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The Trump administration is canceling a program that could've resulted in over $720 million coming to Louisiana. Tommy talks with Archie Chaisson, President of Lafourche Parish, about it

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Archie Chaisson joins Dave Cohen and Mike Detillier to give us an update on Lafourche Parish following the winter storm.

599. Part 1 of Adam Fairclough's visit to the Louisiana Anthology Podcast to discuss his research on race relations in Louisiana. His book, Bulldozed and Betrayed: Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876, discusses the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Jim Crow. Prior to the 2020 presidential election, historians considered the disputed 1876 contest -- which pitted Republican Rutherford B. Hayes against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden -- the most controversial in American history. Examining the work and conclusions of the Potter Committee, the congressional body tasked with investigating the vote, Adam Fairclough's Bulldozed and Betrayed: Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876 sheds new light on the events surrounding the electoral crisis, especially those that occurred in Louisiana, a state singled out for voter intimidation and rampant fraud. The Potter Committee's inquiry led to embarrassment for Democrats, uncovering an array of bribes, forgeries, and even coded telegrams showing that the Tilden campaign had attempted to buy the presidency. Testimony also exposed the treachery of Hayes, who, once installed in the White House, permitted insurrectionary Democrats to overthrow the Republican government in Louisiana that had risen to power during the early days of Reconstruction. Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 220 years. Order your copy today! This week in Louisiana history. November 9, 1862. Gen. Butler declares all property of disloyal citizens of Lafourche Parish to be confiscated This week in New Orleans history. November 9, 1931, Pascal Frank Calogero, Jr., born was a Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. A graduate of Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, He was first elected to the Court in 1972. He retired at the end of 2008. He had longest tenure of any Justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court. This week in Louisiana. LUNA Fête Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Pedestrian Park 900 Convention Center Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70130 Central Business District/Downtown Arts New Orleans Admission Price — Free! Website November 14 – 17, 2024 LUNA Fête is New Orleans' annual festival of light, art, and technology and the nation's longest running projection mapping festival. LUNA Fête is a visionary initiative created by Arts New Orleans to demonstrate the power of art to transform communities. Arts New Orleans organizes a series of artist training workshops geared towards local and regional artists producing works using light, technology, and interactivity. Recommended attendees include (but are not limited to) artists working in video-mapping technologies, digital sculptures, interactive installations, and temporary light-based public art. This free and open to the public festival celebrates New Orleans creative industries and provides a memorable experience for more than 100,000 diverse event attendees. More than 250 New Orleans artists and 60 youth have advanced their technical and artistic skills through this unique educational opportunity. Postcards from Louisiana. Donna Watson, Fervent Day by Day, You Have a Purpose, and You Are Blessed. Listen on Apple Podcasts. Listen on audible. Listen on Spotify. Listen on TuneIn. Listen on iHeartRadio. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook. 

593. Part 1 of our conversation with Nick Douglas about the documentary he is working on about the relationship between jazz and civil rights, “I am working with my filmmaking partner Doug Harris on a documentary called The Reconnect: The Untold History of Jazz. It is a true story about the actual formation of jazz in the only place it could have formed: New Orleans. But it is more it identifies for the first time New Orleans as the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement. It shows how jazz and jazz musicians used jazz and musical performances to fund and support the civil rights movement long before most people realize the movement started. It answers questions about jazz and the civil rights movement that have never been exposed. Enjoy and if you like what we are doing share the video and donate to get this project completed. Nick Douglas is the author of Finding Octave: The Untold History of Two Creole Families and Slavery in Louisiana. Nick is an MBA with a background in international business. Born in Oakland, California, Nick grew up in a multi-generational Creole home. As a child he had a close connection to his grandmother and great-grandmother, who were both Creoles from New Orleans. Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 220 years. Order your copy today! This week in Louisiana history. September 28, 1973. Orleans parish DA Jim Garrison acquitted in Pinball Bribery Case. This week in New Orleans history. June 1927. Airline Highway originally was a two-lane road that ran from Prairieville to Shrewsbury (now Metairie). The first section, running between Williams Boulevard in Kenner and Shrewsbury Road, opened in June 1927. It was begun by the Jefferson Parish Police Jury as a local road and incorporated into the plan for Airline Highway during construction. This week in Louisiana. La Fête des Vieux Temps Oct 04 - 06, 2024 4484 Highway 1 Raceland, LA 70394 985-637-2166 Website Called the "Festival of Old Times" this event features a celebration of music, dancing, Cajun food, and arts & crafts show. This long standing event is a local favorite and showcases the true authentic Cajun culture of Lafourche Parish. New for this year: the return of the pirogue races! Postcards from Louisiana. Roxy Doll plays at the French Quarter Fest. Listen on Apple Podcasts. Listen on audible. Listen on Spotify. Listen on TuneIn. Listen on iHeartRadio. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook. 

This hour, Mike Detillier speaks with Archie Chaisson, President of Lafourche Parish, and Jacob Pucheu, PIO for Louisiana State Police Troop B, about the aftermath of Hurricane Francine. Then, Jeff Nowak, Saints sideline reporter, joins the show to preview the Saints vs. the Dallas Cowboys.

Scoot calls up Archie Chaisson, President of Lafourche Parish, to discuss the incredible rescue efforts across Lafourche Parish and how the area is dealing with Francine.

Tommy talks with Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson

Tulane head football coach Jon Sumrall joined Mike and Charlie to recap the Green Wave's 34-27 loss to No. 17 Kansas State. Sumrall also previewed Tulane's upcoming road matchup against No. 15 Oklahoma. Mike interviewed WWL Louisiana meteorologist Chris Franklin, Matt Jewell, the president of St. Charles Parish, Tim Temple, the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, and Keith Hinkley, the president of Plaquemines Parish, about Hurricane Francine. Mike gave a player comparison for Tulane freshman QB Darian Mensah. Steve and Charlie discussed Paul Skenes and Jackson Merrill's case for the NL Rookie of the Year. Chad Parsons, the host of the "Under The Helmet" fantasy show on the Bleav podcasting network, shared his thoughts on the fantasy football waiver wire. Steve spoke to Archie Chaisson, the president of Lafourche Parish, and Collin Arnold, the director of homeland security & emergency preparedness for New Orleans, about Hurricane Francine. Mike Hoss interviewed Khai Harley, the Saints' assistant general manager & vice president of football operations, and Bruce Allen, a former NFL executive for the Raiders, Buccaneers, and Redskins on the weekly "Saints Hour."

Steve and Charlie discussed Paul Skenes and Jackson Merrill's case for the NL Rookie of the Year. They reviewed Kirk Cousins' debut performance with the Atlanta Falcons. Chad Parsons, the host of the "Under The Helmet" fantasy show on the Bleav podcasting network, recapped the first week of the NFL fantasy season. Parsons gave running backs and wide receivers to target on the waiver wire. He also compared Ravens TEs Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely and Titans RBs Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears. Steve interviewed Archie Chaisson, the president of Lafourche Parish, and Collin Arnold, the director of homeland security & emergency preparedness for New Orleans, about Hurricane Francine. The guys gave their standout performances from week one of the NFL season. 

