Bayou And Bullshyt: A Louisiana History Podcast

EDWIN EDWARDS WASN’T JUST A GOVERNOR — HE WAS A WHOLE LOUISIANA PERFORMANCE. IN THIS EPISODE OF BAYOU AND BULLSHYT , WE’RE GETTING INTO EDWIN WASHINGTON EDWARDS : FOUR-TIME GOVERNOR, CAJUN POLITICAL GENIUS, CONVICTED FELON, SMOOTH-TALKING LAWYER, AND ONE OF THE MOST CHARMING, CROOKED, UNAPOLOGETICALLY LOUISIANA FIGURES TO EVER WALK INTO A PRESS CONFERENCE SMILING. EDWIN EDWARDS ROSE FROM AVOYELLES...

IF YOU THOUGHT HUEY P. LONG WAS A LOT, BABY, HIS LITTLE BROTHER EARL SAID, “HOLD MY CIGARETTE.” IN THIS EPISODE OF BAYOU AND BULLSHYT , WE’RE GETTING INTO EARL KEMP LONG , ALSO KNOWN AS UNCLE EARL — THREE-TIME GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA, HUEY LONG’S YOUNGER BROTHER, A POLITICAL GENIUS, A HUMAN TORNADO, AND ONE OF THE MESSIEST, LOUDEST, MOST UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS IN LOUISIANA POLITICAL HISTORY. EARL...

WE’RE RUNNING IT BACK — BUT THIS TIME, WE’RE DOING IT RIGHT. THIS IS A RERECORDED AND EXPANDED EPISODE ON HUEY P. LONG , ONE OF THE LOUDEST, MESSIEST, SMARTEST, MOST CONTROVERSIAL MEN LOUISIANA EVER PRODUCED. IF YOU LISTENED TO THE ORIGINAL EPISODE, CONSIDER THIS THE UPGRADED VERSION — MORE STORY, MORE CONTEXT, MORE RECEIPTS, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE BAYOU AND BULLSHYT . HUEY LONG WASN’T JUST A GOVERN...

IN THIS EPISODE OF BAYOU AND BULLSHYT, I’M TAKING Y’ALL THROUGH THE LIFE OF HUEY P. LONG, THE KINGFISH HIMSELF — AND I’VE GOT MY SON AND MY COUSIN JOINING ME FOR THIS ONE. TOGETHER, WE’RE BREAKING DOWN THE STORY OF A MAN WHO CHANGED LOUISIANA FOREVER WITH BIG PROMISES, BIG POWER, AND AN EVEN BIGGER PERSONALITY. FROM WINN PARISH TO THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION TO THE U.S. SENATE, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HUEY...

IN THIS EPISODE OF BAYOU AND BULLSHYT, SHIKA DENISE IS JOINED BY TWO OF HER KIDS AS SHE TELLS THE STORY OF ONE SHOT AND TWO TRAGEDIES. FROM THE 1972 SHOOTING AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF LEONARD BROWN AND DENVER SMITH TO THE MARK ESSEX SIEGE THAT SHOOK NEW ORLEANS WEEKS LATER, THIS EPISODE DIVES INTO ONE OF THE HEAVIEST AND MOST HAUNTING CHAPTERS IN LOUISIANA HISTORY. RAW, REAL, A...

IN THIS EPISODE OF Bayou & Bullshyt, SHIKA DENISE TAKES YOU BACK TO Baton Rouge, 1953 — WHEN BLACK RIDERS SAID “ENOUGH” AND TURNED A 5-CENT FARE INCREASE INTO A FULL-BLOWN MOVEMENT. BEFORE THE Montgomery Bus Boycott EVER HIT NATIONAL HEADLINES, BATON ROUGE WAS ALREADY OUT HERE ORGANIZING, CARPOOLING, AND APPLYING PRESSURE — QUIETLY, STRATEGICALLY, AND WITH NO INTENTION OF BACKING DOWN. WE’RE T...

