I recorded this podcast in New Orleans on December 16, 2005. I had just spent three days there, visiting New Orleans and the Gulf coast of Mississippi, post Katrina.

I've always been fascinated by the evolution of cities, here was a chance to see a city that I was familiar with, having gone to Tulane in the early 70s, with its structure (roads and large buildings) still mostly in place but most of the people and their homes gone. As you might imagine the things I learned were not the things I thought I would learn. That's what this episode is about.

I wanted to share this, because the people who subscribe to this podcast probably are interested in how podcasting got started. There wasn't much podcasting happening in late 2005.

Also, I recorded a 50-minute podcast interview on the flight from Atlanta to New Orleans, with Janet, a woman who lost her house and all her possessions in the Lakeview section of New Orleans and was returning, as most of the people on the flight were New Orleanians who had evacuated and were returning.