On this edition of American Road Trip Talk, discover Louisiana's Cajun Bayou, just 35 miles south of New Orleans and home to the unapologetic Cajun culture of Lafourche Parish. The bayou stretches over 100 miles, flowing through communities and defining traditions. Festivals, charter fishing trips, tours through mysterious swamps, classic regional architecture and restaurants that offer you a chance to dine like a local: there is plenty to see and do "up the Bayou" and "down the Bayou." Our guests are Cody Gray and Ian Wallis from Louisiana's Cajun Bayou tourism office.

In the first half, Tommy checks in with Archie Chaisson, the President of Lafourche Parish, about the oil spill and what everybody needs to know. After that, Tommy spends some time with Tyler Bridges, a reporter and author, about his recent sit-down with Jeff Landry.

Tommy talks to Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson

541. We talk to Audrey Gibson about her book, Tempêtes et Éclairs, a collection of Louisiana French poetry by Adolphe Duhart. "'Duhart, a Louisiana Creole who wrote poetry in French for the first Black daily newspaper in the United States. Duhart, who lived in New Orleans, was also a teacher in the 1850s and fought in the Civil War. All of Duhart's poetry was meant to inspire, elevate, and humanize those for whom he wrote,' explained Dr. Dana Kress, professor of French at Centenary and editor in chief of Les Éditions Tintamarre. 'Some of his poems are about family, and his public had sometimes never seen families like their own celebrated in verse in writing. Others are powerful social commentaries such as the poem about Lincoln's assassination, published on April 25,1865, in New Orleans; these works elicit a powerful emotional response but also stand as a monument to Duhart's courage for daring to speak out publicly in a major Confederate city.'"    “'I approached Dr. Kress during my first year at Centenary and asked him for ideas on how to get involved in research,” recalled Gibson. “He told me about Adolphe Duhart, a prolific Afro-Creole writer from New Orleans, whose poetry had never been fully collected into a book. He said that this could be a great project for me to work on'" (Centenary). Les Éditions Tintamarre is not only producing a great collection of lost French language Louisiana literature, the project is training the next generation of scholars who will study that literature. This week in Louisiana history. September 22 1972 Nat'l record for most drunken driving arrests, 43 in 8 hours, by New Orleans police This week in New Orleans history. This week in Louisiana. La Fete Des Vieux Temps 4484 Highway 1 Raceland, LA 70394 Phone: 985-637-2166 Danny Mayet Email: dmayetlsfa3@gmail.com October 6 - 8, 2023 Called the "Festival of Old Times" this event features a celebration of music, dancing, & Cajun food. Called the "Festival of Old Times" this event features a celebration of music, dancing, Cajun food, and arts & crafts show. This long standing event is a local favorite and showcases the true authentic Cajun culture of Lafourche Parish. Postcards from Louisiana. Rug Cutters at the Favela Chic Bar on Frenchmen. Listen on Google Play. Listen on Spotify. Listen on TuneIn. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook.     

Archie Chaisson joins Tommy to talk about how Lafourche Parish is recovering from Hurricane Ida. 

Archie Chaisson joins Tommy to talk about how his parish is preparing for hurricane season in 2023. 

 American Sugar Cane League manager Jim Simon met with Terrebonne and Lafourche Parish growers on January 25 and talked about the exceptional 2022 sugarcane crop and what will affect the 2023 sugar market. 

Archie Chaisson joins Tommy to talk about the latest from Lafourche Parish and its recovery. 

Ronald Dominique confessed to raping and murdering 23 boys and men between the ages of 16 and 46 between 1997 and 2006 across six Louisiana parishes. When he was caught, investigators were shocked by... how harmless and unintelligent he seemed. How did THIS guy do what he did for so long?  In part, he was able to do what he did because he targeted the poorest members of one of the poorest area of the nation. Law enforcement where and when he was killing didn't have much of a budget to dedicate enough resources to finding him, and also, the people he killed weren't people, typically, who kept regular social schedules. Police had a hard time, over and over, figuring out exactly where victims had been right before the died. Ronald was NOT a criminal mastermind. Not be a long stretch. He just figured out a simple con to get guys to tie themselves up so he could do what he wanted to do to them, and he got away with it because those guys typically lived high risk lifestyles in an area full of hard times and few resources. Despite how dark this subject is, I actually find a lot of humor to lighten it up because in addition to being a serial killer, AND an idiot, Ronnie Joe was also a Patti Labelle impersonator, a dude who had some super interesting rationalizations for why he had to do what he did, and a man with, apparently, the tightest, most fragile butthole on the planet. Bad Magic Productions Monthly Patreon Donation:  In honor of the passing of Jeff Burton from the Rizzuto Show aka the Rizz Show on 105.7 FM in St Louis, we are donating (amount tbd) to Jeff's charity of choice - Kids Rock Cancer. Through the proven healing power of music therapy, Kids Rock Cancer helps children combat feelings of anxiety, depression, uncertainty, and helplessness.  To find out more, go to www.kidsrockcancer.orgWatch the Suck on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zjeMPGRokugMerch: https://www.badmagicmerch.comDiscord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89vWant to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :)For all merch related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste)Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcastWanna become a Space Lizard?  Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcastSign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits.

This interview is with Wendy Thibodeaux who is the Assessor for Lafourche Parish in Louisiana. For those outside of Louisiana this interview will inform you of the Assessors amount of discretion that they can use, a lot of information on how taxes are collected through millages and sales tax, and how the money is channeled to individual taxing districts. But even bigger you will learn how to be professionally involved with your Assessor for your Parish, County, and State to find ways to get them to use their discretion to not tax as much when they don't need to. And people in Louisiana have the opportunity to vote on eliminating a "mandate" in our Louisiana Constitution that forces Assessors to tax us even when they don't need it.  And in this interview you will learn how voting for this Constitutional Amendment will get rid of the mandate to tax you when government doesn't need it.   **** There is bonus content in this podcast after the interview.  They are not long segments but packed full of information.

In the times of crisis, heroes and leaders emerge. Many times, these heroes and leaders come from the local fire departments. When choosing to be part of a fire department, it takes more than just courage, it is about sacrificing themselves for something greater than themselves. The people of Lafourche Parish Fire District #3, are prime examples of courage and sacrifice. In the past couple of years, they have had to respond to major incidents that drew national attention and have done so just as heroes and leaders would do! In this episode, Devin Dedon, Lynn Rogers, and Jada Pitre, give us a glimpse into what they do for our community. For more information on the Lafourche Parish Fire District #3, check them out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Lafourche-Parish-Fire-District-3-109825679193906. The DTB Podcast is presented by Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation. For more information on Bless Your Heart Nonprofit, you can follow them at: · www.blessyourheartnonprofit.com · Facebook - www.facebook.com/blessyourheartnonprofit · Twitter - @BYHNonprofit To support to Bless Your Heart Nonprofit, you can donate at blessyourheartnonprofit.com or one of the platforms below: · PayPal: blessyourheartnonprofit@gmail.com · Venmo: @blessyourheartnonprofit --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-dtb-podcast/support