A CHILD DISAPPEARS IN LOUISIANA… AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TURNS INTO A FULL-BLOWN SPECTACLE. THIS IS THE BOBBY DUNBAR CASE — A STORY ABOUT PANIC, PRESSURE, PUBLIC OPINION, AND A TRIAL THAT BASICALLY SAID, “GOOD LUCK PROVING ANYTHING” IN A WORLD WITH ZERO DNA TESTING. FROM THE SEARCH TO THE IDENTIFICATION TO THE COURTROOM DRAMA, I WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE CLAIMED, AND WHY THIS CASE S...

JFK IS DEAD. DALLAS IS ON FIRE. AND EVERYBODY’S GOT A THEORY — BUT IN THIS EPISODE, WE’RE FOLLOWING THE TRAIL THAT LEADS STRAIGHT BACK TO LOUISIANA. IN BAYOU BLOOD: WHO KILLED JFK? , I’M BREAKING DOWN THE OFFICIAL STORY… AND THEN WE’RE GETTING INTO THE MESSY PART: THE NEW ORLEANS CONNECTIONS, THE SHADY NAMES THAT KEEP POPPING UP, AND WHY PEOPLE STILL SIDE-EYE THIS WHOLE CASE DECADES LATER. WAS IT...

NEW ORLEANS, 1890 — POLICE CHIEF DAVID HENNESSY IS SHOT DOWN, AND THE CITY ERUPTS INTO PANIC, RUMORS, AND REVENGE TALK. IN THIS EPISODE OF BAYOU AND BULLSHYT , WE BREAK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, WHY PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY STARTED WHISPERING “MAFIA,” AND HOW THIS ONE MURDER SPARKED A CHAIN REACTION THAT CHANGED LOUISIANA HISTORY (AND AMERICAN TRUE CRIME) FOREVER. EXPECT FACTS, CONTEXT, AND A LITTL...

NEW ORLEANS AIN’T JUST JAZZ AND JAMBALAYA, BABY… IT GOT A REAL UNDERWORLD TOO 😈 IN THIS EPISODE, SHIKA DENISE DIVES DEEP INTO THE RISE OF THE NEW ORLEANS CRIME FAMILY — THE BOSSES, THE BOOTLEGGERS, THE BETRAYALS, AND THE BODIES THAT BUILT ONE OF THE MOST LOW-KEY BUT POWERFUL MOB EMPIRES IN AMERICA. WE’RE TALKING: ⚜️ THE HENNESSY ASSASSINATION ⚜️ POLITICAL CORRUPTION ⚜️ ITALIAN BEEF IN THE FRENCH...

IN THIS EPISODE OF BAYOU AND BULLSHT*, SHIKA DENISE DIVES DEEP INTO THE CHILLING AND CONTROVERSIAL STORY OF Gary Plauché — A LOUISIANA FATHER WHOSE SHOCKING ACT OF VIGILANTE JUSTICE STUNNED THE NATION. WAS IT REVENGE, PROTECTION, OR SOMETHING MORE COMPLICATED? JOIN US AS WE UNRAVEL THE CASE, THE HEADLINES, AND THE QUESTIONS THAT STILL LINGER DECADES LATER. ✨ SUPPORT THE SHOW: BUYMEACOFFEE.COM/BAY...

IN THIS EPISODE OF BLOODLINES ON Bayou & Bullshyt, SHIKA DENISE TELLS THE STORY OF ABRAHAM MORGAN — BORN IN Donaldsonville IN THE 1860S, RAISING A FAMILY, WORKING, AND TRYING TO HOLD ON TO WHAT WAS HIS IN A LOUISIANA THAT DID NOT PLAY FAIR. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HIS MARRIAGE TO JOSEPHINE SMITH, THE KIDS, THE FAMILY DRAMA, AND THE MOMENTS THAT SENT HIM THROUGH THE SYSTEM — INCLUDING HIS TIME IN J...

