Podcasts about mayor landrieu

Some curse words are used in this discussion.  In the previous episode, Mitch Landrieu discussed his upbringing, including the impact his father had on race relations in New Orleans and how this informed Mitch's leadership during some of city's toughest hours. In the second half of this conversation, we get his unvarnished perspective on changes in the federal approach to the budget, humanitarian aid, and personnel-- matters closely related to his experience in Louisiana state and local government.  Disasters on the scale of Hurricane Katrina were once relatively rare. Today, they are occurring with greater frequency and intensity. According to Climate Central, the 1980s averaged 82 days between billion-dollar disasters; for the five years between 2019 and 2023, that average gap shrank to just 16 days. The average annual cost of these events has more than tripled— from $28 billion in 1984 to $101 billion today.  The Palisades, Hurst and Eaton fires in Los Angeles began the 2025 list of devastating national disasters, resulting in over 37,000 acres burned and an estimated $30 to $50 billion in damages. Having worked with the federal government through several recovery processes in his own state, Mayor Landrieu has some concerns with how the delivery of disaster aid was managed for California.  Listen in as Ten Across founder Duke Reiter and Mitch Landrieu discuss the stakes and responsibilities of governing in the face of national disaster and global conflict.  We've taken a new approach with this episode, take a listen and let us know what you think by leaving a review on your preferred podcast platform.   Related articles and resources:  Governing Through Times of Crisis and Opportunity with Mayor Mitch Landrieu - Part One“Americans' Deepening Mistrust of Institutions” (Pew Charitable Trust, Oct. 2024)  “Americans agree more than they might think—not knowing this jeopardizes the nation's shared values” (The Conversation, Nov. 2024)  “Johnson opens door to linking voter ID to California disaster aid after Trump demand” (The Hill, Jan. 2025)  “Trump threatens to withhold aid for California wildfires in first TV interview since inauguration” (The Washington Post, Jan. 2025)  “US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs” (Reuters, March 2025)

As a native New Orleanian, Mitch Landrieu knows a thing or two about crisis and recovery. He served as the lieutenant governor of Louisiana through Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 and the compounding effects of subsequent storms including Ike and Gustav. In 2010, he was sworn in as mayor of New Orleans—just one month after the Deepwater Horizon explosion undermined the region's efforts to recover from five years of depopulation and economic decline.  Mayor Landrieu's experience working for the efficient restoration of New Orleans's critical infrastructure later led the Biden Administration to appoint him as an advisor on the national implementation of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), this bill has been the largest long-term investment in U.S. infrastructure since the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1965. It has prioritized and funded an array of essential, future-oriented projects throughout the country.  The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina demonstrated how the increasing scale of environmental disasters will expose vulnerabilities in the nation's aging infrastructure. Local leaders are thus seeking strategies that balance the needs of growth and economic development with the proactive management of current and future risks.  The work that Mayor Landrieu, city staff, and community partners undertook to steer New Orleans's recovery process away from bankruptcy and toward revived communities and a more secure built environment has provided a case study for policymakers and resilience groups around the world.  In part one of this two-part episode, Mayor Landrieu talks with Ten Across founder Duke Reiter about the personal and professional experiences that have influenced his views on equity and resilience and shaped some of the bold positions he's taken in governing. Part two will delve further into his views and outlook on contemporary governance.  We've taken a new approach with this episode, take a listen and let us know what you think by leaving a review on your preferred podcast platform.   Related articles and resources:  “Want to Understand the Future of U.S. Climate Resilience? Look to the Gulf Coast” (Ten Across Conversations podcast, Dec. 2024)  “Sunk Costs, Sunken City: The Story of New Orleans with Richard Campanella” (Ten Across Conversations podcast, June 2023)  “DOGE says it's now saved $65B in federal funds, but that's still impossible to verify” (ABC News, Feb. 26, 2025)  “Veteran crisis hotline may be impacted by federal layoffs” (ABC 15, Feb. 24, 2025) “Angry Over Confederate Flag, Mayor Plans March” (New York Times, March 2000)  “What is in the just-passed House Republican budget bill? What to know” (USA Today, Feb. 26, 2025)

