Thursday, May 20, 2021

418. Nathan Rabalais. Louisiana Folktales.

418. We talk to Nathan Rabalais about his new book, Folklore Figures of French and Creole Louisiana. Nathan J. Rabalais examines the impact of Louisiana’s remarkably diverse cultural and ethnic groups on folklore characters and motifs during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 

Thursday, May 13, 2021

417. Julien Vernet, part 2

417. Part 2 of our interview with Julien Vernet about his work, Strangers on Their Native Soil: Opposition to United States' Governance in Louisiana's Orleans Territory, 1803-1809. "After the United States purchased Louisiana, many inhabitants of the new American territory believed that Louisiana would quickly be incorporated into the Union and that they would soon enjoy rights as citizens.

Thursday, May 6, 2021

416. Julien Vernet, Part 1

 416. Part 1 of our talk with Julien Vernet. Strangers on Their Native Soil: Opposition to United States' Governance in Louisiana's Orleans Territory, 1803-1809. "After the United States purchased Louisiana, many inhabitants of the new American territory believed that Louisiana would quickly be incorporated into the Union and that they would soon enjoy rights as citizens.

Thursday, April 29, 2021

415. Marian Denise Moore

415. We talk to Marian Denise Moore about her book, Louisiana Midrash. Marian is a computer analyst as well as a poet.

Thursday, April 22, 2021

414. Matthew White, part 2

 414. Part 2 of our interview with photographer and musician Matthew D. White. "I am a photographer living in New Orleans. Most of my work is centered on the south Louisiana landscape, the US Gulf Coast, and South Florida. I have been photographing the Louisiana coast from Sabine Pass to the mouth of the Mississippi for more than 15 years.

Friday, April 16, 2021

413. Matthew White, part 1

413. We interview photographer and musician Matthew D. White. "I am a photographer living in New Orleans. Most of my work is centered on the south Louisiana landscape, the US Gulf Coast, and South Florida. I have been photographing the Louisiana coast from Sabine Pass to the mouth of the Mississippi for more than 15 years.