Podcasts about False River

Steve Raggio, co-owner of Bayou State Pawn & Jewelry, joins Discover Lafayette to share the remarkable story of his dual life as a successful business owner and newly published poet. His book, Heart Talking, Inspiring Poems for the Soul, has quickly become a best-seller in its category and has touched hearts across the country. “If I can touch just one person in getting closer to God by reading the poems…it's worth it to bring joy into their life,” Steve shared. Steve's journey into the pawn business started unexpectedly. “I was two years into college…and I was looking at ads in the paper and it said manager trainee, no experience necessary…so I pull up to it and it was Big State Pawnshops back then…so I pulled up and I said, uh oh. What? Pawn shop? I said, what the hell? But I used to trade marbles and stuff when I was a kid. Let's try this out.” Eventually, Steve and his brother Jeff opened Bayou State Pawn in 1986 on Johnston Street in Lafayette, later adding a location in New Iberia. “We opened the first store on Johnson Street. Our family members were all supportive. My father cosigned the loan for us to get it started.” Over the years, they built inventory from garage sales, electronics from other pawn shops, and sheer hustle. “We built it up from ground one.” Bayou State Pawn serves everyone: “There are two aspects of the business. You either buy stuff or sell, or you can do a pawn loan, which is where you bring in your merchandise and borrow money, and you come back and pick it up. Jewelry, musical instruments, guns, lawnmowers, bicycles, everything." Yet it's his book of poems that is stealing the show. Inspired during a time of personal healing while staying at his camp on False River, Steve found that poetry offered him a way to let his emotions out. “These poems just started hitting me in the head. It was like I'd be looking at the water or something, and it would just come to me and I'd write a poem in 3 to 5 minutes.” He adds, “A lot of them have ‘start a new day, make a new start.' I end up with a lot of them because a lot of people are looking for a new start. It's never too late.” One short and powerful verse reads:“The sun has come to brighten your day,to shed light as you make your way.Start your path to touch someone's heart.Bring joy to their life so they can make a new start.” Steve's reflections on the value of expressing emotions are powerful: “We all hold a lot of stuff in…you just have to get it out, you know, whether it be journaling, whether it be writing…or talking to somebody…once you get it out…it frees you up.” He encourages aspiring writers: “I'll say go for it…any avenue like this to get what you feel or what you want to say out…it's a big healing process, because everybody's going through a struggle or they're going to go through some kind of struggle.” Heart Talking, Inspiring Poems for the Soul features 175 short poems and is available at https://www.steveraggio.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers. And for those wondering about pawn shop curiosities he has seen through the years? “Elephant tusk. And they came back and picked those up…we had an old Egyptian parchment that came through, and they picked that up, too.” Ultimately, Steve hopes his work leads others toward peace and faith. “If it helps some people get closer to God and then make everybody more kind and compassionate towards each other, this world will be a better place.”

Learn more about our new pope as we discuss all things Pope Leo XIV with Fr. Chris Decker, Pastor at St. Mary's of False River and Catholic Community Media Director of Mission.

We're live with Fr. Barry Martinson, Jesuit Priest and author of the book Diary of a Young Jesuit All this Beauty Blooming, Fr. Chris Decker, Director of Mission at Catholic Community Media and pastor at St. Mary's of False River talks about Vatican updates and Dr. David Whidden, Theology Professor at Fran U joins us.

This Easter weekend, throughout the program, Don revisits an April Fools joke from 30 years ago where he took his shot in the music business, before diving into some news regarding the 2023 Youth Hunter of the Year hunting proteges being related to Don, Blaine Salter paints us a picture of False River being back on the rise, Red Snapper season has been announced in Alabama, a look back on this past years Turkey season, and our Grand Isle guide in Daryl Carpenter drops by to tell us about the largest issue fishermen on Grand Isle are facing.

None other than Blaine Salter of Salter's Jiggin' Pole joins us to discuss some good reports from False River if you are using depth finders and live scopes, what baits would be good over in this weather around False River, and Old River might be on fire next weekend for your catch.

