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Live with Cheryl Devail, General Manager at KRVS We are chatting with Cheryl, a fellow Leadership Lafayette classmate about her position at KRVS and how they are making it known how important public radio is in the Acadiana area and more. KRVS.org http://cheryldevall.com — Find this and past episodes at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-tea-podcast/support — The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by Chase Group Construction, The Music Academy of Acadiana, and Electronic Protection Systems. The Tea Podcast Studio is sponsored in-part by Mire.Group CPAs: https://facebook.com/miregroupcpa?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Imagine Acadiana without festivals. Between 2020 and 2021, we nearly got a taste of that reality. And for the most part it wasn't pleasant.  Gathering is a big part of the culture here. So when Covid made getting together dangerous, it also threatened a way of life.  Festivals did what they could to keep the tradition alive. Going virtual was a workable substitute in a pinch, but the lift was still costly and the digital copy just couldn't compare with the real thing.  Christiaan's guests today navigated Acadiana's largest annual gatherings through two straight years of pivots.  Scott Feehan has been Executive Director of Festival International since 2015. Scott's day job is in IT, but he's been a cultural entrepreneur going on two decades now. If you grew up playing in rock and roll bands in Acadiana you might know Scott as the drum shop guy. Or as the man behind Lafayette's School of Rock.  Pat Mould runs programming and development for Festivals Acadians et Creoles. He's the man in charge of what happens at the festival and, crucially, who pays for it. Pat is a renowned chef who's made a big mark in bringing Cajun cuisine into fine dining, and he's also the interim general manager of KRVS, the voice of Cajun and Zydeco music and the home of Out to Lunch Acadiana. Out to Lunch Acadiana is recorded live over lunch at Tula Tacos and Amigos in downtown Lafayette. You can see photos from this show by Astor Morgan at our website. And check out Scott Feehan's take on the festival scene from inside the Covid bubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you don't know or care much about wine, then the language around it can sound like Greek. Or French, perhaps, is more accurate. "Terroir," "appellation," "cuvee." It can all be overwhelming. Go to a restaurant, order a bottle. Which wine do you like? Red or white? For a lot of us, that's as far as goes.  Acadiana feels like Michelob Ultra country. People here drink light beers so they can drink a lot of beers. So maybe wine and wine culture would seem foreign to us...despite the French undertones of our lifestyle.  Maybe try thinking of wine this way: As an expression of place. That's what "terroir" means: the earth, the air, the water that made the wine. We talk about food this way in Louisiana all the time. You could argue that gumbos and boudins have terroir. But you'd probably be thrown out of the party. Christiaan's guests on this edition of Out to Lunch Acadiana, Acadiana's First Couple of Cool, Denny and Katie Culbert, are trying to tap into that obsession with place with their boutique, natural wine shop: Wild Child Wines.  Wild Child opened in 2020 in Downtown Lafayette and has since grown a cult following with its select imports of small batch wines from around the globe. The shop has a small wine bar for tasting and teaching. Those have been consistent themes for the Culberts, who have spent the better part of the last decade building culture around local foodways with initiatives like Runaway Dish, a series of popup dinners that introduced adventure to Lafayette's culinary scene.  Outside of Wine Child, Denny is a photographer with credits in Saveur, Garden & Gun and Vice magazines.  Katie owns and operates the boutique clothing shop Kiki and its two locations in Lafayette and Baton Rouge.  This edition of Out to Lunch Acadiana was recorded in the studios of KRVS in Lafayette. You can see photos from this show at our website. And here's more lunchtime conversation about local Acadiana booze, namely vodka made from rice.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Acadiana is kind of a hidden treasure. Most folks think of New Orleans when Louisiana comes up, but the nooks and crannies of the state are what make it special.  Hop on a rural byway and you can wind through all kinds of magical places. It's a state you can stay-cation in and find lots of oddities and specialties. Pockets of cultures and traditions that are unseen even by folks just a few miles away.  Take Highway 90 north from Lafayette and the roads will rise and fall on hills. You'll pass through the Cajun prairies and catch a view of the land of Zydeco. Before long, you've left Francophone Louisiana behind altogether.  Did you know there's a Transylvania, Louisiana? Have you ever been to the Watermark Tavern by the river in Columbia, just north of Alexandria?  