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In this week's Writer's Forum, Michael sits down with author, Kaira Jewel Lingo talk about her new book, "We Were Made for these Times," along with her friendship with the late Thich Nhat Hanh.

Writer's Forum: Kaira Jewel Lingo

In this week's episode, Michael sits down with author, Nichola Fillmore, to talk about his new book, "The Gospel of Satan."


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Originally aired April 4th, 2023.

Writer's Forum: Nicholas Fillmore

In this segment of Behind The Mic, hear volunteer Pamela Franco discuss her thoughts on Trinidadian Carnival, New York and what it's like to be an obituary writer in the pre-Google era. 

Behind The Mic #11: Dr. Pamela Franco

In this week's show, Carl sits down with The Ella Project to discuss their mission.

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Originally aired on October 16th, 2023.

Public Affairs: The Ella Project

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Originally aired on March 12th, 2024.

Writer's Forum: Erin Hoover

Public Affairs: Mike Tusa, Host of WRBH's Writer's Forum

Dinner Party: Jedd Haas, President and Founder of Atelier Vie

Writer's Forum: Katie Flynn

Writer's Forum: Joan Leegant

Writer's Forum: Johanna Garton

Public Affairs: Dr. Jack Saux

Public Affairs: Doug Walner

In this week's episode, Mike is on the line with author, Dean Monti, to talk about his new book, "The Monosexual."
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Originally aired on July 2nd, 2024.

Writer's Forum: Dean Monti

In this week's episode, Michael is on the line with Adam Nimoy, to talk about his memoir, "The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy."

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Originally aired on July 16th, 2024.

Writer's Forum: Adam Nimoy

In this week's episode, Carl sits down with Asia Ognibene (Together New Orleans) and Rev. Gregory Manning (Broadmoor Community Center) to talk about their work with Community Lighthouses.

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Originally aired on July 8th, 2024.

Public Affairs: Community Lighthouses

In this week's episode, Amy sits down with Briggs Barrios to discuss Super Witch Ice Cream.

Dinner Party: Briggs Barrios, Super Witch Ice Cream

In this week's episode, Michael is on the line with author, S.B. Caves, to discuss his latest novel, "Honeycomb."

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Originally aired on July 23rd, 2024.

Writer's Forum: SB Caves

In this week's episode, Carl sits down with Chef Chris Dupont from Étoile restaurant, our neighbor from across the street!

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Originally aired on July 22nd, 2024.

Public Affairs: Christopher Dupont, Étoile

Public Affairs: Amanda Shaw

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Originally aired on August 5th, 2024.

Public Affairs: Joe Burns, Red Dress Run

In this week's episode, Amy sits down with food writer, Kim Ranjbar to discuss all things food in New Orleans. Originally aired July 30th, 2024.

Dinner Party: Kim Ranjbar

In this week's episode, Amy sits down with Brittney Hawkins of Nola Cookie Co.  Originally aired on August 7th, 2024.

Dinner Party: Brittney Hawkins, NolaCookieCo

In this week's episode, Amy sits down with return guest Alfred Singleton of Cafe Sbisa!  Originally aired on August 14th, 2024.

Dinner Party: Cafe Sbisa

Writer's Forum: Marc Guggenheim

Public Affairs: Larry Barabino Jr. | NORD

In this week's episode, Carl is on the line with sports journalist, Hart Pisani to discuss his debut podcast, 'When the Lights Go Out."  You can download "When the Lights Go Out" on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Public Affairs: Hart Pisani

Writer's Forum: Lisa Kusel

Writer's Forum: Jody Hobbs Hesler

Writer's Forum: Sally Chaffin Brooks

Writer's Forum: Sally Brooks

Wrier's Forum: Kim Brock

Writer's Forum: Gary Gautier

Writer's Forum: Harry Hunsicker

Writer's Forum: David Ellis

Writer's Forum: Libby Cudmore

NOLA By Mouth: Hole' Mole' Tacos

Writer Ann Glaviano shares original work from her story "Come On, Silver," which will be featured in the BEST SHORT STORIES OF @)!* edited by Roxanne Gay. Originally aired on September 1st 2018

Figure of Speech: Writer Ann Glaviano

David sits down again with essayist and soon to be novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin to talk film, gentrification on Freret St, and how his novel WE CAST A SHADOW came to be. Originally aired on October 25th 2018.

