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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Students March for Our Lives, Gene Meneray & Nicelle Herrington on SXSW and NOLA Film Scene- 3.21.18 29.05.2018 57:30

Students Olivia Keefe and Louise Oliver prepare to March for Our Lives, Gene Meneray and Nicelle Herrington on SXSW and the NOLA Film Scene

"We Will Rise" MLK - 4 4 18 29.05.2018 58:33

Martin Luther King, in his own words, Matt Suarez, C.O.R.E., Joyce Vansean, IndivisibleNOLA

Enough! Fossil Free Fest; Spring/Easter Fashion and Mid City Gems - 3 28 18 29.05.2018 58:52

Enough! Fossil Free Fest; Spring/Easter Fashion and Mid City Gems Imani Brown on Fossil Free Fest, Tracee Dundee and Laverne Saulny talk spring fashions; Bon Moment's Michelle Mashon on My Fair Mid City

Our Disappearing Coast, the Riverfront, and Terence Blanchard's Opera- 2 28 18 29.05.2018 57:27

Our Disappearing Coast, the Riverfront, and Terence Blanchard's Opera "Champion" Andreanecia M. Morris from HousingNOLA, Environmental Reporter Mark Schleifstein, and Joe McKesson with New Orleans Opera

Women, Children and Guns - 3.14.18 29.05.2018 58:22

Women, Children and Guns Melanie Oubre with Emerge Louisiana and WBOK's Susan Henry

Terence Blanchard's Opera, "Champion", and Art in Bloom - 3.7.18 29.05.2018 58:48

Terence Blanchard's Opera, "Champion", and Art in Bloom Terence Blanchard introduces his new opera and NOMA's Anne Redd talks Art in Bloom

NOEW and Plein Air at Crevasse 22 - 2.14.18 29.05.2018 56:58

Entrepreneurial Contest; Mardi Gras Indians and nature in art; Claiborne Avenue's future Artist Michelle Dashev, Landscape architect Austin Allen and Aimee Smallwood on NOEW's Arts-based Business Pitch Contest

Prospect 4 ends - French Film Festival Begins - 2.21.18 29.05.2018 1:00:55

Prospect 4 ends this weekend; French Film Festival begins; Science rewards students From P4: Trevor Schoonmaker, New Chair Christopher Alfieri & artist Jeanne Vockroth, plus John Desplas' French film picks, GNOSF

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