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White Bitch Black Hills and the Anti-Enlightenment – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

Monica Stevens is a clinical psychologist at The New Orleans Therapeutic Day Program.  Children with behavioral difficulties who are referred to Monica are expected to call her “Dr. Stevens.” However, some of the kids have other names for Monica, including “White Bitch.”   Alex Massa is a trumpet player from the Black Hills of South…

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Acadiana Road Show

On this week’s show, we’re traveling through Acadiana to explore traditional and contemporary Cajun foodways. We begin with George Graham, who shares his obsession through stories of cooking in the region through his nationally recognized  blog and book, Acadiana Table: Cajun and Creole Home Cooking from the Heart of Louisiana.

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What’s Going to Happen to Healthcare? – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

There are not many subjects that everybody is an expert on. But healthcare is one of them. Many people’s opinions about how healthcare should be provided are formed as a result of interactions with the healthcare system that have involved large sums of money and had less than optimum outcomes. On this edition of Out…

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Charismatic Megafauna – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

You might not know it but you are Charismatic Megafauna. Apparently we all are.   Jacques Hebert is one of the only things standing between you and the annihilation of pretty much all the Charismatic Megafauna around here (if you don’t count gators). Well, Jacques himself is not going to be our savior, but the…

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A Feast For The Senses

This week’s show is, in a word, sensational. Join us as we delve into the many ways that our other four senses experience food. We begin in Baton Rouge at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum. Their food photography exhibit, A Feast for the Eyes, runs the gamut from still lifes to the avant-garde. And it’s…

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