Wrbh Reading Radio Original Programming Podcasts

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.

An interview with New Orleans-native, "Angola Three" Member, activist, and writer Albert Woodfox who has just released a new memoir entitled SOLITARY: MY STORY OF TRANSFORMATION AND HOPE. Originally aired on April 4th 2019.

Chef Amy talks beer, tasting, and brewing with folks from New Orleans' Urban South Brewery ahead of their 3rd anniversary party. Originally aired on April 3rd 2019.

Anne Guillot sits down with Dr. Mallika Doss to talk about Macular Degeneration in this second part of our series on Eye Health. Originally aired on April 1st 2019.

David has a talk with author John Lanchester about dystopias, modern politics, and his new book THE WALL. Originally aired on March 28th 2019.

David speaks with Will Hunt, author of UNDERGROUND: A HUMAN HISTORY OF THE WORLDS BENEATH OUR FEET. Originally aired on March 28th 2019.

On this episode Figure of Speech, we welcome author Robert Fieseler with a show around the theme of SHUT OUT-- featuring the work of Srikanth Reddy, Marcel Proust, and a segment from Fieseler's latest book "Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation." Originally aired on March 23rd 2019.

Anne Guillot speaks with Dr. Mallika Doss about Diabetic Retinopathy in the first part of our series on Eye Health. Originally aired on March 25th 2019.