stark, a fictionalized version of Huey Long.

1. This week in Louisiana history. Dec. 8 1872. P. B. S. Pinchback, 24th Governor of Louisiana. Pinchback made history by becoming the first African-American governor in American history.
   
2. This week in Louisiana.
       December 5, 2013 - December 8, 2013
   Christmas Belles
   Dixie Center for the Arts
   Ruston, LA 71270
   318-255-1450
         A church Christmas program spins hilariously out of control in this Southern farce about squabbling sisters, family secrets, a surly Santa, a vengeful sheep and a reluctant Elvis impersonator. It's Christmas-time in the small town of Fayro, Texas, and the Futrelle Sisters-Frankie, Twink and Honey Raye-are not exactly in a festive mood. Their hilarious holiday journey through a misadventure-filled Christmas Eve is guaranteed to bring joy to your world!
        General Admission Ticket prices at the door are $12 adults $6 students.

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28. Interview with Jennifer Reeser about The LaLaurie Horror, Part II.

28. Part II of our interview of Jennifer Reeser, author of The LaLaurie Horror. It's been a good year for Madame Delphine LaLaurie.  This infamous lady was perhaps the United States' first serial killer, running her own house of horrors in old New Orleans.  Now Jennifer Reeser has written an epic about Madame LaLaurie in the style of Dante's Inferno.  Oh, and by the way, Kathy Bates is currently playing Madame LaLaurie in American Horror Story: Coven. It's a really good year for Madame LaLaurie.

1. This week in Louisiana history. Nov. 23 1794. St. Louis
   Cathedral dedicated.
2. This week in Louisiana.
   November 23, 2013
   Turn on the Holidays
   780 Front Street
   Natchitoches, LA 71457
   800-259-1714
   A Louisiana Main to Main Event with children's activities,  entertainment, fireworks and more. There will also be the opening night ceremony where over 300,000 Christmas bulbs and 100+ riverbank set pieces are turned on.  Free admission on the downtown riverbank.

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27. Interview with Jennifer Reeser about The LaLaurie Horror

27.  We interview Jennifer Reeser, author of The LaLaurie Horror.  It's been a good year for Madame Delphine LaLaurie.  This infamous lady was perhaps the United States' first serial killer, running her own house of horrors in old New Orleans.  Now Jennifer Reeser has written an epic about Madame LaLaurie in the style of Dante's Inferno.  Oh, and by the way, Kathy Bates is currently playing Madame LaLaurie in American Horror Story: Coven. It's a really good year for Madame LaLaurie.

1. This week in Louisiana history. Nov. 30 1791. Gov. Carondelet takes control of Louisiana
2. This week in Louisiana.
   Noel Acadien au Village Every day From November 30, 2013 until December 23, 2013
   200 Greenleaf Drive
   Lafayette, LA 70506
   337-981-2364
          Noel Acadien au Village is the largest Christmas festival in Louisiana and features half-a-million lights, including the fully lit 19th century Acadian Chapel, themed Acadian home porches, and lighted holiday displays, live entertainment, carnival rides, local cuisine, photos with Santa, holiday shopping, and more. New displays this year include the Gingerbread House, LED-lighted Chapel, along with Papa Noel in a Pirogue, Tunnel of Lights, and Floating Christmas Trees on the Bayou.
          The event is open nightly from 5:30-9:00 pm (weather permitting). Advance tickets are available for $7 each at Acadiana Shop-Rite stores and $9 at the gate; children 4 and under are free. The full entertainment and nightly promotion schedule can be found on our website in late November.

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26. Interview with Dr. Phil Cook, Sr., about North Louisiana History, Conclusion

26.  We conclude our interview with retired Tech professor Dr. Phil Cook about the settling of North Louisiana.  Dr. Cook is a specialist in North Louisiana History.  The population of North Louisiana was quite different as settlers moved in from areal like Georgia, the Carolinas, and other English-speaking Protestant areas.

1. This week in Louisiana history. Nov. 16 1935. Huey P. Long Bridge at New Orleans dedicated
2. This week in Louisiana.
   November 16, 2013
   El Festival Espanol de Nueva Iberia
   Bouligny Plaza
   102 W Main St
   New Iberia, LA 70560
   337-369-2330
   337-356-6826 | Fax: 337-373-3180
   Amenities
   Celebrating New Iberia's Spanish roots with "Dave Robicheaux Running of the Bulls" 5K race, re-enactment of the arrival of the Spanish on Bayou Teche, paella/jambalaya cook-off, fais-do-do at the Pavilion, food demonstrations, original Spanish family genealogy, guest lectures, exhibits, the Downtown Art Walk featuring a Spanish artist and more. 

