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Louisiana Considered: Chronicling the climate crisis with Elizabeth Rush

Image courtesy of Bike Baton Rouge
  • Karl Lengel hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
  • Author Elizabeth Rush discusses the continuing impact of her 2018 book on how climate change affects human communities, “Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore.” She also talks about her 2019 trip to Antarctica to research the continent’s diminishing glaciers, which is the topic of an upcoming book.
  • Bicycle advocate Mark E. Martin joins us once again to talk about the dangers posed to cyclists on Louisiana roads. Martin is the founder of Bike Baton Rouge, a nonprofit organization that engages in bike advocacy and education in the Capital City.
Karl Lengel worked at New Orleans Public Radio for more than two decades before leaving the station in 2023.
Aubry is a reporter, producer and operations assistant in Baton Rouge.