TriPod : New Orleans at 300

TriPod : New Orleans at 300 episodes:

• 01.13.2021

  Life Raft: 'How Can I Reduce Flooding In My Neighborhood?'

  Hey TriPod listeners! WWNO and WRKF want to introduce you to a new podcast of ours. It's called Life Raft. It's a show that explores questions about climate change, submitted by listeners like you. This episdode is all about street...

  
• 10.23.2020

  Say Hello To Life Raft, A New Podcast Exploring Everyday Questions About Living With Climate Change

  If you’re like us, climate change leaves you with a lot of questions, and they’re not about the rate of ocean warming — they’re about practical things that affect our everyday lives. So, for us and for you, we created...

  
• 12.20.2018

  New Orleans: 300 // Bulbancha: 3000

  This is the final episode of Tripod. For these past three years, we’ve been telling stories about New Orleans. But, before it was ever called New Orleans, this place already had a name: Bulbancha. The people that host Laine Kaplan-Levenson...

  
• 12.03.2018

  TriPod Xtras: Kiese Laymon

  Kiese Laymon is a Mississippi based writer, who’s just released a new book titled "Heavy: An American Memoir." In it, he writes about his struggles with eating disorders and addiction, abuse, and his relationship with his mother.

  
• 11.16.2018

  WWNO Presents: 'Sticky Wicket'

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 shares the first episode of WWNO's new series, Sticky Wicket

  
• 10.11.2018

  Desire, Louisiana

  Tripod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a look at the Desire community, then and now.

  
• 09.13.2018

  TriPod Xtras: Peter Marina (Podcast Edit)

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a new TriPod Xtra segment. As part of the New Orleans Museum of Art’s literary ‘Arts and Letters’ series, Laine Kaplan-Levenson spoke with sociologist Peter Marina in front of a live audience about...

  
• 09.13.2018

  TriPod Xtras: Peter Marina (Radio Edit)

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a new TriPod Xtra segment. As part of the New Orleans Museum of Art’s literary ‘Arts and Letters’ series, Laine Kaplan-Levenson spoke with sociologist Peter Marina in front of a live audience about...

  
• 08.09.2018

  If These Pages Could Talk: Touro Infirmary's First Admission Book

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns to hunt down a rare artifact full of private, and personal information. Laine Kaplan-Levenson goes on the search.

  
• 07.19.2018

  Edmond Dédé: The Classical Composer You've Never Heard Of

  I crashed an opera rehearsal the other day. A large group of vocalists, young, old, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, all the genders, belted out in long rows surrounding a piano. They were preparing for the 75th anniversary celebration of the...

  
• 05.24.2018

  A Community Of Refugees In New Orleans East

  You’ve probably heard of the James Beard Awarding-winning Duong Phuong Bakery out in New Orleans East, whether or not you actually got to taste their coveted King Cake. But today, high school students from Metairie Park Country Day take over...

  
• 05.17.2018

  TriPod Xtras: John Barbry Of The Tunica-Biloxi Nation

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a new tripod xtra. Laine Kaplan-Levenson sat down with John Barbry of the Tunica Biloxi nation, to discuss the history of the tribe and its contributions to New Orleans and Louisiana. The Tunica...

  
• 05.10.2018

  "The Mexican Band"

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a new episode about a Mexican band that rocked the city in the 80s -- the 1880s.

  
• 05.03.2018

  TriPod Xtras: “Arriving Africans And A Changing New Orleans”

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a tripod Xtra produced by Laine Kaplan-Levenson. In this tripod xtra, we hear an abridged talk given by Dr. Erin Greenwald, curator of the Historic New Orleans Collection's 'The Founding Era' exhibit. Greenwald...

  
• 04.12.2018

  TriPod Xtras: Herlin Riley And Joe Lastie

  TriPod put out an episode on the legendary Lastie family — a family that holds generations of iconic musicians. I talked to drummers and first cousins Herlin Riley and Joe Lastie about their experience growing up in this musical family,...

  
• 04.12.2018

  The Legendary Lasties

  Tripod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a new episode that spotlights a famous musical family, the Lasties. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson sat down with drummers, and cousins, Herlin Riley and Joe Lastie. This is the first in a series of...

  
• 03.22.2018

  TriPod Xtras: The Stranger Disease

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a new TriPod xtra segment. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson sat down with Chris Kaminstein and Kiyoko Mccray, co-directors of a new play called 'The Stranger Disease' by local theater group Goat In the Road....

