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A Couch of Our Own – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

July 15, 2014 Midnight Menu +1

Nobody went to Ernie K-Doe’s legendary Mother In Law Lounge to actually lounge. Except Tee Eva Perry. Tee Eva was K-Doe’s back-up singer and dancer, and best friend of K-Doe’s wife, Antoinette. Some of Tee Eva’s fondest memories are of the nights – every night of the week they weren’t performing – spent lounging around…

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Depends Who You Ask – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

July 11, 2014 It's New Orleans: Happy Hour

If you listen to public radio in New Orleans you already know Eve Troeh. Eve is the News Director for the local NPR affiliate; public radio station WWNO 89.9FM. But other than she’s smart, quick, and one of the refreshingly talented new on-air voices at WWNO, what do you really know about Eve? Start with…

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Meet The New Boss – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

July 10, 2014 Out to Lunch

Cam Marston tells a great story that illustrates how our attitudes to parenting have changed: today babies are brought home from the hospital strapped down in a rear-facing car seat in the back seat of a car. In the previous generation babies were carried in mom’s lap in the front seat while mom wore no seat…

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Meat: A Love Story – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

July 8, 2014 Midnight Menu +1

Chef Rob Bechtold loves his meat smoker so much he sleeps with it. Well, next to it. And gets up every half hour to tend to the flames. Apparently you can taste the love and dedication in every bite because Chef Rob and wife Emily’s NOLA Smokehouse sells out of barbq every single day. Rob and…

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Psychic Sissy Pyrex – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

July 4, 2014 It's New Orleans: Happy Hour

We invited film maker Kevin McLin on Happy Hour because he seemed like an interesting guy. We had no idea how interesting. First of all he’s the creator of two of the potentially most offensive, edgy, pieces of comedy to come out of New Orleans in years. Maybe ever. A music video about a “baby…

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