IN THIS EPISODE, WE’RE SETTLING A LOUISIANA ARGUMENT THAT NEVER DIES: CREOLE VS CAJUN — AND NO, THEY AIN’T THE SAME THING. WE’RE BREAKING DOWN WHERE EACH IDENTITY COMES FROM, HOW HISTORY, LANGUAGE, RACE, CLASS, AND GEOGRAPHY SHAPED THEM, AND WHY PEOPLE STILL GET IT TWISTED TODAY. FROM FRENCH AND SPANISH COLONIAL Louisiana TO THE ACADIAN EXILE, TO HOW CULTURE SHOWS UP IN FOOD, MUSIC, RELIGION, AND...

IN VOODOO OR LIES: Clementine Barnabet and the Axeman of New Orleans , WE’RE STEPPING INTO EARLY-1900s New Orleans WHEN FEAR WAS IN THE AIR, AXES WERE SWINGING, AND THE CITY WAS READY TO BLAME SOMEBODY . WE’RE GETTING INTO WHO CLEMENTINE BARNABET WAS, WHAT SHE CONFESSED TO (AND WHAT PEOPLE SAY WAS COERCED), THE RUMORS AROUND THE Church of Sacrifice, King Harris, AND HOW ALL OF THIS COLLIDES WITH T...

SHE’S ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT NAMES IN New Orleans HISTORY — AND FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. IN THE TWISTED SECRETS OF DELPHINE LALAURIE , I’M BREAKING DOWN THE FACTS, THE RUMORS, AND THE REAL-LIFE HORROR THAT GOT TURNED INTO LEGEND. THIS ONE AIN’T FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: ENSLAVEMENT + VIOLENCE. FOLLOW + RATE + REVIEW. @BAYOUANDBULLSHYTPOD | BAYOUNBULLSHYT | BAYOUANDBULLSHY...

PLAÇAGE IS ONE OF THOSE Louisiana HISTORY TOPICS PEOPLE LOVE TO WHISPER ABOUT… BUT RARELY EXPLAIN RIGHT. IN THIS EPISODE, WE’RE BREAKING DOWN WHAT PLAÇAGE ACTUALLY WAS IN New Orleans AND OTHER FRENCH/SPANISH LOUISIANA SPACES — THE REAL-LIFE RELATIONSHIPS, POWER DYNAMICS, AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES THAT GREW INSIDE A SLAVE SOCIETY. AND YES, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE “QUADROON BALL” STORY GOT TURNED...

OKAY SO LET’S GET INTO A LOUISIANA HISTORY TOPIC THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO SKIP OVER: GENS DE COULEUR LIBRES — FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO LIVED BETWEEN WORLDS IN FRENCH AND SPANISH Louisiana. SOME WERE SKILLED ARTISANS, SOME OWNED PROPERTY, SOME EVEN HAD MONEY… BUT NONE OF THAT MEANT THEY WERE SAFE FROM HOW RACIAL RULES COULD CHANGE ON A DIME. WE’RE TALKING COMMUNITY, CLASS, SURVIVAL, AND THE COMPLICATED...

IF YOU EVER SAID, “I DON’T REALLY KNOW LOUISIANA HISTORY LIKE THAT…” BABY THIS ONE FOR YOU. IN LOUISIANA HISTORY 101 , I’M GIVING YOU A QUICK TOUR OF HOW Louisiana GOT ITS FLAVOR — THE MIX OF PEOPLE, POWER, AND PURE CHAOS THAT MADE THIS STATE WHAT IT IS. JUST ENOUGH HISTORY TO GET YOU CAUGHT UP, AND JUST ENOUGH MESS TO KEEP IT INTERESTING. FOLLOW, RATE, AND REVIEW. AND TELL A FRIEND WHO LOVE LOUIS...

Welcome to  Louisiana Unfiltered, your deep-dive into the rich, intricate history of Louisiana! In this trailer episode, we introduce you to a journey that transcends time, exploring the unique blend of cultures that define the Pelican State—where French, Spanish, African, and Native American influences converge to create a vibrant history unlike any other.