New Orleans Podcasting

New Orleans Podcasting

By Craig KraemerSociety & CultureHistory
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New Orleans Podcasting episodes

  • Louisiana Children's Museum's new City Park location
    Julia Bland is CEO of the Louisiana Children’s Museum (LCM). “We’ve really made a large investment in working with parents and in thinking more about the caregiver”, Bland notes. “We are trying to produce some useful tools for how those caregivers can help support the learning processes of their children.”
    In this podcast, Bland describe the museum’s five major exhibit categories, and she explains how LCM can stimulate curiosity in our children to help them become informed about the world ar
    30 min
  • The BugLady's Butterfly Summer: How to attract butterflies with native plants
    In this podcast, Auld discusses her new book and explains the important role insects play in our gardens and throughout the planet.
    Auld’s specialty is butterflies.
    In today’s high-tech, fast-paced culture, many people are removed from nature. In BugLady’s Butterfly Summer, Auld offers examples of how we can connect with nature and begin to see the small things that make life fascinating and mysterious.
    15 min
  • In Memory of Leah Chase: Leah reminiscences about her childhood
    This podcast is the last of three interviews with Leah Chase. I am revisiting this series of interviews in memory of our great New Orleans Queen of the Kitchen, whom we lost on June 1, 2019. In this conversation on February 5, 2012, Leah talks about her parents and shares reminiscences about how she was raised.
    19 min
  • In Memory of Leah Chase: Dooky Chase re-opens for Dinner in 2012
    Leah Chase is owner and Chef at Dooky Chase restaurant. Leah, who celebrated her 89th birthday on January 6, is a beloved figure in New Orleans' vibrant culinary culture. She has put her indelible stamp on her family's renown Creole restaurant. In 2012, for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, Dooky Chase is open for dinner on Fridays. Leah shares her thoughts about food and her life.
    20 min
  • In memory of Leah Chase

    New Orleans lost a great friend in Leah Chase on June 1, 2019. Leah Chase was Chef at Dooky Chase's restaurant and a beloved culinary icon in New Orleans and beyond. Many knew her as the Queen of Creole Cuisine but perhaps Leah Chase's biggest accomplishment was as a civil rights activist.

    As a tribute to Leah, I will re-post several of my interviews with her as she recalled her life from her early childhood years to her days as a civil rights activist. 

    This 2006 interview took place in Leah's FEMA trailer, where she talked about the return of Dooky Chase restaurant following the devastating floods of Hurricane Katrina. We talked about Creole food, and the distinction between European Creole cuisine and the cuisine of Creoles of Color. While speaking about the evolution of Creole food, Leah pointed out that integration exposed Blacks to European Creole cooking. Black cooks then contributed their knowledge and ingredients, adding to New Orleans' rich culinary tradition.

    20 min
  • Summer Camps: A Creative Alternative
    Maestro Robert Lyall is the General and Artistic Director for the New Orleans Opera Company. This year, the New Orleans Opera Association will host two popular summer camps for young people.
    In this podcast, Maestro describes how these unique, hands-on summer camps help children develop their creative talents and give them confidence to take on new challenges.
    16 min
  • Southern Food and Beverage Museum founder takes on new role

    Liz Williams is former President and CEO of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum (SoFAB) in New Orleans. Williams was the driving force behind SoFAB; when she transitioned from her president and CEO positions, Williams assumed the title of Founder. From its initial 2004 beginning as a museum dedicated to celebrating the foods and beverages of the South, SoFAB has given rise to three additional entities: The Museum of the American Cocktail (MOTAC), the John & Bonnie Boyd Hospitality & Culinary Library, and the Pacific Food & Beverage Museum. All three exist under the parent company, the National Food and Beverage Foundation. In this podcast, Williams shares insights into how SoFAB gave rise to three diverse organizations and gives a glimpse into the National Food and Beverage Foundation’s exciting future plans.

    12 min
  • 8th annual Levee Breach Bike Tour

    Sandy Rosenthal, and her son, Stanford Rosenthal, founded Levees.org in 2005, following Hurricane Katrina. The Rosenthals created the organization to inform citizens and law makers that Katrina’s devastating flooding of New Orleans was a man-made, civil engineering catastrophe, not the result of a natural disaster. Today, 14 years later, Rosenthal continues the organization’s ongoing efforts to educate residents, lawmakers, and others to ensure that our city will never again experience a man-made catastrophe like the flooding that inundated New Orleans in 2005.

    Rosenthal’s 8th annual Levee Breach Bike Tour on Saturday, April 20, 2019 is a perfect example of how Levees.org continues its educational mission. The ride is free; all participants have to do is bring their own bikes. The educational ride will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Flooded House Museum at 4918 Warrington Drive,New Orleans, LA 70122.  

    Visit https://go.levees.org/8thBikeTour for detailed information but first, listen to Rosenthal describe her Levees.org journey. In this podcast, she explain why educating ourselves about our vital levee system is much more than an intellectual exercise; having accurate information about our levee protection system has real-world, financial implications.

    9 min

About New Orleans Podcasting

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I created this podcast in January 2006, just a few months after hurricane Katrina. The idea was to help spread positive stories about the New Orleans recovery. By 2012 the recovery was well on its way so I started focusing on the people, places and organizations that make New Orleans, New Orleans.