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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of the Atom, News of the Warm, News of Crypto-Winter, News of Musk Love, Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump, News of A.I., The Apologies of the Week, The Side Effects of the Week, News of the Godly, News of Microplastics, great music and more.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why Gov. Landry will be relying on Democrats to pass some of his proposals. We hear what’s on deck for the first-ever NOLA Mural Fest, and speak with a candidate running for Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District.

March 19th might be just another day in other parts of the United States, but here in New Orleans it's a day when revelers take to the streets in honor of the Feast of St. Joseph. The tradition of food altars dedicated to Jesus' foster father came to the Crescent City in the late 1800s with immigrants from Sicily, where Joseph is the patron saint. What was called Mi-Carême (or Mid-Lent by the Creoles) was a day when fasting was suspended and festivities abounded. On this week's show, we explore the holiday and join in on the celebration.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we celebrate Women’s History Month by looking back on a conversation with one inspiring Louisiana woman: physician-assistant, commercial astronaut and author, Hayley Arcenaux. Plus, in honor of March Madness, we hear about the basketball game that integrated Louisiana high school sports.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about the latest developments in the field of preventive medicine in Louisiana and across the country. We also hear why one organization is traveling to New Orleans with 11 colorful pianos in tow, and get a roundup of the week’s top political stories.

Country singer Kelsey Waldon grew up in the Ohio River bottoms of Ballard County, Kentucky, a place called “Monkey’s Eyebrow,” where her father runs a hunting lodge and her mother’s family has been farming for generations. Kelsey started writing songs at a young age, went to Nashville at nineteen, played in bars, studied songwriting and later released noted albums that landed her on stage at the Grand Ole Opry. It was there with the now late songman John Prine that she agreed to join his label, Oh Boy Records, in 2019, the first artist Prine had signed in fifteen years. Kelsey counts John as a mentor, but remembers the first encounter with music came from her nanny.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear how the LSU women’s basketball team is shaping up for their next game of the March Madness tournament. Plus, we hear from the recently-resigned head of Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality and learn about a European polyphonic singing group in New Orleans.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us Let Us Try, News of Crypto-Winter, The Apologies of the Week, and an interview with Peter Maass, senior editor of The Intercept.

Continuum features the early music Ensemble Gilles Binchois, performing Guillaume de Machaut’s 14th century Mass of Notre Dame.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn what’s on deck at the Patois New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival and hear the details for the upcoming Big Bass Rodeo “fishtival.” Plus, Bobbi-Jean Misick tells us about a recent hunger strike at a Louisiana ICE detention center.