178. Dr. William Green

178. We interview Dr. William Green. author of Doc, Did I Wake You Up? Do you ever wonder what a day or night in the life of a rural veterinarian might be like? In his book, Dr. Green tells stories about animals, their owners, and other unique characters that he encountered in his years of veterinary practice. You almost feel that you were present when the events took place. Animal lovers will enjoy the heartwarming stories, the humorous stories, and the almost unbelievable true stories about animals and their caretakers. Dr. Green talks about treating cats, dogs, and cows during the daytime and then skunks, horses, or elephants at night. Each day brought something different-most of which was unplanned. Needless to say, days and nights were long, and sleep came at a premium. When he did get a chance to rest he dreaded that middle of the night phone call that began with, "Doc, did I wake you up?" Dr. Green was a veternarian there in the small rural community of Dubach, LA, for 27 years. Since the mid 90's, he's been at Louisiana Tech as a professor and now as the director of the School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry.

1. This week in Louisiana history. October 15, 1802. Spanish king Charles IV ordered retrocession of Louisiana from Spain to France.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Nicolas-Ignace de Beaubois (October 15, 1689 – January 13, 1770) was a French Jesuit priest and missionary who joined the Canadian mission in Quebec in 1719. He obtained authorization for the Jesuits to open a house in New Orleans and to have a plantation near the city for supplementing their operation. Beaubois also arranged to have Ursuline nuns funded to establish a girls’ school in New Orleans. This became the first girls' school in the Mississippi valley, and it's still in operation today.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Blackpot Camp
   October 23rd, 2016 - October 27th, 2016
   Lakeview Park & Beach
   1717 Veterans Memorial Hwy,
   Eunice, LA 70535
   337-457-2881
   http://www.blackpotcamp.com/
   Lakeview Park & Beach
   This music camp provides an outlet for people to learn Cajun and other music from their favorite musicians, including hosts The Revelers and friends, along with artists performing at the Black Pot Festival. This year's lessons include a melting pot of activities including Cajun fiddle, accordion, guitar, Old time banjo, Swing jazz, & songwriting. Participants will also try their hand in Cajun cuisine taught by local cooks in a hands-on environment. Enjoy a loose, festive atmosphere that encourages extracurricular jamming and sharing of experiences among campers from all places and backgrounds. If you've never tried to Cajun or Square Dance, now is the time to take your cue from experienced instructors. All of the activities are in the spirit of fun! Create unforgettable memories with interactive experiences amongst other lovers of Cajun and roots music (including folks who don't play music at all!). After the preparations of Blackpot Camp, attend the Blackpot Festival October 30-31 at Acadian Village in Lafayette.

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177. Tison Pugh interview, part 2

177. Part 2 of our interview with Tison Pugh. Tison is a professor of English at the University of Central Florida. His books include Precious Perversions: Humor, Homosexuality, and the Southern Literary Canon, Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies and Queer Chivalry: Medievalism and the Myth of White Masculinity in Southern Literature. Pugh reveals long-overlooked or discounted aspects of gay humor within the South’s literary realm. Noting, for example, that Tennessee Williams is revered as a dramatist who probes the heart of the human condition rather than for his submerged camp humor, and that Truman Capote’s comic cinema and literature never eclipsed his serious works, Pugh establishes that mainstream and academic criticism have traditionally ignored queer humor. Likewise, Florence King and Rita Mae Brown wrote defining narratives of southern lesbian experience in, respectively, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady and Rubyfruit Jungle, yet, according to Pugh, they are almost entirely neglected in accounts of the literary South.

1. This week in Louisiana history. October 8, 1769. O'Reilly restricted N.O. to only twelve taverns.
2. This week in New Orleans history. October 8, 1995. The  International Motor Sports Association Grand Prix du Mardi Gras GTS-2 street race was run on the 1.43-mile circuit around the Louisiana Superdome. The winner of the 41.47 miles/29 lap race was Bill Auberlen with Kevin Buckler and Jorge Trejos finishing 2nd and 3rd.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Festivals Acadiens et Creoles
   October 13th, 2016 - October 16th, 2016
   Girard Park
   500 Girard Park,
   Lafayette, LA 70503
   800-346-1958
   http://www.festivalsacadiens.com/
   Festivals Acadiens et Creoles started in 1972 as an effort to keep Cajun culture alive. Since then it has grown into a three day event that attracts people of many different nationalities from all over the world. Whether you're amongst the young or the young at heart, you can bet that Festivals Acadiens has something that will tickle your fancy. Come join us for good music, good food, and good times!