Dixie Poche has, and she's lived to write about it. Dixie is a travel writer with an expertise in Louisiana's hidden gems. For thirty years, she sharpened her pencil in technical writing and corporate communications in the oil and gas industry. Her childhood in a general store in Cecilia inspired her to seek out the histories of Louisiana's small towns. She's published three books on Louisiana culture and is currently working on her fourth — about small town Mardi Gras Courirs.    Herman Fuselier is a familiar voice on KRVS. He's the host of Zydeco Stomp and has a storied history of his own — chronicling Louisiana's cultural traditions. Herman grew up literally next door to the world stage of Zydeco in Opelousas and spent years as a columnist and music writer in the Acadiana area. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Oxford American and NPR, and he's the go-to guy for liner notes on big Zydeco records. In 2016, Herman published Ghosts of Good Times, which packs an authoritative history of Louisiana's dance halls dating back decades. Oh, and by the way, during daylight hours, Herman is the executive director of the St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission. This episode of Out to Lunch Acadiana was recorded live over lunch at Tula Tacos and Amigos in Downtown Lafayette. You can find photos at our website. And check out more lunch table conversation about words and music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover Lafayette welcomed Christiaan Mader, founder and executive editor of the Current, Lafayette’s first non-profit digital news organization which he launched in 2018, to our show. He is also the host of Out to Lunch Acadiana, a radio show and podcast on KRVS that features Acadiana business community members. Christian is an award-winning investigative and culture journalist, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Vice, Offbeat, Gambit, the USA Today Network, and The Advocate. Most notably, Christiaan Mader, in an investigative series as the lead reporter involving former Lafayette City Marshall Brian Pope for The Independent, along with IND editors Leslie Turk and Walter Pierce and photographers Robin May and Wynce Nonelly, was awarded the Freedom of Information Award by the Louisiana Press Association. This award is the highest honor that can be awarded to journalists in their field. Pictured: Christiaan Mader, Leslie Turk, Robin May, Wynce Nolley and Walter Pierce celebrating winning the Freedom of Information Award on their investigative reporting of past Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope. Photo by Travis Gauthier. A Lafayette native, Christiaan graduated from high school at Episcopal School of Acadiana and Emory University in journalism. He spent a decade touring as a musician with The Brass Bed and to this day says, " If I had my druthers, I'd be Paul McCartney!" And, we think he really means it! Christiaan Mader pictured alongside members of The Brass Bed, a band he toured with for ten years after college. Christiaan loves Lafayette and attributes his good fortune to traveling as a musician for ten years so as to satisfy his curiosity to see the world. He realized at a young age that he loved Lafayette and was very happy to be a part of the fabric of his beloved Lafayette community; yet, he is grateful to have had the opportunity to see other places and be able to have freely chosen Lafayette as his home with no regrets. A few years back, Christiaan returned to his journalism roots and wrote cultural pieces for Lafayette Travel (Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission). That work led to other opportunities, initially encouraged by Mary Tutwiler who was a writer for the former local periodical, The Independent. Christiaan enjoyed writing local pieces but never thought he'd end up writing political pieces, which editors Steve and Cherry May eventually encouraged him to do. The Current has gained traction since its initial launch in a news market which includes The Advocate and the Daily Advertiser. Christiaan shared that when he originally began his digital publication, both local newspapers were following the national trends of smaller local staffs and downsizing operations. Within 14 to 16 months thereafter, things were quite different, and both local newspapers were back in the game as viable news organizations. In fact, The Advocate, owned by the John Georges family, is invested in preserving its print product and its market has grown across South Louisiana. The cultural shift to digital media has greatly impacted traditional print journalism. Google and other social media platforms are very inexpensive ways advertisers can get out their word, and it has affected profitability of print media. Lafayette is very unusual as it may be one of the smallest markets in the U. S. with two print newspapers. Christiaan spoke of two big trends in journalism: the loss of revenue resulting in a loss of paid journalists on staff, and fewer companies overall due to consolidation of publications. He shared that most people don't realize how labor-intensive journalism is; experience and institutional knowledge are critical factors in producing accurate and knowledgable reporting. "If you lose local media, the risk is that you lose institutional knowledge on the various subject matters. I love what I do. And I do it because I get to do it here in Lafayette.

