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In this 10th episode of season 3, we speak with Grace Gibson about reconnecting with her heritage, her past acting roles, and her music. 

Grace is a musician based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has played in the movies All Eyez On Me (2017),  Black Nativity (2013), and Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. (2018).  She is also the daugther of actress Lynn Whitfield and director Brian Gibson. 

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In this 9th episode of season 3, we speak with Karim Hamzaoui about the unique charateristics of New Orleans, the economic potential of cultural creation, and the need to modernize and diversify the franco-louisiana relations especially in music. 

Karim is a musician and an immersion school teacher at Lycée Français in New Orleans. He is passionate about the multitude of musical influences of the Americas, Europe, Africa and more. 

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In the 8th episode of this season, we sit Cedric Watson to discuss his roots, music, and passion for the creole culture of Louisiana, notably the Creoles of Color.

Cedric Watson is a creole musician and activist for creole culture. His music is influenced by the Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco genres. He has toured around the world with his group Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole. He has also been nominated 4 times for the Grammy's. His new talkshow, La Nation Créole, will air on March 28th on Télé-Louisiane

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In this episode, activist, artist, and researcher Jeffery Darensbourg sheds light on his work and the revitalization work for the Ishakkoy language of the Atakapa-Ishak tribe of Louisiana. 

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In this episode, musician Randall Lee Jackson II performs his song "Mô Kèr Blésé" for us and then expresses the importance of the Creole language in terms of his life, music, and culture. 

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In the 7th episode of this season, we sit with Irving Bernard (Irving Cowboy), in front of his barn, to discuss his life, racism, racial segregation, the process of Americanization, and Creole and French in Louisiana.   

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In episode 6 of season 3 of the LACréole Show (in English / en anglais), host and founder Taalib Auguste speaks with Sean Ardoin, renowned musician and candidate for Mayor in Lake Charles, on his passion for Louisiana music, language, and culture, his plans to rebuild and revitalize Lake Charles in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, and his ongoing campaign for Mayor of Lake Charles.

Sean Ardoin is a twice Grammy-nominated Zydeco musician and singer born in Eunice who is an established community leader in Lake Charles and across the State. Ardoin comes from a long line of French- and Creole-speaking family members, including his father. He is the founder of the Kreole Hall of Fame where he aims to reward prominent Creole leaders and provide classes in Creole language and culture. Ardoin is currently running for mayor of Lake Charles focused on hurricane recovery, affordable housing, small businesses, infrastructure, and local culture.

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In the 5th episode of this season, we sit with Vincent Sciama to discuss his leading role as Le Consul Général de France à la Nouvelle-Orléans, the cultural and economic relations between France and Louisiana, and the support from France towards our immersion schools in Louisiana.  

The honorable Vincent Sciama is Le Consul Général de France in Louisiana. He is responsible for economic relations, policies, culture, and education between Louisiana and France. Given the French heritage of the region, he plays an important role in the radiation of the francophone culture and the support for immersion schools. This past summer, he was a key player in the efforts to welcome new foreign teachers in Louisiana for the 2020-21 school year despite the ban of new visas.  

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In the 4th episode of this season, we sit with Dr. Jerry Parker, French and Spanish professor at SELU, about the importance of a curriculum based around the franco-louisianais perspective for the building of an identity amongst Louisiana's students and the necessity of immersive experiences outside of the classroom. 

Dr. Parker is a teacher and director of the center of foreign languages at the University of Southeastern in Hammond. He is also the director of the study program for university students. Parker has received his doctorate in education from SELU and has written many academic articles about the teaching of languages, multiculturalism, and the building of identity. 

A special thank you to the West Baton Rouge Museum for their financial support of this episode. West Baton Rouge Museum is an educational resource committed to researching, collecting, preserving and presenting artifacts, documents, art objects, and the like that reflect the history and cultural heritage of West Baton Rouge Parish and the surrounding areas for the benefit of the general public and future generations. Learn more here: https://westbatonrougemuseum.org/.

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Join us as we sit with Charles Larroque and discuss his career as a teacher, cultural activist and creator, the reclamining of the Louisianan identity culturally and linguistically, and the economic opportunities that French can help create in the state. 

Former executive director of CODOFIL, Charles Larroque has played several roles in the Louisiana Francophone. He has worked as a French teacher and social studies teacher notably in Lafayette. He is also an author of several different books and producer of several media productions in order to help reconnect Louisianans with their heritage languages. For his efforts, he has been nominated "Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académique" and has received the prize from Louisiana. 

A special thank you to the West Baton Rouge Museum for their financial support of this episode. West Baton Rouge Museum is an educational resource committed to researching, collecting, preserving and presenting artifacts, documents, art objects, and the like that reflect the history and cultural heritage of West Baton Rouge Parish and the surrounding areas for the benefit of the general public and future generations. Learn more here: https://westbatonrougemuseum.org/.

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