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176. Tison Pugh, part 1

176. Tison Pugh interview, part 1. Tison is professor of English at the University of Central Florida. His books include Precious Perversions: Humor, Homosexuality, and the Southern Literary Canon, Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies and Queer Chivalry: Medievalism and the Myth of White Masculinity in Southern Literature. Pugh reveals long-overlooked or discounted aspects of gay humor within the South’s literary realm. Noting, for example, that Tennessee Williams is revered as a dramatist who probes the heart of the human condition rather than for his submerged camp humor, and that Truman Capote’s comic cinema and literature never eclipsed his serious works, Pugh establishes that mainstream and academic criticism have traditionally ignored queer humor. Likewise, Florence King and Rita Mae Brown wrote defining narratives of southern lesbian experience in, respectively, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady and Rubyfruit Jungle, yet, according to Pugh, they are almost entirely neglected in accounts of the literary South.

1. This week in Louisiana history. October 1, 1800. Treaty of San Ildefonso provides for Spanish cession of Louisiana to France giving Napoleon Louisiana from Spain.
2. This week in New Orleans history. On October 1, 1811, the first steamboat reached New Orleans by way of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Named The New Orleans it left from Pittsburgh, carried a crew of nine, four servants, a dog, and Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Roosevelt,and arrived in the city 13 days later.  Roosevelt was an inventor, a major investor in Upstate New York land, and a great-grand uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.  His primary invention was to introduce vertical paddle wheels and he had worked with Robert Fulton in their development.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Ascension Hot Air Balloon Festival
   September 23rd, 2016 - September 24th, 2016
   Lamar Dixon Expo Center
   9039 S St. Landry Ave, Gonzales, LA 70737
   225-675-6550
   Website
   Lamar Dixon Expo Center
   The Ascension Hot Air Balloon Festival is hosted at Lamar Dixon Expo Center right in the heart of Ascension Parish. This festival combines hot air balloons, entertainment, music, food, fun and surprises. Families can enjoy a weekend jam packed with fun for all ages.
4. Postcard from New Orleans
   Grandpa Elliott

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175. Welton Gaddy, part 2

175.  Part 2 of our interview with Welton Gaddy.  The Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy hosts the State of Belief podcast.  He is also the retired president of Interfaith Alliance, a national, non-partisan grassroots organization that celebrates religious freedom by championing individual rights, promoting policies that protect both religion and democracy, and uniting diverse voices to challenge extremism. Dr. Gaddy currently serves as the Pastor for Preaching and Worship at Northminster (Baptist) Church in Monroe, Louisiana, and he is the author of over 20 books addressing religion in American life. 

1. This week in Louisiana history. September 27, 1902. New Orleans streetcar employees strike for 8-hr days and 25 cent per hr. minimum wage.
2. This week in New Orleans history.  September 24, 1981. Dr. Edward William Alton Ochsner dies. Born in Born, Kimball, South Dakota on May 4, 1896, Edward William Alton Ochsner came to New Orleans to practice as a professor of Surgery, Tulane University in 1927 -- a position he held until  1961.  One of the first to identify cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer and heart disease, he was one of the founders and director of surgery of Ochsner Clinic and Ochsner Foundation Hospital from 1942 to 1966.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Tierce: Artists of Louisiana Francophone Cultures
   Sept. 24th, 2016 - November 19th, 2016
   Alexandria Museum of Art
   933 Second Street,
   Alexandria, LA 71301
   318-443-3458
   Website
   
4. Postcard from New Orleans
   Royal St. Duet.

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174. Welton Gaddy, part 1

174. Part 1 of our interview with Welton Gaddy.  The Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy hosts the State of Belief podcast.  He is also the retired president of Interfaith Alliance, a national, non-partisan grassroots organization that celebrates religious freedom by championing individual rights, promoting policies that protect both religion and democracy, and uniting diverse voices to challenge extremism. Dr. Gaddy currently serves as the Pastor for Preaching and Worship at Northminster (Baptist) Church in Monroe, Louisiana, and he is the author of over 20 books addressing religion in American life.

