Louisiana Considered: Louisiana’s COVID-19 Surge, The 2021 Hurricane Season, Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth

By Karl Lengel

Published July 28, 2021 at 1:02 PM CDT

A drive through COVID-19 testing location at Alario Center. New Orleans, Louisiana. April 8, 2020.

Host Karl Lengel and WWNO/WRKF public health reporter Rosemary Westwood give us the latest updates on Louisiana’s ongoing surge in COVID-19 delta-variant cases and hospitalizations.
Gulf States Newsroom lead coastal reporter Tegan Wendland reports on the state’s preparedness for the 2021 storm season, which is projected to rival last year’s in terms of damage and storm severity.
In a January 2020 interview, Holocaust survivor, educator and author Irving Roth gives us his account of surviving in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

Louisiana Considered

Karl Lengel

Karl Lengel has returned to New Orleans to serve as WWNO’s local host for All Things Considered, a post he held here pre-Katrina. Besides radio, Karl has had a long theatrical career too; read on to learn all about our talented and versatile announcer!

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