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Paul Maassen
Paul Maassen
General Manager
Poppy Tooker
Poppy Tooker
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Host of The Reading Life
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Eve Troeh
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Music Inside Out with Gwen Thompkins
1:01 pm
Thu February 7, 2013

Allen Toussaint & Some Carnival Music

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Allen Toussaint.
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For half a century, New Orleans producer, arranger, and songwriter has given entertainers around the world something to sing about. 

He's written R&B, funk, jazz, rock and country. And he's learned a few things along the way. Toussaint shares his creative insights with Music Inside Out.  Lesson Number One: The artist is king... or queen.  

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WRKF
11:49 am
Thu February 7, 2013

All About Efficiency: DHH Secretary On The Latest Round of Healthcare Cuts

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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 5:33 pm

Almost $83 million in cuts to healthcare programs and services went into effect Friday to shore up a mid-year deficit in the state budget. These are separate from a previous round of cuts made in July.

The latest round of reductions includes cuts to services for at-risk children and low-income moms, as well as a one percent drop in the rate paid to hospitals and physicians for non-primary Medicaid services. 


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Music Inside Out with Gwen Thompkins
7:28 am
Sun February 3, 2013

A Tenacious Wordsmith Hits It Big In Nashville

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Once a poet and an English teacher, Jim McCormick has become a powerhouse Nashville songwriter.
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McCormick (right) with singer-songwriter Brantley Gilbert. Gilbert's song "You Don't Know Her Like I Do," which McCormick co-wrote, hit the top of Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in the summer of 2012.
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Originally published on Sun February 3, 2013 5:21 pm

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Inside the Arts
10:55 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Lena Prima Sings

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We go Inside the Arts for conversation with Lena Prima, daughter of legendary singer, trumpeter and native son, Louis Prima.

Lena Prima performs weekends at the Hotel Monteleone Carousel Bar.

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Music Inside Out with Gwen Thompkins
1:00 pm
Thu January 31, 2013

The Strange World of Alex McMurray

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Alex McMurray at the Bitter End in NYC, 2011.
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As noggins in New Orleans go, there is no noggin like that of singer-songwriter Alex McMurray. He's got more original characters in his head than a Hollywood film library. Why else would McMurray write a song about the man who shot the man who shot Liberty Valance? (Spoiler Alert: John Wayne is in the crosshairs).

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