1. This week in Louisiana history. September 17, 1712. Antoine Crozat receives royal charter giving exclusive trading rights to Louisiana.
2. This week in New Orleans history. September 17, 1902.  Louis Nelson was born on September 17, 1902 at 1419-21 Touro Street.  During the 1920s, he played with Buddy Petit, Kid Rena, and Kid Harris' Dixieland Band.  During the late 1920s he joined the Sidney Desvigne Orchestra. which played for white audiences at the New Orleans Country Club and the Southern Yacht Club. During the Depression, he became first chair in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) band.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Ascension Hot Air Balloon Festival
   September 23rd, 2016 - September 24th, 2016
   Lamar Dixon Expo Center
   9039 S St. Landry Ave, Gonzales, LA 70737
   225-675-6550
   Website
   Lamar Dixon Expo Center
   The Ascension Hot Air Balloon Festival is hosted at Lamar Dixon Expo Center right in the heart of Ascension Parish. This festival combines hot air balloons, entertainment, music, food, fun and surprises. Families can enjoy a weekend jam packed with fun for all ages.
4. Postcard from New Orleans
   Georgie and the Boys Trio

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173. Los Adeas tour with Michael Marbut

173. Los Adaes field trip. We interview park volunteer Mike Marbut about the history of the Spanish fort at Los Adeas. We are also joined by friends of the show Leslie Bary and Danielle. Leslie was Bruce's professor back at LSU, and we met up here to find out more about one of the oldest European settlements in the state. Los Adaes was the capital of Tejas on the northeastern frontier of New Spain from 1729 to 1770. It included a mission, San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes, and a presidio, Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes (Our Lady of the Pillar of the Adaes). The name Adaes represents the indigenous Adai people, who were to be served by the mission. The site, now preserved in the state-run Los Adaes State Historic Site, is located on Louisiana Highway 485 in present-day Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.

1. This week in Louisiana history. September 10, 1935. Gov. Huey P. Long dies after assassination.
2. This week in New Orleans history. September 10, 1962.  Rummel High School opens.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Pioneer Heritage Festival
   September 16th, 2016 - September 17th, 2016
   Greenwood
   9359 Greenwood Rd., Greenwood, LA 71033
   318-938-7261
   Greenwood
   This all-day festival features arts and crafts, concessions, games, entertainment, a bass tournament, a chili cook-off and a parade.
   
4. Postcard from New Orleans
   Molly the Pedicab driver.  St. Peter & Chartres St.

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172. Christophe Landry, part 2

172. Part 2 of our interview with Christophe Landry.  Christophe was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, the heart of Latin Louisiana. Due to his region's multilingual background and secondary status, he has worked with state and private agencies for the promotion, protection and expansion of his region's languages (Creole, Spanish and French). After working as Cabin Crew for 7 years on international, long-haul flights, Christophe is a well-seasoned traveler with insight on culture, adapting, flying (though he cannot offer flight discounts), history, and more.

1. This week in Louisiana history. September 3, 1859. A "mini civil war" takes place between Calcasieu vigilante and others near Rayne in what was known as the Battle of Queue de Toture.
2. This week in New Orleans history. September 3, 1910.  Catherine Conn was born in New Orleans.  As an adult, she changed her name to Kitty Carlisle and became an actress who costarred with Bing Crosby.  In later years she was best known for being a panelist on Password, What's My Line?, and Match Game.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Color Vibe 5K New Orleans
   Sunday, September 4
   9:00 AM CDT
   Admission: $26.99
   Come get C R A Z Y with us!!! The Color Vibe is coming to New Orleans on September 4 and wants you to experience the most #VIBErant 5k of all time! Grab your friends and family and join us as we blast you with lots of fun, epic beats and TONS OF COLOR while you run/walk our course. You'll come as a blank canvas and leave a colorful mural!! A portion of our proceeds will also go towards a local charity, Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum! Sign up now before spots fill up!
   http://www.thecolorvibe.com/neworleans.php
   
4. Postcard from New Orleans. 
   Artist Joe Bostic on Royal St. and Pirates' Alley

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