After The Hurricanes: Damage Check
Nov 30th, 2008 · Sunday, Nov. 30, is officially the last day of the 2008 hurricane season. It was a busy year in the U.S. with hurricanes striking Texas and Louisiana. But it was much worse in Cuba.
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Cell Phone Stops Bullet, Saves Man's Life
Nov 21st, 2008 · R.J. Richard says he normally puts his cell phone in his pants pocket. But he didn't do that when he mowed his five-acre lawn. The Louisiana man put the phone in a chest pocket. So the phone was in the perfect place to stop a bullet heading his way. Richard thinks the stray bullet came from a hunter in the nearby woods. He's convinced that he put the phone in that different, life-saving place, because of a call from God.
Brooke Waggoner On Mountain Stage
Nov 5th, 2008 · Louisiana native Brooke Waggoner studied composition and orchestration at LSU before moving to Nashville to advance her career as a performing songwriter. Her quirky sense of song structure and her experimental nature bring to mind the wide range of influences that Mountain Stage host Larry Groce mentions in his introduction: from Chopin to Simon & Garfunkel to Rogers & Hammerstein.
Buddy Guy: Blues Legend Only 'Skin Deep'
Oct 31st, 2008 · Buddy Guy lets loose on his six-string on the new record, Skin Deep, a collection of all original material with slash-and-burn solos aplenty. In a session from WXPN, Guy reminisces about his musical roots in Louisiana and rise to fame in Chicago's west side.
Why Did Angola's Key Witness Go To The 'Dog Pen'? ***
Oct 29th, 2008 · The conviction of two Louisiana inmates for a correctional officer's death rests largely on the testimony of a single witness. For years people have been saying he never got any favors from the prison. But questions are being raised lately as to how he ended up in the best inmate housing, caring for bloodhounds rather than working in the fields.
Favors, Inconsistencies Taint Angola Murder Case **
Oct 28th, 2008 · Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox spent 36 years in solitary confinement in a Louisiana prison for the murder of a corrections officer. Decades later, questions are surfacing about how the wife of the lead investigator ended up as the forewoman on the jury and why the key witness was promised a pardon.
The Subdudes On Mountain Stage *
Sep 25th, 2008 · Making its fifth appearance on Mountain Stage is the New Orleans band The Subdudes, playing music from 2007's Street Symphony. Founded in 1987, the band draws from Louisiana's melting pot to create a rootsy, harmony-soaked sound.
Traveling The Rural Road With Calvin Beale
Sep 20th, 2008 · Calvin Beale had an encyclopedic memory about rural counties and could rattle off demographic details about every one of them. The federal demographer died Sept. 1. Jim Wildman recounts a trip through Louisiana and Arkansas the two shared in 2003.
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