  
• 03.15.2018

  TriPod Xtras: Cokie Roberts On The Tricentennial, #MeToo And More

  Laine Kaplan-Levenson sat down with political commentator and New Orleans native Cokie Roberts. The two discussed everything from the Me Too Movement to the 2018 midterm elections, and started local, with the city's upcoming mayoral transition.

  
• 03.01.2018

  The Lost History Of Gay Carnival

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a look at the once secret history of Gay Carnival Krewes. Note: this episode contains a racially insensitive word that may offend some listeners. We have included it for context.

  
• 02.15.2018

  NOLA vs Nature: Building The Industrial Canal

  Tripod’s NOLA versus Nature series returns with a story of the construction of the Industrial Canal. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson looks at the ways this massive infrastructure project was invasive, above and below ground. Hear the Part I on Sauve's Crevasse...

  
• 02.01.2018

  TriPod Xtras: Nathaniel Rich

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a new TriPod Xtra segment. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson sat down with writer Nathaniel Rich to talk about his newly released third novel, King Zeno .

  
• 01.11.2018

  NOLA vs Nature: The Blessing And Curse Of The Wood Screw Pump

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with its NOLA versus Nature series . This week: WWNO’s Laine Kaplan-Levenson and Travis Lux look at the city’s drainage pumps, and the man behind their design -- Albert Baldwin Wood. New Orleans is...

  
• 11.30.2017

  NOLA vs Nature: The Other Biggest Flood In New Orleans History

  For the next few episodes TriPod dives into the city’s messy relationship with water through a new series called NOLA vs. Nature. First up: a look at the worst flood in New Orleans history — before Katrina. It’s spring of...

  
• 11.16.2017

  TriPod Xtras: Isabel Wilkerson

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a new TriPod Xtra segment, where host Laine Kaplan-Levenson sits down with a special guest for a one on one conversation. This week, Laine spoke with Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of...

  
• 10.27.2017

  Haiti & New Orleans: Is The Feeling Mutual?

  WWNO’s original history podcast TriPod: New Orleans at 300 launches its third season with this special on the relationship between New Orleans and Haiti. Listen to the hour long documentary here: TriPod : New Orleans at 300 returns with an...

  
• 10.19.2017

  Sneak Peek Of The TriPod Special On Haiti And New Orleans

  WWNO’s original history podcast TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns next week. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson traveled to Haiti this past summer and will launch the third season on Oct. 27, with an hour-long special about the relationship between Haiti and...

  
• 06.22.2017

  TriPod Goes To Haiti

  In this edition of TriPod Xtras, host Laine Kaplan-Levenson sits down with WWNO’s Janae Pierre to talk about a recent trip to Haiti, the end of TriPod’s second season, and a look at season three. To see photos from Laine’s...

  
• 05.25.2017

  Oscar Dunn And The New Orleans Monument That Never Happened

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a story about a monument that was supposed to be erected in the late 1800s, but never happened. Recently New Orleans has been in the national spotlight over the removal of four city...

  
• 05.11.2017

  TriPod Xtras: Rashauna Johnson on "Slavery's Metropolis"

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with another edition of TriPod Xtras. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson and Dartmouth history professor Rashauna Johnson have talked before for the show. This time, their conversation was taped live during the 2017 Organization of American...

  
• 04.27.2017

  The Women Who Fought For And Against The ERA: Part II

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with part II of its series on the battle over the Equal Rights Amendment. Listen to Part I here . Last time we left off around 1972 when the New Orleans feminist movement was...

  
• 04.20.2017

  The Women Who Fought For And Against The ERA: Part I

  This is the first in a two-part series on the local Second-wave feminist movement and the battle over the Equal Rights Amendment. Listen to Part II here. It’s July 3rd, 1982. Feminists are marching through downtown New Orleans in support...

  
• 03.30.2017

  TriPod Xtras: Broadmoor Neighborhood History Dialogue

  This is another edition of TriPod Xtras. We’ve cut together some highlights from a really interesting panel we went to a little while back, put on by the Broadmoor Improvement Association and held at Propeller . This event was right...

  
• 03.16.2017

  TriPod Xtras: Rien Fertel On Flambeaux

  Tripod Xtras feature one on one interviews with special guests. This week’s TriPod episode focuses on Mardi Gras 1946 and the strike of the flambeaux carriers that left the major parades rolling with little to no light at all. This...

  
• 03.16.2017

  Fight For Five: The Flambeaux Strike Of 1946

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a retrospective look at Mardi Gras, and the year that carnival took place in the dark. Hear the TriPod Xtras extended interview with Rien Fertel. Right now, you might not be itching for...