We're live with Fr. Chris Decker, pastor at St. Mary's of False River in New Roads and Director of Mission for Catholic Community Media talks about Holy Week, Alan Migliorato, co-author of Failing Forward: Leadership Lessons for Catholic Teens Today and Dr. David Whidden, Professor of Theology at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University (Fran U) in Baton Rouge talks about vocations

Don calls up Blaine Salter from Salter's Jiggin' Pole to get a freshwater fishing report as Blaine has some unexpected areas that are popping with fish, False River is making a comeback but what led to its demise in the first place, and where you can find Salter's poles.

We're live with Kara Castille with Thee Heavenly Donut talks about her Catholic faith and business, David Dawson Jr., COO of Witness to Love talks about eating together at mealtimes is such a major factor for success in the health of your kids. (Handing on the faith, etc.) and Fr. Chris Decker, pastor at St. Mary's of False River, talks about his pilgrimage to France.

We're live with Fr. Nilson Leal de Sá is a priest of the Community of the Beatitudes talks about his book "God's Ongoing Gifts to the Church: Issues Confronting Ecclesial Movements and New Communitie", Erin Franco, Catholic wife and mother talks about motherhood, faith and busy schedules and Fr. Chris Decker, pastor at St. Mary's of False River in New Roads, talks about vocations.

We're live with Peter Finney, Editor-in-Chief  with Clarion Herald, the official Catholic newspaper in the Archdiocese of New Orleans provides update, Fr. Chris Decker, pastor at St. Mary's of False River in New Roads and Director of Mission at Catholic Community Media talks Eucharistic devotion and Michael Bourg, Executive Director of St. Vincent de Paul in New Orleans with update.

We're live with John Kimec, principal of Bishop Gorman Catholic School in Tyler, TX talks about  The Newman Guide, Fr. Chris Decker, pastor at St. Mary's of False River in New Roads and Director of Mission for CCM talks about Advent at Sea and Anthony DeStefano, Catholic author talks about his book 30 Days to Your New Life: A Guide to Transforming Yourself from Head to Soul.

We're live with Fr. Chris Decker, pastor of St. Mary's of False River in New Roads joins us, Michael Acaldo, President and CEO of SVDP in Baton Rouge and Steve Ray, Catholic speaker and travel leader. 

We're live with Richard Meek, Editor with the Catholic Commentator gives us an update on what you'll find in this week's issue in the Diocese of Baton Rouge, Fr. Paul Gros, Parochial Vicar at St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Albany talks about Eucharistic devotion and Fr. Chris Decker, pastor at St. Mary's of False River in New Roads and Technology Coordinator for the Louisiana Priest Convention talks about their day at the convention.

We're live with Fr. Chris Decker, pastor at St. Mary's of False River in New Roads updates us on new clergy assignments, Richard Meek with the Catholic Commentator gives us an update on what you'll find in this week's bi-weekly issue, Dina Dow, Director of the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis of the Diocese of Baton Rouge talks about accompanying our youth through gradation and beyond: keeping the light of faith ablaze and Bear Woznick, world champion surfer and EWTN host talks about his book A Surfer's Guide to the Soul.

Upriver stripers; upcoming Shasta trout/salmon derby; Scott Leysath-recipes Delta stripers; Almanor trout; False River dam; Bodega Bay salmon/rockfish; Tomales Bay halibut

We're live with Peter Finney, Editor and General Manager of the Clarion Herald gives us an update on what you'll find in this week's issue in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Dr. Tom Neal, Professor Spiritual Theology at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans talks about the Triduum and Fr. Chris Decker, Director of Mission for Catholic Community Radio and pastor at St. Mary's of False River in New Roads, LA talks about the Triduum.

We're live with Clem Harrold talks about his book Journey Through Lent: Reflections on the Daily Mass Readings, Fr. Chris Decker, pastor at St. Mary's of False River in New Roads and Director of Mission for Catholic Community Radio talks about our upcoming pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Catherine Weidert with Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge talks about the Way of the Cross in downtown Baton Rouge & monthly updates.

