Louisiana Lefty

Sade Dumas, executive director of the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition and co-chair of PAC for Justice, joins host Lynda Woolard to talk about the foundational work that goes into successful progressive change, the tug of war between Criminal Justice Reform and rising crime rates, and how to best welcome people into the movement.

Connect with OPPRC on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and through their website: opprcnola.org.

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Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Welcome to Season 3 of Louisiana Lefty! Host Lynda Woolard shares some highlights from Season 2, and zeroes in on key themes we’ll continue to explore.

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Check out all the great Louisiana organizers we've celebrated on the Bayou Brief's Organizer of the Month Gallery.

If you've missed any episodes from our previous seasons, you can find them all in our Louisiana Lefty Archives.

Thanks to all our wonderful guests and contributors, with special acknowledgments to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as our Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Louisiana Lefty is on winter break this month, but we’re still releasing Action Lefty mini-pods.

This week, host Lynda Woolard highlights suggested materials from the Recommended Resources page of our website: LouisianaLefty.Rocks

With Voting Rights legislation hanging in the balance, All In: The Fight for Democracy, a documentary framed by Stacey Abrams’ first run for governor of Georgia, is essential viewing, as it examines the issue of voter suppression in America, interweaving current voting hurdles with historical insights that explain how we got here.

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Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Louisiana Lefty is on winter break this month, but we’re still releasing Action Lefty mini-pods.

This week, host Lynda Woolard goes over the resources available on our website: LouisianaLefty.Rocks

Any missed podcast episodes can be found on our Archives page.

We continue to add to the Watch, Read, and Listen Lists on our Recommended Resources page.

As we hit the first anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection, we particularly recommend watching The Brainwashing of My Dad documentary as essential viewing to understand the right-wing forces we are facing.

The Contact page contains both the link to the Organizer of the Month Gallery and the link to our form to nominate your favorite Louisiana organizer for future recognition.

Follow @LouisianaLefty on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more content!

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Self-described "Steminist" Alsie Dunbar joins host Lynda Woolard for a conversation on her journey to a career as a chemical engineer, as well as her STEM Gems program mentoring girls in Ascension Parish, encouraging them to explore the world of STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math]. We also talk about lessons learned on her 2017 campaign for a Louisiana legislative seat in majority minority house district 58.

Connect with Alsie on Facebook and Instagram.

Connect with the Stem Gems Mentoring Program via Instagram and their website: thestemgems.org.

Find more Louisiana Lefty content on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and at LouisianaLefty.Rocks.

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Representative Aimee Adatto Freeman from Louisiana House District 98 joins host Lynda Woolard on this episode to recount how she passed the Pink Tax Exemption on feminine hygiene products and diapers, share insight on how to build needed majorities to pass bills, and explain the important role our progressive advocacy groups play in informing legislation.

Connect with Rep. Freeman on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Connect with Aimee Freeman Consulting through her website.

Watch Rep. Freeman’s video on the Pink Tax

Find more Louisiana Lefty content on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and at LouisianaLefty.Rocks.

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Epidemiologist Dr. Catherine Desmarais talks to host Lynda Woolard about her work in public health to address the coronavirus pandemic. We discuss how the virus has been purposely politicized. Then Catherine offers facts to help listeners make good health decisions for themselves, to debunk myths that have circulated out of misunderstanding and fear, and to counter disinformation that’s being spread intentionally to divide us.

Links to Trustworthy Resources and Data on Covid-19, Vaccinations, and Masks:

Nerdy Girls’ Dear Pandemic

Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE)

Louisiana Department of Health Covid-19 Dashboard

CDC Guidance for Coronavirus

CDC Parish-Level Data for Covid-19

V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker

Understanding Breakthrough Infections Following Vaccination

Mask-wearing and Control of Covid-19

Masks Do More Than Protect Others

Mask Use and Ventilation to Reduce Covid-19

Quack Watch

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Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Mercedes Montagnes of the Promise of Justice Initiative and PAC for Justice talks to host Lynda Woolard about the success of the Unanimous Jury Coalition’s efforts to change the Louisiana Constitution, and explores other opportunities for Criminal Justice Reform in our state.

Connect with the Promise of Justice Initiative on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Connect with PAC for Justice on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Find more Louisiana Lefty content on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and at LouisianaLefty.Rocks.

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

In Part 2 of the conversation between Bayou Brief publisher Lamar White, Jr. and host Lynda Woolard, they continue their conversation about Huey P. Long in the context of modern politics, explore some of the accusations made against Long by his contemporaries and scholars, and touch on some of the other topics of Lamar’s writing. If you missed Champion of Facts No. 1, please give it a listen, and then come back to this episode, as we pick up where we left off, with the question of whether Long deserves his own Broadway musical.

Connect with Lamar’s work through Patreon and Twitter.

Read The Final Days of the Indefatigable Huey P. Long, Jr. here

Connect with the Bayou Brief on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, as well as through their website.

Find more Louisiana Lefty content on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LouisianaLefty.Rocks.

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Lamar White, Jr. is publisher of and writer for Louisiana’s first and only reader-supported digital publication, the Bayou Brief. In this episode, he joins host Lynda Woolard for the first in a two-part conversation on the need for a left-wing media ecosystem, his new 3-part piece on the death of Huey P. Long, and how Long’s progressive populism compares to the politics of today. Follow us on your favorite podcast platform so you will get a notification for the second installment of Champion of Facts and all our future episodes.

Read The Final Days of the Indefatigable Huey P. Long, Jr. here

Connect with the Bayou Brief on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, as well as through their website.

Note: The answer to the Louisiana parishes Bernie Sanders won in the 2016 primaries is: Cameron and LaSalle.

Find more Louisiana Lefty content on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LouisianaLefty.Rocks.

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.