Louisiana Considered

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.   NPR Science Desk reporter Rebecca Hersher discusses how socioeconomic conditions determine how people are affected by pollution and climate change, as well as their access to disaster relief and energy. Outgoing President and CEO of the New Orleans Business Alliance Quentin L. Messer, Jr. joins us to talk about his new position...

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.   WWNO New Orleans City Hall Reporter Ryan Nelsen joins us to discuss today’s press conference on New Orleans’ vaccination rates at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. New Orleans Opera General Director Clare Burovac discusses the New Orleans Opera’s return to live performance at the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Per...

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. From the WWNO archives, NPR’s Throughline podcast producer and reporter Laine Kaplan-Levenson tells us the story of Louisiana’s first integrated high school sports competition .  Author Ethan Michaeli discusses his recent article in the magazine 64 Parishes, Louisiana and the Defender , about how the Black-owned newspaper the Chi...

Patrick Madden hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.   WWNO New Orleans City Hall Reporter Ryan Nelsen joined us from a press conference on the post-pandemic eviction crisis in New Orleans. WRKF/WWNO Capitol Access Reporter Paul Braun updates us on the possibility of the legislature’s first veto override session under the state’s new constitution. WWNO/WRKF Public Health Reporter...

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.   Real Reform Louisiana Executive Director Eric Holl joins us to discuss his nonprofit organization’s recent attempt to draw attention to the need for insurance reform in Louisiana - by delivering tiki torches to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry’s office in Baton Rouge because auto insurance rates have yet to de...

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.   Gulf States Newsroom Education Reporter Aubri Juhasz spoke with Red River School Board Superintendent Alison Hughes , Red River Elementary School Principal Mike Beck and parent Roxie Gray-Reliford about the parish’s switch to a “balanced” school calendar in which the school year is divided into quarters instead of two semesters. N...

Patrick Madden hosted this episode of Louisiana Considered.   WWNO City Hall Reporter Ryan Nelsen joins us to discuss New Orleans mayor Latoya Cantrell’s proposal to move New Orleans City Hall to the city’s Municipal Auditorium, which hundreds of community members protested last week. Louisiana author and director of the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans M.O. Walsh’s novel...

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.   Step Up Louisiana member Juan Cruz and his organization advocate for progressive reform to Louisiana’s economic policies, including unemployment insurance. Cruz joins us to advocate for increasing the state’s unemployment insurance payouts and keeping the federal unemployment boost for as long as possible. Senior Director of Busine...

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.   Louisiana author and director of the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans M.O. Walsh’s novel “The Big Door Prize'' is being produced as a television series on Apple TV+. Walsh was born and raised in Baton Rouge and his fiction and essays have appeared in notable publications like the Guardian, the New York...

Patrick Madden hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.   WWNO/WRKF Criminal Justice Reporter Bobbi-Jeanne Misick describes the coverup of the truth behind Ronald Greene’s death while in the custody of Louisiana State Police Troop F. Bobbi-Jeanne also interviewed Greene’s mother, Mona Hardin ; her attorneys, Ronald Haley and Lee Merritt , and TV Journalist Perry Robinson . Civil Righ...

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.   Author Ethan Michaeli discusses his recent article in the magazine 64 Parishes, Louisiana and the Defender , about how the Black-owned newspaper the Chicago Defender covered stories from Louisiana during the 20th century. The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra’s new Executive Director, Anwar Nasir , tells us about his plans for t...

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. WRKF/WWNO Capitol Access Reporter Paul Braun gives us the latest updates from the statehouse on the final day of the legislative session. East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority CEO J. Wesley Daniels, Jr. explains how the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit , which funds internet access for those struggling to afford it, can help peo...