With ruthless wit and compelling insights gained as a writer and writing teacher, Paula Morris argues that the skilled use of language is a more powerful ally for writers than ideas or feelings. She draws on persuasive examples of technique grounded in human experience. Paula (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua) is an acclaimed novelist, memoirist, short story writer and creative writing teacher. An insightful and incisive interviewer, she has been the face of the 2020 Auckland Writers Festival and its COVID-19-mandated shift online. She is a writer of powerful opinion pieces, and the author of the story collection Forbidden Cities (2008); the essay On Coming Home (2015); and seven novels, including Rangatira (2011), fiction winner at both the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Awards and Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards. Her most recent book is an essay and story collection, False River (2017). Paula teaches creative writing at the University of Auckland and is the founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature.

For Friday's episode of the Sports Scouting Report Podcast With Lee Brecheen, Lee catches up with former False River Academy and Pineville High School head football coach Darin Moore. Now, on the coaching job market, Coach Moore is looking for a place close to home after living in North Louisiana the past couple of seasons. Moore originally played high school football at Ponchatoula High School before signing to play on the offensive line at Louisiana College where he made All-Conference. On the podcast, Coach Moore and Lee talk about the first time that both met, the recent success he helped bring to the Pineville Rebels, the excellent job Coach Hank Tierney has done at his high school alma mater, and much more!

This session from the Going West Festival in 2018 explores creative non-fiction. Award winning novelist, essayist, academic, teacher of creative writing and the founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature Paula Morris leads a lively discussion on writing true stories, and the demands and possibilities of the essay form and creative non-fiction at a time of upheaval and transformation in the media and publishing landscape.  She describes her fellow panelists as “all distinguished, all opinionated and all very good non-fiction writers”.  Joining her on stage are journalist, writer and editor Simon Wilson, Susanna Andrew of Unity Books, who is an accomplished editor and reviewer, and economics essayist Shamubeel Eaqub, to discuss non-fiction writing and reading in Aotearoa. Paula Morris Award winning novelist, short story writer, essayist, teacher and academic In 2018 she published an essay and short story collection called False River. Simon Wilson Editor of The Journal of Urgent Writing. Award winning journalist, former editor at Metro, former Auckland editor at The Spinoff, Senior Writer at the New Zealand Herald. Susanna Andrew Co-editor with Jolisa Gracewood of Tell You What: Best New Zealand nonfiction. Reader, reviewer, editor (bookseller at Unity Books). Instigator of ‘True Stories Told Live' events at the NZ Book Council, convenor of judges for the non-fiction prize for the NZ Book Awards Shamubeel Eaqub Economist, author and columnist, economics essayist. Writer of three Bridget Williams Books Text series titles: Generation Rent, Economic Futures, Growing Apart: Regional Prosperity in New Zealand, and with AUP co-wrote with Ralph Lattimore, The New Zealand Economy: An Introduction

With ruthless wit and compelling insights gained as a writer and writing teacher, Paula Morris argues that the skilled use of language is a more powerful ally for writers than ideas or feelings. She draws on persuasive examples of technique grounded in human experience.  Paula (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua) is an acclaimed novelist, memoirist, short story writer and creative writing teacher. An insightful and incisive interviewer, she has been the face of the 2020 Auckland Writers Festival and its COVID-19-mandated shift online. She is a writer of powerful opinion pieces, and the author of the story collection Forbidden Cities (2008); the essay On Coming Home (2015); and seven novels, including Rangatira (2011), fiction winner at both the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Awards and Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards. Her most recent book is an essay and story collection, False River (2017). Paula teaches creative writing at the University of Auckland and is the founder of the http://www.anzliterature.com (Academy of New Zealand Literature).

New Orleans native, Andrew Duhon, is a writer with an undeniable voice, weighted and soulful. His 2014 release, ‘The Moorings’, was nominated for a Grammy, and Duhon's 2018 release, False River, is a Song Divers favorite. Andrew's natural gift for songwriting showed through in our conversation. Any number of lines from this interview could have been, and may still become, lyrics for some really meaningful tunes.

