429. Harvey Kaye, Part 2

429. Part 2 of our interview with Harvey Kaye about Huey Long, FDR, and the New Deal. Harvey is an American historian and sociologist. He has written several political books including “Thomas Paine and the Promise of America”, and “The Fight for the Four Freedoms.”

He has appeared as an expert on several political news shows and podcasts including “Bill Moyers Journal” and “That’s Jacqueline”. Kaye is a Professor Emeritus of Democracy & Justice Studies and the Director of the Center for History and Social Change at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 7, 1927. Gov. Edwin Edwards born in Marksville, La., son of a sharecropper and a local midwife, a Cajun, Christian, & a Catholic.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Ursuline Nuns Arrive in New Orleans. August 7, 1727.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Film in Louisiana
   Lights. Camera. Louisiana
   With her exotic swamps and bayous, imposing plantation locations and unrivaled cityscapes, Hollywood has been casting Louisiana as a leading lady for over a century. Louisiana has long been a frontrunner in the film industry. New Orleans opened the first indoor seated theater in 1896 and when Tarzan of the Apes appeared on film (1918), Morgan City served as the jungle. More than 2,500 films have been shot in Louisiana and although you may not be familiar with Creature, Red River Ode or The Ninth, you’ve probably heard of Beasts of the Southern Wild, 12 Years a Slave, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Pelican Brief and Monster’s Ball. Explore some of the most iconic movies in history and imagine Tom Cruise, Elvis Presley, Sean Penn, John Wayne, Dolly Parton, Brad Pitt, Charlton Heston, Jack Nicholson, and Julia Roberts in those same spaces. You can explore locations for 34 movies.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Beasts of Bourbon play at the Famous Door Bar.

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