It's New Orleans: Happy Hour

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What's It's New Orleans: Happy Hour about?

HAPPY HOUR is a cocktail-fueled 60 minutes of random conversation with folks who have nothing in common, other than being New Orleanians in a bar. Featuring extraordinary New Orleans musicians playing live, host Grant Morris and sidekick deluxe Andrew Duhon

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It's New Orleans: Happy Hour episodes:

06.24.2020
The Return Of The Random All Cajun Happy Hour Special
Until we're allowed back into bars in New Orleans and until people feel comfortable coming down and sitting around having a cocktail with random strangers, we're revisiting some our best shows from the past decade. Today Happy Hour Digital Producer,...
06.17.2020
Katrina Brees Meets Tank and The Bangas
In the Happy Hour annals of "random people who have nothing in common," the day artist Katrina Brees meets Tank and the Bangas stands out to Happy Hour Live Feed Video Director Asher Griffith as the Best Of Happy Hour. ...
06.10.2020
Humidor Saves The World Again
Still barred from hanging out in bars in New Orleans, in the interests of public health, we continue to revisit standout shows from years gone by. This show, in which Humidor Saves The World Again, is the first Happy Hour...
06.03.2020
Poboys, Drag Queens, and Cowboy Mouth Are Back
There's nothing more totally "New Orleans" than poboys, drag queens, and Cowboy Mouth. That's why, till we can go back in bars and hang out, Happy Hour photographer Jill Lafleur picks this show as her favorite from the past few...
05.27.2020
The Return of Clit Sit Meditation
In the annals of “You never know what the hell is going to come up in conversation,” this Happy Hour would have to rank at the top of the list. That's why, till we can go back into bars in...
05.20.2020
Love Hog Warm Showers
After making Happy Hour for nearly 10 years and meeting with random folks in various bars around New Orleans, this is the very first show where we just turn on the mics, put the Zoom link out on the internet...
05.13.2020
Thai Trombone
Matt Haines went to school to learn to become a classical trombone player with visions of playing trombone in an orchestra. But plans change. Initially Matt started teaching people to play in marching bands, which lead him to Thailand, not...
05.06.2020
Mr. Tadpole Meets the Psychedelic Judge
Isaac Toups is one of the most talented and celebrated chefs in New Orleans. Isaac was a finalist on the TV show Top Chef and he’s currently a finalist for the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef South, which...
04.29.2020
Batsh*t Crazy and Completely Unlovable
When you’re in a relationship, sex changes over time. Sometimes it goes from being good to being great. Other times, the fabulous person you fell in love with appears to change completely and turns into a person who is batsh*t...
04.22.2020
You have No Idea How Easy It Is To Be A best Selling Author
Seriously, you have no idea how easy it is to be a best selling author. When you see a book on the best seller list of Amazon, don’t you assume that it must be selling hundreds of thousands? Try 800....
04.15.2020
Live From Petco
Music is apparently non-essential. So New Orleans musicians have no place to play. Some are doing live streaming from their homes, but others – like drummers and sax players – don’t have the kind of live streaming ability that, say,...
04.01.2020
One Man's Dystopia is Another Man's Utopia
If you’re trapped at home hating watching the world come to an end, remember the wise words of Sergio from the band Rodo: One person’s dystopia is another person’s utopia. Sergio and Rodo (the person) play a couple of songs...
03.25.2020
Covideo
In our second Happy Hour by Zoom we manage to take advantage of not being able to hang out in a bar and instead talk to people all across the country in a new concept we’re calling Covideo. Yes, that’s...
03.18.2020
It's New Orleans Coronavirus -- Part 2
When we started making podcasts in New Orleans 10 years ago, we encountered a lot of skeptical questions, among them “What happens when you run out of good guests, in 6 weeks?” and “What’s a podcast?” One of the questions...
03.11.2020
New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1
So today it's New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1 - the first day of the New Orleans shut down. Even the It's New Orleans Happy Hour podcast is caught up in the global pandemic, though so far all that's happened...
03.05.2020
I Want to get my Security Deposit Back
If you've ever rented an apartment, when you've gone to move out, you've almost certainly told the landlord "I want to get my security deposit back." What happens after that is the great unknown. Most often you've probably just given...
02.27.2020
Mardi Gras Death - The Day After
Mardi Gras and Day of the Dead are two very different holidays. But in 2020 Mardi Gras Death is a real thing. It's Ash Wednesday 2020, the day after the deadliest Mardi Gras, possibly of all time. Julie Couret is...
02.06.2020
You're So Smart You Listen to Podcasts Now
Jazz singer/songwriter Gabrielle Cavassa broke up with the guy she was dating and when they got together a month later - for that ridiculous "closure" we've heard so much about - he gave her the ammo for a vicious, cutting...
01.23.2020
My 4th Wife Was Cajun
You probably think you've heard every weird bad disastrous insane mistaken awful relationship story there is. You haven't. Not till you hear comedian hypnotist Flip Orley document his 5 wives and explain the drunken tattoos all over his body with,...
01.16.2020
Real New Orleans
It literally doesn't get more real New Orleans than this Happy Hour. Charlie Gabriel was born in New Orleans in 1932. He started shining shoes and playing music when he was 5. By the time he was 11 he was...
01.09.2020
Your Language of Love
All of us have a love language: some way we prefer love to be communicated to us. For some it’s touch, for others it’s receiving gifts. Your ideal partner in life is a person who speaks your language of love....
12.12.2019
The Girl With The Christmas Tree On Her Head
The girl with the Christmas tree on her head would be eye-catching anywhere. The sparkly glitter on her face and her 8 inch shoes with snow-globes in each perspex heel turns heads even in New Orleans. To find out Jezebel...
12.05.2019
Keto Fat Bomb Explodes the Myth of Celebrity
Sure it's heresy to eat King Cake before 12th Night but Susan Freeswick brings a load of awesome food to this edition of Happy Hour, including King Cake, and gets a NOLA Heresy Pass because it's all Keto from her...
11.14.2019
I Don't Give A Funk
When Josh Benitez sings " I.D.G.A.F! I don't give a funk" he's got a whole lot not to give a funk about. It's actually a funking miracle he's not a serial killer or hasn't killed himself. You've got to hear...
11.07.2019
How to Get a Free Tattoo (Not On Your Face)
Dominic Sgro owns a typically New Orleans tattoo shop, complete with an on-staff magician and live music. At Catahoula Tattoo & Gallery Dominic will give you a free tattoo, as long as it's not on your face. And it also...
