Healing in the Bayou

By Clyde Mclaughlin

A first-year college student, a lawyer, and a Federal Agent give their two cents on 2020, COVID19, and the protests for Black lives.

By Michelle Lam

This episode of Healing in the Bayou will share the impacts of COVID-19  as a public health threat that served as a stress test at the individual  and governmental levels. This has, in turn, demonstrated social and  infrastructural weakness of society and its government.

By Natalie Dauphinet

By Jullian Bui

Season 3 continues our focus on Shared Histories: Documenting COVID19 and the Movement for Black Lives in Southwest Louisiana

By Zoe Huval, with contributions by Megan Ledet

Season 2 of Healing in the Bayou is part of Shared Histories: Documenting the experiences of and responses to COVID19 and the Movement for Black Lives in southwest Louisiana.

By Theresa Slovacek-Herrera and Kerri Sullivan Leger

Season 2 of Healing in the Bayou is part of Shared Histories: Documenting the experiences of and responses to COVID19 and the Movement for Black Lives in southwest Louisiana.

By Kameron Leblanc and Paetyn Wyble

Season 2 of Healing in the Bayou is part of Shared Histories: Documenting the experiences of and responses to COVID19 and the Movement for Black Lives in southwest Louisiana.

By Shydee Johnson and Kaci Breaux

Season 2 of Healing in the Bayou is part of Shared Histories: Documenting the experiences of and responses to COVID19 and the Movement for Black Lives in southwest Louisiana. 

By Harrison Meyers and Evan Taylor

Season 2 of Healing in the Bayou is part of Shared Histories: Documenting the experiences of and responses to COVID19 and the Movement for Black Lives in southwest Louisiana.

This episode of Healing in the Bayou focuses on traditional faith healing practices of two different cultures: Creole and Cajun traiteurs and Mexican and Mexican American curanderas. Both of these traditions incorporate Catholicism and prayers to heal people as well as medicinal herbs and plants. This episode explores these traditions through a variety of interviews with traiteurs, community members in South Louisiana, a curandera, and a religious studies professor. Traiteurs and curanderas not only treat physical ailments, but also psychological, emotional, and spiritual problems. I believe these practices have stood the test of time and are still practiced today because of this holistic approach to health. - Juliane Mahoney