Louisiana Considered Podcast
1) Will Trump send National Guard to NOLA?; concerns over new levee system; unique origin story behind the NOLA Project
It’s Thursday, and time for our Week in Politics with the Times Picayune’s/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, Stephanie Grace. Today, we discuss President Trump’s proposal to send the Na...Show More
2) What happens to inmates convicted by split juries; new food banks coming to La.; ICE instills fear in Kenner community
In 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-unanimous jury verdicts – previously legal only in Louisiana and Oregon – were unconstitutional. Yet there are more than one thousand people in our state ...Show More
3) Culture Collision returns to NOMA; why coastal Miss. communities devastated by Katrina are still vulnerable to storms
The New Orleans arts community, which was scattered across the nation post-Katrina in 2005, provided a healing balm for the city when artists finally made their way back home. Fast forward to 2008, an...Show More
4) 20 years ago, these pre-K students wrote a book about a classmate who evacuated for Katrina. Today they reunite
When Hurricane Katrina happened 20 years ago, 4-year-old Nigel Tapp evacuated from the Lower Ninth Ward to Montclair, New Jersey – the hometown of managing producer Alana Schreiber. When his pre-K cla...Show More
5) 20 years since Katina: How the Vietnamese community rebuilt and tech-savvy volunteers reconnected survivors
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall 20 years ago, New Orleans East was especially hard hit. This part of the city is home to a large Vietnamese population, many of whom had experienced fleeing their ...Show More
6) 20 years since Katrina: veteran journalists reflect on covering storm and a voice from inside the Superdome
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall 20 years ago, many residents were looking to find their way out of New Orleans, but journalists were descending upon the city looking for a way in. In the days and...Show More
7) 20 years since Katrina: impact on teachers, schools; classroom lessons about the storm
After Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans 20 years ago, public education in the city came to a complete stop. And when schools reopened, many of the city's educators didn't get their jobs back. Inst...Show More
8) 20 years since Katrina: Climate change, ecological restoration, a healthier Ninth Ward
Hurricane Katrina destroyed an estimated 320 million trees in the Gulf Coast. This was not only a dramatic shift in the look of the landscape, but left the region more vulnerable to further disasters ...Show More
9) Sea Change Live: 20 Years After Katrina
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftermath reshaped New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, we gathered to remember all that was lost, reflect on the lessons learned, and pay tribute to...Show More
10) Events to mark 20 years since Katrina; Louisiana Biomedical gets big grant amid nationwide funding cuts
The Katrina 20 Local Planning Committee is commemorating Hurricane Katrina with performances, art and more, throughout the city, stretching to Mississippi and Alabama. The Coastal Desk’s Eva Tesfaye ...Show More