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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear why Louisiana ranks high among states with the most cases of the flu. Plus, we learn about a new sculpture honoring Solomon Northup, a free Black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.

It's Carnival time in Louisiana and we're ready for the party! On this week's show, we bring you an only-in-New-Orleans story that involves family, loyalty, and king cakes. We discuss a locally-made king cake that's a delicious collision of two cultures. And we learn about the evolution of the Rex Organization as it moves its official reviewing stands to Napoleon Avenue.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a new law requiring cameras in special education classrooms. We also discuss grassroots air quality monitoring campaigns and how the Trump administration could impact these efforts. Plus, the history of Spanish Town Mardi Gras.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we listen to the first part of the latest episode of “Voices of the Culture,” a podcast about Black Masking Indians. Two big chiefs and a spy boy discuss how they came to this tradition, the impacts of tariffs and what they’re looking forward to on Mardi Gras day.

Each year, Mardi Gras Indians greet the day on the city streets to sing and strut. This has been going on since the late 19th century. The call and response sounds of the Indians often carry the Congo beat, fundamental in New Orleans' musical fabric. The beloved Indian Chief Monk Boudreaux has been masking Indian for more than 70 years. We visited him at home, where he quietly sewed his new suit.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we listen to the second part of the latest episode of “Voices of the Culture,” a podcast about Black Masking Indians. Two Big Chiefs and a Spy Boy discuss the pressures of rising in the ranks, the impacts of COVID and where they’ll be parading on Mardi Gras Day.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about new research from LSU into one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer. We also discuss a new online tool that helps assess the impacts of education policy decisions. And, we attend a king cake baking class.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about a reimagined production of Hamlet taking the stage at The Nola Project. We also speak with a New Orleans filmmaker whose documentary will be screened at the upcoming Olympics. And, we hear about the New Orleans Saints' upcoming trip to Paris.

Our guest is modern saxophonist Charles Lloyd, who also built a sound in Los Angeles, riding a wave of free jazz and beyond. He played alongside everyone from Ornette Coleman to the Jefferson Airplane. His fluid music carried him out of the city to the California Coast, where he hung with the Beach Boys and found internal peace. But before all that, Charles Lloyd discovered his love for the saxophone through the blues in his hometown of Memphis.

What does family mean to you? For the folks on this week's show, when it comes to food, family means everything. NOCCA Culinary Arts student and Chopped Junior champion Retiba Hagazzi is a perfect example of that. The bright, ambitious teenager learned how to love people through food from her father, Khaled. They share that love with the world every time their food truck, Sittoo's Kitchen pulls up. They join us in the studio to share their story.Jarred Zeringue of Wayne Jacob's Smokehouse perpetuates generational old food love at the LaPlace landmark. When the Vacherie-born chef acquired the business in 2016, he made sure to keep the Jacob's family recipes authentic, in part because of the vital role they played in his own family’s food traditions. We talk with him about the smokehouse and his new book, Southern and Smoked: Cajun Cooking through the Seasons.Finally, we speak with keepers of the Poor Boy flame, John and his son Jason Gendusa. The Gendusa family bakery has been inextricably tied to that famous New Orleans sandwich since 1929. We’re celebrating their bakery's centennial by hearing the story of how it all began.For more of all things Louisiana Eats, be sure to visit us at PoppyTooker.com.