Behind The Lens

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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...

Behind The Lens episode 278: ‘Failed to file’

Posted July 25, 2025 • 00:32:51

Matt McBride on a controversial candidate for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. Marta Jewson on how state standardized test scores should...

Behind The Lens episode 277: ‘Hotter, hotter and hotter’

Posted July 11, 2025 • 00:23:53

Bernard Smith on New Orleans' notorious House of Detention and protections for Angola's Farm Line workers in summer heat. Marta Jewson on a student's...