It's our first podcast. Ever. So bear with us. This episode features a Louisiana classic - The Old Man of False River - and a classic children's horror story - Robert the Doll. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tellmesomethingscary/support

A special Oceania themed Literary Salon hosted by Damian Barr in the penthouse of New Zealand House to coincide with the major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. Joining Damian for this special Salon are five leading voices from the Pacific...Māori writers Witi Ihimaera, Tina Makereti and Paula Morris and Pasifika poets David Egglegon and Karlo Mila, all of whom tell stunning Oceanic stories for the 21st century. Damian Barr, award-winning writer, journalist, presenter and salonnière is now an honorary New Zealander by virtue of the fact that on his most recent visit to the country he made headlines and engaged in friendly Twitter exchange with NZ Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern*. *She expressed concern over his dislike of New Zealand cheese. More on the writers... Witi Ihimaera is one of New Zealand’s greatest modern writers; in 1974 he became the first Māori author to publish a novel, and four of his books including Whale Rider have been made into feature films. Tina Makereti’s latest novel The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke tells the story of young Māori man who becomes a ‘living exhibit’ at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, in 1846. Paula Morris is the author of eight novels. Her most recent book False River is a collection of stories and essays around the subject of secret histories. David Eggleton, poet, writer, reviewer and editor published a new poetry collection Edgeland in 2018. He has won a number of awards including, uniquely among NZ poets, the London Time Out Street Entertainer of the Year (1985). Pasifika poet, Karlo Mila, who represented Tonga at the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, has a new poetry collection coming in 2019. Supported by Creative New Zealand with thanks to the New Zealand High Commission and Black Estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join two writers whose innate sense of curiosity produces insightful works of fiction and essay. Paula Morris’s accolades include the New Zealand Post Book Award for her novel, Rangatira, and her latest book, False River, gathers a bouquet of internationally acclaimed short stories and essays. Tina Makereti’s first book Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings is a favourite of book clubs and her new novel, The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke, like Rangatira, grapples with the challenging subject of Māori exhibited in Victorian England. Both are outspoken and energetic advocates for books and writers, especially Māori and Pasifika writers. They talk to writer Nic Low.

Show #424   Yvette Landry & The Jukes - Dadddy Daddy  (Louisiana Lovin')    Leftover Salmon - Show Me Something Higher  (Something Higher)   Rod Picott - Store Bought  (Out Past the Wires)   Cody Jinks - Lifers  (Lifers) (mic break) Lori McKenna - People Get Old   (The Tree) Andrew Duhon - Comin Around   (False River)  The Contenders - Call Me The Lucky One (Laughing with the Reckless)  Speedbuggy USA - Shaky Town  (Kick Out the Twang) Yvette Landry & The Jukes - Take It Easy Greasy  (Louisiana Lovin') (mic break) The Milk Carton Kids - Big Time (All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do) Bill Bloomer - Can't See It From Here  (Jubilee)   Darling West - Loneliness  (While I Was Asleep) Dan Israel - Someday You'll Say  (You’re Free) (mic break) Emma Hill - Am I Talking To You?  (Am I Talking To You?) John Oates - Anytime  (Arkansas) James Scott Bullard - Evil Lovin'  (Full Tilt Boogie) (mic break) Yvette Landry & The Jukes - Three Chords And The Truth   (Louisiana Lovin')   Donate to FTB podcasts via PayPal here!

Leigh Isaacson and Alison McConnell had never met before today. Leigh is the creator of Dig, the dog people s dating app. Which is just what it sounds a dating app for dog people. Alison is a rock musician. Her music was originally born out of despair. Now she just likes to kick ass with a guitar in her hand and a band behind her. What Leigh and Alison have in common is their sordid past. They were both journalists. Leigh was a broadcast journalist on Fox 8 in New Orleans, as well as working around and the country and in Africa. Alison wrote about municipal bonds for news outlets in Washington D.C. They both got out of journalism because of the "tornado of negativity" that is today s world of journalism. It seems like it s even more negative on other side of the camera, if you can even imagine that. Now Leigh is rocking the dating world with Dig, and Alison is dating the rock world with her band, Rebel Roadside. Brian Held Jr is the only Brian Held Jr among the 2 billion people on Facebook. Brian Held Sr is probably only a short drive away up the I 10, but better not to bring that up. Brian Jr is the host The Week In Geek on radio station WRNO and you can find out all about that by checking out TWIG Radio. Brian also dresses up in costumes he makes himself and appears at festivals and in movies as characters that include Darth Vader. Andrew Duhon, criss crossing the country with the release of his new album False River and back in town for the afternoon, stops by and tries out a new song he s in the process of writing. If you re a fan, check out this very first rendition and follow the song s progress through shows and eventually onto a record. It s a fun process that Happy Hour regulars have shared with Andrew over the past, believe it or not, 7 years. Photos at Wayfare by Jill Lafleur.