  
• 02.16.2017

  Georgetown University Sold 272 Enslaved People To Louisiana: The Descendants Speak (Part II)

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with part two of its series about one of the largest sales of enslaved people in our country’s history, and an attempt at reconciliation. Listen to Part I here . We left off at...

  
• 02.09.2017

  Georgetown University Sold 272 Enslaved People To Louisiana: The Descendants Speak (Part I)

  TriPod: New Orleans @300 returns with the first in a two-part series about one of the largest sales of enslaved people in our country’s history. In 1838, Jesuits from Georgetown University sold 272 people to Louisiana. Listen to Part II...

  
• 01.19.2017

  'Camp Algiers,' New Orleans' Forgotten WWII Internment Camp, Part II

  Tripod New Orleans at 300 returns with Part II of its series on Camp Algiers, an internment camp that detained Latin Americans during World War II. Listen to Part I here . A quick refresher from where we left off:...

  
• 01.12.2017

  The WWII Internment Camp, 'Camp Algiers', Part I

  TriPod New Orleans at 300 returns with Part I of a two-part series about a World War II era internment camp in Algiers that held those suspicious of affiliations with axis powers. Listen to Part II here . Marilyn Miller...

  
• 12.22.2016

  TriPod Xtras: Architect Al Ledner

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 brings us another edition of TriPod Xtras. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson sat down with 92 year old Architect Al Ledner. Ledner graduated from the Tulane School of Architecture, and briefly left his hometown of New Orleans...

  
• 12.15.2016

  The New Orleans Scholars Take On The St. Augustine Church

  This is to a special edition of TriPod New Orleans @300. Producer Laine Kaplan-Levenson handed the mic over to the New Orleans Scholars , a group of students from Metairie Park Country Day and Benjamin Franklin High Schools. Each semester...

  
• 12.01.2016

  Mother Catherine Seals And The Temple Of The Innocent Blood

  T riPod : New Orleans at 300 returns with a portrait of Mother Catherine Seals, one of the city’s most prominent 20th century spiritual church leaders. Mother Catherine Seals is a mysterious figure. There’s not much written about her, and...

  
• 11.03.2016

  Henriette Delille And The Sisters Of The Holy Family

  TriPod New Orleans at 300 returns with a story of The Sisters of the Holy Family, the religious order of nuns for free women of color founded by Henriette Delille before the Civil War. They’re still ministering today. Driving along...

  
• 10.27.2016

  TriPod Xtras: Skift's Rafat Ali On Civil Rights Tourism

  In this edition of TriPod Xtras, Laine Kaplan-Levenson speaks with Rafat Ali, founder and CEO of Skift , a media company that looks at travel trends. The two discuss a report his company published about civil rights Tourism in the...

  
• 10.20.2016

  Living For The Dead In Above Ground Cemeteries

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a story of the city’s above ground cemeteries, and those working behind the scenes. The many above ground cemeteries around town are hard to miss. And they are crowded. These above ground tombs,...

  
• 10.06.2016

  The Cemetery Under The French Quarter

  October is Louisiana Archeology month! And this week’s TriPod New Orleans at 300 digs into the discovery, and rediscovery, of New Orleans’ first cemetery. When you walk around the French Quarter, you see all kinds of tours going by- intimate...

  
• 09.29.2016

  TriPod Xtras: Cokie Roberts

  This is the first edition of TriPod Xtras- exclusive interviews with guests on topics of New Orleans history. Here, Laine Kaplan-Levenson speaks with journalist and author Cokie Roberts. A native New Orleanian, Roberts talks about her connection to the city,...

  
• 09.22.2016

  TriPod Mythbusters: Quadroon Balls And Plaçage

  There is a common myth told about 19th-century New Orleans. It goes something like this: Imagine you’re in an elegant dance hall in New Orleans in the early 1800s. Looking around, you see a large group of white men and...

  
• 07.28.2016

  Arson At The UpStairs Lounge

  Tripod New Orleans @300 revisits the UpStairs Lounge Fire in the wake of last month’s Orlando Pulse Night Club shooting. In 1973, Clayton Delery-Edwards was living just outside New Orleans in Metairie, going to high school and- as he puts...

  
• 07.14.2016

  An Absolute Massacre: The 1866 Riot At The Mechanics' Institute

  TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns to remember the 1866 massacre at the city’s Mechanics' Institute. It’s part of a series of episodes on the Reconstruction era.

  
• 06.16.2016

  The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case

  It was June. It was hot. Kids were out of school, keeping busy outdoors. Parents were inside. Kind of like how it is now, except it was 146 years ago.