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On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of Musk Love, News of A.I., News of Smart World, News of Crypto-Winter, News from the Land of 4,000 Princes, The Apologies of the Week, and News of the Olympic Movement. He also considers the flaws and benefits of legacy media, points out a couple things missing from SNL50, and plays great music inspired by carnival season.

On this Continuum you'll hear dance music of the Renaissance by three major composers of the 17th century.

The Black Masking Indians of New Orleans Carnival—some say Mardi Gras Indians—are neighborhood groups with roots in the late 19th century that include a Chief, a Queen, and roles like Flag Boy, Spy Boy, and Wildman. The Indians are on foot dressed in large, complex, beaded suits depicting Black and Native American histories as warriors with a crown of feathers. They sing, backed by a handmade rhythm section. I walked with Big Chief Tyrone Casby, an educator in everyday life, among his tribe, the Mohawk Hunters, their families and friends in Algiers, on the West Bank of New Orleans.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we celebrate Mardi Gras with a North American Carnival roundtable. From the snow in Quebec to the streets of St. Louis and the beaches of Galveston, we learn how these cities are making Mardi Gras their own.

New Orleans guitar and banjo player Detroit Brooks got a start touring with his musical family, including father George Brooks Sr. of the gospel group Masonic Kings, and his sister, gospel singer Juanita Brooks. Detroit grew up downriver, living four blocks from Fats Domino, and was greatly influenced by the late Creole banjo and guitar player, Danny Barker. He created a festival in his memory. In addition to his career in music, Detroit worked as a barber and for Amtrak. He's well versed in traditional jazz, R&B, soul, and funk. He's here as bandleader of the Syncopated Percolators at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, playing “Hindustan,” on American Routes Live.

Crescent Classical features the winners of the 2024 New Orleans International Piano Competition, presented by MASNO

We’ll learn about the long and fascinating history of the relationship between LSU and the fossil fuel industry. We also dive into the week in politics, and the latest candidates to enter New Orleans’ mayoral race.

On this week's Continuum, we hear a collection of dances from the Middle Ages.

Aurora Nealand was recently praised as one of the top ten soprano saxophonists in America by Downbeat Magazine. She grew up in an eccentric family on the California coast and then Colorado, listening to Stravinsky, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Joan Baez and the Pixies. Her mom was a gardener who played classical piano, her dad an archivist who went to rock band practice between jobs. She received musical training at Oberlin College and Jacques Lecoq School of Physical Theatre in Paris, all before embarking on a bike trip across the US to chronicle the dreams of rural America. In 2004 Aurora ended up in New Orleans, where she learned to play traditional jazz in the streets. Now she leads her band, the Royal Roses, and sometimes has the persona of Rory Danger. Aurora attributes the interest in a broad range of styles to her travels and nontraditional upbringing.

Today on Louisiana Considered, amid the excitement of the Super Bowl, we hear about concerns over human trafficking. We also hear about a merger between two government advocacy groups in Louisiana, and what they hope to accomplish as a new unit.