Andrew Duhon is a singer/songwriter from New Orleans. His new album False River is being released on May 25.Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/extracrispypodcast)

Sara Reardon grew up like any other half Chinese half Native American in New Orleans East. Somewhere along the line Sara branched out on her own and became The Vagina Whisperer. Although the title might sound like something you get bestowed on you in the Native American tradition, it was actually created by the mom of a friend, one night in the hot tub when the girls were discussing their various vaginal issues. It s amazing how many women have problems, from prolapses to painful sex and many more, that just don t get talked about. Happy Hour is an unusual format to discuss women s problems but Sara is fearless she even describes how to take a selfie of yourself peeing if you d like to. Edward Wycliff might be the hippest guy in New Orleans and he s not even a hipster. He s a graduate from the Peace Corps where he spent time in Lesotho did you know it s pronounced "Lesutu" . Today Edward has a business where he teaches people in Lesotho to sew bowties made of their native textile called shoesoe pronounced "shwayshway" which he sells in New Orleans at the Palace Art Market on Frenchmen Street. If you are an average person who went through the education system anywhere in America, you are going to learn more about Lesotho in this 60 minutes than you learned about Africa in your entire elementary and high school education. Andrew Duhon s new record, False River, is only days away from hitting shelves and playlists. Meantime you can get three songs right now on Spotify and a special bonus track for free if you pre order the album from Apple Music. You can also hear two songs on this show. In a cunning and unique marketing ploy, neither of these songs are on the record. If you know anybody who has been thinking of visiting or moving to New Orleans and they ask you, "What s the place like " send them a link to this show. This conversation could only happen in a New Orleans bar. Photos at Wayfare by Josephine Hennessey.

The nucleus of Bon Bon Vivant so good they named it twice is the extended Cosio family, Glori and sister Abigail and Abigail s husband Jeremy Kelley. On paper it sounds like some kind of mafia setup, but in real life the band with addition of Ry D Antonio on drums sounds like a swirling melange of rockin Gypsy jazz, shaken not stirred into a sophisto lounge New Orleans danceable feel good fest. And if you can believe it, they started out in Simi Valley, home of the Ronald Reagan Library. Seth Smiley started out in Baton Rouge, but soon found his way to New Orleans where he married into one of the city s royal families the Wolfes. If you ve been in New Orleans for some time you ll know the Wolfes as the folks behind the landmark Wagner s Meat stores. If you arrived later, you ll be more familiar with the current Wolfe family HQ, Melba s po boy shop. Seth is an oxymoron a nice lawyer. Maybe there is something in a name. Seth s take on how he eschews trials for negotiation is refreshing and educational. New Orleans is typically at the top of the list of "worst of..." anything and the bottom of the list of "best of..." anything. But, not this list. Hopefully you re sitting down because this is going to come as a shock. Did you know that we are not at the top of the list of most alcohol consumption in the country Or even in the state They drink more than us in New Orleans, in Houma Yes, apparently Houma is the booze and drug capital of Louisiana. And we have that on good authority. Dr. Susan Julius aka Dr. J is an addictionist at Townsend, a nationwide operation that has 8 addiction clinics in Louisiana. Dr J tells us, "If you learn nothing else today, understand this," and goes on to explain that addiction to anything, from Netflix to heroin, is exactly the same. And it all has a single genetic cause that can be chemically corrected Addiction treatment is really changing, and where better to learn about it than over a cocktail at Happy Hour. Andrew Duhon makes his last appearance on Happy Hour as a guy with two recorded albums. The next time Andrew comes on Happy Hour he ll be a guy with 3 albums Andrew s new record False River comes out this week, though it s not quite as simple as it used to be before digital downloads complicated the music business. Whatever exact date you can get it, you owe it to yourself to check it out. Even if you are diehard Duhon fan already this is going to blow you away. Photos at Wayfare by Alison Moon.

