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Crosstown Conversations

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Crosstown Conversations is a weekly radio show about news, arts, culture, and the environment in New Orleans, hosted by Jeanne Nathan, Wednesdays at 6:00PM on WBOK 1230. Follow us on Twitter @CrosstownConvos, and on Facebook, at CrosstownJeanneNathan; and listen online each week at http://ow.ly/ZUKcA.
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Episodes

Cultural Community Commitment - 6.5.20

Cultural Community Commitment Miranda Restovic, President and Executive Director of Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities​, Managing Director of Jessie Haynes of the Helis Foundation, and Deputy Director Chris Harter of the Amistad Research Center talk art, community and the Louisiana Culture Care Fund.

Jun 10, 202053 min

Cities/Parks/People - 5.15.20

Cities/Parks/People Opening the Botanical Gardens City Park with Director Paul Soniat, Landscape Architect Diane Jones + Jana Mestecky and Michael Newcomer from Crescent City Stage's new Macbeth.

Jun 05, 202049 min

Big Problems Need Big Solutions - 5.8.20

Big Problems Need Big Solutions Lessons from historian Patrick Maney from FDR's New Deal, and Attorney Wendy Manard from on navigating Louisiana unemployment during COVID-19.

Jun 05, 202054 min

Flight or Fight - 5.1.2020

Flight or Fight StayLocal's Dana Eness & Maryann Miller on protecting local business + Gene Meneray from The Ella Project breaks down COVID relief funds.

Jun 04, 202057 min

Seeking Art in a Pandemic - 4.3.2020

Seeking Art in a Pandemic New Ashé CEO Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes and ACNO Creative Director Lindsay Glatz + art show manager Katy Odell take the market online, artist MaPo Kinnord on Artists in View

Apr 10, 202028 min

Pandemic Prep and Carrying On - 3.13.20

Prepping for a pandemic with John Barry, art in unexpected places with CUVNOLA, Bon Moment's Michelle Mashon from the events side of these wide-ranging cancellations and postponements.

Mar 19, 202057 min

Love and Pollution - 2.14.20

Love and Pollution NOLA.com Environmental Reporters Sara Sneath and Mark Schleifstein + Anne Rolfes, Director of Louisiana Bucket Brigade, on fighting Big Oil; plus, switching things up for Valentine's Day.

Feb 19, 202059 min

New for 2020 - 1.14.20

New for 2020 Incoming Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans President George Scheer, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Executive Director Bren Haase on new coastal plans, Photographer Cheryl Gerber's new book on New Orleans Women, Cherchez la Femme.

Jan 20, 202057 min

The Heart of the Arts - 12.3.19

The Heart of the Arts for Giving Tuesday. Artist MaPo, No Dream Deferred NOLA's local premiere, Beryl Johns of Stella Jones Gallery talks giving art for the holidays

Dec 09, 201959 min

Your Most Powerful Tool - 11.5.19

Your most powerful tool: your vote. Dr. Silas Lee, Environmental Journalist Joan Meiners, and Political Strategist Karen Carvin Shachat

Nov 09, 201959 min

NOFF turns 30 - 10 8 19

Film Fest 30th Anniversary; Who Do VoDou New Orleans style. Jennifer Samani invites us to the New Orleans Film Festival, plus Sallie Ann Glassman and the Vodou on Day of the Dead.

Oct 09, 201955 min
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