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Making Mardi Gras: New exhibit brings viewers behind the scenes of the greatest free show on earth

Making Mardi Gras Exhibit
Historic New Orleans Collection
Making Mardi Gras Exhibit

A Black History Month book signing event returns a former New Orleans Saints player turned motivational speaker to the metro area.

Reggie Jones joins five Black women who captured their emotional healing journeys in the new book, The Ashes Have Voices. We hear from two of the authors, Cynthia Jones and Antoinette Walker.

Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of Mardi Gras floats, krewes and celebrations? A new exhibit at the Historic New Orleans Collection tells us just that.

“Making Mardi Gras” exhibit curator Lydia Blackmore gives us the details.

Louisiana’s redistricting session is over. And although Republican lawmakers pushed through new congressional maps, how Gov. John Bel Edwards might respond to those maps is still unclear.

WRKF’s capitol reporter Paul Braun spoke with WWNO’s Managing Producer Alana Schreiber to tell us about Edward’s potential next steps.

Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace. Our producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubrey Procell, and Thomas Walsh. 

You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12:00 and 7:30 pm. It’s available on Spotify, Google Play, and wherever you get your podcasts. 

Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!

"This is NPR's Morning Edition, at 89.9 WWNO. Good Morning, I'm Diane Mack."
Alana Schreiber is the managing producer for the live daily news program, Louisiana Considered. She comes to WWNO from KUNC in Northern Colorado, where she worked as a radio producer for the daily news magazine, Colorado Edition. She has previously interned for Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul and The Documentary Group in New York City.