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Behind the Lens episode 266 Carnival Part II: ‘The best spot on Fat Tuesday’

Posted March 27, 202500:30:51

Mizani Ball on family and friends settling in to their traditional parade watching spots on the route. Katy Reckdahl on a Black Masking Indian continuing...

Behind The Lens episode 268: ‘Cruel and unusual’

Posted March 21, 202500:31:17

Special guest Ned Randolph on Entergy's proposal to build a massive AI data center in an impoverished section of north Louisiana that Meta is eyeing....

Behind the Lens episode 266 Carnival Part I: ‘Throw less, throw better’

Posted March 2, 202500:32:28

Nick Chrastil on how gun laws clash during Carnival, including on the parade route. Delaney Dryfoos on krewes' efforts to make parades greener. And...

Behind The Lens episode 265: ‘That’s just a payday loan’

Posted February 21, 202500:33:41

Nick Chrastil on records that show plans for Gov. Jeff Landry's "transitional center" were well underway before the terrorist attack. Marta Jewson...

Behind The Lens episode 264 Part II: ‘Our Katrina narrative’

Posted February 17, 202500:33:38

The Lens spent January talking to Lower 9th Ward residents to tell their stories, narratives a Super Bowl committee wanted to control.

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