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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