10.16.2019
Fear of Commitment and Desire For Intimacy
The two poles of human interaction are the desire for intimacy but the fear of commitment, right? We all have it. And nobody nails it quite like Cyrille Aimee. French-born, New York seasoned and now new Orleans resident, chanteuse Cyrille...
10.09.2019
The New Orleans Ahayuasca Martini
Recovering architect and brand designer Adam Newman remarks on this show that knowing when to shut up is one of the most valuable life lessons. And he's glad he recently learned it because it has come in handy today, surrounded...
09.25.2019
Literally The Best Thing You Can Do With Frequent Flier Miles
If you have frequent flier miles and you've been wondering "What's the best thing I can do with them?" Seth Stanton has the answer. You can give them to the organization he founded here in New Orleans called Miles 4...
09.18.2019
Poboys, Drag Queens & Cowboy Mouth: the Most New Orleans Happy Hour Ever
If you've been a New Orleanian for any length of time, you're going to enjoy this very candid conversation with 3 New Orleans celebrities. Poppy Tooker is New Orleans first lady of food. From her weekly TV appearances on Steppin'...
09.11.2019
A Note From The Universe
Where do you stand on crystals? Do you think they have any power? Or is that all b.s.? Stacy Bogg mines her own crystals and dispenses crystal-power medicine through her business, Karma Rocks. As you might imagine, Stacy comes down...
08.28.2019
Kenny Bellau, Rachel Dangermond, Aaron Benjamin: Good Morning New Orleans
"Good Morning New Orleans" is the song that Aaron Benjamin told himself he was definitely not going to sing on this Happy Hour. So, what does he end up singing? It's the song he wrote about his two day trip...
08.14.2019
Jeff Januszek, Caitlin Carney, Jeremy Joyce: The Noodles of Instagram
What if the guy you happen to be sitting next to at Wayfare in Uptown New Orleans happens to be the king of social media, Jeff Januszek? What's the first question you'd ask him? "How do I get more people...
08.07.2019
Yes it's The New Orleans Vegan Cheesemaker Who Was On Jeopardy!
Caitlion O'Neill's entire trivia and cheerleading life had led up to the moment when she was already drunk at dinner in the Grill Room in the Windsor Court hotel with the Latvian man destined to become her father in law...
07.31.2019
Yo Mama's a Heaux
You might be one of the many people who say, "I like all music. But not country." If that's you, you're about to discover a whole new meaning of "red neck." Meet Hyperphlyy. Three women from Poplarville, Mississippi who moved...
07.24.2019
Mr Peepers and Bisexual Paranoid Insecurity
DJ Nice Rack has a tattoo on her arm that advertises the fact she's bisexual. But it hasn't turned out to convey the message she was anticipating. Being openly bisexual, it turns out, just doubles the amount of paranoid insecurity...
07.17.2019
You're Not Allowed To Call It Nut Milk
OK, so here's the thing about nut milk. Apparently Louisiana dairy producers are ticked off and powerful enough to get the legislature to outlaw anyone calling or labeling anything as "milk" that doesn't come from a cow. No bull. That's...
06.26.2019
Corruption, Consent Decree and Other Shocking New Orleans Revelations
Happy Hour is not the kind of podcast you expect to hear shocking inside breaking news revelations about corruption in the New Orleans justice system, but you never know who you're going to be sitting next to in a bar...
06.19.2019
The CBD & Cocktails Experiment
Jonathan Andry shows up to this week's Happy Hour with a bunch of his CBD product, CBD-Tox. It's allegedly a kick-ass hangover cure, with 20mg of high grade CBD in each capsule. So, picture this. You're in a bar in...
06.12.2019
Fame on Acid
If you're a fan of classic retro-TV you're familiar with Fame, the Glee of the 70's. (Basically a high school where they spend more time singing songs and dancing than doing any actual school work.) If you can imagine that...
06.05.2019
The Actual Real Deal Secret to Human Happiness
This is not a cute click bait podcast title. Dr John Sawyer (you can call him "Johnny Jr" if you want) is the Co-Director of the Brain Health Program at Ochsner Health System. If you want any other reassuring credentials...
05.22.2019
You're Going To Hate Me By The End of Tonight
If you're a woman, it's turning out to be a weird year. Suddenly we're all up in arms about whether or not the State is going to let you have an abortion. If you're a woman who would prefer to...
05.15.2019
The Bearded Lady
Ingrid Victoria is best known in the world of drag queens as the maker of extravagant eyelashes. If you've seen drag queens on TV or on stage and wondered where the heck you get eyelashes like that, now you too...
05.08.2019
I'm Alive As Hell
Ray Lopez is a professional MMA fighter. He has a gym in New Orleans, NOLA MMA, where he teaches people to kill other people - only in self defense, not randomly - but the greatest thrill in his life comes...
04.17.2019
What Humans Call Love
Chris Lee is back! With a brand new record. Chris retired from music for a few years but missed the adulation, and also has a few things to get off his chest. The new songs are gathered under the album...
04.10.2019
Learn To Live Laugh Love - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans
If there really is a God, why do 80% of the people in Indonesia, the 5th biggest country in the world, live without running water or basic human needs? Is this a theological question, or a political question? Today we're...
04.03.2019
3 Ways To Not Get Paid - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans
On this Happy Hour, veteran New Orleans music writer Alex Rawls notes there are three ways to not get paid in the music business: write about music, take photos of musicians, or actually play music. We have all the bases...
03.27.2019
The Calla Lily Thief - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans
If you're looking for a good place to steal hard to find, exotic plants, Ninth Ward Nursery is the place. Mark Sanders started Ninth Ward Nursery, as you might have guessed, in the 9th Ward, as a way to relive...
03.20.2019
Boudreaux in a Spit Hood - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans
It's hard to know which is Travis Laurendine's best story on this Happy Hour. Maybe it's getting punched out by then Saints coach Jim Haslett when Travis was wearing the Boudreaux the Nutria mascot at a Zephyrs baseball game. Or...
03.13.2019
As I Said to Billy Corgan - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans
Nick Pejic is a psychiatrist. Nick spends his days treating people with varying issues, including depression and addiction. By the end of the day he's ready to let loose. That's when he gets out the guitar and gets wailing...
02.20.2019
Slaps! - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans
Just when you think New Orleans couldn't surprise you any more, you meet Luke Hooper. Luke Hooper is the kind of character a Hollywood screenwriter would dream up. Tall and handsome. A semi-professional iron-man athlete who is also an...

