Louisiana Anthology Podcast
The Louisiana Anthology Podcast is an part of the larger project of the Louisiana Anthology. We release new episodes every Saturday, and the podcasts last for around an hour. The purpose of the Louisiana Anthology Podcast is to discuss the literature and culture of Louisiana. We broadcast interviews with various authors, artists, and scholars about their contributions to Louisiana.
Episodes
January 2, 2026
659. John C. Rodrigue joins us to discuss his research on the Civil War and Reconstruction. John is a prominent historian
specializing in the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, known for his
deep focus on slavery, emancipation, and the Lower Mississippi Valley,
with key books like Reconstruction in the Cane Fields and Freedom's
Crescent, exploring how the war transformed Southern society and
Lincoln's evolving views on Re...
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December 26, 2025
658. Part 2 of our conversation with Scott Tilton. Scott is
the Co-Founder and Director of the Nous Foundation, a platform
for exchange between Louisiana and the French-speaking world. He
lived the past several years in Paris where he worked as a
consultant at Ernst & Young France on projects for the
European Union, the UN, and the French Government. While in
Paris, Scott lau...
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December 20, 2025
657. Part 1 of our conversation with Scott Tilton. Scott is
the Co-Founder and Director of the Nous Foundation, a platform
for exchange between Louisiana and the French-speaking world. He
lived the past several years in Paris where he worked as a
consultant at Ernst & Young France on projects for the
European Union, the UN, and the French Government. While in
Paris, Scott lau...
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December 12, 2025
656. Part 2 of our conversation with Joseph Makkos. Joseph is an
archivist who manages a rare collection of some 30,000 historic
New Orleans Times Picayune newspapers dating from
1880s-1929. Joseph has worked as a
printmaker and preservationist, having salvaged and restored
historic printing equipment from over a dozen print shops to
date. Using these resources he actively runs a desi...
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December 6, 2025
655. Joseph Makkos returns to the porch to talk about his work and an archivist and researcher. He manages a rare collection of some 30,000 historic New Orleans Times Picayune
newspapers dating from 1880s-1929. He has worked as a printmaker and
preservationist, having salvaged and restored historic printing
equipment from over a dozen print shops to date. Using these resources
he actively runs a design studio in New O...
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November 29, 2025
654. Today we post our presentation on Liberty in Louisiana at the 2025 Louisiana
Studies Conference. Liberty in Louisiana by James Workman is the oldest known extant play about Louisiana. Workman wrote the play in 1803 with the goal of supporting the impending Louisiana Purchase.
This was Workman’s sole venture in writing drama; he mostly wrote political essays. This time, he thought he could reach a...
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November 21, 2025
653. Part 2 of our conversation with Kathleen DuVal about her
book, Native
Nations: A Millennium in North America. “Pulitzer
Prize Winner - National Bestseller - A magisterial overview of a
thousand years of Native American history” (The New York Review
of Books), from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand
years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today. Win...
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November 15, 2025
652. Part 1 of Kathleen DuVal's return to the podcast to talk about her
book, Native
Nations: A Millennium in North America. “Pulitzer
Prize Winner - National Bestseller - A magisterial overview of a
thousand years of Native American history (The New York Review
of Books), from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand
years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue t...
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November 7, 2025
651. This week we talk to Skye Jackson about her poetry. Skye was born and raised in New
Orleans, Louisiana. She writes about love, femininity and the
challenges of navigating our modern world as a young Black
woman. Her work has appeared in Palette Poetry, The Southern
Review, RHINO, RATTLE and elsewhere. She is the author of the
chapbook A Faster Grave (2019) and her debut collection o...
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November 1, 2025
650. Nathalie Dessens is returning to her
work on Gentilly and Creole New Orleans through the recent
publication of Gentilly: A New Orleans Plantation in the French Atlantic World, 1818-1851 (a book she co-edited and translated
with Virginia Meacham Gould. It features letters from the
manager of the Gentilly plantation, providing insight into
19th-century plantation life and its c...
