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New Orleans May Day reportback anon 2013-05-05 3:46 PM
On the night of May 1 a crew of approximately 20 hooligans visited HRI Properties CEO Pres Kabacoff and his phony voodoo priestess wife Sallie Ann Glassman at their home in the Bywater neighborhood to deliver them their long overdue welcome to downtown. Our house-warming gift—a dumpster’s worth of the filthiest trash we could find—was silently carted in using several shopping carts taken from the Wal-Mart that sits where the St. Thomas Projects used to be. (text/plain)

Deep Dialogues #1 crosstalk: "Where ya from, originally?" WTUL News & Views / Bridge the Gulf 2013-05-03 6:36 PM
“Cross Talk” section of our Deep Dialogues series, the topic of: Where are you from, Originally? LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK! Post comments here. Post comments on our Facebook. Call 504-865-5885 and leave us a message! (audio/mpeg)

Deep Dialogues #1: "Where ya from, originally?" WTUL News & Views / Bridge the Gulf 2013-04-26 11:22 AM
WTUL News and Views and Bridge the Gulf are proud to announce our first quarterly DEEP DIALOGUE Series! After receiving a grant from the Public Insight Network we've created a dynamic discussion series where we will attempt to get underneath the headlines and have frank, open discussions about the conflicts that pervade our city. Our first event is called: WHERE ARE YOU FROM, ORIGINALLY? Stimulating discussion about race, place and what it means to be "from" New Orleans. (audio/mpeg)

SciTEK Q and A wtulnews 2013-04-11 10:52 AM
Q and A from Sci TEK (audio/mpeg)

SciTEK presentation wtulnews 2013-04-11 10:14 AM
Sci TEK is the name given to the method adapted by UNO CHART to incorporate local and embodied knowledge of coastal residents with lived experience into a format that can be included in the state master plan (audio/mpeg)

New Orleans and Baton Rouge screenings of HARD TIME, about Robert King and the Angola 3 Angola 3 News 2013-04-11 1:19 AM

Upcoming Screenings of HARD TIME, about Robert King and the Angola 3, shown in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, April 17-19. Dr. Ronald Harpelle’s latest documentary film will premiere in Louisiana at: --Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge on April 17th (E130 Howe Russell Hall at 7pm) (image/jpeg)

PsychGumbo on Hallucingens on Tulane campus wtul news 2013-03-29 10:42 AM
This week's episode is about hallucinogenic drugs on Tulane's campus. Recently a very large amount of drugs, estimated in worth of tens of thousands of dollars, were confiscated from the Kappa Sigma Fraternity house. [16:48 min] (audio/mpeg)

N&V Intrvw; JaquelineBishop News & Views 2013-03-27 11:26 AM
Jacqueline Bishop is one of New Orleans' most respected — and collected — artists, with work in important private and public collections around the country; like the New Orleans Museum of Art. You may have seen some of her work around town, like the installation "Field Guide", at the Milne Boys Home. Her genre focuses on environmental awareness, and she works in many different mediums. She has also taught Tulane and Loyola University. (audio/mpeg)

David Waggoner and the Dutch Dialogues WTUL News and Views 2013-03-25 10:34 AM
Check out WTUL news interview with David Waggoner, who has been a pioneer in developing water management strategies in New Orleans that emphasize the need to keep water within our city limits rather than using so much energy to pump it out. (audio/mpeg)

End 41 years of cruel and inhuman solitary confinement for Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 Robert H. King 2013-03-24 12:51 AM

Below is a new statement, just released by Robert H. King urging people to support Amnesty International's newly-launched campaign supporting Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3. This month, Woodfox's conviction was overturned by US District Court Judge James Brady. In response Amnesty International has launched an online action campaign urging Louisiana Attorney General James Caldwell not to appeal this ruling to the Fifth Circuit Court. (image/jpeg)

Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary Confinement” Solitary Watch 2013-03-22 1:30 AM

James “Buddy” Caldwell, attorney general of the state of Louisiana, has released a statement saying unequivocally that Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, the two still-imprisoned members of the Angola 3, “have never been held in solitary confinement while in the Louisiana penal system.” In fact, Wallace, now 71, and Woodfox, 66, have been in solitary for nearly 41 years. (image/jpeg)

Hazel Newman testifies at Town hall WTUL News and Views 2013-03-11 10:16 AM
Hazel Newman, the mother of Sydney Newman a teen attacked by LA State Troopers during Mardi Gras. Approx 8min (audio/mpeg)

Paul Davidson, Executive Director of the Black Bear Conservation Coalition; wtulnews and TELS 2013-03-08 4:03 PM
Paul Davidson, Executive Director of the Black Bear Conservation Coalition tells the story of his struggle to keep the LA Black Bear from going extinct, and the limitations of the ability of the Endangered Species Act to keep the Bear from going extinct. (audio/mpeg)