Dr. Pearson Cross, seasoned political analyst, joined Discover Lafayette to discuss the political climate in this 2020 election cycle. Early voting will run through Oct. 27, 2020, preceding the November 3rd election, and it seemed a good time to have Dr. Cross join us and discuss the political landscape here and across the region. Dr. Cross is a respected professor on UL - Lafayette's campus as well as our community, serving as Interim Head of the Department of Political Science, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science. He is host of a weekly radio show, Bayou to Beltway on KRVS (88.7 FM), that focuses on politics and policy, and is a frequent commentator on political issues for news media at the national, state and local levels. As a young man, Cross always wanted to be a musician and actually dropped out of college and played rock and jazz for about ten years, traveling across the Western U. S. But a "sit down" gig in Palo Alto allowed him the opportunity to stay in one place to make a living and he realized he needed to do something different, to go back to school. Dr. Pearson Cross (pictured far right) in Banshee, the band in which he performed as a young man as they toured the Western U. S. Dr. Cross found his calling in teaching political science while working in Palo Alto CA and returned to school after taking a ten-year break from college. A political science class spurred his interest in the subject. A teacher/mentor encouraged him to earn a PhD and pursue a career in teaching, a vocation which mirrored that of his parents and one he never dreamed he would follow. After a stint at UL - Monroe, Dr. Cross ended up in South Louisiana at UL - Lafayette where he is raising his family and has become a part of the political landscape. COVID has turned the 2020 election cycle upside down with its resulting need to social distance and limit large gatherings. Cross reminisced about the days of "retail politics" in which politicians such as Edwin Edwards would work six or seven events a day as a way to meet constituents, march in parades, kiss babies, and raise funds; those days are "pretty much done" and social media has become more and more important. Today, the "Matthew Principle" rules: "To those who have, get. To those who are given, more is given," says Cross. If a candidate already has a reputation and a fundraising operation, they can raise funds. But newcomers are at a great disadvantage. There is less door to door interactions. Incumbents are at a great advantage and can get by with much less advertising. Dr. Cross anticipates a great surge in mail in/early voting and at the time of our interview, 15 million people in the U. S. had cast ballots early. On the day of this posting, October 23, 2020, at least 51 million people have already voted in advance of the November 3rd election, which number represents over a third of all votes cast in the 2016 presidential election. In some states everyone is allowed to vote by mail; in Louisiana, there are a limited number of reasons that allow mail-in ballots such as having had COVID, being over 65 years of age, or having a recognized disability. Cross stressed that while many conservatives believe that mail-in balloting leads to broad and pervasive fraud, there have been no findings to that effect although there are occasional findings of illegality or altered ballots. Cross predicts that the national election results will be determined the night of November 3rd as Joe Biden appears headed to a solid victory. At the time of this interview, Biden had a commanding lead in the polls yet in the aftermath of the October 22nd debate, numbers are shifting slightly with Biden slipping among Independents. Swing states such as Florida, Michigan, and Texas will once again hold the key to victory for the successful candidate. National political news has crowded out state and local po...