Hurricane Ida killed dozens of Lousianans and displaced tens of thousands of others. Among the hardest hit were bilingual and French-speaking communities close to the Mississippi Delta. Alces Adams lives halfway between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico in the small community of Cut Off in Lafourche Parish. Hurricane Ida destroyed his trailer.People in this part of Louisiana — bayou country — have long learned to live under adverse weather conditions. But things have gotten much worse in recent years. Rising sea levels, erosion and storm after storm have flooded entire communities. For some French speakers, Hurricane Ida was the last straw, and now many are moving away.A year after Ida, Adams' trailer looks just as it did the day after the storm — twisted and torn apart with furniture spilling out, as if attacked by a pack of wild animals. Next to it is a new trailer, Adams' temporary home provided by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Alces Adams in front of what is left of his trailer, Cut Off, Louisiana.  Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Adams was born a block away in his grandparents' house. His family's older generation spoke only French. Adams said his grandmother learned English, but refused to speak it, except for one word: “Yeah.” “English was forced on us about 100 years ago,” Adams said. That's when English was declared the only language of instruction in public schools.Adams recalled listening to his older relatives as they told him stories in French. Even then, he said, he considered the language beautiful. “I loved listening to that.”Adams' grandmother and others told him stories of storms and floods they had survived. It helped prepare him — still a child — when Hurricane Betsy battered the region in 1965.“I was thinking of getting a sash or vest or something: ‘I survived Betsy, Katrina, Ida,'" Adams said. “All the monsters that I survived."Adams doesn't know what's next for him. He comes from a long line of Cajuns who he said were compelled to move from one place to another, to escape poverty or discrimination, or hurricanes and flooding. The French language has been a constant in all of this generational change. Adams knows that each time a French speaker moves away, it's another micro-blow to the survival of French in southern Louisiana. Tulane University linguist Nathalie Dajko and Alces Adams in a storage unit containing Alces' possessions, Cut Off, Louisiana. Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Tulane University linguist Nathalie Dajko has been tracking the decline of French in Lafourche and neighboring Terrebonne Parishes for nearly 20 years. She was in graduate school at Tulane when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. It left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Some even ended up in camps that were scattered across several southern states. Dajko visited a few of the camps as part of a gig she had with Save the Children, a nongovernmental organization.“Every now and again, we'd come across these French speakers,” Dajko said.“They would be so excited to meet somebody who spoke French, and they would talk about how they missed the French.”They told Dajko about constantly moving, about the language dying and the land eroding. She came to understand the strength of their attachment to the land.After that, she began visiting French speakers still living in bayou country. She recorded their conversations as part of a research project that eventually became a book, “French on Shifting Ground,” about the double loss of language and land. Louisiana French isn't standard Parisian French. But French has had longstanding roots in the region after France claimed it in 1682. With the area drawing French speakers, the language gained a foothold. It even spread to local Indigenous tribes in the 1700s. They'd formed protective alliances with the colonial French against the British. Some of their descendants still speak French, especially those who live closer to the ocean — and the floods and storms.Across a causeway from one of the larger bayous in Terrebonne Parish is an island called Isle de Jean Charles. Abandoned dwellings are everywhere: collapsed walls, caved-in roofs, debris. A couple of the houses are being fixed up. But most aren't. Near the end of the road, a house with a sign outside says, “Isle de Jean Charles is not dead. Climate change sucks.” Chris Brunet, who answered the door in a wheelchair, said he spoke French at home and English at school. Like Alces Adams, Brunet's grandmother only spoke French; his parents were bilingual. Everyone living on the island was a member of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe.  Chris Brunet outside his home, Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana.  Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Brunet said he's always lived on Isle de Jean Charles, even as most others left. “Hurricane Ida is the first storm to damage the house,” he said, pointing out his damaged roof. “But it's still standing and it's repairable.” It's one of the few salvageable dwellings here. Most are, as Brunet put it, “gone.”Also likely to be gone soon is this entire island. In the past 65 years, Isle de Jean Charles has shrunk from 22,000 acres to just 320. It's not just the storms. There are many reasons why the land is vanishing: rising sea levels, the rerouting of the Mississippi river — some of it natural, some engineered — canal construction, land erosion, some of that caused by oil and gas extraction. Then there's the levee system, expanded after Hurricane Katrina: a life-saver for those living within it; potentially catastrophic if you're on the outside of it.That's why Brunet, and almost everyone else on the island, is leaving, with federal government assistance, to a city 35 miles inland where virtually no one speaks French.“If I had to predict, I would suggest that people are not going to maintain French,” linguist Nathalie Dajko said.That's the usual pattern when a community is forced to move, Dajko added. As closely as they may stick together in their new home, they're leaving a place — an isolated place — that holds strong associations with the French language. Still, Dajko has studied these French and bilingual communities for close to two decades, and said they're full of surprises. “People have been predicting the death of Louisiana French for generations and it just won't die,” she said. “You cannot predict what people are going to do. They're worse than predicting the weather. They always do something you don't expect.”Dajko clings to this sliver of hope. Indeed, it is the hope of many in the region that the French language will survive the floods of bayou country. For more on the French speakers of southern Louisiana, listen to this episode of "Subtitle," a podcast about languages and the people who speak them. "Subtitle" is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Archie Chaisson joins Tommy to talk about the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ida. 

