Bayoulands

For this episode we’re sharing our visit to the Ice House Museum to speak with Susan Kilcrease about recent archeological discoveries along the Neches River. The Ice House Museum is located at 818 Earnest Ave in Silsbee. To learn more you can visit their website at icehousemuseum.org and follow them on Facebook and YouTube.

For this episode, we're sharing the first live recording for the Bayoulands series. Inspired by photographs documenting the war in Ukraine, KVLU station manager Jason Miller led a conversation with the documentary photographer and Lamar University alumnus Patrick Patterson and UlianaTrylowsky, a major gifts officer at Lamar University of Ukrainian descent. The opinions express in this conversation...

For this episode, we’re sharing Jason Miller’s conversation with artist and art instructor Maurice Abelman about his foray into mural painting including recent projects in the city of Orange. This conversation is from the most recent Bayoulands radio episode. Thanks for listening!

For this episode, we’re sharing a conversation with Aaron and Tina Lewallen, a husband and wife team who helped solve one of Beaumont’s most famous cold cases: the murder of Mary Catherine Edwards. Thanks for listening!

For this episode, we’re sharing a conversation with Interpreter Maddie Martin at Sea Rim State Park from the most recent Bayoulands radio episode. Thanks for listening!

Happy National Ice Cream Day! We’re sharing Victor Albaine’s visit to Mike’s Old Fashioned Soda Fountain in Port Neches from the most recent Bayoulands radio episode. Thanks for listening!

We are sharing a special episode today in conjunction with the opening of a new pop-up exhibit at the Dishman Art Museum. KVLU: Rewind… In Pictures remembers the first two decades of KVLU with photographs and memorabilia from the KVLU archives. Some of the photos on display are from The Big Broadcast of ’94, a theater performance which aired live in celebration of KVLU’s 20th anniversary in 1994....

For this special episode, we’re sharing a conversation between KVLU alums Melanie Dishman and Byron Balentine from the station’s 50th anniversary celebration on April 30th of this year. Thanks for listening!

We’re sharing a conversation from the premier episode of Bayoulands, season 8. In celebration of KVLU's 50 years of public broadcasting, retired station manager Byron Balentine spoke with long-time KVLU volunteer show host Al Dugan. You can hear Dugan on Classics each Thursday at 9pm and Sundays at 9am on 91.3 FM and online at kvlu.org.

In celebration of 50 years of public broadcasting for KVLU, we’re sharing a conversation from the premier episode of season 8 of Bayoulands. Guest contributor Jesse Doiron speaks with an early supporter of KVLU and former station manager George Beverley. Thanks for listening!

We are gearing up for the premier of season 8 of Bayoulands which launches on April 28th, but in the meantime, we’re sharing my visit to Chosen Weeds Farm, a working and teaching homestead in Bridge City owned and operated by Stephanie Harren. This story originally aired on season 6 of the radio show. Thanks for listening!

For this episode, we’re sharing a conversation between KVLU music director Joe Elwell and opera singer and Port Arthur native Richard Perkins from the most recent episode of the Bayoulands radio show. Thanks for listening!

For this episode, we're sharing a profile of the McFaddin-Ward family and historic home from the most recent Bayoulands radio broadcast. First up, you’ll hear our conversation with Sarah Parker about the history of the McFaddin and Ward families and how their legacy is still preserved today. After that we're sharing an extended cut of an audio tour of all 3 floors of the McFaddin Ward Hous...

For this episode, we’re sharing a conversation between the Symphony of southeast Texas’s own Maestro Chelsea Tipton II and conductor and Port Arthur native Glenn Alexander II from the most recent Bayoulands radio broadcast. For more information about Symphony of Southeast Texas performances go to sost.org. Thanks for listening!

For this episode, we’re sharing my conversation with Andy and Joyce Green from season 5 of Bayoulands in 2021. Andy Green is a native of Port Arthur, Texas and an alum of Lamar University best known for developing composite technology and innovating its use in the design of aeronautics, automobiles, buildings, bridges, boats and more. Thanks for listening!

For this episode, we're sharing a classic conversation from 2017 between Jason Miller and southeast Texas Santa, Clem Webb. Thanks for listening and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

For this episode,we’re sharing a conversation with Swamp Pop icon Jivin’ Gene Bourgeois recorded in the Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, Texas. Bayoulands is produced in the studios of 91.3 KVLU Public Radio in Beaumont, Texas by Shannon Harris and Jason M. Miller. You can hear the radio broadcast every 4th Sunday at 5pm CST on 91.3 FM and online at kvl...

For this episode, we're sharing a conversation with Rachel Stiles, a fellow with the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University. We spoke about her research into the origins and resurrection of Swamp Pop music, a genre homegrown in southeast Texas.

We're sharing a conversation from the latest episode of season 7 of Bayoulands. Jason Miller speaks with John Quigley about the history and legacy of The Orange Leader newspaper. You can hear an encore broadcast of the most recent episode of Bayoulands on Sunday, November 26th at 5pm CST on 91.3 FM and online at kvlu.org. The episode features this conversation with John Quigley as well as gues...

We're sharing a conversation from the latest episode of Bayoulands season 7 between guest contributor Andy Coughlan and artist and illustrator Lynn Sweat. You can find Lynn Sweat on Instagram @lynnsweat.illustrator. You can hear an encore broadcast of the most recent episode of Bayoulands on Sunday, November 26th at 5pm CST on 91.3 FM and online at kvlu.org. The episode features this conversat...

For this episode, we’re sharing Jason Miller’s conversation from 2021 with Dr. Terrie Looney, former education director for the Big Thicket Association, a support and advocacy group for The Big Thicket National Preserve. The Big Thicket Association will host Big Thicket Day, a family friendly event celebrating 59 years of the Big Thicket Association and 49 years of the Big Thicket National Preserv...

For this episode,we’re sharing a conversation from season 6 of Bayoulands with poet, actor and author hal evans, a southeast Texas native and Lamar University alum whose fascination with words has taken him to theater stages, classrooms and libraries across the nation and beyond. His  debut novel Come Day in Night was recently awarded the Nautilus Gold Medal and The Independent Book Publishers Ass...

For this episode, we’re sharing a conversation between Dishman Art Museum director and KVLU show host, Dennis Kiel and renowned photographer and Lamar University Walles Chair of Fine Arts, Keith Carter which aired on the most recent Bayoulands radio show. Our thanks to both Keith Carter and Dennis Kiel. You can hear an encore broadcast of the entire radio episode on Sunday, September 24th at 5pm C...

For this episode, we’re sharing a behind the scenes visit to Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in Orange. Director Angie Mason shared about a conservation project that is currently underway at the gardens. To learn more go to their website at shangrilagardens.org. Bayoulands TALKS is produced in the studios of 91.3 KVLU Public Radio in Beaumont, Texas by Shannon Harris and Jason M. Mi...

For this episode, we're sharing a recent conversation with Katharine Leister, archivist for the Tyrrell Historical Library in Beaumont. The interview was part of a larger story on the Bayoulands radio show about Port Arthur's Pleasure Island. Katharine shares about the many resources of the Tyrrell Historical Library and her research findings about the history of Pleasure Island. Our thank...