The ex-POTUS has resolved that his route to regain power is creating hate, fear, and anger. Meanwhile, his little fascist from Santa Monica is planning to raid quinceañeras as part of a mass deportation. In contrast, Kamala promises to be a president for everybody—with fights only in the fields of democracy. Plus, Elon's despicable Nick Fuentes-grade ads targeting Jewish and Arab voters, and the MIA anti-Trump Republican men who are banking on Liz to do most of the talking. Mitch Landrieu and Will Saletan join Tim Miller. show notes: Some of Mayor Landrieu's favorite spots in NOLA Tipitina's live music Kingpin bar N7 restaurant Parkway Bakery & Tavern Domilise's Po-Boy and Bar

We hosted a conversation on this episode of Life Style Business with Mitch Landrieu, the former Mayor of New Orleans and the president of the https://www.unumfund.org/ (E Pluribus Unum), an initiative he founded to fulfill America's promise of justice and opportunity for all by breaking down the barriers that divide us by race and class. He published a NYTimes editorial the day before our interview called https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/george-floyd-protest-racism.html (“The Price We Have Paid for Not Confronting Racism.”) The interview was an excellent primer, in particular for white Americans, to the national conversation that we are currently having around race in the wake of the protests against police brutality catalyzed by the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. We know well with our work at Launch Pad that, in Mayor Landrieu's words “talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not.” What is worth digging deeper to understand are the institutional constructs that have held back the progress of black Americans and people of color since the time of slavery. From redlining to gerrymandering to the militarization of police, structural racism is a reality in our country's political, economic, health, and criminal justice systems. Mayor Landrieu helped Anne and I prepare for the conversation that several of our black Launch Pad members encouraged us to have earlier in the day as we explored how we could use our voice productively and where we can start. First a conversation with self Then a conversation with family Then a conversation with other white people Every conversation we have had over the past weeks has helped us be a bit better and become more aware of these structural prejudices in our society. I'm encouraged by how open the members of the Launch Pad community have been about their desire for these convenings and hope that we can help white Americans have an honest and open conversation about whether we are willing to continue to tacitly accept these injustices.  This isn't simply about diversity on a panel at a tech conference, we need to have a heart-to-heart on where our values truly lie. These conversations are difficult, and its easy when you are in a position of privilege to start from a defensive stance, but as Mayor Landrieu reminded us “Nobody is blaming you for slavery.”  We may feel like we are seeking a return to normalcy, but “normal” is not the same for everyone. He reminds us that many black Americans experience isn't what they seek a return to… “my normal was not good.” Reflecting on his conversation with Kareem Abdul Jabbar the day before, Mayor Landrieu shared the sentiment that “racism is like dust in the air” when you turn on the lights you see it's everywhere.  Consider this, as a Launch Pad member challenged us to reflect upon: What if there had been no video of the killing of George Floyd?  The Black Lives Matter protests have turned on the lights in this country, and we are seeing the structural inequities that have existed for hundreds of years.   “This is our reality.”  It's time for that to change. ==== Mitch Landrieu was the 61st Mayor of New Orleans taking office as the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina and in the midst of the BP Oil Spill. Under his leadership, New Orleans is widely recognized as one of the nations greatest comeback stories.  He's spent his life dedicated to public service winning recognition for his governing abilities and gaining national prominence for his powerful decision to take down four Confederate monuments in New Orleans, which also earned him the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.  He is the founder and president of the https://www.unumfund.org/ (E Pluribus Unum) fund with focus on the issues of race, equity, economic opportunity and violence and the author...

That motto of the U.S., meaning "out of many, one" is the title of a project and organization founded by Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu that looks at race, equity and opportunity in the U.S. The team has traveled across the South, talking to a cross section of people in a real, honest way about race. We're talking to Mayor Landrieu about the project and what's next.

When New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu addressed the people of his city in May, 2017 about his decision to take down four Confederate monuments, including the statue of Robert E. Lee, he struck a nerve throughout the nation – his brave and inspirational speech has now been heard by millions.  As he described that experience in his powerful memoir In the Shadow of Statues – and as he tells it here – Mayor Landrieu’s relationship to the question of race in America is deeply personal and complicated, and begins for him with his own family’s history, and the history of the city of his birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Solving real-world problems with data. Three people from the City of New Orleans, Louisiana joined the podcast to talk about how the City uses data and earning a What Works Cities Certification. Melissa Schigoda is the Director of the Office of Performance and Accountability, Eric Ogburn is the Director of Enterprise Information and Jonathan Wisbey is the Chief Technology Officer. They shared how the certification process helped them improve their processes and transitioning their data program from Mayor Landrieu to Mayor Cantrell.

