Mardi Gras Preview! Special Reissue

About this episode

This episode previews Mardi Gras 2026 with a reissue of a previous episode discussing the cultural significance of King Cake.

With Mardi Gras 2026 right around the corner, sink your teeth into a special slice – erm, reissue – of our Mardi Gras-themed episode, “Culture’s Consequences: King Cake At Mardi Gras”, from February 2024. Enjoy this purple, green, and gold delight! Introducing…Dean’s new “Culture’s Consequences” Substack column , in which he reveals the hidden cultural reasons behind the daily headlines! In this episode, Dean and Tom bite into Dean’s February 2024 “Culture’s Consequences” article about Dong Phuong Bakery’s luscious King Cake, available only during New Orleans’ Mardi Gras season, and how it represents a melding of New Orleans, Creole, French, and Vietnamese cultures. Plus, they float into talk of krewes and parades during Mardi Gras, involving some of the cutest dogs you’ve ever seen. We hope you find this episode to be the same as Dean’s description in the article of the Dong Phuong King Cake: “layer upon layer upon layer upon layer of just-right.” Don’t be afraid to drool if so, dear listeners, and laissez les bons temps rouler (i.e., let the good times roll)! ***Dean’s book, “Business Beyond Borders: Stories, Tales, and Lessons Learned from…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dean Foster, Tom Peterson, Torin Peterson

Topics covered

• Mardi Gras
• King Cake
• New Orleans
• Creole culture
• Vietnamese culture

Keywords

• Culture's Consequences
• Dong Phuong Bakery
• krewes
• parades

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Business Beyond Borders: Stories, Tales, and Lessons Learned from Working in 100 Cultures Around the World

Books & works: Culture’s Consequences: King Cake At Mardi Gras, Culture’s Consequences, Business Beyond Borders: Stories, Tales, and Lessons Learned from Working in 100 Cultures Around the World, CultureQuizzes

Places: New Orleans’

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