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Elliott Weiner's River Basin Distillery makes New Orleans whiskey, Jean Blair's New Orleans Glassworks makes glasses to drink it out of

Today on Louisiana Considered, we celebrate 50 years of WWNO by learning a bit more about the station’s history. Then, we hear what’s on deck for the upcoming French Quarter Fest.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a new bill that could give renters more protections after hurricanes. We also hear the latest on cancer research in the state and learn what monuments are going up in the place of former Confederate statues.

This is American Routes, our program with words and music as a metaphor or extension of life in the circus, where not everyone is a man on the flying trapeze. We’re going to swing out with Dolly Jacobs, who was named a National Heritage Fellow in 2015. A Ringling Brothers aerialist, Dolly was born into a circus family. At fourteen, she learned what it would take to distinguish herself and the risks involved.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we get an update on medical marijuana legislation at the state House. We also learn about an upcoming set of performances in Musicians’ Village and learn how the story of Anne Frank is being taught to children in New Orleans.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the economic impacts of child care on the workforce. Then, we learn about the contributions of French-speaking Cajun servicemen in World War II.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about the recently leaked Supreme Court documents indicating an overturn of Roe v. Wade. We also talk to the artist behind this year’s jazz fest poster and learn about a Chicago-based saxophonist’s latest release.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn how the Tunica-Biloxi tribe of Louisiana is expanding knowledge of tribal language and culture through educational programs. Then, we learn about plans for rapid bus transit in New Orleans.

This is American Routes, I'm Nick Spitzer. I was invited to the 2013 Americana Music Festival in Nashville where on stage at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, I had a chance to interview the recipient of that year’s Lifetime Achievement Award: New Orleans’ Dr. John. It was a busy year for Dr. John. He won a Grammy for the Best Blues Album for Locked Down, produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, and he received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts here at Tulane University, making the Nite Tripper Doctor Dr. John in our minds.

Creator of LA Wallet Calvin Fabre and digital marketer Sam Olmsted from Online Optimism Out to Lunch at NOLA Pizza