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Talk Louisiana

Jim Engster

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LSU Manship School Professor Bob Mann and Advocate Editorial Writer Lanny Keller exchange rankings of the ten Louisiana governors in their lifetime…from Earl Long to John Bel Edwards. Mann worked for Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Keller was on the team of Gov. David Treen. Keller and Mann also talk about the testimony of Special Counsel Bob Mueller before two U.S. House committees and the discussion about LSU’s new multimillion dollar football operations building. Mark Ballard, Capitol Bureau Chi ...
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Sea Change

WWNO & WRKF

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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. It’s time to talk about a Sea Change. Sea Change is a new podcast hosted by Carlyle Calhoun an ...
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OUT TO LUNCH finds Baton Rouge Business Report Editor Stephanie Riegel combining her hard news journalist skills and food background: conducting business over lunch. Baton Rouge has long had a storied history of politics being conducted over meals, now the Capital Region has an equivalent culinary home for business: Mansur's. Each week Stephanie holds court over lunch at Mansur's and invites members of the Baton Rouge business community to join her. You can also hear the show on WRKF 89.3FM.
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Life Raft

WWNO and WRKF

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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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Longtime Baton Rouge lawyer Elliott Atkinson recounts his story with his pen pal President Joe Biden. Mayoral candidate Nathaniel Hearn speaks on his campaign, candidacy, and also comments on his fellow candidates. Political commentator Tim Miller comments on the latest news regarding the upcoming presidential election.…
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Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser talks the latest in tourism throughout Louisiana with the upcoming Taylor Swift concert and the Annual Book Festival. Secretary at the Department of Revenue Richard Nelson gives insight into the Landry's tax plan. Dr. Denise Underwood from The National Security Leaders for Louisiana gives insight into the organization a…
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Cofounder of 10,000 Women Louisiana Melissa Flournoy is joined by former State Representative Troy Hebert to discuss the latest in the political world 12 days till the presidential election. The Advocate's Mark Ballard talks various political topics including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. MLB legend Denny McLain remembers pitcher Fernando Vale…
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Former LSU Manship School professor Bob Mann is joined by columnist and writer Quin Hillyer discuss the latest with the polls 13 days till the presidential election. Attorney, author, and producer Henry Bushkin remembers the great Johnny Carson on his 99th birthday. Jake Morgan from the Baton Rouge Fire Department talks the tax proposal for the fir…
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Around two million people in the United states will be diagnosed this year with cancer. Taken together, each one of these individual life-changing diagnoses forms a part of an overall cancer care industrial complex which adds to up to an annual $75 billion sector of the national economy. And, like every other business heading into the second quarte…
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Author and investigative journalist Dan Moldea speaks on on the upcoming presidential election and the latest with the polls and the swing states. Former Mayor of Gretna and former Chairman at Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana Ronnie Harris comments on the upcoming presidential election and also the idea of ballot discrepancies in…
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Want to know even more about sustainable seafood on the Gulf Coast? Listen to this bonus episode for an extended conversation with Chef Jim Smith of The Hummingbird Way Oyster Bar in Mobile, Alabama. We talk with Chef Smith about threats facing both fishers and fisheries on the Gulf Coast and how we, as consumers, can make a difference...and of cou…
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Republican Political Consultant Roy Fletcher comments on the upcoming presidential election and the swing state polls. Longtime politico James Carville also comments on the upcoming presidential election and the latest results with the swing state polls. Editor at the Louisiana Illuminator Greg Larose is joined by WRKF Capitol Access Reporter Brook…
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Your expert guide to sustainable seafood is here! Get ready to feel the salt spray, and tuck into a wide-ranging conversation about what's on your plate and the future of our ocean. Seafood has been called our "last wild food." Humans have been enjoying seafood for a long time—over 2 million years. But in recent decades, how we catch and eat fish a…
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Secretary of State Nancy Landry talks the upcoming election and election security. Robert and Rita Wetta Adams Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Louisiana State University Kevin Cope gives a review on LSU President Bill Tate and also comments on Mike the Tiger's attendance at LSU football games. Entrepreneur, civic leader, and demo…
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Professor in the Kinesiology department at Louisiana State University Jan Hondzinski speaks on the study of motor control and sensorimotor integration and also the impact of Parkinson's Disease. Louisiana State Senator Franklin Foil comments on the Louisiana tax structure and Landry's tax plan. Tiger Rag editor and Tiger Rag Magazine host Todd Horn…