After last week s Happy Hour set off a great deal of discussion in the comedy community, improv comedian Casey Haeg drops by to set the record straight. It s not an easy task speaking out against people who are well known, clever, funny, and charismatic but Casey displays plenty of the same qualities along with the poise and equanimity required to get her point across. It would be nice to walk away from Happy Hour with the problems of the world solved like we normally do but it seems like this NOLA comedy world issue has a ways to go before its resolved. Bart Everson also tried to change the world. Bart believed that his naked body, if viewed by the right cohort of people at the right time, could cause a political revolution. As you are probably aware, the revolution never happened, but Bart s life doesn t seem to have gotten much quieter, and the makeup of his cohort doesn t seem to have changed all that much either. Lisa LaFleur Shillace has cohorts of her own, down at Cafe Reconcile where Lisa is the Development Manager. Andrew Duhon counts down to Jazz Fest, Breakfest, and the release of his new album, False River. Photos at Wayfare by a selection of photographers including our very own Alison Moon plus Jill LaFleur, Josephine Hennessey, Cloud Strife.

Facebook isn t the only giant company in trouble. Apparently while FB is losing its grip on social media, Hallmark is losing its grip on the greeting card business. Small indie card manufacturers with non cheesy ideas and cool cards are moving in, like our own NOLA based Lionheart Prints. Liz Maute Cooke is the artist and entrepreneur behind Lionheart, and also host of the podcast Lionheart Living not the one that s making America fat again . Liz comes up with sayings on cards like "Thanks Dad for not screwing me up entirely" and "You put the hot in hot mess." And she does it all without drugs. Mostly. The conception of Sarah Isabelle Prevot was preceded some years earlier by her French father seeing a person on the street in New Orleans with a monkey. That gave rise somehow to a premonition about marrying a local woman which ended up after a number of twists and turns with Sarah being at school in Folsom when a kid pulled out a gun and ultimately to her becoming a special ed PE teacher and writing about watercolors. If that all sounds like poetry, meet Cubs. Cubs the Poet is about as close as you re going to get to hanging out with someone from the Beat generation, or perhaps in this case the Beats Generation. Cubs is the real deal intellectual poet coming at life from a dimension you didn t know was out there. He s the kind of guy who changes lives. See if you agree. Andrew Duhon turns in one of his greatest performances of his long Happy Hour tenure and all because he sang No Man s Land off of his new album False River "down a step." Andrew and Cubs collaborate on a spontaneous extemporaneous performance piece of poetry and music that will have your jaw hitting the floor. Photos at Wayfare by Alison Moon.

One of Happy Hour s happiest features is that it brings together random strangers with nothing in common ... who often end up having some pretty crazy things in common. Today s Venn diagram overlaps at enchanted forests, trains, and...sperm donation. Andrew Duhon is back on the pod and the amazing Andrew Ward guest hosts for Grant. Andrew Larimer has a lot going on he is the original artistic director of The NOLA Project theatre company, he owns the local web content production company FatHappy Media, and his historical play about the City Park train opens next month ... as an outdoor musical IN City Park But as became evident from about a nanosecond into the podcast the most exciting thing in Andrew s life right now is his enchanted forest engagement at last weekend s Renaissance Fair outside Austin to one time Happy Hour guest Taylor Richardson. Andrew s delightful story of the event recounts what must be one of the loveliest, nerdiest proposals ever, complete with a jousting injury fortunately not his and a surprise scroll. If Abby Isaacson had to label herself she would say she s a dilettante she s a standup comedian, a criminal defense paralegal, a single mom of 4 kids, and as she discovered last year...a Viking. You d think Abby might have felt out of place growing up Jewish in Dutch Amish country, but the feeling was compounded by her "Aryan nation" physical features tall and blond, she suspected at least a recessive gene. When she eventually learned her parents had availed themselves of a sperm donor, Abby joined 23 and Me and when she signed up for the Viking push notifications, she discovered her sperm donor dad was Sven IV making for a far better back story than if bio dad had been the Harvard med student her parents had been promised. Frequent guest Andrew Ward sits in the host chair today and has his own sperm donor story his report that he got 150 a pop in the mid 2000s gave Andrew Latimer an idea after all, someone s gotta pay for this wedding. At the center of the concentric circles is Andrew Duhon, who on April 29 is hosting A Needle Falls in the Forest, a vinyl listening event somewhere in City Park for his new album False River. He plays a song from the album, as well as a song he cowr0te with a colleague ... about a train. With forests and trains covered, tune in to hear Andrew s comparison of solo songwriting to masturbation providing the sperm donor component and there you are it s Happy Hour