421 - D'Jalma Garnier D'Jalma Garnier hosts the radio program Passports to Modern Jazz on KRVS 88.7 FM and he joined The Paul Leslie Hour for a freewheeling, eclectic flow of an interview where a diversity of subjects were explored. Mr. Garnier is a musician, performer, composer, a multi-instrumentalist known as a proficient fiddler, vocalist and guitarist. He is a teacher and has contributed numerous articles on the cultural roots of Louisiana's musical traditions. He is an author and radio personality. It's an honor to welcome writer, scholar, broadcaster and ethnomusicologist D'Jalma Garnier! The Paul Leslie Hour is a talk show dedicated to “Helping People Tell Their Stories.” Some of the most iconic people of all time drop in to chat. Frequent topics include Arts, Entertainment and Culture.

One of the things we're proudest of in Acadiana is our culture. And our family. We even talk about the family relationships between our cultures as being first cousins: Cajun and Zydeco. There are similarities and notable differences between Cajun music and dance, and Zydeco music and dance. Leaving aside for the moment the intertwined Acadian and African influences, one major musical difference, obvious even to people from outside, is an instrument you hear in Zydeco only. And that's the frottoir, or rubboard. The rubboard didn't start out as a musical instrument. It started out as, well, a rubboard. You used it to wash clothes. And then if you put thimbles on your fingers you could make a scratching sound by strumming it. It was Clifton Chenier and his brother Cleveland who came up with the idea of making a metal or stainless steel rubboard. The guy they turned to to make it was their friend and fellow worker at the Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a master welder, metal fabricator, and fellow Louisiana native by the name of Willie Landry. Willie's son, Tee Don Landry, has spent a lifetime making rubboards under the name Key of Z. He's made around 3,000 of them. They're in the hands of regular folks and famous musicians – like Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top and Rihanna. There's even a Tee Don Landry rubboard in the Smithsonian.     The intertwined Acadian and African cultures that have given us Cajun and Zydeco music and dance have led to the relationship between the styles of music and the people who play them and dance to them being referred to as “first cousins.” “First Cousins” is the name of a film about this very subject. The film was written, produced and directed by two sisters, Moriah and Elista Istre. Both Istre sisters have a Ph.D and are professional cultural historians. Moriah is a folklorist and festival programmer as well as being the Director of the movie, First Cousins. One of the funny things about families is, everybody else's family seems a lot more normal than your own. Till you get to know them! But the more you get to know your Cajun and Zydeco first cousins the more you get to love them.  You can see photos by Gwen Aucoin and more from this show, recorded live over lunch at  Cafe Vermilionville at our website https://link.chtbl.com/Vj_kXlwb  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marc Mouton of the Insurance Resource Group offers an experienced take on the many ways people can purchase insurance in a cost-effective way. With the price of insurance rising, along with the mandates of the Affordable Care Act, it is a challenge for businesses and individuals to stay afloat and keep their families covered. While just a few years ago you could purchase health insurance for your family for approximately $400 - 600 per month, costs have risen dramatically. Marc cited a recent example of a 56-year-old man with a 55-year-old wife and three children, who needed an individual plan. For a policy with a $4,500 deductible, no co-pay for doctor visits, and no prescription drug plan....which is basically a barebone catastrophic plan, the quote was $2,265 per month. Marc explained that if the couple formed an LLC (limited liability company), naming themselves as the managers, they could qualify as a legal entity and then obtain the same health insurance for $1,400 per month. People are taking steps to afford health insurance in ways that were unheard of just 3 to 4 years ago as the cost of health insurance is creating an economic depression within the middle classes. Paying cash for medical procedures also opens up the opportunity to save money. This interview is eye-opening for those of us who are independent contractors caught up in the conundrum of covering our healthcare expenses. Consumers are poor negotiators when it comes to healthcare. We'll haggle over the cost of a car or a mobile device at Best Buy, but not for our own health procedures. Special thanks to James Hebert of KRVS for taping this interview. We're grateful for their support.

