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The worst U.S. mass murder of homosexuals in the 20th century was by a gruesome fire in a New Orleans French Quarter nightclub. Yet, the Upstairs L...
- Added: Jun 27, 2023
- Length: 19:45
We can fall deeply, madly in love with late-night radio. This doesn't happen with any of the visual mediums. Never with a screen. Thing is, radi...
- Added: Nov 13, 2017
- Length: 02:50:05
A broader range of music to explore the idea that music can be the abstract unspoken common bond in societies when the spoken bonds are fractured b...
- Added: Nov 05, 2017
- Length: 05:24:29
"Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of..." Radio has been a tonic for almost half-a-century. I have radio obligations to fu...
- Added: Jun 22, 2017
- Length: 02:52:34
Chess Records' first release was a disastrous Tibbs Brother song expressing displeasure with the then recently deceased racist Mississippi Governor...
- Added: May 01, 2017
- Length: 01:08:20
Musings on the ultimate late night friend - radio. Plus an audio exposure of the Mousetrap Enthusiasts, my brother and I. As the night wore on, ...
- Added: Nov 15, 2016
- Length: 05:39:20
This week we take you to New Orleans, for stories told by legal scholars about what life's like as a legal scholar.
- Added: Jun 17, 2016
- Length: 01:00:41
“As a 32-year-old younger Catholic nun, I’ve been to countless funerals of our aging sisters. However, nothing could have prepared me for the death...
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 09:31
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014, leaving their work behind as their legacy, but often also leaving an irrep...
- Added: Dec 10, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This story was the winner on October 17th, 2013 at Fortier Park. The theme was "Thrown." Lindsey Bottinger tells of the sweaty morning in Spain tha...
- Added: Oct 13, 2014
- Length: 06:12
This was the winning story on the night of June 4th, 2013. The theme of the evening was "Famous Last Words." It took place at the Alvar Library in ...
- Added: Oct 13, 2014
- Length: 05:30
This story was told live on September 17th at 915 N. Dupre. The theme of the evening was "Worth the Wait?" Eve Abrams tells of her attempts to inco...
- Added: Oct 13, 2014
- Length: 06:12
Joshua Sirotiak seeks out the history of Second Line Jazz culture in New Orleans. Along the way, he finds a few answers to questions about his own ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 10:04
- Purchases: 2
This piece by Eric Millman is about moving to New Orleans from California hoping to join a baseball community, and drowning in the unavoidable Sain...
- Added: Apr 17, 2014
- Length: 05:31
Adam Karlin talks about the Boat Parade during Lundi Gras in New Orleans, and how he likes it more than the more traditional parts of Carnival.
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 04:39
Sadly, the historic Hubig's Pie factory in New Orleans burned down, and its neighbor Laura McKnight slept through it...almost.
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 04:43
Storyville is a new collaboration between of the University of New Orleans and WWNO. These are true stories about New Orleans written by the studen...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
Phyllis Dunham tells of her first experiences coming to New Orleans with her father...and his friends...
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 05:41
Dan Lawton talks of his first assignment as a crime reporter in the 7th Ward of New Orleans.
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 04:27
This story is about a high school teacher in New Orleans who looks back on his shenanigans as a student, and how teaching helps him grow.
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 05:00
This story was told live on April 17, 2013 at the Old Firehouse on Mandeville Street, and later produced by Natalie Yahr. The theme was "Jackpot", ...
- Added: Nov 02, 2013
- Length: 06:11
This story is about a New Orleans native who leaves the city after Hurricane Katrina, only to find his way back...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Oct 10, 2013
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 2
This is the premier story for Storyville, about Storyville. University of New Orleans' Robin Baudier looks back on this historic district, and what...
- Added: Sep 25, 2013
- Length: 04:52
Collectors music - R&B from the 1950s to 70s.
R&B is a catch-all phrase that represents the then integration of "race records" and "popular" mus...
- Added: Apr 07, 2013
- Length: 02:49:40
When activist/educator Erin Wilson loses track of a borrowed computer, she's worried she'll be ridiculed by her fellow organizers for her chronic a...
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 06:00
