Unscripted: the NolaPapa Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Y’all I am just beside myself! We are embarking on our 4th season of this experiment- this love letter to New Orleans, that keeps being written. I set out looking for people, artists and creators that inspire not only me, be so many others every single day.  Anyone that knows anything about New Orleans knows that right now is a unique and special time of the year where the locals...

Send us Fan Mail Y’all  I CANNOT believe Christmas is here! I am literally geeking out over this flipping show!!!!  Our Christmas Eve Episode  is one of the most special of all of our shows each year.  Ya' see, some people have it really hard during the Holidays. Some in my own LGBT community can't even go home to see their families during the Holidays because of who they love.  Think ab...

Send us Fan Mail Last year we welcomed Country music star Ty Herndon to be our special guest for our Christmas Eve show. He is an absolute light. His enlightening words are as rich as his soulful voice.  Ty tells us about his experience being raised in the church in Mississippi and following his dreams of being a country singer, years before he came out in 2014. We talk about how he dealt with tel...

Send us Fan Mail The Holidays are here!  Are  y’all ready for a Revillion  dinner to Remember? James Beard  and Food & Wine’s award winner- New Orleans own, world renowned Chef and restauranteur,  Susan Spicer sat down with me to talk about her own inspirations and  how her culinary journey all began.   After this interview I felt so inspired! Chef Susan opened up about who played important ro...

Send us Fan Mail As the Holidays approach, it is even more important to me as a father to know and understand some of the most important aspects of our children’s health. From diabetes to abnormal sleep patterns- there are vital signs that we as parents need to be cognizant of- while also educating ourselves with more information that can be so beneficial  in all of our daily  lives- especially du...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that 606,031 children passed through the foster care system in 2021?  Read that again and let it sit with you a moment. 606,031 kids that deserve the same love just as any other sit, wait and dream of the perfect day.   For 6 months of each of our children's lives we fostered them in order to proceed with their adoptions. The uneasy moments of not being in contro...

Send us Fan Mail The extraordinary work done by the advocates for our fur babies deserve recognition! Can you imagine what it takes to organize a STATE wide operation that takes in and helps ALL sorts of animals every single day?  It is a massive undertaking and I am grateful to welcome Rebecca Melanson from the Louisiana SPCA to shed light on what she and her coworkers do each day to serve our 4...

Send us Fan Mail  Say it with me! Team USA!  Today, I am SOOO excited to welcome someone from the Olympic games, Team USA!   This is a full circle moment for me because I grew up watching  Olympic  figure skating and gymnastics with my mama. It was electric!  Championship Figure skater, Jason Brown sits down with me to talk about what it took to become an Olympian and where it ALL started.  This i...

Send us Fan Mail Do you smell that? I smell PUMPKINS!  How is Halloween upon us already? I am so excited to showcase this amazing episode recorded at my dear friend's house, New Orleans Psychic Medium, Cari Roy.  I got to learn about Ghost detector gadgets from Paranormal Investigator, Misti Gaither,  and I even got to put a bandana around my head and listen to something called the "Spir...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we are so proud to interview Ochsner Hospital for Children's New pediatric cardiologist! Dr. David Weiland received undergraduate and medical training at University of Mississippi. He completed his pediatric residency training at Vanderbilt University and completed ANOTHER fellowship studying pediatric cardiology fellowship Duke University. THEN he studied another...

Send us Fan Mail When it comes to our kid's dental hygiene habits your Papa is always on the forefront.  Getting them to do anything takes an act of congress but hygiene needs to be taught in a fun and repetitive way. From tooth brush songs to children story books, I am here for it! Simply because it teaches our littles to take pride in what they have RIGHT NOW. Adam Dennis is a local New Orl...

Send us Fan Mail The most bazar thing happened before we flew to Rochester, New York. It was SO STRANGE that it still sits with me. I often wonder, HOW? Like, literally. HTF. It beats everything I can possibly try to understand.  It hit me so hard that I wrote about it in our current issue of our digital magazine. (page 11)  Afterwards, it was still sitting heavy on me. I needed to hear from someo...

Send us Fan Mail Can you imagine the heat the athletes are feeling on the field? The uniforms & the humidity? High School football is now in session.  As  parents, we need to know what signs we should look for when our babies are getting too hot out there!  Luckily for us, we have Ochsner Health by our side. This week, we welcome Dr. Olabode Agaja.  He specializes in pediatric sports medicine...