Usually we drop these conversations on Friday mornings – you know, something to look forward to since the workweek excitement is about to end.But we’re posting this on Monday, May 7 because of my guest: It’s his last day as Mayor of New Orleans.Did you see the speech? It was about a year ago and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu stood up and explained to his city and the nation, really, why he removed four statues that honored the Confederacy: Robert E. Lee; Jefferson Davis; P.G.T. Beauregard; and the Crescent City White League.In that speech, Landrieu took on race and inequality and history. He asked: “Why there are no slave ship monuments, no prominent markers on public land to remember the lynchings or the slave blocks; nothing to remember this long chapter of our lives; the pain, the sacrifice, the shame... all of it happening on the soil of New Orleans. So for those self-appointed defenders of history and the monuments, they are eerily silent on what amounts to this historical malfeasance, a lie by omission. There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence of it.”It was a powerful 20 minutes, and if you haven’t watched it, you should.For a mayor who had so much else to be proud of – his city: New Orleans has rebuilt itself incredibly since Katrina; and his family: his father Moon Landrieu was New Orleans mayor and HUD Secretary under Jimmy Carter; his sister was a U.S. Senator – the speech brought Landrieu into the national conversation at a time when there was a lot of yelling and not much talking.Landrieu has written a book about the statues and race in America – it’s called “In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History,” and it’s excellent.I spoke with Mayor Landrieu four days ago – before term limits meant he would give way to a new mayor. He was gracious with his time – and funny and thoughtful with his words.I asked him about the speech, the book, New Orleans, and of course the question everyone has about him: What about that running for President thing?  

After two years of legal battles, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu prevailed and oversaw the removal of four prominent Confederate monuments in the city. The Kennedy Library Foundation announced this week that Landrieu will be awarded the John F. Kennedy Courage in Profile Award. The foundation's president, Jack Schlossberg, said, “In a year marked by continued racial injustice, in a moment of misguided national leadership and heightened division, Mayor Landrieu’s courage stands out brightly as an affirmative step in the right direction.” Mayor Landrieu talked with Michael Steele and Rick Ungar about the fight to remove the statues and his new book, "In the Shadow of Statues." Retired Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters recently left his role as a contributor at Fox News. He joined the guys to discuss why he left and how we can and should try to overcome hysteria in the media.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu knows that race is hard to talk about, but he thinks it's important to do it anyway. In fact, he recently put himself on the map with a powerful speech backing the removal of Confederate monuments in his city. Mayor Landrieu sits down with Katie and Brian at the Aspen Ideas Festival to delve into the history and context behind his now-famous remarks. They also discuss climate change in the Big Easy, the role of cities in the Trump era, and why Mayor Landrieu still wishes he could be a Broadway star. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

