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Mardi Gras celebrations are coming back to life in 2022, starting with a streetcar parade from the Phunny Phorty Phellows.

Also, the Phunny Phorty Phellows will soon herald the beginning of the Carnival season, and the state health department issues new guidance on returning to school amid the Omicron variant surge.

Who was Harry Smith? The short answer about the 20th century polymath and hustler might be divined in his legendary Anthology of American Folk Music from 1952, an LP collection of mostly Southern US folk music on 78rpm records. The Anthology established a cult of listening and influenced popular and folk revival artists from John Sebastian and the New Lost City Ramblers to rockers like Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead and Beck. In addition to music recording and wide ranging research into tribal and other cultures, Harry Smith was a painter on canvas and on film. He was a profound thinker and worker in the American vernacular.

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace hosted this Friday’s politics roundtable discussion.

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us News of Inspector’s General, Follow the Dollar, News of the Atom, News of the Olympic Movement, Sportswashing, The Apologies of the Week, It’s a Smart World, great music from New Orleans, and more.

Also, an archaeologist tells us a bit about the Mardi Gras Shipwreck.

We’re starting a new year with great content on this week’s Le Show. Harry brings us What the Frack?!, News of the Atom, News of the Olympic Movement, BBC Newsreel, News of the Godly, It’s a Smart World, News of Inspector’s General, The Apologies of the Week and shares professional advice for President Biden.

Also, we look back at some of the Gulf States Newsroom’s best reporting from last year.

This edition of Louisiana Eats takes a look back at the year that was 2021 – its challenges and its losses. Many restaurants and bars have closed their doors in the last two years, but when JoAnn Clevenger announced that New Orleans' beloved Upperline Restaurant would not reopen after initially closing due to the pandemic in March 2020, the entire city reeled with the news. We revisit our conversation with JoAnn from 2016.The future of the English Tea Room & Eatery in Covington seemed in doubt when news broke of owner Tim Lantrip's accident. Hit by a truck while crossing Boston Street in October, for a while it was uncertain if he would recover. Fortunately, his wife Jan, who has also been his business partner for the last 20 years, reports he's making progress every day in his recovery while she and the devoted employees keep the fires burning at the English Tea Room. We revisit a lovely tea we enjoyed with the Lantrips in spring 2021 to remind us all what an important piece of the Northshore their tea room is.And then, we remember Daphne Derven who passed away in October of 2021. A New Orleans resident since 2009, Daphne made her mark on the city's urban farming and agriculture scene before becoming the Curator of Education at the Historic New Orleans Collection where she was instrumental in developing the new children’s education wing at their Royal Street facility.For more of all things Louisiana Eats, be sure to visit us at PoppyTooker.com.