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November |
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JUSTIN WILSON
Justin Wilson, best known for his cooking show, is also a humorist, author, and safety engineer. But he doesn't mind talking turkey, as WWNO's Diane Mack discovered ... |
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November 27, 1997 |
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October |
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HENRI SCHINDLER
Carnival has, over the years, left behind some pieces of art, which but for the efforts of people like Henri Schindler would be lost. His new book deals with the "lost treasures" of Carnival artists, as he discussed with WWNO's Fred Kasten ... |
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October 22, 1997 |
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July |
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TOOTIE MONTANA
When the Mardi Gras Indians congregate, what is it you're likely to see? WWNO's Diane Mack went to the source: Big Chief Tootie Montana, who retired in 1997 after five decades of Mardi Gras Indian parades -- and more ... |
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July 21, 1997 |
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April |
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ALLEN TOUSSAINT
As a young piano student, Allen Toussaint wanted to play the songs he heard on the radio, not the ones his piano teachers wanted him to play. And when he ran out of music to play, he wrote some more. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story ... |
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April 23, 1997 |
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January |
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JAMES GILL
In Europe, upon a time, Carnival saw the peasantry mocking their superiors. In the U.S., it was the opposite. In his latest book, "Lords of Misrule", Times-Picayune columnist James Gill explains how politics, race, and Carnival intertwine. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story ... |
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January 29, 1997 |
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TOM DENT
Tom Dent set out to find what significant changes have happened as a result of the efforts of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. He traveled into the south and into the past, and put his answers in a book: "Southern Journey". He discusses his discoveries, and his book, with WWNO's Fred Kasten ... |
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January 23, 1997 |
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