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On today’s episode of Louisiana Considered, we discuss federal funding cuts to state cultural programs and HIV prevention. We also learn about a new tech competition coming to Baton Rouge.

Today on Louisiana Considered, in light of the state’s first execution in over a decade, we speak with anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean about her fight against capital punishment, and the re-release of her most famous book. Plus we catch up on the week in politics.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us News of Musk Love, News of Microplastics, The Side Effects of the Week, News of A.I., News of the Godly, News of Smart World, News of the Atom, News of Crypto-Winter, and The Apologies of the Week. He also pays tribute to Jill Sobule, a friend of the show, who passed away this week.

The European Ensemble Unicorn is heard on this Continuum. These musicians specialize in playing historical instruments in fascinating programs, full of variety and played with artistry and great refinement.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a new ordinance that aims to protect sex workers in New Orleans. We also hear what’s on deck at this year’s Bayou Boogaloo Festival, and how New Orleans’ Project Lazarus has been serving people affected by AIDS for 40 years.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about the latest rift between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the city council. We also learn about environmental hopes and concerns over a Mississippi River offshoot, and hear what Black Catholics hope to see from the new pope.

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.