Big Easy: Recent Episodes
Evan Williamson
New Orleans is America's true melting pot. A city with giant history and distinct culture all it's own, most people only have a cursory knowledge of New Orleans. Every other week on Tuesday, we will get another glimpse into The Big Easy - the people, places, and events that inspired so many artists.
Visible in every skyline shot of New Orleans, the Superdome has cemented itself in New Orleans history as a place of joy and pain.
Louis Armstrong was a trumpeter, bandleader, singer, soloist, film star and comedian and one of the most influential people to come from New Orleans.
Built by the Baroness Pontalba through sheer force of will (and money), these national landmarks have seen almost the whole of New Orleans history.
We cover Jean Lafitte, the Pirate King of New Orleans! Also, there's some audio issues, so it kinda cuts off, but we will return. We end just as Jean Lafitte gets to Barataria and sets up his empire!
One of the nation's only red light districts existed in New Orleans early in the 20th century.
Looking for a house in The City That Care Forgot? Check out the Gardette-Laprete House, but beware, there's some dark legends that come along with it.
An old bar with some old ghosts, the Old Absinthe House is still a great place to get a drink.
Sources"Whiskey on the Mississippi." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Some people call them 'medians' but in battle hardened New Orleans they're called 'neutral ground.'
SourcesNew Orleans 101: Why do we call it a 'neutral ground' instead of a 'median'? http://www.nola.com/living/index.ssf/2016/05/new_orleans_neutral_ground_238972871.html
NOLA Speak: The New Orleans Neutral Ground
http://gonola.com/2013/03/05/nola-speak-the-new-orleans-neutral-ground.html
"Whiskey on the Mississippi" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
A quiz of New Orleans proportions* about expressions in the Crescent City!
*Means we were drinking and it was raining.
Source"Say What?" Experience New Orleans! Retrieved on 2017 March from http://www.experienceneworleans.com/glossary.html
"Whiskey on the Mississippi" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The centerpiece of the French Quarter, the square is as old as the city itself.
SourcesPlace d'Armes (Jackson Square) Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve https://www.nps.gov/places/places-darmes.htm
Experience New Orleans
http://www.experienceneworleans.com/jackson-square.html
Live Cam http://www.nola.com/jacksonsquarecam/
American Planning Association
https://www.planning.org/greatplaces/spaces/2012/jacksonsquare.htm
New Orleans Historical http://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/623?tour=56&index=1
7 arrested during monument protests at Jackson Square http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/09/jackson_square_protest.html
"Whiskey on the Mississippi" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The life and times of Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.
"Ambiment" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
A short look at some of the continuing ghost stories of the French Quarter's most famous haunt.
"Ambiment" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
We continue our discussion of the Lalaurie Mansion by questioning the story of the brutal happenings and the end of the life of Delphine Lalaurie.
Part one of the Lalaurie Mansion, a French Quarter ghost story staple, detailing the grizzly story of torture of slaves as well as the life of Delphine Lalaurie.
The Steamboat Natchez has been a fixture in the Mississippi River and New Orleans wharf since the early 1820s.
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Twice New Orleans can claim Great Fires, in 1788 and 1794, and both created the city we know today.
Dozens of women shipped from France to the New Orleans colony with only small chests to hold their things. Were they virtuous, goodly women or something darker and more sinister?
A great place to begin looking at the people, places, and things of New Orleans is Pirates Alley. Here you can get a drink next to a cathedral, tour a museum and old courthouse, and buy a book from William Faulkner's old home while on the lookout for pirate ghosts!