Bayoulands

For this Back to Bayoulands BONUS episode, we're sharing Micah Leigh's conversation with Janis Joplin biographer Holly George-Warren, including a special introductory conversation with Tom Neal, director of the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, Texas. Back to Bayoulands episodes will drop every 3rd Friday this year. Thanks for listening!

For this episode we’re sharing a conversation from the latest episode of the Bayoulands radio show… between Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Lamar University Stephanie Chadwick and acclaimed artist and native Southeast Texan Evita Tezeno whose exhibition titled Piece of My Heart is on view at the Dishman Art Museum through March 8th of 2025. You can hear the full most recent episode on...

For this episode we’re sharing Jesse Doiron’s conversation with Southeast Texas author and memoirist Gary Brice from the most recent episode of the Bayoulands radio show. Thanks for listening.

We are introducing a NEW bonus episode to the podcast to revisit early conversations from the podcast series. "Back to Bayoulands" episodes will drop every 3rd Friday in 2025. This Back to Bayoulands episode features the very first episode from the podcast: Jason Miller's conversation with animator and illustrator Kelly Asbury. Thanks for listening!

For this episode we’re sharing our conversation with Ramona Young about her research into the Redbone community of Southwest Louisiana for the most recent episode of the Bayoulands radio show. Thanks for listening!

For this episode, we're sharing a conversation from earlier in season 8 between guest contributor Jesse Doiron shares and poet and author John Rutherford. Thanks for listening and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

For this episode we’re sharing a conversation with Katherine Leister from the Stark Cultural Venues about the Stark Family’s legacy at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information about the venues of the Stark Foundation in Orange, Texas, go to starkculturalvenues.org.

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.