What's It's New Orleans: Happy Hour about?

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It's New Orleans: Happy Hour episodes:

The Return Of The Random All Cajun Happy Hour Special

Katrina Brees Meets Tank and The Bangas

Humidor Saves The World Again

Poboys, Drag Queens, and Cowboy Mouth Are Back

The Return of Clit Sit Meditation

Love Hog Warm Showers

Thai Trombone

Mr. Tadpole Meets the Psychedelic Judge

Batsh*t Crazy and Completely Unlovable

You have No Idea How Easy It Is To Be A best Selling Author

Live From Petco

One Man's Dystopia is Another Man's Utopia

Covideo

It's New Orleans Coronavirus -- Part 2

New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1

I Want to get my Security Deposit Back

Mardi Gras Death - The Day After

You're So Smart You Listen to Podcasts Now

My 4th Wife Was Cajun

Real New Orleans

Your Language of Love

The Girl With The Christmas Tree On Her Head

Keto Fat Bomb Explodes the Myth of Celebrity

I Don't Give A Funk

How to Get a Free Tattoo (Not On Your Face)

Fear of Commitment and Desire For Intimacy

The New Orleans Ahayuasca Martini

Literally The Best Thing You Can Do With Frequent Flier Miles

Poboys, Drag Queens & Cowboy Mouth: the Most New Orleans Happy Hour Ever

A Note From The Universe

Kenny Bellau, Rachel Dangermond, Aaron Benjamin: Good Morning New Orleans

Jeff Januszek, Caitlin Carney, Jeremy Joyce: The Noodles of Instagram

Yes it's The New Orleans Vegan Cheesemaker Who Was On Jeopardy!

Yo Mama's a Heaux

Mr Peepers and Bisexual Paranoid Insecurity

You're Not Allowed To Call It Nut Milk

Corruption, Consent Decree and Other Shocking New Orleans Revelations

The CBD & Cocktails Experiment

Fame on Acid

The Actual Real Deal Secret to Human Happiness

You're Going To Hate Me By The End of Tonight

The Bearded Lady

I'm Alive As Hell

What Humans Call Love

Learn To Live Laugh Love - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

3 Ways To Not Get Paid - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

The Calla Lily Thief - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

Boudreaux in a Spit Hood - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

As I Said to Billy Corgan - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans

Slaps! - Happy Hour - It's New Orleans