On this week’s show, we look at New Orleans history through the lens of the city’s material culture. We begin at the Historic New Orleans Collection, which has played host to an annual gathering of antiques experts, collectors, and aficionados for over a decade. We speak to Philippe Halbert, who presented original research at the…
Read MoreCan you catch cancer? How about OCD? You or really anyone else won’t catch cancer or OCD. So relax. But first… Nurse Sonja brings up a delicate personnel matter with Miss Mary Indigo. Dr. Ross has to put on his superintendent hat because Miss Indigo inexplicably wants to take a day off, and…
Read MoreDo you have a favorite parent? In this episode, the duo figures out which parent they vibe with better and why. Dr. Nick discusses how coaching and psychiatry are different while David becomes more millennial by getting a stereotypically millennial haircut. This week’s Questions from the Waiting Room are about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, how…
Read MoreEvan Christopher is a New Orleans based jazz clarinetist and composer. He is known for his unique style which blends contemporary jazz with the styles of early New Orleans jazz musicians. Dr. Nick sits down with Evan to see how a boy from Long Beach, California came to appreciate New Orleans’ style jazz, and how that appreciation…
Read MoreOn Mardi Gras Day, it’s never surprising to find magical, mythical creatures mingling with street revelers. In her new book, The Mermaids of New Orleans, author Sally Asher brings the effervescent underwater life of Mississippi River sea nymphs to life. One day a year, all mermaids may walk on earth and in New Orleans, that…
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