Hurricane Ida killed dozens of Lousianans and displaced tens of thousands of others. Among the hardest hit were bilingual and French-speaking communities close to the Mississippi Delta. Alces Adams lives halfway between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico in the small community of Cut Off in Lafourche Parish. Hurricane Ida destroyed his trailer.People in this part of Louisiana — bayou country — have long learned to live under adverse weather conditions. But things have gotten much worse in recent years. Rising sea levels, erosion and storm after storm have flooded entire communities. For some French speakers, Hurricane Ida was the last straw, and now many are moving away.A year after Ida, Adams' trailer looks just as it did the day after the storm — twisted and torn apart with furniture spilling out, as if attacked by a pack of wild animals. Next to it is a new trailer, Adams' temporary home provided by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Alces Adams in front of what is left of his trailer, Cut Off, Louisiana.  Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Adams was born a block away in his grandparents' house. His family's older generation spoke only French. Adams said his grandmother learned English, but refused to speak it, except for one word: “Yeah.” “English was forced on us about 100 years ago,” Adams said. That's when English was declared the only language of instruction in public schools.Adams recalled listening to his older relatives as they told him stories in French. Even then, he said, he considered the language beautiful. “I loved listening to that.”Adams' grandmother and others told him stories of storms and floods they had survived. It helped prepare him — still a child — when Hurricane Betsy battered the region in 1965.“I was thinking of getting a sash or vest or something: ‘I survived Betsy, Katrina, Ida,'" Adams said. “All the monsters that I survived."Adams doesn't know what's next for him. He comes from a long line of Cajuns who he said were compelled to move from one place to another, to escape poverty or discrimination, or hurricanes and flooding. The French language has been a constant in all of this generational change. Adams knows that each time a French speaker moves away, it's another micro-blow to the survival of French in southern Louisiana. Tulane University linguist Nathalie Dajko and Alces Adams in a storage unit containing Alces' possessions, Cut Off, Louisiana. Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Tulane University linguist Nathalie Dajko has been tracking the decline of French in Lafourche and neighboring Terrebonne Parishes for nearly 20 years. She was in graduate school at Tulane when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. It left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Some even ended up in camps that were scattered across several southern states. Dajko visited a few of the camps as part of a gig she had with Save the Children, a nongovernmental organization.“Every now and again, we'd come across these French speakers,” Dajko said.“They would be so excited to meet somebody who spoke French, and they would talk about how they missed the French.”They told Dajko about constantly moving, about the language dying and the land eroding. She came to understand the strength of their attachment to the land.After that, she began visiting French speakers still living in bayou country. She recorded their conversations as part of a research project that eventually became a book, “French on Shifting Ground,” about the double loss of language and land. Louisiana French isn't standard Parisian French. But French has had longstanding roots in the region after France claimed it in 1682. With the area drawing French speakers, the language gained a foothold. It even spread to local Indigenous tribes in the 1700s. They'd formed protective alliances with the colonial French against the British. Some of their descendants still speak French, especially those who live closer to the ocean — and the floods and storms.Across a causeway from one of the larger bayous in Terrebonne Parish is an island called Isle de Jean Charles. Abandoned dwellings are everywhere: collapsed walls, caved-in roofs, debris. A couple of the houses are being fixed up. But most aren't. Near the end of the road, a house with a sign outside says, “Isle de Jean Charles is not dead. Climate change sucks.” Chris Brunet, who answered the door in a wheelchair, said he spoke French at home and English at school. Like Alces Adams, Brunet's grandmother only spoke French; his parents were bilingual. Everyone living on the island was a member of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe.  Chris Brunet outside his home, Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana.  Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Brunet said he's always lived on Isle de Jean Charles, even as most others left. “Hurricane Ida is the first storm to damage the house,” he said, pointing out his damaged roof. “But it's still standing and it's repairable.” It's one of the few salvageable dwellings here. Most are, as Brunet put it, “gone.”Also likely to be gone soon is this entire island. In the past 65 years, Isle de Jean Charles has shrunk from 22,000 acres to just 320. It's not just the storms. There are many reasons why the land is vanishing: rising sea levels, the rerouting of the Mississippi river — some of it natural, some engineered — canal construction, land erosion, some of that caused by oil and gas extraction. Then there's the levee system, expanded after Hurricane Katrina: a life-saver for those living within it; potentially catastrophic if you're on the outside of it.That's why Brunet, and almost everyone else on the island, is leaving, with federal government assistance, to a city 35 miles inland where virtually no one speaks French.“If I had to predict, I would suggest that people are not going to maintain French,” linguist Nathalie Dajko said.That's the usual pattern when a community is forced to move, Dajko added. As closely as they may stick together in their new home, they're leaving a place — an isolated place — that holds strong associations with the French language. Still, Dajko has studied these French and bilingual communities for close to two decades, and said they're full of surprises. “People have been predicting the death of Louisiana French for generations and it just won't die,” she said. “You cannot predict what people are going to do. They're worse than predicting the weather. They always do something you don't expect.”Dajko clings to this sliver of hope. Indeed, it is the hope of many in the region that the French language will survive the floods of bayou country. For more on the French speakers of southern Louisiana, listen to this episode of "Subtitle," a podcast about languages and the people who speak them. "Subtitle" is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Archie Chaisson joins Tommy to talk about how Lafourche Parish is preparing for hurricane season. 

What is Louisiana art? One definition might be — art that is unique to Louisiana. The market expects a certain version of Louisiana. And so we give consumers what they want: alligators, bayous, pirogues, French, spices and so on.  People want authentic Louisiana. And what they think of as “authentic” doesn't quite reflect reality. That's the drawback of having a flavor that sticks out in the American melting pot: People want what they want.  Let me propose another definition. Louisiana is art made by Louisiana. Too broad? Maybe so. But it's much closer to reality.  Louisiana is alligators and bayous, but it's also lots of other stuff.  Dustin Rousseau is a Louisiana artist with a palette influenced by architecture and industrial design. He's an architect by trade, but fell back into painting as an outlet to cope with stress on the job. Pretty soon, his colorful abstractions caught on through his Instagram page, and he later hooked up with General Public, a company that renders 3D prints of paintings for resale. That landed his work in Restoration Hardware.  Dustin grew up in Lafayette and now lives and works in Baton Rouge. Alexis Braud wears a lot of creative hats. She's a writer, illustrator, podcaster and artist. But primarily, she's a storyteller. She calls herself the Lafourche Raconteuse — a spin on the Acadian Raconteur.  Alexis grew up in Cut Off — that's Lafourche Parish. She is the author of several children's books and has illustrated even more. She also hosted a podcast called “The Bayou Home Podcast” which explores what it means to be a Cajun. Out to Lunch Acadiana is recorded live over lunch at Tula Tacos and Amigos in downtown Lafayette. See photos from this show snapped on his iPhone by our audio engineer Dylan Babineaux! at itsacadiana.com. Check out recent lunchtime conversation about Acadiana art with Francis Pavy and Erica Fox. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2019, Lafourche Parish elected its youngest parish president. At the age of 34, Archie Chaisson III, became the leader of Lafourche Parish, which was heading into unprecedented times. In his first two years of office, Parish President Chaisson had to lead our community through a global pandemic and one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the Louisiana coast. In this episode, we get incredible insight into these events from the view of Parish President Chaisson, but also from Archie, the Lockport native, the husband, and the father. Take a listen to get an idea of what Parish President Chaisson visions for Lafourche Parish in the years to come. For more information you can follow Parish President Chaisson and/or Lafourche Parish Government at the links below. https://www.facebook.com/ArchieChaisson https://www.lafourchegov.org/ https://www.facebook.com/lafourchegov The DTB Podcast is presented by Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation. For more information on Bless Your Heart Nonprofit, you can follow them at: - www.blessyourheartnonprofit.com - Facebook - www.facebook.com/blessyourheartnonprofit - Twitter - @BYHNonprofit To support to Bless Your Heart, you can donate at blessyourheartnonprofit.com or one of the platforms below: - PayPal: blessyourheartnonprofit@gmail.com - Venmo: @blessyourheartnonprofit --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-dtb-podcast/support

Synopsis: This week Brandon and Brennan Matherne, two friends, talk about maintaining their Christian faith in the workplace. This conversation came from both Brennan and Brandon realizing that they were both Christian men working in an environment where it is sometimes hard to display their faith. Through the conversation, they hope to share ways you can maintain your faith in any work environment. Tune into this discussion with Brandon Queen and Brennan Matherne. Meet the Guest: Brennan Matherne is a native of Lafourche Parish where he lives with his wife and two kids. He is a captain at Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office and serves as the Public Information Officer. He has spent some of his career in the radio industry before becoming a public servant. Brennan holds several leadership positions on a national level with public information officers. Brennan is a dynamic individual and a man of faith. How to find the material: The E.A.R. Podcast can be found on any major podcast platform or you can get the episodes here. Works Cited: Cover Art: Brandon Queen | Bible Translations–English Standard Version (unless stated/noted in the interview) | Quotes: authentic from the host and guest (unless stated/noted during the podcast). You find other podcasts like mine here! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/elderqueen/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/elderqueen/support

Some states and local law enforcement agencies have taken it upon themselves to develop their own firearm hand-in laws that they can effectively enforce. That's happened in California, Washington state, Colorado and Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. On Point producer Paige Sutherland has more on what's happening in Louisiana and the gap in America's gun laws.