My first guest on the Tami Jackson Show* will be Jeff Crouere. Jeff Crouere is the host of Ringside Politics, a radio program in New Orleans dedicated to examining the top issues of the day on the local, state and national levels. Crouere offers listeners political debate, analysis, and interviews with interesting political leaders and commentators. The show airs weekdays from 7-11 a.m. on WGSO 990-AM. Crouere is also the host of Ringside Politics, a weekly television version of the radio program, which airs Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10 p.m. on WLAE-TV, a PBS affiliate in New Orleans. He writes daily, weekly, and monthly political analysis columns and editorials for a select number of print and online publications, including BayouBuzz.com, Townhall.com, Canada Free Press, GOPUSA, the Bogalusa Daily News, The Daily Star of Hammond, and the Kenner Star. Every two months, Crouere hosts a local version of “Politically Incorrect” at the Eiffel Society in New Orleans called Politics with a Punch which includes a panel of comedians, politicians, media personalities, and newsmakers. He has held many leadership positions in the Louisiana Republican Party, including Deputy Chairman and Executive Director. In March of 2009, he founded the Northshore Tea Party, which has sponsored over a dozen popular citizen rallies attracting presidential candidates like Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum as well as over 10,000 attendees. As a commentator and analyst, Crouere has been interviewed for his perspective by the New York Times and national cable television networks such as Fox News, CNN, CNN Headline News, CNBC, and MSNBC. Jeff Crouere is the author of the 2016 book, America's Last Chance, which warned of the dire consequences should Republicans not unite behind Donald Trump and defeat Hillary Clinton and the Left. Join us as Jeff and I discuss his recent articles Hillary Clinton, Sorest Loser in History, Tim Allen is the Last Man Standing, First Redskins, Now LSU Tigers Are Targets of PC Lunatics, and Reality Bites Winner as She Faces Long Prison Sentence. ******************* In the second 1/2 hour I will be joined by James Hartman. A native of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of Tulane University, James Hartman is the founder of James Hartman & Associates, a political consulting and communications firm. His firm's clients have included the Civic Democratic Party in the Czech Republic, President Goodluck Jonathan and the People's Democratic Party of Nigeria, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta, and numerous elected officials in Louisiana. The firm has also represented a variety of non-profit and commercial organizations. Hartman has been a guest lecturer at William Carey University and Tulane University, and before the Conservative and Reformist Caucus of European Parliament, and a featured speaker at numerous Republican Party events in Louisiana. He has been a member of the St. Tammany Republican Parish Executive Committee since 2004 and is a lay preacher at the Metropolitan Community Churches of New Orleans and Baton Rouge. He has authored three books and four plays. He lives in Mandeville, New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Listen in as James and I talk about his recent article Thanks To Mitch Landrieu I'm Done With New Orleans, and the crime problem in New Orleans (and elsewhere) and what steps Mayor Landrieu and the NOPD can do to remedy the situation. Follow Jeff Crouere on Twitter at @jeffcrouere, James Hartman at @JamesHartman3, and me at @tamij AND tweet your questions/comments during the show using hashtag #tjrs. *Sponsored by Rentacomputer, your premier source for Server Rentals , by ROBAR® Guns, a True Custom firearms and firearms finishing shop located in Phoenix, AZ, and found online at RobarGuns.com, and by Dispatches, your site for the BEST conservative resources to fight and win the information war.

Geoff and Jimmy are back in a (somewhat) serious episode to talk about the removal of Confederate Monuments in New Orleans and Mayor Landrieu's speech. Plus, a little hockey!

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. We'll use these sessions to hone our use of words as tools to reveal truth, neutralize White people. We'll examine news reports from the past seven days and - hopefully - promote a constructive dialog. #ANTIBLACKNESS Prioritizing White lives, the international press was bloated with coverage of the alleged terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. There were 22 reported casualties. Richard Collins III, a Bowie State student and member of the armed services, was murdered by a White domestic terrorist. Christopher Urbanski has been charged with first degree murder and may face additional hate crime charges for killing Collins, who was days from graduating. Speaking of terrorist villains, former entertainer Bill Cosby's criminal trial began this week. 12 jurors were selected for Cosby's sexual assault hearing. 10 of the 12 jurors are likely White, which sparked OJ Simpson-like controversy and accusations of "the race card" being played. In New Orleans, Louisiana, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and city officials successfully removed four monuments to various Confederate icons. White Supremacists threatened Mayor Landrieu and the contract workers who dissamebled the shrines. #AnswersForMiriamCarey INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/GusTRenegade CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p

In the second of a two-part conversation with New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, we explore the innovative ways he is addressing the issue of race in his city. He led a campaign to remove Confederate monuments from city property. He publicly apologized for the city’s role in the slave trade. But it was the murder of a 9-year-old boy, James Darby, that made the issue personal to him. The little boy had written a letter to President Clinton to say he was frightened that he would die. Eight days later, James Darby was dead, shot by another African American young person in Landrieu’s neighborhood. Since then, Mayor Landrieu has vowed to explore the related issues of race and gun violence. Six months ago, Landrieu had a chance to meet James Darby’s killer in Angola Penitentiary. Music: Impromptu in Blue by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Artist: www.incompetech.com/

This episode will feature New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu who will discuss the mayoral delegation that visited New Orleans this week to meet with mayors of the region impacted by the BP oil disaster, and their efforts to push Washington and BP to accept the recommendations on response to and recovery from the disaster adopted last week at the 78th Annual Meeting of The United States Conference of Mayors. Mayor Landrieu, who was recently appointed as Chair of the Tourism, Arts, Parks, Entertainment and Sports Committee, will also discuss the importance of Arts and Culture to cities.