328. Brian Salvatore, part 1.

328. Part 1 of our interview with Brian Salvatore. Brian is a chemistry professor and head of the Chemistry Department at LSU-S. He is running for the 5th District seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. His campaign platform focuses on improving education throughout the state, fair taxation policies, responding to the environmental crisis, and rebuilding the state's infrastructure.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 31, 2005. The American Red Cross announces that Hurricane Katrina has become their largest relief effort ever.
2. This week in New Orleans history. August 31 and September 1, 1969.  30,000 Attend the New Orleans Pop Festival. Two weeks after Woodstock, on Labor Day weekend of 1969's "Summer of Love", music festivals were held throughout the United States and Canada. An estimated 30,000 young people trekked to the Louisiana International Speedway in Prairieville on August 31 through September 1, 1969.  
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   September 14, 2019
   9:00 am - 3:00 pm
   Pollination Celebration
   Hammond Research Station
   21549 Old Covington Hwy.
   Hammond, LA 70403
   Come spend the day at the beautiful Hammond Research Center, where Tangipahoa Parish Master Gardeners and LSU AgCenter co-host a day filled with educational, information, and hands-on activities to all things Pollination. Come learn about Bees, Monarchs and Milkweeds, Managing Pests Safely, Insects, Mammals, and Birds as Pollinators, Pollinator Plants, Pollinators Roles in Food Production, Herb Gardening for Pollinators, Mason Bees, Planting Natives to Attract Pollinators, Hummingbird Feeder Making, Honey Tasting, Honey Cooking Demonstration, Hummingbird Banding, Capturing Pollinators in Photography and Art. Plant Sales, Crafts, Foods and so much more. $5 per vehicle for parking no other fees.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Doreen the clarinet queen.
5. Postcards from the Campaign Trail. Glen Cornell.

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327. John Bel Edwards

327. We listen to a stump speech in Shreveport by Gov. John Bell Edwards, then we replay an interview with him from 2015 during his first campaign. Gov. Edwards won an upset victory over David Vitter four years ago. Since then, he expanded health care to 480,000 working Louisianans, increased our investment in education, gave our teachers their first pay raise in a decade, and turned our budget deficit into a surplus.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 24, 1955. U.S. Appellate Court desegregated LSU undergraduate classes.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Born on October 25, 1897 to a prominent New Orleans family, Edmond Souchon II was a passionate lover of jazz and a dedicated physician. He practiced medicine at Hotel Dieu (as chief of staff), Charity, De Paul, Mercy, and Crippled Childrens Hospitals. He was a founding member of the Louisiana Surgical Association, a pioneer user of sodium pentathlon as a general anesthetic, and a life fellow of the American and the International College of Surgeons. He was a director of Pan American Life Insurance Company and the Krewe of Rex.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   September 14, 2019
   Highland Jazz & Blues Festival
   Columbia Park
   Shreveport, LA
   Enjoy live music at the always unique and funky "party in the park" with the Highland Jazz & Blues Festival. This FREE annual event features local and national jazz and blues artists, great food, and local artwork in the historic Columbia Park in Shreveport, Louisiana!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. I interview Juliet Papadopoulos from France at Afro-Cuban dance lessons at Dillard.

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326. Lamar White

326. We talk with our friend Lamar White, founder and editor of Bayou Brief. "We are Louisiana's first and only statewide, non-profit, member-supported, and digitally-focused news publication. The Bayou Brief was conceived in January of 2017 and born seven months later. We are focused on telling the stories of the politics and the people of the state of Louisiana, with a particular emphasis on those who live in communities and regions underserved by the establishment media." We discuss the Louisiana elections of 2019, from the governor's race on down.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 17, 1807. The first commercially successful steamboat travels up the Hudson River.
2. This week in New Orleans history. August 17, 1969. Hurricane Camille hit New Orleans. After passing very near southeastern Louisiana, Hurricane Camille made landfall early on August 18 in Waveland, Mississippi. Maximum wind speeds near the coastline were estimated to have been about 175 mph (282 km/h) with a pressure of 900 mbar.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   September 13-14, 2019
   The 11th Annual New Orleans Burlesque Festival
   House of Blues
   225 Decatur St.
   New Orleans, LA 70130
   The Civic Theatre
   510 O'Keefe Ave.
   New Orleans, LA 70113
   The Annual New Orleans Burlesque Festival is an international burlesque festival, known for crowning the top classic striptease dancer as the “Queen of Burlesque.” We assemble the most glamorous and eye-popping burlesque dancers in the world to perform over three nights in sultry New Orleans. Comic emcees, singers, and variety acts flesh out the shows to provide the most entertaining, classy, and risqué showcases you’ll ever see. Celebrate this classic form of adult entertainment that made Bourbon Street famous worldwide!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Spanish song on Royal St.

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325. Derby Gisclair, part 2

325 Part 2 of our interview with Derby Gisclair. about the history of sports in New Orleans. Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play. New book. In the 19th century it was called "base ball," when the most popular game in New Orleans was written about using two words. Though first considered a game for children, baseball was indeed New Orleans' most popular leisure time pursuit, and by 1859, numerous amateur baseball clubs had been established in the city. Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play traces the development of baseball in New Orleans from those earliest recorded games through the end of the 19th century, with a particular focus on the New Orleans Pelicans.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 10, 1936. Highest temperature ever recorded in Louisiana, Plain Dealing, 114° F.
2. This week in New Orleans history. August 10, 1928. Dorothy Mae Taylor was born. From 1971 through 1980, Dorothy Mae Taylor served as the first African American woman elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   August 22-25, 2019
   Duck Festival
   404 Dallas Guidry Rd
   Gueydan, LA 70542
       The first festival was held in November of 1977 and has grown considerably each year. Held originally on blocked-off streets in Gueydan, the Duck festival moved to its own grounds in 1980 when the Atlantic-Richfield Company donated 7 acres to the Gueydan Duck Festival and the Vermilion Parish Police Jury.
       Skeet shooting competition, parade, beauty pageant, outdoor cook-off, duck carving.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. The BMC Club. New Orleans.

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324 Derby Gisclair, part 1

324. Part 1 of our interview with Derby Gisclair. about the history of sports in New Orleans. Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play. New book. In the 19th century it was called "base ball," when the most popular game in New Orleans was written about using two words. Though first considered a game for children, baseball was indeed New Orleans' most popular leisure time pursuit, and by 1859, numerous amateur baseball clubs had been established in the city. Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play traces the development of baseball in New Orleans from those earliest recorded games through the end of the 19th century, with a particular focus on the New Orleans Pelicans.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 4, 1901. Allen Greene school opens in town of Grambling, will later become Grambling State Univ.
2. This week in New Orleans history. August 3, 1975. Superdome Opens. The Superdome held its official dedication ceremonies on August 3, 1975. Jazz musicians Al Hirt and Pete Fountain played for the event. 
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   August 16-20, 2019
   Shrimp Festival
   319 E. Main St.
   Delcambre, LA
   The Delcambre Shrimp Festival is home to one of the best 5-day festivals in South Louisiana. The festival has gained it's popularity by providing a variety of delicious dishes and top notch entertainment including National Recording Artists. Enjoy signature shrimp dishes like boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, shrimp sauce piquante, shrimp salad and many more. Each and every shrimp dish consumed at the festival is prepared by volunteer members of the festival association.
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Blueberry Hill

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