Behind The Lens

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Behind The Lens episode 281 part II: ‘Completely inadequate’

Posted August 26, 2025 • 00:31:01

Longtime environmental reporter Mark Schleifstein on the federal flood after the U.S. Army Corps’ levees failed and flooded 80 percent of the city...

Behind The Lens episode 281 part I: ‘Completely inadequate’

Posted August 22, 2025 • 00:27:48

Longtime Times-Picayune environmental reporter Mark Schleifstein on the federal flood after the U.S. Army Corps' levees failed and flooded 80 percent...

Behind The Lens episode 281: ‘Crumbling’

Posted August 15, 2025 • 00:31:39

Reporter Marta Jewson, educator Deborah Richardson and advocate Ashana Bigard on John McDonogh High School's demise after a Los Angeles-based charter...

Behind The Lens episode 280: ‘The licensing of Essence’

Posted August 8, 2025 • 00:32:58

Bernard Smith on conditions at Angola as heat alerts persist across the country. Gus Bennett on Essence Fest's rapid expansion — and questions about...

Behind the Lens episode 279: ‘Incompetent or lying’

Posted August 1, 2025 • 00:30:41

Delaney Dryfoos on what the Alabo Street Wharf development may mean for neighbors. Matthew Wollenweber on NOPD's use of surveillance, including 5,000...