We launched Out to Lunch Acadiana in July 2015. When we went on the air, KRVS in Lafayette was as it still is a mostly music station. We didn t know if we d have a single listener to a show about Acadiana business. Even knowing that, our very first guests, Matt Stuller from Stuller Inc and Anya Burgess from Sola Violins, were gracious enough to come on the show. In the intervening years, Out to Lunch has gotten pretty popular on KRVS. And podcasting has gone mainstream. Now we have a large radio and podcast audience, with listeners in Acadiana, across the country, and around the world. So, given that there is a pretty good chance, wherever you are, that you didn t hear Anya Burgess or Matt Stuller on our initial broadcast, we re going to rectify that. Though he s too modest to say it himself, Matt Stuller is arguably Acadiana s most successful business person. Here are a few facts to back that up. Stuller Incorporated makes 200,000 pieces of jewelry for over 40,000 jewelry outlets worldwide. It s one of the largest jewelry manufacturing and distributing firms in the United States, with facilities in Bangkok, Barcelona, and 3 plants in North America, including here in Lafayette where there are over one thousand employees. Stuller Inc is a huge and hugely successful company that Matt has grown from its infancy in the early 1970 s. It s an absolute pleasure to welcome Matt back to out to Lunch Acadiana. Anya Burgess is a fiddle player who started out fixing her own and other people s violins, on her dining room table. That eventually turned into a business when Anya opened her storefront, Sola Violins, in downtown Lafayette in 2014. As a musician, Anya has been nominated for a Grammy. Twice. Once each with both of her bands, Bonsoir Catin and The Magnolia Sisters. Anya and Matt are two very different but equally unique contributors to both the culture and economy of Acadiana. Photos at Cafe Vermilionville by Lucius Fontenot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Hebert is a yoga instructor, artist, friend and member of the community of healers in Lafayette. He is also the operations manager at KRVS, public radio station on ULL campus.

As we reach the end of 2015, we re taking a look back at the triumphs and tragedies of the year past. 2015 was a big year for Louisiana Eats This June, we celebrated our fifth anniversary on the air, with listeners and friends including the NPR affiliates WWNO, WRKF, KRVS and Red River Radio. We found ourselves traveling across the state, the country and the world, covering topics ranging from substance abuse in the service industry, revelry and tradition at the annual Blackpot Festival in Lafayette, ghosts in the attic at Tujague s Restaurant, seafood innovation on the Gulf Coast and the domestic slave trade in America. Sadly, 2015 also came with the loss of good friends and mentors. Mildred Covert, who taught the world how to cook Creole and Cajun while keeping Kosher, left us in the spring. In the fall, we lost the man who taught the world to love the food of South Louisiana, Chef Paul Prudhomme. In this week s show, we look back on the life of Chef Prudhomme through the lens of two people whose lives have been positively impacted by him and his late wife, Kay Hinrichs Prudhomme. We hear from Sandy Hanson, who was at K Paul s the day they opened their doors in 1979, and from her brother in law, Chef Frank Brigtsen, who credits his culinary successes to his friend and mentor the man he simply calls chef. Then, we revisit an old interview with Kosher Creole Cajun cooking maven Midred Covert, and celebrate Antoine s amazing 175 years a landmark occasion they marked in 2015. It s time for auld lang syne, on this week s Louisiana Eats

The debut episode of Japan Jukebox on KRVS 88.7FM. 01. さすらい/奥田民生 02. ずっと好きだった/斉藤和義 03. バンザイ ～好きでよかった～/ウルフルズ 04. ハチミツ/スピッツ 05. LEMONADE/THE BAWDIES 06. グラフティー(album mix)/GOING UNDER GROUND 07. Fever/TRICERATOPS 08. HAPPY TRAIL/大橋トリオ 09. Sun Shower/木村カエラ 10. さらば!/ゲントウキ 11. セロリ/山崎まさよし 12. 飛行少女/ピロカルピン 13. BIRTHDAY/くるり