Wrbh Reading Radio Original Programming Podcasts

Allison Alsup joins us to share a few flash fiction pieces, as well as her thoughts on the process of writing and sharing stories. Allison is a New Orleans Writers Workshop co-founder and teaches and coaches fiction writers of all levels. Her short stories have won multiple awards, including those from A Room of Her Own Foundation, New Millennium Writings, Philadelphia Stories and the Dana Awards; she was shortlisted for the 2019 Manchester Fiction Prize, England’s largest short story competition. Her story, “Old Houses,” first published in the New Orleans Review, was selected for the 2014 O’Henry Prize Stories. Allison’s New Orleans food and cocktail writing includes The French Quarter Drinking Companion: A Guide to Bars in America’s Most Eclectic Neighborhood; her profile on New Orleans chef Leah Chase was selected for the Best Food Writing 2015. Originally aired on April 27th 2019.

Charlie sits down with NOLA-based accordianist Glenn Hartman. Originally aired on April 23rd

The 2nd part of Anne Guillot's conversation with Joseph Dunn, of Laura Creole Plantation and Historic Site. The imprint of West African influences on Louisiana's culture is discussed, including the Bantu dialect and Louisiana Creole Folktales as resistance stories. Bouki and Lapin, originally Wolof language stories from Senegal, traversed the Atlantic and maintained their African characters and point of view. In all other US locations, the set of animal tales transformed into the Bre'r Rabbit collection. Originally aired on April 15th 2019

Candice speaks with author Hugo and Nebula award-winning Indigenous science fiction/fantasy writer Rebecca Roanhorse about her latest stories and books. Originally aired on April 24th 2019

Originally aired on April 17th 2019.

We sit down with poet Brad Richard to talk about Moby Dick, wasps, and his new book, PARASITE KINGDOM. Originally aired on April 18th 2019.

David talks with Megan Holt about their upcoming event on April 24th at the New Orleans Museum of Art and more! Originally aired on April 18th 2019.

Originally aired on April 11th 2019.

Originally aired on April 11th 2019.

The first in a two-part series speaking with Joseph Dunn, President of Alliance Française de la Nouvelle Orléans. Originally aired on April 8th 2019.

Lara Naughton is a New Orleans-based writer, teacher and compassion trainer. With more than twenty years teaching and facilitation experience, she has worked with students K-12 as well as adults, and has led writing classes with people who have faced challenging circumstances, including homelessness, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, wrongful conviction, incarceration, and torture. She is a certified Compassion Cultivation Trainer through the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University School of Medicine, founder of the Compassion Program at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, LA, and creative writing faculty member at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Her work has appeared in The Sun, Salon, Guernica, Refinery29, Narratively, and Bustle, among other publications. Her writing also includes the documentary stage play Never Fight A Shark in Water: The Wrongful Conviction of Gregory Bright and memoir The Jaguar Man. Originally aired on April 6th 2019.

In this 12 edition of the program, Richard talks about the history of the Claiborne Overpass and rise of the interstate throughout the center of the city and the effects it had.

On early New Orleans and its flammable nature.

Richard Campanella speaks on disasters in the city's history and what it means to "Wipe the slate cleaned."

On the future of New Orleans transit...as thought of in 1958.

On what makes New Orleans-- or parts of the city-- "cool," and how that's changed over the years.

On Poydras Street and its fascinating history.

Richard Campanella describes the history of Magazine Street from public markets to commercial and community hub.

On Harrah's Casino and Hotel, the unfinished tunnel lurking underneath it, and all the problems it keeps causing.

Richard Campanella talks about the history of public housing in New Orleans and its transformation after Hurricane Katrina.