If there really is a God, why do 80% of the people in Indonesia, the 5th biggest country in the world, live without running water or basic human needs? Is this a theological question, or a political question? Today we’re in a perfect spot to find out.   Yanti Turang left her tiny Australian town…

On this Happy Hour, veteran New Orleans music writer Alex Rawls notes there are three ways to not get paid in the music business: write about music, take photos of musicians, or actually play music. We have all the bases covered in this conversation.   Alex could have added a 4th way: podcasting. He’s recently…

If you’re looking for a good place to steal hard to find, exotic plants, Ninth Ward Nursery is the place.   Mark Sanders started Ninth Ward Nursery, as you might have guessed, in the 9th Ward, as a way to relive his glory days as a child, wandering through the backwoods of Huntsville, Alabama, waiting…

It’s hard to know which is Travis Laurendine’s best story on this Happy Hour. Maybe it’s getting punched out by then Saints coach Jim Haslett when Travis was wearing the Boudreaux the Nutria mascot at a Zephyrs baseball game. Or maybe it’s meeting Dick Cheney when he (Travis, not Dick) was named the smartest person…

Nick Pejic is a psychiatrist. Nick spends his days treating people with varying issues, including depression and addiction. By the end of the day he’s ready to let loose. That’s when he gets out the guitar and gets wailing like Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins. Billy is Nick’s musical idol and he’s met Billy three…