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Behind The Lens: Detained despite citizenship and the debate over jury secrecy (Audio)
Jun 12, 2026
32m 50s
“Point of no return?” Part 2: Staying, adapting and defending New Orleans’ future. (Audio)
Jun 5, 2026
26m 51s
“Point of No Return?” Part 1: A Conversation About Sea Level Rise and the Future of New Orleans (AUDIO)
May 28, 2026
28m 44s
Behind the curtain: how Louisiana’s parole system and courts shape who goes free
May 8, 2026
30m 08s
Paraquat and Parkinson’s: Inside the risks in Wayne County, Mississippi
May 1, 2026
30m 12s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/12/26 | Behind The Lens: Detained despite citizenship and the debate over jury secrecy (Audio)✨ | citizenshipdetention+3 | U.S. citizen | LouisianaThe Lens | Lafayette Parish | detentioncitizenship+3 | — | 32m 50s | |
| 6/5/26 | “Point of no return?” Part 2: Staying, adapting and defending New Orleans’ future. (Audio)✨ | climate adaptationcoastal land loss+4 | Steve CochranNed Randolph+2 | — | New Orleans | New Orleansclimate change+5 | — | 26m 51s | |
| 5/28/26 | “Point of No Return?” Part 1: A Conversation About Sea Level Rise and the Future of New Orleans (AUDIO)✨ | sea level riseNew Orleans+3 | Steve CochranNed Randolph+2 | The Guardian | New Orleans | sea level riseNew Orleans+4 | — | 28m 44s | |
| 5/8/26 | Behind the curtain: how Louisiana’s parole system and courts shape who goes free✨ | parole systemcriminal justice+3 | — | Louisiana’s Parole BoardThe Lens | Louisiana | paroleLouisiana+3 | — | 30m 08s | |
| 5/1/26 | Paraquat and Parkinson’s: Inside the risks in Wayne County, Mississippi✨ | ParaquatParkinson's disease+3 | — | Paraquat | Wayne County, Mississippi | ParaquatParkinson's disease+3 | — | 30m 12s | |
| 4/27/26 | Immunity for oil & gas companies are on the horizon if HB804 becomes law in Louisiana✨ | oil and gasenvironmental policy+3 | Emily Sanders | ExxonKnews | Louisiana | HB804oil and gas immunity+3 | — | 28m 35s | |
| 4/17/26 | Consolidation or retaliation? Republican lawmakers move to eliminate the job Calvin Duncan won in a landslide election✨ | Senate Bill 256Calvin Duncan+3 | Bernard SmithKaty Reckdahl | The Lens | — | consolidationretaliation+2 | — | 28m 10s | |
| 4/10/26 | From roots to results: Karen Gadbois, The Lens’ co-founder and former executive director, reflects on 15 years of reporting.✨ | journalismcommunity-driven journalism+1 | Karen Gadbois | LensThe Lens | New Orleans | The LensNew Orleans+1 | — | 26m 40s | |
| 4/3/26 | Double the capacity, double the bill: Meta and Entergy announce a plan to build 7 new power plants for AI data centers in LA.✨ | energyinfrastructure+3 | Ned Randolph | MetaEntergy+2 | LALouisiana | MetaEntergy+1 | — | 28m 08s | |
| 3/28/26 | The day of reckoning: The Supreme Court will soon decide if oil companies have to pay for damage to the LA coast.✨ | coastal damageoil companies+2 | Emily Sanders | The Supreme CourtThe Lens+1 | LA | investigative reportingenvironmental impact+1 | — | 25m 18s | |
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| 3/13/26 | Getting Squeezed: How the wars in Ukraine and Iran are affecting the pocketbooks of LA citizens✨ | UkraineIran+3 | Delaney Nolan | liquified natural gasThe Lens+1 | UkraineIran+2 | energy pricesU.S. exports+1 | — | 28m 54s | |
| 2/27/26 | Beads Won: Politics in Mardi Gras parades✨ | Mardi Graspolitics+1 | Delaney Nolan | The LensBeads Won: Politics | — | — | — | 22m 52s | |
| 2/20/26 | Innovative or Ill-Advised?: A NOLA addiction doctor leaves after her novel approach raises questions at her hospital✨ | addiction medicinehealthcare+1 | Elyse Stevens | KFF Health NewsThe Lens+1 | NOLANew Orleans | NOLAdoctor+2 | — | 24m 04s | |
| 2/13/26 | 23 & 1: Solitary confinement in LA prisons is on the rise; also local churches provide shelter and power during outages using solar✨ | solitary confinementLA prisons+3 | Bernard SmithDelaney Dryfoos | solar power systemsThe Lens | LA | solitary confinementprisons+2 | — | 28m 40s | |
| 2/6/26 | A town on the brink of extinction: Modeste is facing an acute concentration of industry as a proposed new development threatens to engulf it✨ | Modesteindustrial park+2 | Delaney Nolan | The Lens | ModesteDelaney Nolan | extinctionindustry concentration+1 | — | 31m 05s | |
| 1/16/26 | Emboldened: LA lawmakers ask FDA to restrict abortion meds nationally✨ | abortion medicationLouisiana law+2 | Marta JewsonElise Plunk | maternal medicationLNG+2 | LALouisiana+1 | FDAabortion+2 | — | 25m 28s | |
