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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about a new exhibit of portraits with unknown subjects. We also hear what a new study reveals about flooding risks, and learn how the Baton Rouge Audubon Society is celebrating 50 years.

Reporter for the Louisiana Illuminator Piper Hutchinson gives insight into whats new regarding higher education in Louisiana with the latest bills and university faculty. Commissioner of Insurance of Louisiana Tim Temple talks the latest veto session and the ongoing insurance crisis in our state.

Assistant Library Director at East Baton Rouge Parish Library Mary Stein talks what's going on at the library on this upcoming 4th of July holiday. District attorney Hillar Moore gives an update on crime in comparison to last year, thoughts on the recent concealed carry law, drugs, truancy, and other community issues. Entrepreneur, civic leader, and activist Faye Williams speaks on the recent Supreme Court decision regarding presidential immunity.

Legal Director for the ACLU of Louisiana Nora Ahmed gives her take of various political topics including the recent Ten Commandments law, abortion rights throughout our state, and the Supreme Court's decision regarding presidential immunity. Political consultant Roy Fletcher is joined by SU professor Dr. Albert Samuels to discuss where we are amid the upcoming presidential election.

On today’s episode of Louisiana Considered, we hear how Louisianans are feeling about renewable energy — and, in the case of offshore wind turbines, how they’re training to work in the industry. We also learn what child care workers are doing to protect kids during another exceedingly hot summer in the South.

Artist Emilie Rhys talks her latest work, "New Orleans Music Observed: The Art of Noel Rockmore and Emilie Rhys". Author and investigative journalist Dan Moldea gives his take on American political topics including the upcoming presidential election and his thoughts on President Joe Biden stepping down and Vice President Kamala Harris stepping up.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why Governor Landry recently vetoed $1 million in funding to Catholic Charities of Acadiana to address the homelessness crisis in Lafayette. Plus we hear about a new photo exhibit from the French Consulate that features the Rougaroux, New Orleans’ first LGBTQ+ rugby team.

Talk Louisiana host Jim Engster comments on various topics including the upcoming presidential election and its candidates, various local elections, and also insurance in our city amid hurricane season. Public Service Commission Foster Campbell talks potential candidates. Writer and director Jason Furrate is joined by actress and casting director Jency Griffin Hogan to speak on their latest work, "Spillway". For more information, visit https://www.manshiptheatre.org/show/spillway-pilot-premiere.

Civil rights activist and politician Gary Chambers is joined by former member of the Louisiana State Senate Elbert Guillory to discuss various political topics. Producer and author Lucy Antek Johnson speaks on her latest work, "This Was Toscanini".

Birmingham, Alabama was one of the fiercest battlegrounds of the American Civil Rights Movement. But in order to understand the struggle, you don’t have to look any further than Rickwood Field, America’s oldest ballpark. In this podcast, host Roy Wood Jr. looks at the intersection between baseball and civil rights as MLB gears up to honor the Negro Leagues like never before.