Behind The Lens

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Behind The Lens episode 271: ‘Death warrant’

Posted April 17, 2025 • 00:31:20

Nick Chastil and Katy Reckdahl on working conditions at Angola's Farm Line, with an eye on summer heat, and execution in Louisiana, following the first...

Behind The Lens episode 270: ‘The wrong schools’

Posted April 11, 2025 • 00:21:52

Education reporter Marta Jewson on the state's request that the courts free them from a special education consent decree, the city council seeks to...

Behind the Lens episode 269: ‘They are not forgotten’

Posted March 28, 2025 • 00:27:58

This week, two St. James Parish residents who recently wrote a piece for the Lens on their families’ deep roots in the region and how local histories...

Behind the Lens episode 266 Carnival Part II: ‘The best spot on Fat Tuesday’

Posted March 27, 2025 • 00:30:51

Mizani Ball on family and friends settling in to their traditional parade watching spots on the route. Katy Reckdahl on a Black Masking Indian continuing...

Behind The Lens episode 268: 'Cruel and unusual'

Posted March 21, 2025 • 00:31:17

Special guest Ned Randolph on Entergy's proposal to build a massive AI data center in an impoverished section of north Louisiana that Meta is eyeing....