Floodlines

Floodlines

Some call it Hurricane Katrina. Some call it the Federal Flood. Others call it the day the levees broke. On August 29, 2005, the city of New Orleans was submerged. That story of hubris, incompetence, and nature's wrath is now etched into the national consciousness. But the people who lived through the flood and its aftermath have a different story to tell. A story of rumors, betrayal, and one of the most misunderstood events in American history. Hosted by Vann R. Newkirk II.

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March 3, 2020 5 mins
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Part I: It all started long before a hurricane named Katrina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 11, 2020 24 mins
Part II: In New Orleans, the disaster wasn’t the hurricane. The disaster was what happened after. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 11, 2020 29 mins
Part III: A universe of rumor and misinformation plays out on television. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 11, 2020 25 mins
Part IV: Rumor becomes tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 11, 2020 31 mins
Part V: A hero arrives. But not the one everyone expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 11, 2020 36 mins
Part VI: How could the levees have failed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 11, 2020 30 mins
Part VII: People try to come home. But does home want them anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 11, 2020 55 mins
Part VIII: Water, like history, repeats itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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February 28, 2023 5 mins
Holy Week: The story of a revolution undone. The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, is often recounted as a conclusion to a powerful era of civil rights in America, but how did this hero’s murder come to be the stitching used to tie together a narrative of victory? The week that followed his killing was one of the most fiery, disruptive, and revolutionary, and is nearly forgotten. Over the course of eight...
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