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Behind The Lens episode 142: ‘Due to storm activity in your area’

Posted September 10, 202100:40:15

The power situation in New Orleans and beyond. Stories of evacuees. How jails, and people inside, have done after the storm. And when schools are coming...

Behind The Lens episode 141: ‘I’m looking forward to some ice cream’

Posted September 3, 202100:30:20

Lens co-founder Karen Gadbois talks about her Ida week.

Behind The Lens episode 140: ‘Ready to host’

Posted August 20, 202100:36:06

New Orleans & Co. pulls its national tourism ad campaign. A car chase initiated by a state trooper leads to a crash in Lakeview. And a dramatic...

Behind The Lens episode 139: ‘We don’t have much good news today’

Posted August 13, 202100:27:59

A spike of COVID cases in prisons. City schools report 116 cases, hundreds of quarantines. And a potential ban on some political contributions for City...

Behind The Lens episode 138: ‘It’s something we don’t have a specific copy of’

Posted August 6, 202100:38:08

Live outdoor music in question as city delays action on zoning, noise. A rise in COVID cases in prisons leads to reopening of quarantine facility. And...