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There are cose to 3 milllion apps available today – nearly 3 times as many as there were a decade ago – and they are designed to do everything imaginable, whether it’s helping us buy a house, track a hurricane, rent a car or remember to breathe. In other words, there is nothing that cannot be digitized and commodified with the right software and a …
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Public health policy expert and founder and CEO of Nest Health Dr. Rebekah Gee speaks on the hybrid health care company and its many years of success. Former member of the Louisiana State Senate Elbert Guillory talks his campaign and candidacy for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. Author at the Louisiana Illuminator Greg Larose comments on LS…
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Founder of Victoria's Voice and The Save Our Kids Education and Prevention Programs Jackie Siegel talks the impact of the opioid crisis and also the upcoming event Save Our Kids VITAL SIGNS Baton Rouge. For more information visit https://secure.qgiv.com/for/saveourkidsvitalsignsbatonrouge/event/saveourkidsvitalsignsbatonrouge?utm_campaign=BCBSA-Bat…
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Vice President of Development at the LSU Alumni Association Lauren Giffin is joined by former LSU tight end and Director of Development for the LSU Alumni Association Colin Jeter to discuss organization and also The Tiger Nation Challenge. For more information and to donate, visit https://www.lsualumni.org/. Author for the Baton Rouge Business Repo…
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Veteran anchorman George Sells is joined by TV personality Whitney Vann to remember Baton Rouge therapist Nick Abraham and also to talk the impact of the media has on political news including the upcoming presidential election. Candidate for the Public Service Commission - District 2 Nick Laborde gives insight into his campaign and candidacy. Louis…
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When is the last time you heard someone say, “I love email?” I would bet, probably never. Every day it seems like we’re swamped with more spam. And when we do actually rely on email for something important, well, you know how that goes. You send someone an email and ask them three questions. They reply to one. You reply with a comment about their r…
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What if we get it right? That's the question marine biologist, climate expert, and writer Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson explores in her new book. Ayana joins us to talk about climate solutions we have right now and what's possible for the future of our planet. Looking for a link to the book? "What If We Get It Right? Visions of a Climate Future" This…
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The complexity of healthcare today and all the western advances that go with it – from AI generated diagnoses to online scheduling platforms to cold, impersonal clinical settings – has a lot of people – and their four-legged friends - looking for alternative, more holistic, wellness-centered approaches to healing and feeling better. Stephanie's gue…
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Ask anyone in Louisiana, or any other state, and they’ll tell you that two of the greatest problems today facing the average American are access to affordable housing and access to quality affordable healthcare. Despite billions in federal funding and policies intended to help, the need continues to grow. On this episode of Out to Lunch, Stephanie …
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TV Weather Gets Heated. In a world where weather is getting more extreme, the role of meteorologists is becoming more important—and controversial—than ever. Meteorologists have been fired over reporting on climate change, and others have left stations because of death threats. But that hasn’t stopped Jeff Berardelli, Chief Meteorologist for Tampa B…
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For most of the 35-thousand years or so that humans have roamed the Earth, we were able to represent what we see and hear through art and music. But we were not able to capture images and sounds and replicate them until - in the grand scheme of things - relatively recently when the inventions of the industrial revolution brought us rudimentary phot…
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Our oceans are heating up—what does that mean for all the life that lives in the sea...and us? Today we’re going on a trip to Florida…we’re hanging out in the Keys, and we're going fishing, and scuba diving all to find out what’s going on beneath the surface. Just how bad is hotter water for sea life in South Florida, and for the people that depend…
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The home insurance market is collapsing all across the country. Big, brand-name insurance companies are walking away from the riskiest states. And, the companies that are sticking around are often doubling and tripling rates over just a few years. Nothing like this has ever happened before. And nowhere is this crisis worse... than Florida. In fact,…
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For more than half a century, American educators and policymakers have been grappling with a problem that just keeps getting worse: A lot of American children don’t learn how to read, at least not very well, and despite new programs and curricula, the literacy gap keeps growing. In Louisiana, the problem is particularly acute – studies show that mo…
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Even though New Orleans has water in every direction, it’s hard to access. And for a city with increasingly sweltering summers, this irony is painful. In this episode, we’re going to talk about the uncomfortable history of Lincoln Beach, how it led to New Orleans not having any public beaches today, and how a community has rallied together to get t…
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Despite what statistics show about fewer people getting married and more people getting divorced, Americans spent more than $50B on weddings last year, and the numbers continue to grow. Venues, food, liquor, music, gowns, flowers, cake, photographer – and that’s not counting bachelor and bachelorette parties or what’s involved if the big day is a d…
