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Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a plantation museum’s approach to telling a fuller, more complex story, and hear about efforts to thwart saltwater intrusion. We also travel to Sulphur to learn how neighbors are helping each other better prepare for storms, and hear from a Mississippi Olympian going for gold in the high jump.

On today’s episode, we speak with 17-year-old Alex Brock about his journey from being born deaf in Ukraine to playing high school football in Louisiana. We also learn about a nonprofit group working to help incarcerated parents play an active role in their kids’ lives from behind bars.

Criminal code bills passed during this spring’s special legislative session on crime went into effect this month. Today, we hear about the 25-foot police “buffer zone” law and the elimination of parole. Also, the creator of a new exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art tells us about the inspiration for his latest work.

On today’s show, we learn how community health centers are providing care to low-income and underserved Louisianans — and saving the state money in the process. Also, a 99-year-old Holocaust survivor visits South Louisiana this week to share his story and music.

This week on American Routes Shortcuts, we revisit a 2002 conversation with the band Feufollet. Multi-instrumentalist Chris Stafford passed away in May 2024. He was 36.On the Cajun side of French Louisiana, there is a tradition of children’s songs, from lullabies like “Fais Do Do Tite Mignon” to this play tune "Saute Crapaud” about a frog that needs to jump. Nowadays there’s something new in the music for youth in the French scene here: musicians from age seven up drawing crowds of kids and adults. The most widely traveled teenage Cajun band is called Feufollet. They came in to talk about why they learned to play French music, Louisiana style. We spoke with sixteen-year-old singer and guitarist Ashley Hayes, and fiddlers Chris Segura, eighteen, and Chris Stafford, the youngest at fourteen, who also plays accordion.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear the second part of the latest episode of Sea Change about the lasting impacts of segregated beaches in New Orleans. Plus, we head to the Historic New Orleans Collection to learn about an exhibit on the connection between slavery and the modern prison system.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn how property rights legislation may block the state’s access to clean wind energy. We also hear about a new art exhibition in Baton Rouge on a pioneering female architect, and catch up on this week in politics.

Hippocrates said, "Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food." That line is just as true today as it was when the Greek physician said it 2,500 years ago. We know we are what we eat and drink, yet we don’t always consume what's best for our bodies, minds, or souls. On this week's show, we gather together three experts to examine the impact our diets, our cravings, and mental health have on our lives.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about a new law that gives parents money to spend on private education for their children. We also get a sneak peak of a cultural event that kicks off the New Orleans arts season and visit three climate-smart farms in Mississippi.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about new grant funding for projects to address compensation for early childhood educators. We also hear about a traveling art exhibit that sheds light on the toll of the death penalty, and learn about a new treatment for sickle cell disease.