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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us News of the Olympic Movement, News of America’s Longest War, News of Inspector’s General, News of Smart World, Keeping Up with The Murdochs, The Apologies of the Week, original music, sketches, and more.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear an update on the Love the Boot Campaign, encouraging residents to clean up the state. We also check in with two smaller performance venues in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, and hear the latest on incoming weather.

New Orleans companies Whetstone (now SchoolMint) and IMOTO Photo continue the triumphant march to successful exits.

Continuum features one of America's leading early music ensembles, The Waverly Consort.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about a team of blind cyclists who tackled the world’s toughest bike race. And, we hear the latest on today’s hearing over the state’s abortion trigger laws.

In August 1971, a food revolution was quietly launched in California with the opening of a small Berkeley bistro called Chez Panisse. At a time when pre-packaged fast food was all the rage in the U.S., Chez Panisse created dishes using locally sourced meats and farm-to-table produce. The fabled restaurant became an incubator for the Slow Food movement and sparked a change in attitudes toward food across America.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why youth in Louisiana detention centers being transferred out of state may violate the law. And, we hear about plans to expand the state’s electric vehicle industry.

Jon Cleary may have been born in Kent, England but his musical upbringing was all New Orleans. He came to the city after college in 1980 and began his real education in the clubs, where he put in time as a sideman with heroes like Ernie K-Doe, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, and Snooks Eaglin. Cleary became a world-renowned hired gun, playing with Eric Clapton, BB King, Dr. John and Bonnie Raitt. On the home scene, Jon takes center stage playing solo shows as well as fronting his own band, the Absolute Monster Gentlemen. A while back, I sat down with Jon Cleary at the piano in his 9th Ward home, an old hardware store, and asked him how an English kid in the 1970s was introduced to the music of the Crescent City.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear why the Gulf of Mexico might be the site of a new reproductive health clinic. We also learn about new efforts to target food insecurity across Louisiana and hear about the state of country stores across the rural South.