The Writer's Forum: Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Author and Dogfish co-founder Jessica Kinnison joins us in the studio to share some original work. Originally aired on November 10th 2018.

Figure of Speech: Jessica Kinnison

Lyn talks with Rusty Lavergne of Flying Wings of Louisiana. Originally aired on January 20th 2019.

Public Affairs: Rusty Lavergne of Flying Wings of Louisiana

Today we'll be presenting a radio performance of local playwright Del McNeely's new work An Atheist, A Priest and a Jungian Analyst Walk into a Bar. To help set the scene here's a bit of an introduction from the director:

The play is intended to explore the art of conversation among thoughtful people with different views, an art that seems rarely practiced today. This is not to say that I don't have strong preferences and moral values, but to recognize that the whole person as well as the whole community is made up of many facets that deserve to be considered and aired with respect. Jung's concept of knowing our "shadow" encourages us to increase awareness of possibilities, ultimately giving us greater integrity within a wider degree of consciousness. In this play the characters hear, argue, contradict, and accept each other, and they find ways to enjoy being together around music and light-hearted acts of kindness. 

Originally aired on November 10th 2019.

Figure of Speech:  "An Atheist, A Priest and a Jungian Analyst Walk into a Bar" (FULL PLAY)

Carmin sits down to share some of her work with us.

Carmin is a Guyanese-born poet, playwright, and MFA student at the University of New Orleans. Often incorporating Caribbean dialect, her writing binds the essence of oral and literary traditions. As a youth, she first competed in poetry slams and readings at Lincoln Center, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Scholastic Auditorium, and later, for companies like the Shakespeare Theater Company. Her playwriting stage-debut occurred in 2018, where she was featured in the Women's Voices Theater Festival. Her poem, “Broken English,” was recently published by Antenna Press. Wong is the current Associate Poetry Editor of Bayou Magazine.

Originally aired on November 23rd, 2019.

Figure of Speech: Carmin Wong

Local writer, and WRBH volunteer, Michael Tusa sits down to share an excerpt from his latest book, Chasing Charles Bukowski.

Michael T. Tusa Jr was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and, as was traditional, is named after his grandfather, who was born in Sicily. Through a fluke (someone was not paying attention!) his father was also named Michael, or as spelled in Italian, Michele. As a baby his father or mother would drop him off each morning at the Catholic convent next door to their home for the nuns to take care of him. He grew up as a lover of all types of music and of books and, for reasons he still ponders today, in open adolescent rebellion against the world around him. An earring, which seemed a necessary statement, soon followed along with a refusal to cut his hair. But as Albert Camus wrote the rebel is simply one who seeks a different order than the one being imposed on him. That different order was found, for him, (and remains so) in the ideas and affirmation from the authors he read and from the boundary breaking music of the 60's and early 70's in rock and jazz. Along the way he abandoned his Catholic upbringing, studied theology and a bit of Buddhism on his own, tended bar, drove a milk truck, installed carpet, became a lawyer, taught at two universities, and tried to move further East in his thinking. After the end of a 19 year marriage he finally got that tattoo, and seeking to express a hoped for sentiment to live by for the stretch run of his life, it quotes Matthew in the King James Bible: "But I say unto you that ye resist not evil...." In other words stop fighting and lay down the sword. He has published numerous professional articles (alas he had to earn a living), a few poems. His first novel, Advancing on Chaos received an Honorable mention in the 2017 Great Southeast Book Festival and was one of the semi-finalists in the 2017 Faulkner- William Wisdom Creative Writing Contest. His first book of poetry is entitled A Modern Theory of Socialism. A Second Chance at Dancing, his second novel, is semi-autobiographical.  His most recent novel, Chasing Charles Bukowski, was short listed as a novella for the 2018 Faulkner/William Wisdom Creative Writing Contest. All novels are available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books a Million and Kindle. 

Originally aired on Saturday, December 21st. 2019.

Figure of Speech: Michael Tusa Jr.

Anthony grew up in New Orleans, but later moved -- to the west bank.  He writes short, quirky, and surreal stories and screenplays.  He was also born May 4th, 1977 (Star Wars Day).


Originally aired on Saturday, December 28th, 2019.

Figure of Speech: Anthony Charles III

This week, we welcome back author/journalist Robert W. Fieseler to talk about fresh starts, new chapters, and renewal for the upcoming decade.



Originally aired on Saturday, January 4th, 2020.

Figure of Speech: Robert W. Fieseler

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