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The 20th Century populist advice "It's the economy stupid" can be updated to "It's education stupid." New Orleans leads the way.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about an upcoming performance by LSU musicians at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Then we hear about a new exhibit in New Orleans celebrating 75 years of the play "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Today on Louisiana Considered, artist and activist José Torres-Tama walks us through his new solo act as a “shamanistic time traveler.” And, we learn about a new performance that celebrates the music, dance, rituals of the Garifuna community.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about the larger implications of an upcoming case at the Louisiana Supreme Court. We also get an update on New Orleans’ latest mask guidelines and check in with two high school marching bands that recently returned to parading the streets.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we look back at two stories of desegregating public spaces in New Orleans.

This week Continuum presents a program of Renaissance Band Music.

On this week’s edition of Le Show Harry brings us News of the Olympic Movement, News of the Warm, News of Microplastics, News of the Atom, News of Smart World, The Putin Table, News of Inspector’s General, The Apologies of the Week, plus great music and more.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn how Baton Rouge students are getting involved in discussions about their own educational experiences. And, we learn more about gender-affirming treatment in the South.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn how Ukrainians living in Louisiana are responding to the war back home. Then we discuss the state’s latest efforts to manage the increasing litter problem.

James Chambers took the name Jimmy Cliff to reference the heights he would climb as a musician, singer, and actor. Since Cliff’s birth during a hurricane in rural Jamaica, people believed he was special. Cliff’s dissatisfaction with country life led him to Kingston where he met Chinese-Jamaican record producer Leslie Kong, who helped launch his career with a 1962 hit, “Hurricane Hattie.” Cliff helped Jamaican music go global performing in the film The Harder They Come. Jimmy Cliff told me how his voice carried him out into the world.