In the last week of March, FEMA officials gave updates to Lafourche parish residents and council members on proposed group sites for temporary housing. This comes close to 8 months after Hurricane Ida made landfall, displacing an estimated one thousand residents in the parish. WWNO's Coastal reporter Kezia Setyawan spoke with Dan Copp, reporter for the Houma Courier/Thibodaux Daily Comet, to learn more.  Today, April 7 marks Major League Baseball's opening day. And while Louisiana does not have any team in the league, the state is full with rich baseball history. We revisit a conversation with Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro League Baseball Museum, to learn more about the history and legacy of black baseball teams in Louisiana. In partnership with the journalism initiative, America Amplified, we are excited to bring you the first edition of Liner Notes, a new project where we talk to Louisiana bands and dissect one of their original songs. Today we are joined by New Orleans band Pocket Chocolate to learn how they collaborated to compose, lyricize, and mix their latest song, Waxing Gibbous. Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Alana Schreiber. Our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz and our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubrey Procell, and Thomas Walsh.  You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12:00 and 7:30 pm. It's available on Spotify, Google Play, and wherever you get your podcasts.  Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to. Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scoot talks to Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson about his administration's Herculean effort to clear roadways of hurricane debris See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

sent $$$ this week to IDA Relief for Small Black Neighborhoods.gofundme.com/f/ida-relief-for-small-black-neighborhoods“Hello, my name is Thomjana’ Ferguson and I am from Saint Rose, Lousiana. Saint Rose is a small town of St. Charles Parish and has experienced major damage as a result of hurricane Ida. My neighborhood, Preston Hollow, a small black owned community, received tremendous damage.If you’re unfamiliar with my community in Saint Rose, here’s a brief history. Old Saint Rose was the first black owned town post slavery in its area in 1874.IDA was the strongest storm to hit Lousiana since 1850s. Almost every home in my subdivision, and 4 streets over has MAJOR structural damage because of the 155mph wind, wind driven rain, and rain damage. St. Rose is currently without power, with limited cell phone service, under a water boil advisory, and may experience more rain (which means more damage to property).I have decided to create a gofundme specifically for the small towns of SE Lousiana that are predominantly black, and do not have a large voice as New Orleans. These small towns received the WORST part of the storm, and have more damage than New Orleans, and have far LESS resources than New Orleans. Most of the home owners are older individuals that may not have access to various resources provided online, or outside the town. I don’t want my people to be overlooked. These areas include St. Charles Parish, St. John Parish, Terribone Parish, Lafourche Parish, Jefferson Parish, St. James Parish, and more.The money raised with go directly to individuals and families in need in the river parishes + surrounding areas that are predominantly black, and suffered horrendous damage. Money raised with also provide resources such as food, water, ice, sanitary needs, etc.”DOWNLOAD RECORDINGsubscribe to the podcast here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/5432fun(intro by omar)Dott “Not Sorry” Heart SwellThey are gutting a body of water “houseplant” gestures beenCOLD LEATHER “To Pretend” Smart MovesWhirling Knife “Blue Light” Whirling KnifeHop Hop “A.N.T.” ScratchThe Beths “Happy Unhappy” Future Me Hates MeThe Stroppies “Nothing At All” WhooshRhysics “R H y S” Road to RhyscoverySalt People “Nothing But Yes” Deep SwimMerce Lemon “Bonnie” Girls Who Jump In EPDump Him “Route One, Saugus” Venus In Retrogradewished bone “yellowstoned” cellar bellyRed Channel “Crazy Diamonds” Red ChannelMajor Pursuit “Let Me In” With FeelingBlushh “What About My Plants?” THX 4 ASKINGDoffing “Armour” Tower of Ten Thousand MilesSquirrel flower “Hands Melt” Contact SportsPinned In Place “Codependence Day” Rubbernecking At The Gates Of HellPerfume-v “perfume home movies” moments like this never lastSPECIAL INTEREST “Disco II” Spiralingfluster “Alarms” HousingSpecial Moves “Have Fun” MayConnections “Ballad of Big” Foreign AffairsPleasures “Studio Seven” Softly WaitCourtney Barnett “Hopefulessness” Tell Me How You Really FeelNegative Scanner “Nose Picker” Nose PickerJune Gloom “Teeth” Subletter / Something SolidRock Solid “Loose Track” Subletter / Something SolidBuck Meek “Ruby” Buck MeekOvlov “Spright” TRULie “Can’t Get Enough” HoundsAdult mom “Same (live at Westmyn Co-op)” Soft Spots (Demos)INDUSTRIAL PRIEST OVERCOATS “Moody Stables” The Years Barely Left a TraceSarah Louise “Ancient Intelligence” Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars

Yes, there are good elected officials that are not only doing a good job, but they are being good stewards of our money.  And that is why I am so complimentary of WENDY THIBODEAUX, Assessor for Lafourche Parish.  In this video not only does she explain what an assessor does, but she let's us know that assessors do not have to charge the full amount of millages that we the people voted for... In other words we have more control over what we are charged than we realize.  And a good assessor does not charge us when their "district" doesn't need our money.  Like when an assessing district like a library as a surplus of 5 million dollars of our money, that would be better in our checking accounts.  And get a preview of the Constitutional Amendment we will be voting on next year that Wendy helped us get on the ballot working with State Senator, Gary Smith to help us have better chance of lower taxes from responsible Assessors that care about their fiduciary responsibilities to the people of Louisiana.

Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday's episode of Louisiana Considered. WWNO/WRKF Public Health Reporter Rosemary Westwoodreports on an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court hearing in December which could overturn or negate the abortion rights ruling of Roe v. Wade. The case will decide if Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a 2018 Mississippi case which effectively bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy with no exceptions in cases of rape or incest, is constitutional. Under current Supreme Court precedent, the right to have an abortion is generally considered to be guaranteed until about 24 weeks of pregancy. If the Supreme Court upholds the lower court's ruling, then a similar 15-week abortion ban will take effect in Louisiana. Renowned orchestra conductor Dr. Chelsea Gallojoins us to discuss her upcoming move to New Orleans, where she will serve as assistant conductor for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor for the Loyola Symphony Orchestra. Gallo will also host the LPO Radio Hour on WWNO. Gallo leaves her role as staff conductor for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to work for a unique partnership between the professional and academic orchestras. In a story first aired Saturday during NPR's Weekend Edition, correspondent Frank Morrisinterviews residents of Larose in Lafourche Parish about their options for rebuilding their homes, if they choose to rebuild at all, in the wake of Hurricane Ida. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday's episode of Louisiana Considered. WWNO/WRKF Lead Coastal Reporter Tegan Wendlandaided an NPR investigation into the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's sales of homes in flood-prone areas to unsuspecting citizens seeking affordable housing. The investigation found that HUD disproportionately sold more houses built in official flood zones compared to houses on high ground in multiple states, and that over 20% of the homes that HUD sold in Louisiana between 2017 and 2020 were located in official flood zones. WWNO/WRKF reporter Rich Webstertells us about the damage he saw in Louisiana's bayou communities while reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. NPR Correspondent Frank Morrisinterviewed several residents of Galliano, LA in Lafourche Parish about their survival and efforts to recover after their homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ida. Gulf States Newsroom reporter Eva Tesfayereports on a recent influx of pets surrendered to shelters in the Gulf South. The higher rate of surrenders is attributed in part to the federal COVID-19 eviction moratorium being lifted in August. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scoot talks to Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson about conditions on the ground there See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Captain Brennan Matherne has served as Public Information Officer of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office (Louisiana) for nearly 10 years. He has 16 total years of experience as a PIO and has been managing social media for public agencies since 2008. Most notably, he served as PIO for Lafourche Parish Government during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which directly impacted the parish's coastline. He is a Past President of the National Information Officers Association, and he presented twice at the NIOA annual training conference on social media use for public agencies prior to serving as President. He has trained a number of PIOs, elected officials, and social media managers in the Southeast. He has assisted numerous agencies in launching social media and developing internal policies. Captain Matherne is a 2003 graduate of Nicholls State University (Thibodaux, Louisiana) with a degree in Mass Communication. In 2014, he was honored as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” in Lafourche Parish.The DTB Podcast; DTB Podcast on Apple Twitter: @BrennanMatherne LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brennanmatherne/Support the show (https://t.co/GOmAg9X6e8?amp=1)

Thank you to our executive producers, Boo-Bury of Behind the Sch3m3s / Zoso's Corner and FarmerTodd! Also thank you Boo-Bury bringing the bowl tonight's rad episode art. Bowl After Bowl is a value-for-value podcast, meaning the content is available for free without subscription fees, paywall, or advertisers. All we ask is that you return the value you receive in whatever way you please! Art, ISOs, stories, voicemails, text messages, cuckbucks, BAT, BTC -- the options are infinite. You can find the Bowl's PayPal and BTCPay on the Donate page. Also thank you to NetNed who was our latest Bowls with Buds guest! The Bowl After Bowl Sphinx tribe is hosting a 420 photo contest beginning 4:20 a.m. Friday, April 16 and ending on Tokin' Tuesday, April 20th at 4:20 p.m. Get the most boosts and win 42,000 SATs! April is Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month and there are articles fear mongering co-sleeping coming out in states across the country including here in Kansas City. It has been a PSA worked into local news coverage on TV for two weeks straight. But of course, there are studies that show the benefits of doing the natural mammalian thing and sleeping with your newborn to balance out all the horror stories. And in those traumatic instances, almost no details are given as to what actually happened. A parent taking sleeping pills? Baby left on a couch? Blankets involved in the suffocation? A performance expert also suggests the best way to prepare your children for the future is with early specialization. Make them a master of their craft rather than a jack of all trades.  The Kansas City Mayor struck a deal with the KC Homeless Union, moving most of the campers into hotels, helping folks with very low or no income get a vacant land bank home, providing city work to those "experiencing homelessness," and setting up permanent camp locations with social services. But not all the unhoused are happy with these negotiations. Kind of like how most residents won't be happy with the Parks Board voting to change three street names to Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard after they tried to pull it in 2018. And to top it all of, Missouri could give up its title as the only state without a prescription drug monitoring program as a bill setting one up just passed the Senate.  In the Top Three 33 segment, 33 people were arrested in Operation Bad Boi which targeted heroin, meth, and fentanyl in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Washington lawmakers are considering 33 new transportation fees and taxes under an update last week for the Forward Washington plan and 2021 brought Minnesota 33 speed-related road deaths. Of course, the magic number loves hot topics so there was no shortage of coof stories where it popped up: Pennsylvania vaccinates 33% of those eligible for COVID-1984 Vaccine 33 states now offer the vax to all adults California braces for a 33% drop in vaccine supply as more than 16 million become eligible to get jabbed on April 15 Maryland will see a 33% reduction in COVID vaccine allotment next week There were 33 Kung-Flu deaths in Oregon and Cambodia 33% COVID patients get neuropsychiatric diagnoses within 6 months Oh, and just because you're paranoid doesn't mean researchers at the Pentagon haven't already developed a microchip to detect when you're potentially infected with the China Virus. California could decriminalize psychedelics except for peyote because that belongs to Native Americans in an incredibly limited federal capacity. On April 28th, the voter-approved recreational amendment will finally have its day in the South Dakota Supreme Court after being declared unconstitutional by a district judge in February. Virginians will also be able to cultivate, possess and use weed legally this summer, although they'll still have to wait until 2024 for the commercial market to roll out. A recreational bill in Delaware had its first committee meeting and patients are now boycotting 4 of the 6 licensed medical facilities for peddling false narrative and offering negative testimony since the bill doesn't grandfather them in to a recreational license. That scarce mentality carried over to Alabama where lawmakers are working to ban Delta-8-THC and Delta-10-THC. Meanwhile, Massachusetts cannabiz regulators are excited to create a statewide product catalog to help cops and parents identify things they find. But the Bay State is also home to a lawsuit over impact fees which are part of the state law's "host community agreements" allowing towns and cities to take up to 3% of cannabusinesses' annual income as long as they justify why the fees are being imposed. Cannabis licensing came to a halt in Detroit due to Crystal Lowe's lawsuit in which her attorney argues the "Detroit Legacy" requirements violate equal-protection provisions of the Michigan Constitution and the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. This lawsuit was originally mentioned in Bowl After Bowl Episode 69 ★ Some Holy Somebody. Also, what happens when you get Charles Koch, Weldon Angelos, and Snoop Dogg on a Zoom call? The creation of the third national marijuana reform group of 2021, the Cannabis Freedom Alliance. Fuck it, dude. You know we went bowling! In our Gutters and Strikes segments, more than 5,000 people attended an illegal party at the Tonto National Forest in Arizona which led to seven vehicle accidents, off-highway vehicle theft, a quad collision and someone getting medevac'd out by helicopter. If they had kept it under 75, there would have been no trouble. A giant lizard swept up the supermarket with its tail, a 10-foot alligator fell asleep under a parked car, and a tortoise named Madmartigan is on the loose in Wichita. A 33-year-old woman was arrested after refusing to return $1.2 million accidentally deposited into her brokerage account by Charles Schwab. Bowlers in Houston can get their contactless Domino's pizza delivered by the R2 robot by Nuro, an autonomous vehicle that dispenses your food by putting a PIN into its touchscreen. An Illinois couple discovered a tunnel built in 1840 under their house and big congratulations to The Ginger Assassin, Anthony Neuer, who became the first competitor to clear a 7-10 split on TV in 30 years! The bowlers talk about the first time they ever went to a dance and in celebration of 4/20, next week's FTIE will be the first time I ever smoked pot. Leaving a voicemail or sending a text message with your story is a great way to contribute some value back to the bowl! (816) 607-3663

Join us as we sit down and chat with Lindie-Guidry Neal as we talk about her Houma native heritage, love for Louisiana, and her work at Laura: Site de l'Héritage Créole de la Louisiane. Lindie is a bilingual guide at Laura plantation, graduate of Nicholls University, and teacher in Lafourche Parish. She is passionate about the unique culture and environment of Louisiana. She has also spent time in France and Canada for research projects and linguistic immersion.

