Hear celebrated and up-and-coming authors read excerpts from new books and discuss their work with former Times-Picayune book editor Susan Larson.
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WWNO Podcasts
Part-time New Orleans resident Harry Shearer hosts a look at the worlds of media, politics, cyberspace, sports and show business while providing an eclectic array of music along the way.
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New Orleans writer Ian McNulty hosts Where Y'Eat, a weekly exploration and celebration of food culture in the Crescent City and south Louisiana.
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Living on the coast means living on the front lines of a rapidly changing planet. And as climate change transforms our coasts, that will transform our world. Every two weeks, we bring you stories that illuminate, inspire, and sometimes enrage, as we dive deep into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond. We have a lot to save, and we have a lot of solutions. Join us as we investigate and celebrate life on a changing coast. It’s time to talk about a Se ...
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OUT TO LUNCH finds economist and Tulane finance professor Peter Ricchiuti conducting business New Orleans style: over lunch at Columns in Uptown New Olreans. In his 14th year in the host seat, Ricchiuti’s learned but uniquely NOLA informal perspective has established Out to Lunch as the voice of Crescent City business. You can also hear the show on WWNO 89.9FM.
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Climate change is scary. Life Raft is not. From WWNO, WRKF and PRX, comedian Lauren Malara and reporter Travis Lux explore your questions about living with climate change. How bad will the flooding get? Is it ever going to be too hot to live here? Have I had my last good oyster? We’ll tackle it all.
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A leaked draft Supreme Court opinion suggests the US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe versus Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. How did we get here? This is Banned, a new narrative podcast that tells the story of how one Mississippi law could end the right to legal abortions in the United States — and overturn Roe v. Wade. Hosted by journalist Rosemary Westwood, Banned is a production of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio, WRKF Baton Rouge Public Rad ...
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry speaks with Professor Gary Marcus about the latest advancements and obstacles in artificial intelligence. He also brings us regular features like News of Musk Love, The Side Effects of the Week, News of the Olympic Movement, News of the Warm, News of Crypto-Winter, great music, and more.…
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Where Y’Eat: How New Orleans Restaurants Change to Survive Summer
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By Susan Larson
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New Orleans is a city of neighborhoods. 73 of them. Each one of these neighborhoods has its own flavor, its unique characteristics, and residents who can tell you about people who were brought up there and went on to do something notable. Claus Sadlier grew up in Old Metairie. It’s possible you don’t know who Claus is. If you’ve stopped at a coffee…
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us News of the Warm, News of Crypto-Winter, The Side Effects of the Week, What the Frack?!, Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump, The Apologies of the Week, News of A.I., and plenty of great music.By Harry Shearer
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By Susan Larson
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Where Y’Eat: Late Festival Season Continues a Celebration of Food, Culture
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The chemical industry is big business in Louisiana. Companies here manufacture plastics, fuels, pesticides, and cleaning products. But one part of the chemical industry that’s often overlooked is the fertilizer business. Today, you’re going to hear the story of modern fertilizer, and how this powerful concoction of chemicals has radically reshaped …
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of A.I., News of Musk Love, News of the Olympic Movement, News of Crypto-Winter, The Apologies of the Week, News of the Atom, What the Frack?!, and The Side Effects of the Week. Harry also welcomes a surprise guest, and spins great music.…
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You may have heard people who started up businesses talking about how they found investors. Typically, they’ll say something like, “We pitched our idea and raised X amount.” It sounds simple. But when you dig a little deeper, delivering a successful pitch to investors is not quite as straightforward as describing your business as “The Uber of datin…
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By Susan Larson
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Where Y’Eat: Boiling with Gratitude for the Emperor of Crawfish
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There are countless myths and reports throughout human history of places where spirits come down to earth. Where the intangible meets the material world. In the US, there are few places that better demonstrate this crossroads than New Orleans. People have tried to explain how the joy of living here triumphs over everyday things like dysfunction and…
