Podcasts about Louisiana, United States

Midway through The Wake, an episode of Floodlines, the reporters sit with Michael Brown. He insists that nothing he, his staff or FEMA's career civil servants did was based on race. They keep pressing until the narration concedes: "We were just asking him the same question in different ways." On these feeds the argument over who was meant to protect whom has never quite closed.

Some of what plays here is football, though. Saints shows range from fan livestreams to team interviews, and LSU has a statewide radio panel of its own. On October 2, 2026, Saints Block Party Podcast posted Ep 276 - "BEAT THE FALCONS" Saints vs Falcons Week 4 Preview. The team's official schedule records a 45–24 home loss to Atlanta on October 5, 2026.

Beneath the scores, the arguments are about water, protection and money. In September 2026, Gov. Jeff Landry announced that $20 million in federal money earmarked for affordable housing would instead support fortified roofs. He argued that stronger roofs would help reduce insurance costs. HousingNOLA's Andreanecia Morris disputed that other housing programs could meet the need, pointing to substantial waiting lists. The podcasts approach the same tension through levees, power plants and a flood that people are still recounting.

What Louisiana is

Louisiana is a U.S. Gulf Coast state with approximately 4.6 million residents. Farming and fisheries have historically supported its economy, alongside substantial oil and gas industries. Tourism, particularly around Greater New Orleans, is another important economic activity. Most of the shows below are about New Orleans, and there is also a New Orleans page. The United States page is the step up from here.

The flood, the levee and the bill

Floodlines is The Atlantic's reported series on New Orleans and the flood, hosted by Vann R. Newkirk II. Its strength is patience with people on both sides of the microphone. Reckoning spends time with J. David Rogers, a geological engineer called in when big projects fail, and the narration clearly enjoys him: "the guy has like a million ways to describe mud." The episode sets his team's 2006 report against archival tape of Washington arguing over whether local or federal hands were to blame. Rebirth, added in 2025, returns to Leanne, who now rents in Pontchartrain Park with her mother, Patricia, and Destiny. She has taken on the role Jeffrey played in the family, and she asks the question the series keeps circling: "who responsible for Leanne?"

The present-day version of that question involves engineering and budgets. Biz Talks comes from Biz New Orleans magazine. In one episode with Jesse Noel of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority West, the show describes a system of more than 80 miles of levees, floodgates and floodwalls. He says the perimeter levees average about 12 against a design grade of about 10 and a half. He calls what his agency inherited "a Cadillac when it was turned over us."

Behind The Lens, the weekly show from The Lens, New Orleans' nonprofit investigative newsroom, is cooler about promises. Its episode on Meta and Entergy reports that the plan would increase Louisiana's entire grid capacity by more than 30 percent. It notes observers who say ratepayers would shoulder the $3.2 billion cost of new gas generators. It also leaves room to wonder whether the AI boom is a house of cards.

Saints talk at every temperature

The Saints feeds differ less in subject than in heat. New Orleans Saints Podcast, with John DeShazier and Erin Summers, works by interview. On Super Bowl LX Radio Row, Demario Davis praises Drew Brees for "what he did in the aftermath of Katrina and in lifting up a city."

Saints Block Party Podcast is fan-made by Adam and Ryan and has been recorded as a livestream. In Ep 232 - Saints Changing Culture + USC Pro Day Recap, a host marvels that about 20 people were waiting for the stream at 10 p.m. on a Friday. The talk is unfiltered and profane, and its draft study is sharper than its structure.

Straight Up Saints, hosted by Chris Rosvoglou of The Spun, runs hottest. Early in its live postgame show after a November 2025 loss to Atlanta, the anger lands on kicker Blake Grupe. Its 2026 titles widen to LSU recruiting and the Pelicans' hiring of Jamahl Mosley. On Locked On Pelicans - Daily Podcast On The New Orleans Pelicans, Jake Madison had weighed Darvin Ham as "a pretty divisive option," citing his 90 and 74 record as a head coach.

Tiger Rag Radio Show is a statewide Tuesday-night radio panel with Jeff Palermo, Todd Horne and Glenn Guilbeau. It treats LSU athletics as a political institution as well as a set of teams. In Tiger Rag Radio: LSU Baseball Back Up Against The Warning Track | Kent Lowe On Will Wade, the talk moves from a baseball slide to HB 608 at the state capitol, a bill on whether to shield direct revenue-share payments to players. Its warmest moment comes in February, when a gymnastics coach the hosts call DeeDee recalls a foggy Christmas morning. Double doors opened onto the balance beam her father had built. Tech Drive, the official podcast of Louisiana Tech athletics with Kyle Schassburger, speaks for its institution and sounds like it. Sadie Patton, a fourth-generation graduate, calls the place "my Disney World."

Business over lunch

It's New Orleans: Out to Lunch is hosted by Tulane's Peter Ricchiuti from Columns on St. Charles Avenue. In Catching Up, the show says it has recorded almost every week since 2011. Its best stories are small. In John and John, an investor recalls wanting to rename the historic Brandy Crusta "the Santini" and being overruled by his partners.

It's Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch records at Mansur's and listens closely to constraint. In My Original Plan Was..., Norisha Kurtz Glover explains that her bonding company will let a $500,000 job lead only to one 2.5 times larger. Her small firm is growing on purpose. In Live Catfish With Boudin Balls, Darren Pizzolatto of Tony's Seafood, who has never worked anywhere else, explains that his grandfather started experimenting with seasonings after a heart attack and invented what became Louisiana fish fry.

Discover Lafayette, hosted by Jan Swift, does similar work for Lafayette's institutions. Ramesh Kolluru, president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, notes that 90% of its students come from Louisiana and calls that an anomaly.

Kitchens, pulpits and the marsh

Louisiana Eats, Poppy Tooker's show, treats food as history. Louisiana Eats: Dining During The Great Depression visits 1140 Royal Street, long known as the haunted house. There, Lance Zoll describes a Depression-era menu: three cents for coffee and bread, and no charge for anyone who could not pay. Beyond Bourbon Street, an Insider's Guide to New Orleans approaches New Orleans as a resident. In its Tenth Anniversary Show, the host explains that the premise came from feeling there is much more to New Orleans than Bourbon Street. He also offers his own view that New Orleans has been losing convention business to Orlando and Nashville.

Louisiana Great Outdoors with Don Dubuc is now an archive. Its final full show, dated February 7, 2026, sets aside fishing reports for thank-yous, and Uncle Larry sings a farewell: "I can't remember if I cried when I heard the outdoors guy retired." Louisiana Now, from the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, marked 70 years of women's ordination with three of its district superintendents, all women.

Where to start

• If you have a long drive: Floodlines, Rebirth, which returns to the people the 2020 series left mid-story.
• For a fan who likes interviews: New Orleans Saints Podcast, Demario Davis & Cam Jordan | Saints Podcast on Super Bowl LX Radio Row.
• For the all-sports fan: Tiger Rag Radio Show, LSU Baseball's 4-0 Fast Start + Can Mulkey Rebound? & More, for the balance beam story.
• Hungry and curious: Louisiana Eats, Louisiana Eats: Dining During The Great Depression.
• For the civic-minded: Biz Talks, Episode 280: Another Hurricane Season is Coming – How Protected is the West Bank? Listen for who keeps the system working.

The Louisiana feed on this page plays clips from these shows.