For under 400 Samantha Bearden can show you how to be the person you ve always dreamed of being. A Mississippi born Star Shaman, Samantha will, somehow, restructure your DNA, both in your body and in the ether, and you ll end up being the best version of yourself possible. The total all in cost is 367. Who wouldn t try that, right P H Fred has a number of lives to try out being the best version of his multilple selves. One of the reasons for his multiple parallel existences is that Mr Fred doesn t sleep. Because of the 8 hours a day that frees up, plus being a genius and having the brain of three people at least Fred can manage to write 1,000 songs this year, antagonize every club owner and festival organizer in New Orleans, have a simultaneous roaring international music career while at the same time being an educator extraordinaire. Vince Ebeier was the front man for one of New Orleans most impressive early 21st century rock bands, The Scorceses, before their own success tore the band apart. Now Vince is back with his new outfit, Spylights. Vince and Spylights guitar player Roman Duffard unveil their new material with a song that s a searing skewering of Facebook. The new record Empath, is out soon. You ll be able to get it here. Andrew Duhon is back from touring his new music around the South. Andrew has a brand new song, and a brand new album, False River, due out in just a few weeks. Photos at Wayfare by Alison Moon.

It was a day just like any other. Rev Dr Ray Cannata was walking down Freret Street in Uptown New Orleans, on his way home from his favorite new lunch spot 4 hours later when he happened to glance into Wayfare at the very moment Happy Hour host Grant Morris was glancing out from behind his mic, about to begin the show. Next thing you know, Ray has a martini and he s explaining why we re all going to Heaven even if we don t do any good deeds. If you ve ever thought about converting to Christianity or reaffirming your faith, look no further, Ray is the guy to talk to. Kay Morrrison, perhaps better known to New Orleanians as The Occasional Wife, started out as a good little Southern Baptist girl in Algiers. Kay was a member of a gang of like minded Southern Baptists known as Girls In Action. Today Kay is avowedly one of the happiest people you ll ever meet. Her joie de vivre is contagious. Even Andrew Duhon feels upbeat and gung ho about life by the end of this conversation. Andrew has finished his new album, which looks like it s going to called False River, and is considering taking some business advice, branching out and writing songs for other artists. Andrew tries out one of his new songs today, and plays one off of False River. The Kay and Ray show, one of the happiest Happy Hours in our 7 year history, is brought to you by dirty martinis at Wayfare. Photos by Alison Moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Come hear how Louisiana is dealing with the oil spill in the Gulf from one of preeminent scientists. Guests: From LOUISIANA comes Wilma Subra, Environmental Scientist, Subra Co. www.leanweb.org Email us show ideas or interview requests to info@sustainable1000.com, Tweet us at @vannShane, IM on GTalk @ vannShane or call-in your questions or comments to (347)996-3601. Sustainable 1000 radio is part of the eco road trip started by Shane Snipes to explore 1000 stories across 48 states in 250 days. Stop by Sustainable1000.com for videos and more chats with regular folks who are making the world a little better in their communities. >>> MORE INFORMATION: Wilma Subra started Subra Company, a chemistry lab and environmental consulting firm, in 1981. Her goal was to help citizens and communities understand exposure and health effects of toxins in their environment. “No one was looking out for community groups,” Subra says about the early days of her company. Located in New Iberia, Louisiana, Subra Company offers technical assistance and provides the science. These services are needed for communities to get the attention of the industries responsible for the pollution, as well as the agencies responsible for protecting public health and the environment.“I’ve never had to turn anybody down,” Subra says. “They may have to wait a few days, but if they ask, I will do what I can to help them.” Subra and her husband try to carve out time for lunch together a couple of times during the week. On the day of this interview, while she was taking a lunch break, Subra received a call from Mr. Woody in False River. He lives near a meander of the Mississippi River and talks to Subra about the inappropriate sewage discharge in the river. Another call comes in from a woman who lives in Iberia Parish. She tells Subra that she and her neighbor are the only ones in her community who haven’t been diagnosed with cancer.