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Astrophysicist and popular science writer Brian Green chat's with Walter Isaacson about his career in science, the nature of time, the language of mathematics, and why it's essential for scientists to study the humanities.

In this episode of Continuum, Milton and Thais are joined by former Nichols State University music professor, Charlotte Pipes. They look at early music that was studied and enjoyed by her students.

We take a look at the state’s community college transfer rates to 4-year institutions and how to improve them. And we learn about a new study on wetland loss projections.

Lawmakers in Baton Rouge are considering dozens of so-called tough-on-crime bills. We break down the biggest ones. Plus, more on how historic preservationists are adopting AI tools.

Dollar store chains are bad for employees and threaten local economies, according to a new report from the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Plus, how NOLA businesses of all backgrounds can register to work for Super Bowl 2025.

The 41st annual French Quarter Festival kicks off this week with new programming and music stages. Plus, hear what the eclipse sounded like in Louisiana and across the United States.

Evan Christopher began playing clarinet in junior high school in Long Beach, CA. His first introduction to New Orleans music was hearing Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens with Johnny Dodds and Artie Shaw on his dad’s records. Evan moved to New Orleans in his early 20s. Here he worked as a steamboat clarinetist by day and explored the music scene on Frenchmen Street by night. He went on to collaborate with Tom McDermott, Al Hirt, the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Galactic, and others. His “Clarinet Road” led him from Socal to New Orleans, San Antonio, Paris, and he now resides in New York City. Evan told us how he came to understand the music of New Orleans.

Sea Change heads to Cameron Parish to discover what the expansion of liquified natural gas, or LNG, plants means for the people living near them. Plus, a Mississippi program aims to turn formerly incarcerated people into lobbyists.

Louisiana Supreme Court justices ruled against objections by the city-parish of East Baton Rouge, which had claimed St. George’s incorporation was “unreasonable.”

This is American Routes, our program, “How many Roads? Bob Dylan’s Back Pages.” Joan Baez sang and recorded many of Bob’s songs of love and loss.