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It's summertime! Otherwise known as prime reading season. And in this episode, you're going to meet the people behind a couple of the summer's hottest books. We talk with Boyce Upholt about his new bestseller, The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi. The book tells the epic story of the Mississippi River, and he writes about how…
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For as long as humans and pre-human ancestors have been on the planet -- roughly 2.6 million years or so, we have been eating meat. In fact, recent studies have suggested that had it not been for our carnivorous consumption, humans would not have evolved the way that we did. Over the millennia our tastes have changed but not our love of meat. These…
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Most of the world's biggest cities are on the coast. As sea levels rise and storms worsen, how can we reimagine our coastal cities so that they can survive and thrive in the face of climate change? Today we talk with leaders across 3 continents about how they are fighting for the future of their cities. Thank you to our panelists: Dr. Fola Dania - …
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If you subscribe to an online news service, you’re used to getting notifications about news stories the algorithm thinks might impact you. In Southeast Louisiana, you’ll pretty regularly see variations on the headline, “Sea Level Rise Threatens Coastline” or “Louisiana Loses a Football Field of Wetlands Per Hour.” If you’re like most people, you ke…
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Arts and music are essential elements of any real community. They unite us, bring out the human spirit and remind us of the incredible gifts and talents and good things we can do when we let our creativity fly. Baton Rouge isn’t particularly known as a high brow kinda place as far as the arts are concerned but there are plenty of hidden gems, and y…
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In Vietnamese culture, water and home are so linked that they share a word. The Vietnamese word for water is nước. But nước also means homeland. Today–how the Vietnamese community has to reimagine its relationship with water as Louisiana’s coastline changes. In this episode, we’ll travel to a shrimp dock, a tropical garden, and a neighborhood surro…
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Louisiana ranks last in a lot of lists but one area where the state is pretty close to the top is in the number of lawyers per capita. That’s right, Louisiana is 11th among the 50 states in terms of the number of attorneys in the state. While that means you won’t have trouble finding someone should you need to file a lawsuit or negotiate a contract…
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It started in states like Florida and Louisiana. And, now it's spreading. The home insurance market is crumbling as climate-fueled disasters increase. Premiums are skyrocketing, and already, insurance is playing a role in determining where we can live, and who can afford to live there. So we decided to host our very first Sea Change Live event dedi…
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We have a special episode for you today. We're sharing an episode of the new podcast from APM Studios and Western Sound called “Ripple.” The largest oil spill in American history captivated the public's attention for the entire summer of 2010. Authorities told a story of a herculean response effort that made shorelines safe and avoided a worst case…
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Baton Rouge often gets a bad rap for being a belt and suspenders kind of town, where people eat in chain restaurants and go to movie theaters and don’t do the kind of interesting, unique things – be they related to food, music or festivals – that are so characteristic of some fo sthe state’s other big cities. But its’ simply not true! And bright yo…
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Today, we hear the story of one fish and its journey to fame: the red drum, or more commonly known as the classic redfish. And whether the decline of this fish is a warning of a bigger collapse. This episode was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit news organization. This episode was rep…
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Safety in the workplace may not be the kind of thing most people think about, but if you work for a company with more than a handful of employees -- and particularly an industrial or construction company that involves heavy machinery or dangerous chemicals -- safety is paramount to what you do every day and is top of mind of important people in you…
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The ocean is rising across the South faster than almost anywhere else in the world. Today, Eva Tesfaye, a reporter for Sea Change, talks to the two journalists behind the Washington Post’s new series “The Drowning South.” Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis discuss their data-driven reporting, which takes them from Texas to North Carolina. It’s a fascina…
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In March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic reached alarming levels of spread - more than our health care system was able to handle - so public health officials ordered state and local governments to shut things down. Aand our lives were forever changed. It's strange now to think back on those weeks; how we adapted and coped, and what we learned about …
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Sea Change’s series, “All Gassed Up,” exposes the enormous scale of the global expansion of liquified natural gas. Our reporting revealed that this gas expansion not only has big impacts on local communities like Cameron Parish but also on the planetary scale for our future climate. The expansion threatens the effort to slow climate change. And, th…
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