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WWNO’s Coastal Desk has been on tour, looking at water management in other cities. Austin and Philadelphia were the first stops. Now we’ll hear about the…

Singer/guitarist Charley Crockett plays what he calls "Gulf and Western” music, a combination of blues, R&B, soul, country and more found along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Louisiana. It makes sense, since that's where he grew up, living with his mother in a trailer. Charley’s lived many lives, hitchhiking with his guitar from coast to coast, playing in subways and city streets in New York City, New Orleans and Paris; working farms in California, running into trouble with the law and later his health with open heart surgery. He's recorded several highly acclaimed albums and is known for his takes on classic country tunes as well as original songs. But for Charley, the blues is where it all began.

The late guitarist and singer Richie Havens was raised in the Bed–Stuy section of Brooklyn, home to many West Indians, a kind of urban village where his grandmother from Barbados presided. Havens’ Native American grandfather had ridden horses in Buffalo Bill shows and lived on the Shinnecock reservation on Long Island. Growing up, Richie Havens played in the neighborhood with friends from all over the world. He sang doo-wop on the corner and gospel in the church. But he credited his father, a factory worker, as the primary influence in art and music.

In this week’s episode, we go to the streets of Birmingham, Alabama, to find out how losing the funding for overdose-reversal drugs could reverse progress made in the opioid crisis.

In this week’s episode, Drew Hawkins takes us to the Netherlands, where he explores how the country's harm reduction tactics could work in the Gulf South.

For this week's episode, we go to a New Orleans neighborhood bar that lost about $10,000 because of scammers, along with losing access to her Meta accounts.

Carnival in New Orleans started Monday, less than a week after a man drove his truck into crowds on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more.

On this week's episode, we’re heading to Mobile, Alabama, to find out why the Trump administration wants more ships built there and and across the Gulf.

How are President Trump's tariffs playing out in our region? This week, we talked to our economic mobility reporter, Stephan Bisaha, who has been interviewing workers — including shrimpers — across the Gulf South.

The first weekend of New Orleans’ highly anticipated Jazz and Heritage Festival is underway. And this year, New Orleans native and hip-hop legend Lil Wayne will take the main stage with The Roots for the first time in the festival’s history.