For this episode, we're sharing a profile of the McFaddin-Ward family and historic home from the most recent Bayoulands radio broadcast.

First up, you’ll hear our conversation with Sarah Parker about the history of the McFaddin and Ward families and how their legacy is still preserved today.

After that we're sharing an extended cut of an audio tour of all 3 floors of the McFaddin Ward House led by docent Brianna Cross.

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For this episode, we’re sharing a conversation between the Symphony of southeast Texas’s own Maestro Chelsea Tipton II and

For more information about Symphony of Southeast Texas performances go to sost.org.

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For this episode, we’re sharing my conversation with Andy and Joyce Green from season 5 of Bayoulands in 2021.

Andy Green is a native of Port Arthur, Texas and an alum of Lamar University best known for developing composite technology and innovating its use in the design of aeronautics, automobiles, buildings, bridges, boats and more.

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For this episode, we're sharing a classic conversation from 2017 between Jason Miller and southeast Texas Santa, Clem Webb.

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For this episode,we’re sharing a conversation with Swamp Pop icon Jivin’ Gene Bourgeois recorded in the Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, Texas.

Bayoulands is produced in the studios of 91.3 KVLU Public Radio in Beaumont, Texas by Shannon Harris and Jason M. Miller. You can hear the radio broadcast every 4th Sunday at 5pm CST on 91.3 FM and online at kvlu.org.

Join us on social media at 91.3 KVLU Public Radio on Facebook and @bayoulands on Instagram.

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For this episode, we're sharing a conversation with Rachel Stiles, a fellow with the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University.

We spoke about her research into the origins and resurrection of Swamp Pop music, a genre homegrown in southeast Texas.

We're sharing a conversation from the latest episode of season 7 of Bayoulands. Jason Miller speaks with John Quigley about the history and legacy of The Orange Leader newspaper.

You can hear an encore broadcast of the most recent episode of Bayoulands on Sunday, November 26th at 5pm CST on 91.3 FM and online at kvlu.org. The episode features this conversation with John Quigley as well as guest contributor Andy Coughlan’s interview with artist and illustrator Lynn Sweat and a story about the origins and resurrection of Swamp Pop music.

Thanks to the H.H. and Edna Houseman Charitable Trust for making this program possible. Additional support provided by the Jefferson County Tourism Commission.

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We're sharing a conversation from the latest episode of Bayoulands season 7 between guest contributor Andy Coughlan and artist and illustrator Lynn Sweat.

You can find Lynn Sweat on Instagram @lynnsweat.illustrator.

You can hear an encore broadcast of the most recent episode of Bayoulands on Sunday, November 26th at 5pm CST on 91.3 FM and online at kvlu.org. The episode features this

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For this episode, we’re sharing Jason Miller’s conversation from 2021 with Dr. Terrie Looney, former education director for the Big Thicket Association, a support and advocacy group for The Big Thicket National Preserve.

The Big Thicket Association will host Big Thicket Day, a family friendly event celebrating 59 years of the Big Thicket Association and 49 years of the

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For this episode,we’re sharing a conversation from season 6 of Bayoulands with poet, actor and author hal evans, a southeast Texas native and Lamar University alum whose fascination with words has taken him to theater stages, classrooms and libraries across the nation and beyond. His  debut novel Come Day in Night was recently awarded the Nautilus Gold Medal and The Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal. For more information about his work visit: halevanspoet.com.

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