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Bike Easy Executive Director Dan Favre and Bike Baton Rouge Founder Mark E. Martin discuss the state of bicycle safety and plans for bike path development in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.   Dancer, choreographer and dance school director Lula Elzy and jazz saxophonist Derek Douget talk about the Lula Elzy New Orleans Dance Theatre’s upcoming 30th Anniversary Celebration: A Tribute To Ellis Marsalis and Carol Sutton . WWNO/WRKF Public Health Reporter Rosemary Westwood spoke with LSU Professors Robert Mann and Meredith...

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. WWNO/WRKF Criminal and Social Justice Reporter Bobbi-Jeanne Misick speaks with Court Watch NOLA Deputy Director Veronica Bard and Executive Director Simone Levine about the watchdog organization’s findings in its 2020 annual report . WWNO Lead Coastal Reporter Tegan Wendland visits Lincoln Beach, which was shut down by New Orlean...

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Interim Executive Director  Scott Harrison   discusses how the LPO had a successful season in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gulf States Newsroom Healthcare Reporter  Shalina Chatlani   interviewed Delta residents and doctors about the importance Community Health Centers have in the rural communities they serve. Louisiana Children’s Museum CEO  Julia Bland   tells...

CEO of the New Orleans Business Alliance  Quentin Messer, Jr.   gives us his perspectives on Louisiana’s economic recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and NOLABA’s plans for the future. Tulane University Immigration History Professor  Dr. Laura D. Kelley  gives a quick lesson about the history and development of Asian immigrant communities in Louisiana. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace co-hosted Friday’s Louisiana Considered.  Bobbi-Jeane Misick reports on yesterday’s rally and march at the state capitol over Ronald Greene’s death .  Rep. Ted James talks about the status of several pieces of legislation aimed at making police forces more accountable. anniversary.  Paul Braun talks about the flurry of bills passed by state lawmakers in the final...

Adam Vos hosted Thursday's Louisiana Considered: WWNO/WRKF Public Health Reporter Rosemary Westwood tells us about legislation being heard in the House Judiciary Committee which would compel healthcare providers to inform those seeking chemical abortions about an abortion reversal treatment which has not passed clinical trials. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chairman Chip Kline fills...

Dr. Roland Waguespack joins us to discuss emergency medical practices for National EMS Week. Aroha Philanthropies Executive Director Teresa Bonner discusses her organization’s $23,000 grant for the Louisiana Division of the Arts, which will fund creative arts programs for Louisianans ages 55 and older. Carrie Broussard , Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Louisiana Office of Cultural Development, t...

Patrick Madden and Paul Braun co-hosted Friday’s Louisiana Considered.      Sara Sneath talked about her investigation into Louisiana’s boil water advisories and what they say about the state’s struggling water infrastructure.    Janae Piere spoke to members of Freedom Riders on the movement’s 60th anniversary.  Rep. Edmond Jordan discussed his efforts to limit qualified immunity for police office...

Adam Vos hosted this Thursday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Capital Access Reporter Paul Braun reports that the state House Education Committee approved Sen. Beth Mizell’s measure to ban transgender student-athletes from participating in school sports on girls’ teams after rejecting a similar proposal last week. State Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon speaks on tort reform and auto insura...

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Gulf States Newsroom Health Reporter Shalina Chatlani updates us on Louisiana’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts and reasons for vaccine hesitancy in the South. Meteorologist Dan Holiday explains recent inclement weather patterns in South Louisiana. Chrissy Gregg , the National WWII Museum’s Director of Distance Learning, discusses t...

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Keith Spera , music and culture journalist for The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, tells us how the New Orleans music scene is recovering from the pandemic. Garrett Pittman talks to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Associate Executive Director Emily Leitzinger and cystic fibrosis patient Liz Reyna about New Orleans Great Stride...

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered. Author, journalist and Tulane University history professor Walter Isaacson discusses his new book, “The Code Breaker.” It’s a biography of Dr. Jennifer Doudna , winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her work on the CRISPR gene-editing system. New Orleans food writer Ian McNulty of The Times Picayune | The Advocate tell...