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Out To Lunch
Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. and Fridays at 6:30 p.m.

Out To Lunch is a New Orleans business podcast and radio show that finds economist and Tulane finance professor Peter Ricchiuti conducting business New Orleans style: over lunch. Usually at Commander’s Palace and sometimes at the more casual NOLA Pizza in the NOLA Brewing Taproom.
In his 10th year in the host seat, Ricchiuti’s learned but uniquely NOLA informal perspective has established Out to Lunch as the voice of Crescent City business.

The complete archive of Out to Lunch shows can be found here.

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Latest Episodes
  • Sustainable tourism authority Andrew Ward lays out New Orleans' tourist dilemma, Allison Albert Ward's Pet Krewe dresses pets in costumes.
  • Elliott Weiner's River Basin Distillery makes New Orleans whiskey, Jean Blair's New Orleans Glassworks makes glasses to drink it out of
  • Hampr is the Uber of laundry - get your laundry done & back to you next day. Women's clothing store Hemline redefines women-owned success
  • The 20th Century populist advice "It's the economy stupid" can be updated to "It's education stupid." New Orleans leads the way.
  • Claimly is an app to get your insurance claim settled, Cluey Consumer rates retailers so you can shop with a clear conscience.
  • Top Box Foods delivers fresh produce & locally sourced groceries with an emphasis on alleviating food insecurity, Tap Truck brings the drinks.
  • Don Marshall runs New Orleans' biggest music business, the Jazz & Heritage Foundation, Sig Greenbaum runs its newest, Sig Fest Events
  • 2021 was a huge year for New Orleans tech. Home-grown startups Turbosquid, Levelset, and Lucid that all sold for enormous sums of money normally only seen in Silicon Valley.
  • Very soon you'll be able to charge your phone in seconds, your Electric Vehicle in minutes, and afford solar panels so all the power is free. And believe it or not, all of this comes out of New Orleans.
  • Join lunch-table conversation with dog trainer Ann Becnel and veterinary chiropractor and acupuncturist Michelle Jobert