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Out To Lunch — Fruit & Veggies

Peter goes urban farming, New Orleans style, with Kevin Morgan Rothschild, co-founder of VertiFarms, and Megan Nuismer, founder of The New Orleans Fruit

Out To Lunch — Fruit & Veggies

Peter goes urban farming, New Orleans style, with Kevin Morgan Rothschild, co-founder of VertiFarms, and Megan Nuismer, founder of The New Orleans Fruit
Tom McDermott's Memory Piano

The day we visited Tom McDermott's home, the sound of James Booker's "Classified" greeted us. It was a sweet gesture: walking into a man's home to the
Let's Hear It For The Boys

In honor of Father's Day we're chatting with the boys on this week's Louisiana Eats!. Chocolatier Tariq Hanna joins us to discuss what inspires his work
SpeakEasy With Marco Werman — June 27

Join us for SpeakEasy, with Marco Werman! June 27, 20136 p.m. – 8 p.m.Chickie Wah Wah, 2828 Canal St. Eve Troeh, WWNO’s new News Director, moderates a

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Once A House, Now A Parking Lot: But No Zoning Change?

Audio FileEdit | RemoveThe New Orleans Redevelopment Authority still holds many properties that owners ceded to government control through the Road...

Air Quality Concerns Surface After South Louisiana Explosions

The sight of smoke billowing over three separate explosions in south Louisiana within a week may have caused some concern about air quality. Officials

The Reading Life With Nancy Harris, Don Quixote And The Historic New Orleans Collection Book Fair

This week on The Reading Life, we’ll talk with longtime New Orleans poet Nancy Harris whose new collection is Beauty Eating Beauty. We’ll also hear...

La Cage aux Folles Opens New Season at Tulane; Maestro Matteo Fedeli in Concert; Upstairs Debut

This week on Inside the Arts, a sneak peek at La Cage aux Folles which opens Summer Lyric Theater's 2013 season at Tulane University. It stars New...

Fisherman, Sciencists Continue Clashing On Miss. River Diversions

State plans to restore the coastline are trying to mimic the way the Mississippi built the coast. Thousands of years ago the river dumped sediment

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'Sopranos' Actor James Gandolfini Dies At Age 51

Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The actor James Gandolfini has died. He played dozens of parts over decades of his career. But there is one role that...
Microsoft Responds To Fan Outcry, Changes Xbox One Policies

Fans spoke, and apparently Microsoft listened. In a reversal of the company's previous position, Microsoft announced Wednesday that its forthcoming...
Capitol Hill's Partisan And Racial Divide Cast In Bronze

A 7-foot-tall statue of famed, lion-maned abolitionist Frederick Douglass that was dedicated Wednesday on Capitol Hill is perhaps best understood as...
Federal Agents Accuse Two Of Plotting Deadly X-Ray Weapon

Two men in upstate New York have been arrested for planning to build a "radiation particle weapon" that could be mounted on a vehicle and used to...
A Day After Making List, One Of FBI's Most Wanted Caught

Just a day after being added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, a former University of Southern California professor was arrested in the...