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Who’s in the NOLA mayoral race; new podcast on Isle de Jean Charles resettlement; how king cakes reflect cultural identities

Isle De Jean Charles, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, after Hurricane Gustav.
Karen Apricot
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New Orleans
Isle De Jean Charles, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, after Hurricane Gustav.

 It’s Thursday, and it's time to catch up on the week in politics. The Times-Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist Stephanie Grace tells us about the swearing-in of Baton Rouge’s new mayor, and who’s vying to be the next leader of the city of New Orleans.

Isle de Jean Charles in south Louisiana once encompassed more than 22,000 acres, but today only 320 remain. Due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, community members, most of whom are of Native American ancestry, have been relocating as part of a federally funded resettlement program. But leaving your homeland is never easy.

Olga Loginova has been covering the Isle De Jean Charles resettlement project for years. Recently she wrote and reported a podcast on this subject, Leaving the Island. She joins us today for more.

New Orleans has seen an explosion in the variety of king cakes you can buy in the last few years. From Dong Phuong’s Vietnamese style, to Norma’s Sweets Bakery’s Cuban version with a guava filling, king cakes are taking on new cultural identities.

We revisit the story of a new kind of king cake with a traditional Jewish spin from Louisiana Considered’s Alana Schreiber.

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Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Bob Pavlovich. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber; our contributing producers are Matt Bloom and Adam Vos; we receive production and technical support from Garrett Pittman and our assistant producer, Aubry Procell.

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A longtime fill-in host for New Orleans Public Radio, Bob Pavlovich joined the station full-time in 2023. He hosts "All Things Considered" and "Louisiana Considered" on Thursdays.
Alana Schreiber is the managing producer for the live daily news program, Louisiana Considered. She comes to WWNO from KUNC in Northern Colorado, where she worked as a radio producer for the daily news magazine, Colorado Edition. She has previously interned for Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul.