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West Texas troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Southern California roots-rocker Dave Alvin were born worlds apart. Gilmore in Lubbock, where he co-founded the Flatlanders. He left music to join an ashram, and played Smokey in the Coen Brothers’ The Big Lebowski. Dave Alvin was raised in Downey, California, and once of age took off for Los Angeles to play guitar in rock and punk bands. Over the years, Alvin and Gilmore criss-crossed paths and admired each other from afar. I spoke to them in 2018 when they first joined forces on the road and recorded their album From Downey to Lubbock.

Former State Representative and now President and Chief Executive Officer of Lamar Advertising Sean Riley comments on various topics including higher education institutions throughout the country, as well as the advertising world. Author and reporter Leo Honeycutt is joined by The Advocate/The Times-Picayune reporter Tyler Bridges to discuss Edwin Edwards on the 25th anniversary of his conviction and also speak on the new Pope Leo XIV.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear from the CEO of a local not-for-profit on her plans to grow small businesses throughout New Orleans. We also hear some questions and concerns about the debut of Olympic flag football, and catch up on the week in politics.

Charley Pride was the first great African American star of country music. Born in Sledge, MS in 1938, Pride left farm life behind and had a budding baseball career in the Negro and minor leagues. He worked by day in a Montana steel mill and sang country music at night. That got the attention of Nashville producers in the mid-‘60s, and he went on to a career that included 29 number one country hits and induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Charley Pride passed away in 2020, and his story remains a special one that begins back down home on the Mississippi tenant farm he came to own.

Congressman for Louisiana's 6th district Cleo Fields comments on various national political topics including Alex Padilla and Trump's "big beautiful bill". Longtime politico James Carville talks various topics including the war in the Middle East and Mike Johnson's response to the restraining of Alex Padilla.

Louisiana Eats hit a major milestone last week – 15 years on the air. That's well over 500 episodes featuring somewhere around a thousand different voices! This week, we bring you three interviews from our archives that celebrate some late, great Louisiana legends.We begin with a tribute to Chef Paul Prudhomme, his wife Kay, and their lost French Quarter restaurant, K-Paul's. We revisit an unforgettable conversation we had with Sandy Hanson and her brother-in-law, Chef Frank Brigtsen, after Paul died in 2015. Both Sandy and Frank were K-Paul veterans from the restaurant's earliest days. They share memories of their time there and the profound impact both Kay and Paul had on their lives.Then, we bring you the voices of two late New Orleans TV icons. The first is broadcast pioneer Terry Flettrich Rohe. Those who grew up in the Crescent City in the 1950s may remember Terry as "Mrs. Muffin" on a WDSU-TV daily children's program that she hosted for almost a decade. She was also the producer and host of Midday, one of the network's most popular programs.The second is seafood magnate Al Scramuzza, who passed away in May at the age of 97. Al's comical and campy TV ads dominated the airwaves for decades – and each of them he wrote, produced, and starred in. But even before his commercials made him a household name, Al was combining his acumen for business and marketing to turn a profit. All the while, he played a major role in the mudbug's rise to culinary fame.For more of all things Louisiana Eats, be sure to visit us at PoppyTooker.com.

This Continuum features the medieval English round song of the mid-13th century, Sumer Is Icumen In.

Today on Louisiana Considered, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders joins us on the show. He discusses his nationwide “Fighting Oligarchy Tour.” . We also hear how LSU baseball won the College World Series and why the upcoming Hispanic Heritage Festival in Kenner was canceled.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of Musk Love, News of the Godly, News of Crypto-Winter, News of the Olympic Movement, News of A.I., Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump, News of Microplastics, The Apologies of the Week, The Side Effects of the Week, and News of Smart World. He also pays tribute to Sly Stone and plays great music in honor of the summer solstice.

The King's Delight, The Queen's Delight, and The Ladyes Delight — three early music CDs devoted to different Elizabethan delights are presented on this week's Continuum.