Talk Louisiana

Thursday June 13th: Susan Murphy, Mark Ballard, Marjorie Esman

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Harvard University Statistician Susan Murphy, a MacArthur fellow who graduated from LSU in 1980, discusses the role of mathematics in treating chronic diseases and her back story from Gonzales to Cambridge. Advocate Bureau Chief Mark Ballard provides his scorecard for the legislative session. Attorney Marjorie Esman, who led the Louisiana ACLU for a decade, sizes up the legal battle ahead for Louisiana's restrictive abortion law.

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Ballard scores the legislative session.

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Marjorie Esman on abortion

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