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25. Interview with Dr. Phil Cook, Sr., about North Louisiana History

25.  Bruce and Steve interview retired Tech professor Dr. Phil Cook about the settling of North Louisiana.  Dr. Cook is a specialist in North Louisiana History.  The population of North Louisiana was quite different as settlers moved in from areal like Georgia, the Carolinas, and other English-speaking Protestant areas.

1. This week in Louisiana history. November 9 1862. Gen. Butler
   declares all property of disloyal citizens of Lafourche Parish
   to be confiscated.
2. This week in Louisiana. Nov. 10, 2013
   Modern South Music Fest. 
   The Avett Brothers, Wade Bowen, Charlie Worsham.
   St. Francisville, LA

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24. Kate Chopin. "The 'Cadian Ball" and "The Storm."

24.  Bruce & Steve discuss author Kate Chopin's short stories "At the 'Cadian Ball" and "The Storm." "The Storm" is a sequel to the other story, but was so controversial that it was not published during Chopin's lifetime or for many decades thereafter.  In these stories, Chopin gives us dancing, mosquitoes, a slap fight at church, trembling prairies, a love quadrangle, a cyclone, two marriages, adultery, a Louisiana thunderstorm, and shrimps.  You get all the spice of a great Louisiana gumbo with none of the calories.

1. This week in Louisiana history. November, 2 1762. Treaty of
   Fontainbleau signed, Louisiana ceded to Spain from France.
2. This week in Louisiana.
   21st Annual Holy Ghost Creole Bazaar
   November 1-3, 2013
   788 North Union St.
   Opelousas, LA 70570
   (337) 942-2732 | (877) 948-8004

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23. Discussion of Catharine Cole's Journalism

23.  We discuss the career and writing of Catharine Cole (Martha Fields' pen name), Louisiana's most prominent female journalist of the 19th. Century.  She visited every parish in the state and published her accounts in the New Orleans Picayune.  If you want to learn more about her and the Louisiana she explored, read Louisiana Voyages: The Travel Writings of Catharine Cole, edited by Joan and Jack McLaughlin.

1. This week in Louisiana history. October 28, 1768. Joseph Villere led a band of Frenchmen to overthrow Spanish Gov. Ulloa.
2. This week in Louisiana.
   The Book of Mormon
   October 15, 2013 - October 27, 2013
   Saenger Theatre
   1111 Canal St.
   New Orleans, LA 70122
3. This week in media
1. 12 Year a Slave premier in New Orleans
2. The LaLaurie Horror. By Jennifer Reeser.
3. American Horror Story: Coven.  Set in New Orleans.  Madame LaLaurie makes a comeback.

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22. Interview with Sim Shattuck about his Life and Novels.

22. We interview Sim Shattuck about his life and novels. Sim was born in Decatur, Georgia, has lived in Baton Rouge, Dallas, and New York City, although most of his growing years were in Northern Virginia, where he graduated from George Mason University in 1972. He earned his Ph.D. in English from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1997. He retired from teaching English at Louisiana Tech University and is currently living in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.  He has written the following novels:

1. Yarilo's Dance
2. Krewe of Hecate
3. Basilisk
4. Pleasant Hurricanes 

1. This week in Louisiana history. October 19, 1803.  Louisiana Purchase Treaty ratified by senate by a vote of 24-7.
2. This week in Louisiana.  
   Mary, Queen of Peace Pumpkin Patch
   7738 Barksdale Blvd.
   Bossier City, LA 71112

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21. Interview with Dr. Christina Vella about the Baroness de Pontalba: Part II.

21. We conclude our interview with Dr. Christina Vella about Micaela Leonarda Antonia Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba (November 6, 1795 - April 20, 1874).  Dr. Vella has written a major biography of the Baroness entitled Intimate Enemies; it is the first biography to be thoroughly researched with primary documents from both Louisiana and France. If you haven't heard the Baroness' fascinating story yet, you have felt her influence.  Perhaps the most iconic location in Louisiana is Jackson Square; she and her father we commissioned all the buildings around the square.  First, the Baroness had to endure years of domestic abuse, survive an attempt on her life, and set a legal precedent for getting a separation as a recourse for an abusive marriage.  Join us for part 2 of our interview.