Send us Fan Mail Look. I have always loved country music. Guilty as charged.  The OG memories I have in my Mississippi mind won't fade. They just won't. lol. John Michael Montgomery, Tim McGraw, Garth. All of them.  However, I knew that in the moment I loved them that  "country  music" wouldn’t support my own core message like it is received like  it is today.  There are trailb...

Send us Fan Mail ONE ON ONE ALERT!  I deemed this episode so important that this is an exclusive One Interview Show.  Listen, learn and Take Action!  Animal cruelty has no place in this society. Period.  With that said…. I am SO thrilled for this one y'all. Today we welcome not only one of our OG sponsors and advertisers,  but my dear friends!  GINORMOUS YOUTUBER, Celebrity Dog Trainer and au...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a wild road, y’all. The unbeaten path we travel is so important to remember because those moments are what sprout into bigger and more exiting things- they become the moments and memories of our lives.  Because of our hiatus, Today we are airing our Gay Pride edition of our show! I chose this particular interview to be a ONE on ONE and personal conversation with an...

Send us Fan Mail Y'all, this heat though. It is relentless! What do we do? Or better yet, what do we do with our kids that want to play like wild animals on the playground? But also, in the same breath  want to swim like mermaids all day, every day! From swimming safety to keeping hydrated and not overheating- Ochsner's pediatric ER doctor is here! Dr. Anna Suessman sat down with me to d...

Send us Fan Mail Oh y’all . I am so excited about this one.  Not only me, but my whole family. I have always loved to get in the dirt and play with bugs. In particularly, the "rolly polly".  Yes, it's true. I don't search for them anymore, my heart still beats for them.  Imagine my excitement when I was told that the ENTIRE INSECTARIUM'S ENTOMOLOGIST from Audubon Institute...

Send us Fan Mail Louisianians deserve to feel they are being lead in the right direction. We have compassionately strong and ambitious people in our society that want to hold our hand. They try so hard to help. When they do, it's up to us as a community to pay attention and recognize when they are in front of them.  Representative Mandie Landry serves as a member of the Louisiana House of Rep...

Send us Fan Mail Ummm. Y'all! We're back! I am so excited because we have been away for our summer  hiatus. Big things have happened and we are so excited to keep sharing the inspirational stories from the incredibly brave,  marginalized, and talented human beings. We all have a story to tell. And when we choose to tell it- that... THAT is when we give the opportunity to others to LISTEN...

Send us Fan Mail Oh my! Yall! Our mid season finale is coming in hot. SO hot. Like, SUMMER HOT.  I just learned something that helps you find your peace AT HOME. Pardon my Southern dialect but FENG SHUI  is Papa's jam to keep my head on correctly.  New Orleans' Own Psychic/ Medium, Cari Roy joins me again with her beautiful smile. Cari has been featured ALL OVER television including The...

Send us Fan Mail Summer camps are coming in hot!! But not just any summer camps- we have one of the city’s BEST summer camps here today!  Sam Bass, Art Camp 504’s Camp Director sat down with me to talk about her own inspiration behind this amazing camp for our kids in the Big Easy.   Our own girls have been multiple years- and what makes this camp so great is that it is Offered multiple times duri...

Send us Fan Mail I’m so excited to welcome back a very special segment to our show. Preemies run deep in Papa‘s heart.  So deep in fact,  that I felt it was important to create a segment that would highlight the people that allow these beautiful,  tiny bundles of joy the opportunity to survive, grow and then thrive! Pinxav diaper rash ointment is our joint partner along with Ochsner’s Hospital for...

Send us Fan Mail Teachers should definitely be given an entire month of appreciation for the immense amount of EVERYTHING it takes to be an educator. Seriously! One week? C’mon America. Well with the week that they are given it is so important that we take time to go out of our way to let them know how much they mean to you! I am so thrilled to welcome back GINORMOUS social media star and teacher,...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome two United States Veterans to the show. I’m truly amazed at how our own soldiers can harness their gifts after their  world of war & peace-  then, to share them with the entire world. First I welcome my pal Steve McPhail- aka Mcphizzle66 to the show. A past military vet and now rising TikTok’r and Artist! Bob Ross may have been mentioned a couple of times...