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Behind The Lens episode 207: ‘It’s not sustainable’

Posted June 9, 202300:27:39

Nick Chrastil on a "re-envisioned" gun violence prevention initiative and Marta Jewson on the school board's skyrocketing property insurance premiums....

Behind The Lens episode 206: ‘Decades of savvy marketing’

Posted June 2, 202300:43:43

Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl on the city's gun violence prevention efforts. Joshua Rosenberg on the expansion of liquified natural gas in the state....

Behind the Lens Episode 205: ‘It took them a long time’

Posted May 26, 202300:34:20

Nick Chrastil on a two security district officers accused of racial profiling. Joshua Rosenberg on a novel stormwater fee proposal. And Marta Jewson...

Behind the Lens Episode 204: ‘Some of the most shocking things we heard about were medical and mental health care’

Posted May 19, 202300:30:15

Our guests this week are reporter Nick Chrastil on what deficiencies monitors found at the Orleans Parish Jail and reporter Marta Jewson on racial diversity...

Behind The Lens Episode 203: 'They wanted to go after the grannies in the River Parishes'

Posted May 12, 202300:31:14

Pam Radtke from Floodlight talks about how industry is pushing back against local opposition groups, Lens reporter Nick Chrastil speaks about Louisiana's...