1. This week in Louisiana history.  October 13, 1931. Lt. Gov. Cyr takes oath of office "since Huey Long is now a senator." 
   
2. This week in Louisiana.
   Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, 7:00 pm
   Abyssinian Mass
   Wynton Marsalis & The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
   Saenger Theatre
   1111 Canal St.
   New Orleans, LA 70122

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20. Interview with Dr. Christina Vella about the Baroness de Pontalba.

20.  We interview Dr. Christina Vella about Micaela Leonarda Antonia Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba (November 6, 1795 - April 20, 1874).  If you haven't heard her fascinating story yet, you do know her work.  Perhaps the most iconic location in Louisiana is Jackson Square; she and her father we commissioned all the buildings around the square.  First, the Baroness had to endure years of domestic abuse, survive an attempt on her life, and set a legal precedent for getting a separation as a recourse for an abusive marriage.  Join us for part 1 of our interview.

1. This week in Louisiana history.  October 8, 1769. O'Reilly restricted N.O. to only twelve taverns.
2. This week in Louisiana.
   Angola Prison Rodeo
   Every Sunday in October
   End of Highway 66, approximately twenty-two miles northwest of the town of
   St. Francisville, LA

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19. Interview with Norm Marmillion about Laura Plantation.

19.  We interview Norm Marmillion about Laura Plantation. His wife Sand Marmillion drops by to say, "Hi."  We talk about the history of the plantation and their efforts to restore it.  We also talk about the Compair Lapin folktales collected there by Alcee Fortier over 100 years ago.  This is part of Bruce and Steve's road trip to the New Orleans region, and we leave our virtual porch for the actual porch of Laura Plantation.

1. This week in Louisiana history.  September 28 1868. The Opelousas Massacre occurred in Louisiana in which an estimated 200 to 300 black Americans were killed.
2. This week in Louisiana.
   LA Tech vs Army
   Cotton Bowl
   Dallas TX 75210
   September 28, 2013
   (214) 939-2222

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18. Interview with Minkoya Whitaker about Marie Laveau.

18. We interview Minkoya Whitaker about Marie Laveau, voodoo queen of New Orleans.

1. This week in Louisiana history. September 22, 1915. Xavier University, first Black Catholic College in US, opened in New Orleans, LA.
2. This week in Louisiana. Great Southern Fall Bluegrass Event
   Every day From September 26, 2013 until September 28, 2013
   985-516-4680
   30338 Hwy 21, Angie, LA 70426
   The annual Fall Great Southern Bluegrass Event will be held Thursday, September 26 through Saturday, September 28 at 30338 Highway 21 in Angie.

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17. Carl Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Part II.

17. We finish discussing the 1825-1826 visit to America of Carl Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Bernhard, a hero of the Battle of Waterloo, was a Prussian officer who fought with the British against Napoleon.  As a popular, powerful aristocrat, Bernhard was given the red carpet treatment throughout his travels.  We discuss his adventures in New Orleans, Louisiana, and on the Mississippi River, and his observations of the early American republic.  He was a keen observer of life in general, and the military in particular. The hero of Waterloo gives a vivid account of the Battle of New Orleans, possibly the first one many in his original European audience had read.

1. This week in Louisiana:
   5th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference, “Preserving Louisiana” Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Presentation about the Louisiana Anthology by Bruce & Steven.  Sept 21, 2:00-3:15 Performing Arts Building 207.  Admission is free.  Come for the presentation, stay for the meat pies!
   Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival
   September 20, 2013 - September 21, 2013
   Website | 318-352-8072, 800-259-1714
   781 Front Street, Natchitoches, LA 71457
   Celebrate our famous meat pies with music, eating contests and lotta' hotta' meat pies on the downtown riverbank in downtown historic district. Admission is free.
   
2. This week in Louisiana history -  English Turn  So named because in this bend, September 15, 1699, Bienville, coming downstream, met the British who had come up river to choose site for a settlement. Bienville convinced Captain Lewis Banks that the territory was in possession of the French. Early concessions were established in the vicinity.

