420. Fatima Shaik. "Economy Hall."

420. We talk to Fatima Shaik about her new book, Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood. "With Economy Hall, author Fatima Shaik brings to light the free Black New Orleans brotherhood that supported its community through slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, white terrorism, and the birth of jazz."

419. Lamar White Visits for our 8th/9th Anniversary Episode

419. Lamar White returns for our Anniversary episode. We started the Louisiana Anthology in 2012, and the Louisiana Anthology Podcast in 2013. So it's our episode celebrating our 8th Podcast Anniversary and 9th Anthology Anniversary.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.