Louisiana Considered: Louisiana’s COVID-19 Surge, The 2021 Hurricane Season, Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth

By Karl Lengel,

Aubry Procell

Published July 28, 2021 at 1:01 PM CDT

Host Karl Lengel and WWNO/WRKF public health reporter Rosemary Westwood give us the latest updates on Louisiana’s ongoing surge in COVID-19 delta-variant cases and hospitalizations.
Gulf States Newsroom lead coastal reporter Tegan Wendland reports on the state’s preparedness for the 2021 storm season, which is projected to rival last year’s in terms of damage and storm severity.
In a January 2020 interview, Holocaust survivor, educator and author Irving Roth gives us his account of surviving in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

Louisiana Considered

Karl Lengel

Karl Lengel worked at New Orleans Public Radio for more than two decades before leaving the station in 2023.

Aubry Procell

Aubry is a reporter, producer and operations assistant in Baton Rouge.