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16. Carl Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

16. We discuss the 1825-1826 visit to America of Carl Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Bernhard, a hero of the Battle of Waterloo, was a Prussian officer who fought with the British against Napoleon.  As a popular, powerful aristocrat, Bernhard was given the red carpet treatment throughout his travels.  We discuss his adventures in New Orleans, Louisiana, and on the Mississippi River, and his observations of the early American republic.  He was a keen observer of life in general, and the military in particular. The hero of Waterloo gives a vivid account of the Battle of New Orleans, possibly the first one many in his original European audience had read.

1. This week in Louisiana history. September 6, 1717 John Law's Company of the West chartered
2. This week in Louisiana. Sept 13-14, 2013  11th Annual Lydia Cancer Cajun Food Fest Carnival rides, food, and music, all to raise money for a great cause.
   September 13 & 14, 2013
   4412 Weeks Park Rd
   Lydia, LA 70538
   337-519-3131 | 337-230-6730

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15. Wiley Hilburn, Ruston journalist.

15.  We interview Wiley Hilburn, Ruston native and North Louisiana journalist.  We talk to Wiley about his career and north Louisiana history.

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14. Gov. Earl K. Long.

14.  We discuss Gov. Earl K. Long's life and work.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 24 1955. U.S. Appellate Court desegregated LSU undergraduate classes.
2. This week in Louisiana. Southern Decadence 2013.  August 28-September 2, 2013.  Gay festival in the French Quarter. 

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13. Frank Eakin Interview, Part II. Interview with Louis Gossett, Jr.

13.  Frank Eakin Interview, Part II.  Interview with Louis Gossett, Jr.  The second part of our interview with Frank Eakin, whose mother Dr. Sue Eakin rediscovered and republished Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup. We discuss her work, the upcoming movie version of the book, and the audiobook.  Also we have an interview with Louis Gossett, Jr. about the release of the Audiobook version he recorded.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 18 1769 O'Reilly arrives in N.O. with 24 ships and 2,600 Spanish troops to take possession of Louisiana for Spain. Topic covered in The Martyr Patriots by T. Wharton Collens.
   
2. This week in Louisiana. August 22-25, 2013. Duck Festival.  Highway 14, Gueydan, LA

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12. Frank Eakin Interview, Part 1.

12.  Frank Eakin interview.  We interviewed Frank Eakin, whose mother Dr. Sue Eakin rediscovered and republished Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup. We discuss her work, the upcoming movie version of the book, and the release of the Audiobook version as delivered by Louis Gossett, Jr.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 16 1814 US gunboats attack Barataria, destroying all ships and pirate contraband.
   
2. This week in Louisiana. August 14-18,  2013.  Delcambre Shrimp Festival.  401 Richard St., Delcambre, LA
   
3. Interview with Frank Eakin, Part I.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCUltykfPYQ Modern human trafficking compared to Twelve Years A Slave.
• http://www.freedomcenter.org/journey-to-freedom/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j56M-35JAw  interview with Sue Eakin.

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11. Larry Foreman Interview.

11. Larry Foreman interview.  We interview Larry Foreman, the Head of Genealogy/Special Collections at the Ouachita Parish Library, and discuss the history of Ouachita Parish, Ft. Miro, Monroe, and West Monroe. 

1. This week in Louisiana history.  August 6, 1727 Ursuline nuns arrive in New Orleans and begin a school for girls.
2. This week in Louisiana.  Red Dress Run. Saturday, Aug. 10. 9:30-5:00. At Congo Square. Sponsored by New Orleans Hash House Harriers.  Beer starts 9:30. Run starts at 11:00.  Entertainment after.  Must be 21 & wear a red dress.  

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10. John James Audubon

10.  The life and work of John James Audubon (Jean-Jacques Audubon) (1785 – 1851).  The Louisiana Anthology has posted the Journals of Audubon.  His journals are very entertaining, and parts of them may even be true.

1. This week in Louisiana history.  July 28, 1812 La. Gen. Assembly meets to elect first state gov., Claiborne. July 30 1812 William Charles Cole Claiborne becomes the 1st Governor of Louisiana
2. This week in Louisiana.   Satchmo Summer Fest.  Music all weekend on festival stages featuring traditional jazz, contemporary jazz, brass bands & children's programming. 

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9. Swamp Dr. by Madison Tensas

9. We discuss the book Odd Leaves from the Life of a Louisiana "Swamp Doctor," by Madison Tensas (Henry Clay Lewis).  Tensas gives us a look at life on the Louisiana frontier in the middle of the 19th century.

