Crosstown Conversations

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Crosstown Conversations is a weekly radio show about news, arts, culture, and the environment in New Orleans, hosted by Jeanne Nathan, Wednesdays at 6:00PM on WBOK 1230. Follow us on Twitter @CrosstownConvos, and on Facebook, at CrosstownJeanneNathan; and listen online each week at http://ow.ly/ZUKcA.

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Duck Gumbo and Citizen Heroes - 1.24.18 20.02.2018 59:28

Jana Napoli's Hunters Brunch; Propeller's Andrea Chen; Goodbye Mary Lou Christovich with Sandra Stokes and Florence Jumonville

Women's March II; contracts hedge inequality; remembering a preservation hero - 1.17.18 20.02.2018 55:37

Angela Atkins, Louisiana NOW; Propeller's Andrea Chen; Goodbye Mary Lou Christovich with Sandra Stokes and Florence Jumonville

RIP Johnny Jackson, our suffering palms, and a Swamp Goddess- 2.7.18 20.02.2018 35:02

A tribute to Civil Rights leader Johnny Jackson, Horticulture expert Anna Timmerman and Angela King's Swamp Goddess

Carnival Culture - 1.31.18 20.02.2018 59:50

Amanda Soprano preps us for the Nyx Parade, Baby Doll Ladies, Kevin Centanni talks the World's Unfair Ball, and artist Norah Lovell

Sheriff Marlin Gusman and Councilman Jason Williams, Chef Leah Chase part 2 from 1.10.18 16.01.2018 55:51

Sheriff Marlin Gusman and Councilman Jason Williams, part 2 of our interview with Leah Chase

2018: Mardi Gras Indians, Politics, and Chef Leah Chase at 95 - 1.3.18 09.01.2018 59:35

Chef Leah Chase, Karen Carvin Shachat, and ArtFusion with photographer Ashley Lorraine, Chief Shaka Zulu and Jessica Knox

"Rising Tide" author John Barry talks survival in New Orleans - 12.27.17 09.01.2018 54:48

"Rising Tide" author John Barry talks survival

Alabama; New Women in City Hall, Holiday Blues - 12.13.17 09.01.2018 1:00:23

Michael Beychok, Helena Moreno, Lisa Iacono, and NAMI's Meghan Goldbeck

Birds and Guns 12. 6. 17 - Ecologist Caz Taylor and Writer.Director.Producer John Richie 23.12.2017 59:08

Ecologist Caz Taylor Writer Director Producer John Richie, 91%

Disrupters 2017: Women 11.29. 17 - Maureen Sherry, Cindy Nguyen, Amy Dailey-Williams 23.12.2017 1:01:02

Novelist and former Wall Street maven Maureen Sherry Councilwoman Cindy Nguyen NOLA Photo Alliance Executive Director Amy Dailey-Williams

Prospect 4 - PS Satellites 11.22.17 - Justin McKee and Caitlin Davis, Kim Rice, Linda Lopez 23.12.2017 1:03:30

Justin McKee and Caitlin Davis, the raffish editors Kim Rice , Artist, The Divide Linda Lopez, St. Bernard Parish Art Guild

Prospect 4 New Orleans 11.15.17 - CCH Pounder, Pippen Frisbie-Calder, The Myth Makers 23.12.2017 57:39

Megan Koza-Mitchell Prospect 4 CCH Pounder Artist, Actress Pippen Frisbie-Calder Artist The Myth Makers Artist

Art and Community 11.8.17 - John Kleinschmidt, Grace Rennie, Angela Chalk, Alicia Neal 23.12.2017 58:24

John Kleinschmidt A Studio in the Woods Grace Rennie A Studio in the Woods Angela Chalk Plant4Peace, community organizer Alicia Neal Plant4Peace, community organizer

NOLA at 300, what's next 11.1.17 - Todd Matherne, Publisher and Rachel Shields with GNOInc. 23.12.2017 1:00:26

Todd Matherne Publisher Rachel Shields GNOInc.

Opera in New Orleans 10.25.17 - Sara Hershowitz, Casey Candebat, Aimee Smallwood 23.12.2017 56:04

Sara Hershowitz Euridice, Orpheus in the Underworld Casey Candebat Orpheus, Orpheus in the Underworld Aimee Smallwood CEO, Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation

Women in Music + OperaCreole 10.18.17 - Alaina W. Hebert, Hogan Jazz Archive and Givonna Joseph 23.12.2017 20:13

Alaina W. Hebert Associate Curator, Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane Givonna Joseph Opera Creole

Guns and Violence and Art 10.4.17 - Victoria Coy, Dustin Keene, Dian Winingder 23.12.2017 1:00:50

Victoria Coy Executive Director, Louisiana Violence Reduction Coalition Dustin Keene NOLA City Beach Dian Winingder Designer, Art for Arts' Sake Heather Morris MyNew Orleans Photo Project Maggie Mullins MyNew Orleans Photo Project

New Orleans Film Fest 9.27.17 - Fallon Young, Jonathan Jackson, Maggie Hadleigh-West , Clint Bowie 23.12.2017 1:01:36

Fallon Young N.O. Film Society Executive Director Clint Bowie N.O. Film Society Artistic Director Jonathan Jackson NOLA FIlmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West NOLA FIlmmaker

Writers and Mint Juleps 9.20.17 - Anne Gisleson, Author and Michael Arata, writer and producer 23.12.2017 59:22

Anne Gisleson Author Michael Arata writer and producer

Storms and Culture 9.13.17 - Mike Steele, Leah Hennessy, Brian Wolshon 23.12.2017 1:01:29

Mike Steele Governor's Office Leah Hennessy Music Box Village Brian Wolshon Professor of Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University and the founding Director of the Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency

City and Country 9.6.17 - Chad Alfonso, Jan Ramsey, Andrew Grafe 23.12.2017 1:00:20

Chad Alfonso Cruzin Da Parish Jan Ramsey Offbeat Magazine Andrew Grafe Treme Neighborhood Assn.

Rebirth and Recovery 8.23.17 - Julie Jones, Sylvia Scineaux-Richard, Emily Leitzinger 23.12.2017 1:01:26

Julie Jones Bywater Neighborhood Association President Sylvia Scineaux-Richard New Orleans East Neighborhood Association President Emily Leitzinger Mid City Neighborhood Association President

August 5th Flood & Architecture in Film 8.16.17 - Austen Allen, Susannah Burley, Stacey Phingsten 23.12.2017 59:21

Austen Allen Professor of Landscaping at LSU Susannah Burley SoulNOLA Stacey Phingsten LA Architecture and Design Film Festival

August 5th Flood 8.9.17 - H.D. Bosworth, Jr., Dana Eness, Prisca Weems, Julia Kumari Drapkin 12.12.2017 1:00:21

H.D. Bosworth, Jr. Levees.org Dana Eness Urban Conservancy Prisca Weems Water Collaborative Julia Kumari Drapkin I See Change

Satchmo & New Orleans Music and Art 8.2.17 - Nicholas Payton Charmaine Neville, Emily Madero 12.12.2017 59:45

Nicholas Payton Charmaine Neville musician NOLA NOLAMusic NOLAMusician Emily Madero French Quarter Festivals, Inc. Pippen Frisbie Calder artist Aaron Levi Garvey Ginette Bone and Blake Boyd Boyd Satellite Gallery