This hour, Newell is joined by Mark Romig, Chief Marketing Officer of New Orleans & Company, to discuss New Orleans' Super Bowl success, Mardi Gras sustainability, Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks headlining the Superdome, pursuing a UNESCO Creative Cities application, and what's in store in 2025.

This hour, Newell has on Michael Hecht, President & CEO of GNO Inc., to reflect on the success of New Orleans hosting the Super Bowl, crime in unincorporated Jefferson Parish hitting a record low in 2024, and more. Then, Michael brings on Sidney Torres IV, serial entrepreneur, to talk about how his innovative trash company, IV Waste, transformed the French Quarter via detailed sanitation and fragrance.

Sidney Torres IV joins Newell to talk about how his innovative trash company, IV Waste, transformed the French Quarter via detailed sanitation and fragrance.

This hour, Newell talks about a series of polls that reveal the New Orleans residents are deeply frustrated with the city, its governance, infrastructure, and lack of basic city services. Then, Anita Raj, PhD, Executive Director at the Newcomb Institute of Tulane University, joins the show to discuss the troubling study that reveals a growing mental health crisis in Louisiana.

A new study reveals a growing mental health crisis in Louisiana, with increasing rates of severe depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts among working-age adults. Anita Raj, PhD, Executive Director at the Newcomb Institute of Tulane University and author of the study, joins Newell to discuss the troubling issue.

Newell talks about a series of polls that reveal the New Orleans residents are deeply frustrated with the city, its governance, infrastructure, and lack of basic city services.

On today's show, Newell talks about the fear some have of DOGE looking into the efficiency of government agencies and departments, how Trump's halt of USAID has affected war-torn Sudan, and more.

Then, Newell has on:

Craig Murdock, Criminal Defense Attorney in New Orleans,

Rev. Julius Lee, President & CEO of S.M.C.L. Foundation & Associates Inc., President of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), Bayou Gulf-States Chapter, Southeast Louisiana Veterans HealthCare System, VA Veterans Service Rep., and Pastor of the Greater New Saint Luke Baptist Church,

Jerry Bologna, President & CEO of the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission,

Eric Hessler, Attorney at PANO,

and Steve Yates, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

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This hour, Newell speaks with Eric Hessler, attorney at PANO, about the NOPD giving promotions for the first time in 20 years. Then, Steve Yates, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, joins the show to discuss European leaders gathering for an emergency meeting after Trump shuts them out of Ukraine talks.

Steve Yates, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, joins Newell to discuss European leaders gathering for an emergency meeting after Trump shuts them out of Ukraine talks.

Eric Hessler, attorney at PANO, joins Newell to talk about the NOPD giving promotions for the first time in 20 years.