1. This week in Louisiana history.  July 21 1920 First Airmail delivery in South, Shreveport to Homer.
2. This week in Louisiana.    Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo.  Established in 1928.  The oldest fishing tournament in the United States.

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8. Gypsy (Kristina Robinson) Interview, Part 2

8.  Part 2 of our interview with Gypsy, aka Kristina Robinson.  Kristina reads some of her works for us and discusses their meaning.

1. This week in Louisiana history.  July 18 1714 St. Denis arrives at San Jaun Bautista on the Rio Grand.
2. This week in Louisiana.  July 13 - July 21, The King and I. Ruston Community Theatre.

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7. Gypsy (Kristina Robinson) Interview

7.  The first part of our interview with Kristina Robinson, whose pen name is Gypsy. Kristina is a writer and blogger in New Orleans who writes about her life and times. She has belonged to the Melanated Writers Collective and describes herself as "A Lover and a Fighter...A Mother and a Writer...A Non-Conformist in a world of Little Boxes."  Her interests are: "Social justice, and resistance, international politics and secondlines. Powwows and parades..."

• This week in Louisiana history  July 4, 1900 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, trumpet king, born.  July 6, 1971 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong died.
• This week in Louisiana.  San Fermin In Nueva Orleans 900 block of Convention Center Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70130 Website. Description: Three days of food, music and entertainment, centering on July 14th homage to the bull running in Pamplona, Spain, in which the Big Easy RollerGirls pursue runners with plastic bats and horned helmets.
  San Fermin In Nueva Orleans
  900 block of Convention Center Blvd.
  New Orleans, LA 70130
  Website

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6. The Vieux Carre Gourmet

6. We interview Dr. Jerry Fontenot, owner of the Vieux Carre Gourmet.  Join us as we talk about his history and his vision from bringing his hometown cuisine to Monroe.
Vieux Carré Gourmet.
1623 N. 18th St.
Monroe, LA 71201
(318) 388-2228
http://www.vieuxcarregourmet.com/

Seared Fish

• Pan sear fillets of fresh fish
• Cook in oven preheated to 400 degrees 5-6 minutes
• Deglaze pan with wine. 
  
• Add capers, lemon, butter
• Pour over fish

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5. Evangeline

5. We discuss Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This epic sets love story of Evangeline and Gabriel against the backdrop of the Acadians' expulsion from Nova Scotia and migration to Louisiana.

Some places named for Evangeline.
Evangeline Trace Apartments
2 Evangeline Baptist Churches. Maybe they didn't actually read the poem.
Evangeline Construction Company
2 Evangeline Bar & Lounges
Evangeline Optical
Evangeline Theater
Evangeline Exxon
Evangeline Veterinary Clinic
Evangeline Downs Racetrack
Evangeline State Bank
Evangeline Coca Cola Bottling Company
Evangeline Head Start
Evangeline Elementary School
Evangeline Nursing Home
Evangeline Funeral Home
Evangeline Memorial Park
Evangeline Storage Shed
Evangeline Floors and Interiors
Evangeline Custom Drapes
Evangeline Farmers' Co-op

• This week in Louisiana History: June 23 1813 - Records show W.C.C. Claiborne used pelican and motto as state seal for first time. 
• This week in Louisiana: 67th Annual Erath 4th of July Celebration  June 22- July 4th.

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4. Regions of Louisiana

4. The regions of Louisiana. We talk about the major geographic and social areas of the state. We also discuss the settlement patterns as people moved up the waterways and out from there. Also announcing the addition of "Alix de Morainville" by George Washington Cable to the Louisiana Anthology.

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3. "Posson Jone'" Discussion, Part 2.

3. We discuss the second half of "Posson Jone'" by George Washington Cable. More at the Louisiana Anthology.

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2. "Posson Jone'" Discussion, Part 1.

2.  We discuss the first half of "Posson Jone'" by George Washington Cable.  This week in Louisiana: New Orleans turned 295 years old May 7, 2013. It was founded on May 7, 1718.  More at the Louisiana Anthology. Information about West Florida.  Information about Congo Square.

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1. Introduction to the Louisiana Anthology Podcast.

Introduction to the Louisiana Anthology Podcast.

This is our first podcast for the Louisiana Anthology.  In it we discuss the ideas behind the Anthology itself, and what we have put in it so far.

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