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October 24, 2025
649. This week we chat with Leah Payne about her book, God Gave Rock and Roll
To You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music. We focus especially on the role of the family of Jimmy Swaggart, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Mickey Gilley in the history of Rock and Roll. Her book chronicles the confluence of evangelical, Pentecostal, and
charismatic networks through the lens of Contemporary Christian
Music...
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October 17, 2025
648. This week, we talk with Mike and Mark Mangum
about their creative venture, Twin Blends. They research local
Shreveport and Bossier history The brothers join us to discuss
the project’s origins, how they combine their individual styles
into a unified final piece, and what it takes to manage a shared
brand. Learn more about the Mangums’ work and the inspiration
behind Twin Ble...
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October 10, 2025
647. We talk to Brad Dison about his book, The Trap, about the death
of Bonnie and Clyde. "For far too long, Sheriff Henderson
Jordan's role in ending the crime spree of Bonnie and Clyde has
been overlooked or ignored. On the rare occasion that he is
portrayed in films or documentaries, he is depicted as an
insignificant character. Since 1934, we have accepted the notion
tha...
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October 3, 2025
646. We talk to Dr. Thomas Smith about his series of Red String novels, set in 19th
century Mississippi River and Central Louisiana. His first novel in the series is Just a Piece of Red String: Antebellum Voodoo and Vengeance.
In antebellum Natchez, Mississippi, and the bustling city of New
Orleans, cousins Sawyer Dundee and Solomon Witcher come into manhood,
each charting a dramatically different course....
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September 26, 2025
645. Part 2 of our interview with David Ballantyne about post
Civil-War Reconstruction of the Red River Valley. He has given the history on the area in his book, Fractured
Freedoms: Reconstruction in Central Louisiana. “Fractured Freedoms is a riveting history of
central Louisiana from the 1860s to the 1890s, focusing on
majority-Black Rapides Parish during Reconstruction. Using the
...
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September 22, 2025
644. Part 1 of our interview with David T. Ballantyne about his book, Fractured Freedoms: Reconstruction in Central Louisiana. "Fractured Freedoms is a riveting history of central
Louisiana from the 1860s to the 1890s, focusing on majority-Black
Rapides Parish during Reconstruction. Using the region as a case study,
Ballantyne reveals what is, in part, a rural Reconstruction success
story, emphasizing the res...
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September 13, 2025
643. Part 2 of our conversation with Roxanne Harde about the Tremé
series. Roxanne Harde on the Tremé
series. "Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, this hour-long
drama series, from executive producers David Simon and Eric
Overmyer, follows the lives of ordinary residents as they
struggle with the after-effects of the 2005 hurricane. Says
star and New Orleans ...
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September 5, 2025
642. Part 1 of our conversation with Roxanne Harde about the Tremé television series. "Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, this
hourlong drama series, from executive producers David Simon and Eric
Overmyer, follows the lives of ordinary residents as they struggle with
the aftereffects of the 2005 hurricane.
Says star and New Orleans native
Wendell Pierce, 'The only things people had to hang on to were the rich
tradit...
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August 29, 2025
Part
2 of our conversation with Josh
Neufeld about his non-fiction graphic novel, A.
D. After the Deluge. “A stunning graphic novel that
makes plain the undeniable horrors and humanity triggered by
Hurricane Katrina in the true stories of six New Orleanians who
survived the storm. A.D. follows each of the six from the hours
before Katrina struck to its horrific afterm...
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August 23, 2025
640. Bruce's son Kerr joins us for part 1 of our conversation with Josh
Neufeld about his non-fiction graphic novel, A.
D. After the Deluge. “A stunning graphic novel that
makes plain the undeniable horrors and humanity triggered by
Hurricane Katrina in the true stories of six New Orleanians who
survived the storm. A.D. follows each of the six from the hours
before Katrina st...
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