In Louisiana's Cajun Bayou, just 35 miles south of New Orleans, you'll discover the unapologetic Cajun culture of Lafourche Parish. #TourismStrong volunteer Apryl Chapman Thomas heads to the bayou to learn how this deep south destination has navigated through the COVID-19 pandemic.www.tourismstrong.comOriginally recorded on September 9, 2020

Steven Picou, Executive Director of the Lafayette Regional Airport, visits with Jan Swift, Host of Discover Lafayette, to discuss the ongoing progress of construction of Lafayette’s new terminal, as well as the impact the COVID-19 virus on air travel numbers at the airport. A native of Cut Off in Lafourche Parish, Picou graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a bachelor's degree in professional aviation and obtained his commercial, multi-engine, instrument pilot's license at Tech the same year. He has worked at other airports around the country in New Orleans, Albuquerque, and Amarillo. His experience includes remodeling and building new terminals. Picou was hired in 2015 by the Lafayette Airport Commission as the body was poised to move forward with the construction of a larger terminal, an expanded parking lot, and other facility upgrades. In order to raise matching funds needed to obtain federal and state funding for the project, in December 2014 Lafayette Parish residents overwhelmingly approved a temporary one-cent tax to be imposed from April 1 through November 30, 2015. Approximately $33.5 million was raised during that time, with all funds being dedicated to the airport terminal project. https://www.facebook.com/LafayetteRegionalAirport/videos/1045675319137061/ Watch the video to take a tour of the new Terminal Drive and see construction progress as of March 2020. The $90 million terminal project is funded by thirteen sources which include the local tax proceeds collected in 2015 along with federal and state grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Louisiana State Department of Transportation (DOTD) Aviation Division, La. DOTD, and airport savings. The total cost of the project may reach $130 million when a new FAA facility, rental car area, and other upgrades are completed. Lemoine Manhattan, a joint venture of The Lemoine Company and Manhattan Construction Company, is the prime contractor for the new terminal. Construction of the new airport terminal and upgraded facilities began in 2018 and is projected to be completed in September 2021. Picou says "the project is on time and on within its budget." Lafayette is the 'poster child' for the FAA as to how communities should go about funding projects and Picou says "it goes a long way when you can bring something to the table when you're asking for financial help in building a facility." Picou likens his job to that as mayor of a city. He says, "I'm not elected but I do serve as the "Mayor" of the Airport working with the Lafayette Airport Commission's seven members, who are vested with authority similar to that of a City Council. The airport has its own law enforcement (contracted with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office) and its own aircraft fire-fighting rescue services (contracted with the Rural Metro Corporation). The Airport encompasses approximately 1,116 acres over four separate tracts of land which include the airfield, hangars, terminal building, aviation and non-aviation facilities, and safety areas, all of which are overseen by Picou and the Lafayette Airport Commission. While the airport partners with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the airlines, it does not have control of their operations. The flight partnership is three-prong: Lafayette Regional Airport is your gateway to travel and is responsible for roadways, the maintenance of all facilities and infrastructure such as the terminal and runways, keeping the grounds safe, and providing space for parking and rental car lots. The TSA is responsible for the safe and secure screening of all passengers. (*Note that a second TSA screening line was scheduled to be opened but the pandemic has delayed this addition.) And thirdly, the airlines are responsible for selling you a seat and running the entire baggage process; the airport does not have the authority to sell seats on the airlines or secure your luggage and track it down in...

In this episode, the hosts discuss the country's legacy of racial terror as embodied in lynchings of Blacks by white supremacist groups such as the KKK; how these efforts were designed to maintain racial apartheid by force and intimidation; and how they are related to the use of the criminal justice system and capital punishment statutes in efforts to legally lynch the Scottsboro Boys and the Groveland Boys. Equal Justice Initiative - Lynching in America - https://eji.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/lynching-in-america-3d-ed-080219.pdf Groveland Boys (PBS - Free) - https://www.pbs.org/video/the-groveland-four-uid8r2/ Scottsboro Boys ($) - https://www.amazon.com/Trials-Scottsboro-Boys/dp/B07F26V4XC/ref=sr_1_3?crid=39WLGM6EXMUQE&dchild=1&keywords=scottsboro+boys+an+american+tragedy&qid=1586636092&sprefix=scottsobo%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-3  Lafourche Country (where Judge Ellis grew up) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafourche_Parish,_Louisiana    

Episode Two We take a deep dive into the Mardi Gras traditions of the coastal community of Gheens, Louisiana, in Lafourche Parish with folklorist Maria Zeringue.

John DeSantis is a reporter based in southeast Louisiana. He uncovered a story about the violent end of a sugar cane labor strike in the nearby town of Thibodaux that occurred in 1887. He wrote about what little he could find of the record of the events which, according to the official count, resulted in the deaths of eight people ” all of whom were black sugar cane workers.The story led to a book contract which pushed DeSantis to dig deeper into the story. With the help of an archivist at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, he was able to locate the names of the eight people who were listed as those killed in the streets of the town on a single day ” November 23, 1887. That led to yet another discovery which enabled him to get to eyewitness accounts of the massacre.DeSantis believes the number of black workers killed that day in Thibodaux by white vigilantes was between 30 and 60. Most were involved with the Knights of Labor strikes that had originated in Terrebonne Parish the year before, but carried over into neighboring LaFourche Parish in 1887.The book is a slim volume that unveils a wealth of detail about labor and raced relations in post-Reconstruction Louisiana and the violent events of that day in Thibodaux that reverberate still today.We talk about the events, the writing of the book, and the key discoveries that unlocked this story that “nobody wanted told.”DeSantis is now engaged in the effort to locate the place where the victims of the massacre were buried.

The closed chamber burning of 16 million pounds of munitions accelerant is weeks away from being completed at Camp Minden. That work, led by the Concerned Citizens of Camp Minden, prevented a potential public health disaster from unfolding in northwest Louisiana. That threat grew out of the U.S. Army’s plan to burn the explosive materials in the open air — 80,000 pounds per day for 200 days. The burn chamber portion of the closed burn system installed at Camp Minden to dispose of 16 million pounds of munitions accelerant. Camp Minden is east of Shreveport in Webster Parish. Wind would have carried the contaminated fallout from the burning in any direction on any given day. Dr. Brian Salvatore recognized the threat and spoke out. He galvanized the community against the open burn. It sparked a grassroots movement that succeeded in getting the Army to change its plans — and to pay for it. The notion that an open burn of those materials could be carried out was not new. It had happened in other communities with Army munitions depots over the years. Some communities fought for safer disposal methods and prevailed. The Concerned Citizens of Camp Minden connected into that network of community activists and experts, engaged local and state governmental leaders. They engaged the EPA as well as members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation which, ironically, was home to some of harsh critics of the agency. The burning method that was selected as the disposal mechanism offered the most reliable, proven method of disposal of the material Dr. Salvatore explains in our conversation. But, it’s not perfect. He points out that the monitoring of the exhaust from the burn process is not highly refined, that there is no analysis of the amount of individual chemicals emitted after the burn. But, he says its a vast improvement over the open burn operation. Dr. Brian Salvatore This being Louisiana, a group in the region now sees a business opportunity with the Camp Minden burn unit and wants to make it permanent. That would make Camp Minden a hazardous waste destination, with toxic materials of all kinds being shipped there through the region to be burned. It is typical for Louisiana which, dating at least as far back as the Mike Foster administration, has had as official state policy to take the wastes that others don’t want for disposal here. The most glaring early example of this was when an Exxon drilling operation at the mouth of Mobile Bay failed in the mid-1990s. The company had a large amount of hazardous waste on its hands that it needed to eliminate. Alabama officials would not allow the company to dispose of the materials in their state. Instead, the materials were hauled by truck to the Lafourche Parish community of Grand Bois in 1998. Dr. Mike Robichaux of Raceland was a member of the Louisiana Senate at that time. Grand Bois was in his district. He sought to have the legislature block the importation of hazardous wastes into Louisiana and was roundly defeated with the help of Governor Foster and the oil, gas and petrochemical industries. He succeeded in bringing national attention to the plight of the citizens there, as well as to the misclassification of “normative oilfield wastes” as non-hazardous. The push to establish Camp Minden as a permanent hazardous waste disposal facility is as short-sighted as burying oilfield wastes in land that is a more membrane than either land or marsh as was the case in Grand Bois. Despite having near state-of-the-art technology in place at Camp Minden, there is little doubt that some toxins (hopefully in safe levels) have been released during the months of burning that will soon end. Prolonged exposure to toxins and carcinogens over time is the course that sometimes leads to cancer and other diseases. We already have numerous examples of this in Louisiana now. Here’s one. Here’s another. This report is about Calcasieu Parish. This is about mercury contamination of water here. Where does your electricity come from? What those examples above have in common is that for much of the time the pollution and contamination was taking place, there was little or no public awareness of the processes at work. Anyone who proposes to put a permanent hazardous waste incineration facility in a community under the guise of jobs and community benefits is engaged in a special kind of cynicism. For too long the problem in Louisiana has been that our elected officials and those who claim to regulate industry have been willing to allow the poisoning of some of us as a means of enriching a few of us. If we are going to leave a state that our children and future generations can inhabit, that must stop. A new fight has erupted over Camp Minden. The good news is that the good people who defeated the Army and the EPA should be able to handle this skirmish. ••• Thanks to Matt Roberts, AOC’s Community Programming Director for help locating the music used in this segment. A Foolish Game by Hans Atom (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/hansatom/55394 Ft: Snowflake

EPISODE 142 ON JERRY ROYCE LIVE!BOOK - The Moscato DiariesDon’t test my Gangsta!Introducing the Moscato Brothers of Louisiana. Family tragedy and struggle are no match for their determination and heart. Follow them as they attempt to take back everything that was taken from them and more.Ariel Lablanc is a feisty young lady who is growing into a strong woman. Finding the strength to go against the grain is harder than it seems but she is up for the challenge. After all she is a Lablanc.The Moscato Diaries opens a new world to readers and allows them full access to the mean streets of Lafourche Parish and the men and women who call it home.Welcome to a world where brotherhood is formed with AK’s and Glocks. http://www.amazon.com/Moscato-Diaries-Fanita-Moon-Pendleton-ebook/dp/B00K1QZLAC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407988050&sr=8-2&keywords=fanita+pendletonAuthor Fanita Pendleton -http://www.amazon.com/Moscato-Diaries-Fanita-Moon-Pendleton-ebook/dp/B00K1QZLAC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407988050&sr=8-2&keywords=fanita+pendletonBorn and raised in Oakland California, Fanita Pendleton relocated to Norfolk Virginia during her senior year in high school, and has called the magnificent city home ever since. Fanita began her career as a Juvenile Probation Officer and later worked in Adult Probation before taking a short break to pursue her love of teaching as a Criminal Justice Instructor at a local technical college. Recently Fanita stepped back into law enforcement, and is now a Parole Officer.Fanita blazed on the scene with her Criminal Romance Series: Shoot First Ask Questions Never, Fist Full of Tears, The Moscato Diaries, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Boss: Vegas…MOET: Money Over Everything. An avid reader, Fanita holds a special place in her heart for the unsung genre of Urban Crime and Urban Romance Dramas, and in her youth, devoured the works of such greats as Donald Goines, and Iceberg Slim. She is an author with SBR Publications and a card carrying member of The Bank Roll Squad #TBRS Family. Fanita is Co-Owner of Blaque Diamond Publications and the Owner of Urban Moon Productions where she is now giving young authors their shot at making their dreams come true.

EPISODE 142 ON JERRY ROYCE LIVE!BOOK - The Moscato DiariesDon’t test my Gangsta!Introducing the Moscato Brothers of Louisiana. Family tragedy and struggle are no match for their determination and heart. Follow them as they attempt to take back everything that was taken from them and more.Ariel Lablanc is a feisty young lady who is growing into a strong woman. Finding the strength to go against the grain is harder than it seems but she is up for the challenge. After all she is a Lablanc.The Moscato Diaries opens a new world to readers and allows them full access to the mean streets of Lafourche Parish and the men and women who call it home.Welcome to a world where brotherhood is formed with AK’s and Glocks. http://www.amazon.com/Moscato-Diaries-Fanita-Moon-Pendleton-ebook/dp/B00K1QZLAC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407988050&sr=8-2&keywords=fanita+pendletonAuthor Fanita Pendleton -http://www.amazon.com/Moscato-Diaries-Fanita-Moon-Pendleton-ebook/dp/B00K1QZLAC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407988050&sr=8-2&keywords=fanita+pendletonBorn and raised in Oakland California, Fanita Pendleton relocated to Norfolk Virginia during her senior year in high school, and has called the magnificent city home ever since. Fanita began her career as a Juvenile Probation Officer and later worked in Adult Probation before taking a short break to pursue her love of teaching as a Criminal Justice Instructor at a local technical college. Recently Fanita stepped back into law enforcement, and is now a Parole Officer.Fanita blazed on the scene with her Criminal Romance Series: Shoot First Ask Questions Never, Fist Full of Tears, The Moscato Diaries, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Boss: Vegas…MOET: Money Over Everything. An avid reader, Fanita holds a special place in her heart for the unsung genre of Urban Crime and Urban Romance Dramas, and in her youth, devoured the works of such greats as Donald Goines, and Iceberg Slim. She is an author with SBR Publications and a card carrying member of The Bank Roll Squad #TBRS Family. Fanita is Co-Owner of Blaque Diamond Publications and the Owner of Urban Moon Productions where she is now giving young authors their shot at making their dreams come true.