| 1/9/26 | Instability is the word of the year for one local school | Delaney Nolan on exit bonuses for voluntary deportation promised by the Department of Homeland Security. Marta Jewson on the fate of The Leah Chase School. [...] Read More... from Instability is the word of the year for one local school The post Instability is the word of the year for one local school appeared first on The Lens. | — | ||||||
| 11/21/25 | An Oil Well in Reverse: Smitty’s hopes to inject liquid waste into a landfill in Jefferson Parish | The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality allows the operator of Smitty’s to dump pollutants from its recent explosion deep into a Jefferson Parish landfill. Plus, NOLA Public Schools improves, getting a B from the state. [...] Read More... from An Oil Well in Reverse: Smitty’s hopes to inject liquid waste into a landfill in Jefferson Parish The post An Oil Well in Reverse: Smitty’s hopes to inject liquid waste into a landfill in Jefferson Parish appeared first on The Lens. | — | ||||||
| 11/14/25 | Kicking the Can: SNAP during the shutdown and charter schools await their fate | The shutdown is over, how did the state do in protecting its most vulnerable. And charters await their fate with state evaluations. [...] Read More... from Kicking the Can: SNAP during the shutdown and charter schools await their fate The post Kicking the Can: SNAP during the shutdown and charter schools await their fate appeared first on The Lens. | — | ||||||
| 10/31/25 | “A Fundamental Reset” | Fossil fuel companies rebrand as "energy" producers. Also construction of a new LNG terminal is halted by a federal judge. [...] Read More... from “A Fundamental Reset” The post “A Fundamental Reset” appeared first on The Lens. | — | ||||||
| 10/17/25 | Boxing Up Choice: Louisiana AG sues the FDA to halt the shipment of abortion meds. And the Leah Chase School Principal Resigns. | Greg LaRose on Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's lawsuit against the FDA challenging the distribution of abortion drugs by mail. Marta Jewson on the resignation of Leah Chase School's principal, just two months into the school year. [...] Read More... from Boxing Up Choice: Louisiana AG sues the FDA to halt the shipment of abortion meds. And the Leah Chase School Principal Resigns. The post Boxing Up Choice: Louisiana AG sues the FDA to halt the shipment of abortion meds. And the Leah Chase School Principal Resigns. appeared first on The Lens. | — | ||||||
| 10/10/25 | Protected Speech or Anti-Semitism? A university syllabus draws scrutiny. | Delaney Nolan on a Tulane program manager who was fired. Bernard Smith on "outrageous" phone call rates in jails after new FCC Chairman delays mandated reductions. Marta Jewson on the 2019 Kennedy grads, who've won another court battle, but the war continues. [...] Read More... from Protected Speech or Anti-Semitism? A university syllabus draws scrutiny. The post Protected Speech or Anti-Semitism? A university syllabus draws scrutiny. appeared first on The Lens. | — | ||||||
| 10/3/25 | Energy Monsters: AI data centers prompt concern about a ‘Digital Cancer Alley.’ Also, the first U.S. climate refugees have regrets | Gus Bennett on Big Tech data centers that threaten more environmental and economic harm in Cancer Alley. Terry Jones on climate refugees 10 years after relocation. [...] Read More... from Energy Monsters: AI data centers prompt concern about a ‘Digital Cancer Alley.’ Also, the first U.S. climate refugees have regrets The post Energy Monsters: AI data centers prompt concern about a ‘Digital Cancer Alley.’ Also, the first U.S. climate refugees have regrets appeared first on The Lens. | — | ||||||
| 9/26/25 | Odorless, invisible and deadly: Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to La. residents | Delaney Nolan and Emily Sanders on an Exxon pipeline set to carry highly compressed carbon dioxide in St. James Parish. And Elise Plunk on a Tulane study that found lizards in New Orleans are living with levels of lead in their blood that should be lethal. [...] Read More... from Odorless, invisible and deadly: Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to La. residents The post Odorless, invisible and deadly: Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to La. residents appeared first on The Lens. | — | ||||||
| 9/19/25 | Ep. 283: After the Smitty’s Supply explosion, concerns for Lake Pontchartrain | Reporter Delaney Nolan on environmental pollution concerns in the wake of the explosion at Smitty's Supply. [...] Read More... from Ep. 283: After the Smitty’s Supply explosion, concerns for Lake Pontchartrain The post Ep. 283: After the Smitty’s Supply explosion, concerns for Lake Pontchartrain appeared first on The Lens. | — | ||||||
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