Yvon Chouinard: Corporate Responsibility, Patagonia Style wtulnews and TELS 2013-03-08 12:57 PM
Yvon Chouinard speaks to the long trials of the Patagonia company to do right and not destroy the earth while running a large and successful clothing business. (audio/mpeg)

Web exclusive a conversation with Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs Gahiji Barrow and Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs 2013-03-04 10:45 AM
A conversation between Gahiji Barrow and Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs about her life and work. (audio/mpeg)

Audre Lorde Inaugural Address Dr. Alexis pauline Gubs 2013-03-04 10:32 AM
Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs invokes the spirit and analysis od Audre Lorde in an alphabet oracle address inaugurating the first Audre Lorde week held at Tulane University. Through audience question posing and Audre Lorde prompts Dr. Gimbs brings Lorde into the room to answer the audience. This file has been edited for length and amplified to hear the audience better. (audio/mpeg)

psychostimulants dr holly peek and psycho gumbo 2013-03-01 10:44 AM
adderal:: dangerous? tips on what it can do to you, and the good and bad kinds of behavior casual pill popping is associated with. (audio/mpeg)

Interview with Tulane Environmental Law Summit Organizers WTUL News and Views 2013-02-18 10:47 AM
Kezia interviews organizers of Tulane Environmental Law Summit which is coming up this weekend, Feb. 22-23 at the Tulane Law school, featuring discussions of local environmental issues as well as broad challenges that have come along with climate change. (audio/mpeg)

Endesha Juakali on Mardi Gras Now and Then WTUL News and Views 2013-02-11 10:38 AM
In this interview Gahiji Barrow speaks with long time community organizer M. Endesha Juakali about his experience of segregated Mardi Gras in the 60's and his view on Mardi Gras today. (audio/mpeg)

VEGGI Farmer's Coop WTUL News and Views 2013-02-11 10:12 AM
Kezia Kamenetz interviews members of the VEGGI farmer's coop in New Orleans east about how they got started, what their goals are, and how the coop model works in their community. (audio/mpeg)

wtul new and views 2012 year in review part ! wtul news and Views; 2013-02-08 11:13 AM

Chief Shirell Parfait Dardar of DulacGrandCalliou band of the BiloxiChitimachaChoctaw wtul news 2013-02-02 10:35 PM
Chief Shirell Parfait Dardar of DulacGrandCalliou band of the BiloxiChitimachaChoctaw speaks to reporter scott eustis concerning the Idle No More Gulf Coast movement, the similarity of struggle between native people in Canada and the Bayou, and the struggles being heard by the state of Louisiana during its Master Planning process (audio/mpeg)

Daniel Nguyen of MQVNcdc.org: citizen science during the BP disaster wtul news 2013-02-02 9:24 PM
Daniel Nguyen of MQVNcdc has recommendations for best practices in Citizen Science, from his and MQVN's experiences during the BP disaster. (audio/mpeg)

Interview with The NOLA Fruit Tree project Leanne & Frazer 2013-01-09 10:49 AM
Emily with The NOLA Fruit Tree Project came to talk about the successes and growth of the Project over the past 3 years and future plans with community lots. (audio/mpeg)

John Clark and Seth Tobocman WTUL News and Views 2013-01-07 10:35 AM
Kezia Kamenetz interviews John Clark and Seth Tobocman about the most recent anarchist conference in New Orleans and Seth's upcoming presentation of his new comic book, Disaster and Resistance. (audio/mpeg)

Daniel Schwartz of the Micah Project Zoe Sullivan 2012-12-23 10:37 PM
Excerpts from an interview with Daniel Schwartz, Executive Director of the faith-based organizing group, the Micah Project. (audio/mpeg)

Michelle Alexander WTUL News and Views 2012-12-17 10:27 AM
Michelle Alexander author of the New Jim Crow gives a talk at Dillard University (audio/mpeg)

Gahiji Barrow Interviews Marika Maypop For Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Gahiji Barrow, WTUL News & Views 2012-12-17 10:19 AM
In honor of International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers Marika Maypop talks about sex workers rights and plight. 21 minutes (audio/mpeg)

Caged in the USA: Torture in America’s many prisons Aviva Stahl, reprinted by Angola 3 News 2012-12-12 11:18 PM

Below is an article, reprinted in full, reporting on an event in London, England that was organized by the Cage Prisoners organization. One of the featured speakers was Robert H. King of the Angola 3, who was released in 2001 after 29 years in solitary confinement. King's comrades Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace remain behind bars and have now been in solitary for over 40 years. (image/jpeg)

Pre-Trial Services Faces Budget Battle Zoe Sullivan 2012-12-03 3:35 PM
New Orleans established a pilot, pre-trial services program in late April. The aim of the program is to assess arrestees for the risk they pose if released before trial. Objections and budget crunching threaten it, however. (audio/mpeg)

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