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Last week, we hosted a Sea Change live event at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. We wanted to talk about the science behind the massive land loss crisis we are experiencing, what it means to live in a vanishing landscape, and importantly, what we can do about it. But this is New Orleans, so we also wanted to celebrate! Celebrate the culture and joy of …
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of Musk Love, News of the Warm, News of the Godly, News of A.I., What the Frack?!, News of Microplastics, The Apologies of the Week, The Side Effects of the Week, and News of Crypto-Winter. He also considers the election of Popo Leo XIV, and plays great music.…
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By Susan Larson
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Where Y’Eat: On Mothers Day, Gratitude Through New Orleans Hospitality
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us News of Musk Love, News of Microplastics, The Side Effects of the Week, News of A.I., News of the Godly, News of Smart World, News of the Atom, News of Crypto-Winter, and The Apologies of the Week. He also pays tribute to Jill Sobule, a friend of the show, who passed away this week.…
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By Susan Larson
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Where Y’Eat: A Delicious Neighborhood Becomes Part of Jazz Fest
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This week on Le Show, Harry presents News of the Godly, News of Microplastics, Side-Effects of the Week, It’s a Smart World, some fantastic music, and some things you’ve never heard before! Come join us!By Harry Shearer
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The Reading Life: Nancy Dixon and Leslie Petty
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We are all affected by ocean conditions, and we're talking about huge things like global food security and human health, to fisheries we depend on, to the transport of a whopping 90% of the world's goods. So it's vitally important to understand ocean conditions. What can the fascinating field of ocean forecasting tell us about the future for us on …
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In the 1800’s Thomas Edison invented, among other things, the light bulb, the record player, and the first motion picture capture device which paved the way for the birth of movies. Was Thomas Edison a genius? In response to that question Edison said, “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration.” Meaning, you can have a great idea, but …
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of Musk Love, News of Bees, News of the Warm, News of the Godly, Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump, News of Microplastics, What theFrack?!, The Apologies of the Week, The Side Effects of the Week, and News of Crypto-Winter. He also shares a message from Linda McMahon, …
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By Susan Larson
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Where Y’Eat: Crawfish Season in Louisiana Means More Than Meals
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Maybe this has happened to you. You stumble onto a great new show on Netflix - and when you tell your friends about it, everybody seems to know about it already. But for some reason you never got the memo. Peter's lunch guests today don’t have shows on Netflix, but they both have unique stories and successful businesses that maybe you know all abou…
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This week’s episode of Le Show features segments both old and new like The Chainsaw Massacre, News of Musk Love, News of Bees, Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump, News of A.I., News of the Olympic Movement, News of Crypto-Winter, The Apologies of the Week, and News of the Warm.By Harry Shearer
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By Susan Larson
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Like much of coastal Louisiana, Isle de Jean Charles is rapidly disappearing into the Gulf because of coastal erosion and sea level rise. Scientists predict the island will be completely underwater by 2050. Almost a decade ago, the federal government awarded the state of Louisiana $48 million dollar to resettle members of the Jean Charles Choctaw N…
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I’m going to hit you with some statistics. About women. Here’s the first one: Around 50% of the population in the US are women. You probably knew that one. Here’s another one. Women-owned businesses. According to the National Association of Women Business Owners, 42% of existing US businesses are owned by women. So, pretty good. Right? Now, we move…
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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry begins by introducing us to a new segment, “The Chainsaw Massacre.” Then we’ll shift to regular segments like The Side Effects of the Week, News of the Warm, News of Crypto-Winter, News of the Atom, News of Musk Love, Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump, News of A.I., and The Apologies of the Week.…
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By Susan Larson
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People typically get invited onto shows like this because they’re successful. So, it will come as no surprise to you that my two guests on Out to Lunch today have success stories. What might surprise you, is the magnitude of their success. Cathy Deano is the founder of Painting With a Twist. It’s a pretty simple concept: you get one or two friends …
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