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On this week’s edition of Le Show we take Another Trip to the Memory Hole, revisit regular features like News of the Atom, The Apologies of the Week, and News of Musk Love, then turn our attention to professor emeritus Gary Marcus, a frequent guest of the program, who discusses the latest obstacles and challenges of Artificial Intelligence.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why the Justice Department is investigating the police force in a small Mississippi town. We also break down Louisiana’s property taxes and listen back to a story on the history of prohibition in the state.

On this week’s edition of Le Show Harry brings us regular features like News of Crypto-Winter, News of Microplastics, News of the Atom, News of the Olympic Movement, and The Apologies of the Week. Plus we hear great music from New Orleans to help get you in the Carnival spirit.

This week, Continuum features early music featuring the recorder, as played by David Munrow .

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why LSU’s “Pistol Pete” Maravich’s NCAA all-time scoring record in basketball may soon be broken. Plus, we listen back to the story of a Jewish philanthropist who helped open thousands of schools for Black children in the south.

Our guest this hour is the late Bob French, a traditional jazz drummer, local radio host, and trenchant commentator on the New Orleans scene, famous for his love of local music. He and I sat down to talk things over a little while back on a comfy couch before his show at the DBA Club downriver in Faubourg Marigny. His father Albert French was a banjo player, but the band tradition goes back to the Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra early in the 20th century.

Lawmakers in Baton Rouge have approved a new permitless concealed carry law. We’ll hear more, along with an update on the special session on crime. Plus, more on how Lent has evolved.

This week on American Routes, it’s a rare Leap Year show with Guilty Pleasures and Forgotten Treasures. As the 29th of February rolls around we take stock of our circles round the sun, just for cosmic fun, not so much to analyze but to imagine our years in space and time. We’ll have music from fellow travelers: The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, King Pleasure, and Sun Ra.

On this week's show, we meet New Orleans chefs who have stepped into the spotlight. We begin with Anh Luu. In January, the whole country got to know Chef Anh when she was featured on the eighth season of the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series, Queer Eye. We also have an extended conversation with New Orleans chef and YouTube star Toya Boudy, whose first cookbook is Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the Streets of New Orleans to the Table.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us Highlights from the Recent Past and a smattering of current events. We’ll hear regular features like The Apologies of the Week, Mind Your Own Business, Nixon in Heaven, Karzai Talk, BBC Newsreel, News from Lake Reverie, and hear what Apple has decided to do about their self-driving car.