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Today on Louisiana Considered, The Times Picayune | New Orleans Advocate’s editorial page director and columnist, Stephanie Grace, joins us for a breakdown of the week’s top political stories. Plus, we hear from a photographer who has found a connection between Louisiana and Antarctica from behind his lens, and kids give us advice on how to cope with a changing climate.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we take a look back at the largest successful slave revolt in US history. Plus, we hear what the first US Women’s Olympic Basketball Team has to do with Louisiana and the south.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry digs into the program’s archives to bring us interviews with two of New Orleans’ finest piano players, Jon Cleary and Henry Butler. Each interview is stacked with stories about their essential techniques, traditions, and influences as well as intimate performances of their own music and other masters of the keys.

This Continuum presents unique contemporary performances of medieval music.

Shaka Zulu is a drummer, Black masking Indian, and stilt dancer from New Orleans. He grew up in his father's performing arts company, Free Spirit, where he learned stilt dancing, as well as African drumming. He began masking in 1999 under Big Chief Darryl Montana, son of Chief Allison "Tootie" Montana of the Yellow Pocahontas Tribe. Later, in 2018, Shaka Zulu started his own tribe, the Golden Feather Hunters. He's passed Black masking and stilt dancing traditions on to his daughter, ensuring that future generations will carry on as well.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn what a recently settled lawsuit revealed about the Sun Belt Conference. We also check in with the effectiveness of the new national mental health hotline and hear about two beloved Louisianans appearing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Today on Louisiana Considered, New Orleans reporter Carly Berlin breaks down the newly-approved city budget for 2023. We also get a sneak peak of the NOMA’s latest photography exhibit and talk to LSU musicians about their recent Grammy nomination.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we check in with Representative Joe Marino to learn about the state’s Medical Marijuana Commission, and pay tribute to late New Orleans actress, Carl Lee Sutton. Plus, with antisemetic incidents on the rise nationwide, we speak with a Tulane professor on how to combat this growing hatred.

Don Bryant was the fifth of ten children, grew up listening to his father’s gospel group, and started singing in church at age five. Don began harmonizing with his family and neighbors and went on to form the Four Kings with his brothers singing on Dick “Cane” Cole’s popular WLOK radio show. The group joined up with Willie Mitchell’s band; Don Bryant was lead singer. Bryant later pursued a solo career, but mostly focused on writing material for other artists at Hi Records and continued singing in church. Don returned to singing secular music in his 70s after an invitation from Memphis soul band the Bo-Keys. He released an album in 2017, called “Don’t Give Up on Love,” his first secular album in 48 years. Don’s latest record, You Make Me Feel, came out in 2020.