595. Our old friend Derby Gisclair returns to
talk about his research into Louisiana politician and snake oil salesman
(to the degree they're different!) Dudley J. LeBlanc. "Coozan Dud" was a
moderately successful Louisiana politician and a wildly successful
salesman of Hadacol, the patent medicine. He hosted a traveling variety
show to sell the elixir he created in his bathtub with vitamins, other
ingredients, hydrochloric acid, and 12% alcohol. Join us to learn more
about this drink that's good for what ails you.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Saturday, October 5, 2024
594. Nick Douglas. Jazz, Part 2.
594. Part 2 of our interview with Nick Douglas about New Orleans jazz and civil
rights. “I am working with my filmmaking
partner Doug Harris on a documentary called the Reconnect: The
Untold History of Jazz. It is a true story about the actual
formation of jazz in the only place it could have formed: New
Orleans. But it is more it identifies for the first time New
Orleans as the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement.
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