Louisiana Considered
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIVE AT NOON AND REBROADCAST AT 7:00 P.M.
Louisiana Considered brings you in-depth news and lively conversations about the stories that matter most to South Louisiana.
The news magazine airs Monday through Friday at noon and features top journalists, newsmakers and artists from the region. The show is produced by the WWNO and WRKF newsrooms and airs in both New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
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Latest Episodes
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The Dixie Cups’ 1964 hit “Chapel of Love” knocked the Beatles out of the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The girl group is the focus of Jazz Fest’s official poster this year.
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Black infants in Louisiana are more than three times as likely to die from premature birth as white infants. Mothers also have higher death rates.
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Sea Change travels to Japan where they find out the country is making a big bet that good times in the liquefied natural gas industry will keep rolling.
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Speaker Mike Johnson’s support of additional aid for Ukraine has roiled the far-right flank of the U.S. House. Plus, La. teachers are feeling squeezed as wages stagnate.
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The Rice’s Whale is now considered to be critically endangered, with a population in the Gulf of Mexico likely less than 100 individuals.
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Two tornadoes touched down in Slidell, north of New Orleans, earlier this month. The severe weather damaged hundreds of buildings in the area and many residents are still displaced.
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Families and food banks are scrambling to fill a gap in federal summer food assistance funding. Plus, a New Orleans photographer captures Louisiana’s changing coastline.
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Sea Change heads to Germany, where the show discovers how the country is playing a huge role in the expansion of Liquefied Natural Gas along the Gulf Coast.
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Gov. Jeff Landry and Republican lawmakers are pushing to rewrite the state’s constitution this summer. Plus, a first-of-its kind report about intimate partner violence finds huge economic impacts.
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The top federal court in Louisiana has seen an uptick in voting rights cases ahead of this November’s election. Plus, LSU gets a major boost to its efforts to research clean energy production.
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Gov. Jeff Landry recently signed policies that limit the release of the state’s sickest patients. Plus, we’ll hear about the second annual Poetry Without Borders Verse & Music Festival in New Orleans.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has promised to streamline its Disaster Assistance Program for claimants. Plus, a new research ship will explore the Gulf of Mexico.
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How a massive LNG expansion is changing one Gulf Coast community. Plus, Louisiana lawmakers shot down an abortion rights amendment this week.
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An LSU bridge engineer talks Mississippi River shipping safety after this week’s catastrophic crash in Baltimore. Plus, how Louisiana home buying could change after the recent NAR settlement.
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Lawmakers in Baton Rouge are debating a bill that would create a voucher-like program that gives public money to parents to pay for private education. Plus, Newt Gingrich donates his political records to Tulane University.
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Insurance experts discussed solutions to the state’s soaring rates at a recent Sea Change live event. Plus, behind the scenes of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical now showing in New Orleans.
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Louisiana voters made their choice for Republican and Democratic presidential nominees over the weekend. Plus, Grow Dat Youth Farm in New Orleans faces an uncertain future.
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Louisiana’s abortion ban has dramatically changed pregnancy care in the state, with dangerous consequences. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind report from abortion rights groups.
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Louisiana voters will head to the polls on Saturday to vote in the state’s primary elections. Plus, Margaret Orr, beloved NOLA weather woman, is retiring.
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In St. Bernard Parish, volunteers are restoring Bayou Bienvenue’s marsh using an unlikely hero: glass bottles. Plus, why Baton Rouge’s downtown saw 7% economic growth over the past five years.