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Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005.
New Orleans Calling: "After The Flood" - How Community Radio Station WWOZ Was Saved In 2005
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: WWOZ's abandoned studio in Armstrong Park, New Orleans
Ten years ago, there was a storm, and then there was a flood, and they changed New Orleans forever. Many stories from that time have been told, but...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Red Beans, Red Wine & Rebuilds: a Katrina Anniversary Special
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: New Orleans soul food restaurant Willie Mae's Scotch House in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, how does the city’s food reveal how the place has changed? The stories of a wine bar, and...

Bought by KUT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMUN, KOSU and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 18
Mississippi Gulf Coast: Defending the Gulf
From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season Two
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After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area, Mississippi Gulf Coast residents were forced to come together to deal with the aftermath. Then, just as t...

Bought by KACU, KMUD, WRKF, WNCU, KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2011
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 27
New Orleans, LA: The Big Easy
From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season One
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The city of New Orleans is as proud of its traditions as it is steeped in them. But since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the city and its re...

Bought by KACU, WRKF, KVNF, KUNC & The Colorado Sound, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 36
Nat Turner: Planting Seeds for a Lifetime
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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For Nat Turner, garden rakes and shovels are tools for transformation. He's transformed an old store in New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward into an urba...

Bought by KOSU, KCMJ Community Radio, KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Sharon Hanshaw: Leading Out of the Ruins
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Before Katrina, Sharon Hanshaw owned a beauty salon and lived in a house on a tree-lined street. All that all changed when the hurricane hit Biloxi...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio, Vermont Public, KOSU and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: Still Singing the Blues
Caption: Louisiana blues diva Carol Fran performs at her 76th birthday party., Credit: Photo by Barry Yeoman
Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana features musicians in New Orleans and South Louisiana who continue to perform the blues—of...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUW, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KZMU Moab Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 11, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 25
Rebuilding Education in New Orleans
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on Smart City, we'll find out how Post-Katrina New Orleans is retaining the talent that rushed in to rebuild that city with Educate Now's...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KWIT, WFSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 8
Katrina: The Debris // Resilience
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
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Well, we’ve made it. Almost. It’s been a long, hot summer this is our last episode as we come up on the tenth anniversary of Katrina. The city is a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KMUN


  • Added: Aug 23, 2015
  • Length: 24:45
  • Purchases: 2
Katrina: The Debris // Newcomers
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
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Lots of people who visit New Orleans today are surprised to find the city in such good shape. The rebuilding effort has been long, arduous, and lar...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 25:34
  • Purchases: 2
Katrina: The Debris // Missing
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
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According to numbers from the US Census and the IRS, 236,970 people left Louisiana between the summer of 2005 and the summer of 2006, mostly becaus...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 23:00
  • Purchases: 1
Katrina: The Debris // Education
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
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Of all the changes New Orleans has seen in the ten years since Katrina, the restructuring of the city's public school system is perhaps the most dr...

Bought by KWMR and WCPN


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 23:20
  • Purchases: 2
Katrina: The Debris // Nueva Orleans
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
Caption: Honduras native Brenda Murphy hosts a daily morning show for the Latino community on Radio Tropical Caliente
According to a study by the Data Center, the Hispanic population of the New Orleans metro area has nearly doubled since the year 2000. Many people ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WCPN


  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 19:36
  • Purchases: 2
Katrina: The Debris // Houston
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
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Nearly a quarter of a million people evacuated to Houston from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, and in 2006 there were still...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WXDU


  • Added: Jul 06, 2015
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 2
Katrina: The Debris // On The Road
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
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This week on Katrina: The Debris, getting around New Orleans, during and after the storm.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 1
Generations
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
Caption: Katrina evacuee Stasia Davis with her kids and grandkids outside their home in Houston., Credit: Kate Richardson
New Orleans is a family city. Grandparents and grandkids, cousins, aunts and uncles often live in the same house, share the same traditions. When K...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 26:53
  • Purchases: 1
Ingredients
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
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The root of the word “restaurant” is in fact the French verb "restaurer," to restore. And New Orleans restaurateurs, the proprietors, were seen as ...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 19:09
  • Purchases: 1
Green Dot
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
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The first map for rebuilding New Orleans after the floods included half a dozen ominous totems: Green Dots. To New Orleans native Wendell Pierce, s...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Jun 07, 2015
  • Length: 17:47
  • Purchases: 1
Incredible by Modern Standards
From: WWNO
Series: Katrina: The Debris
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New Orleans is a weather town. As hurricane season begins, hear the most emotional federal weather bulletin ever written. Plus, more on how the Nat...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 17:53
  • Purchases: 1
Changing Communities, Imminent Threats: Katrina's Legacy
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Southern Gulf Coast. Ten years later, it’s estimated there are nearly 100,000 fewer Africa...

Bought by KWMR, WXDU, WRGY, KPVL, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Plan- NOLA
From: Hearing Voices
Series: The Plan
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A Radio Mardi Gras

Bought by KGOU, KGOU, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Aug 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Dogs (and a turtle) of Katrina
From: karen oberdorfer
Caption: And Cats of Katrina, too.
A first time pet rescuer's tale: blended with music and interviews with volunteers and returning residents to New Orleans just after the hurricane.

Bought by WLPR , KGNU Community Radio, WUAL, KVSC, KSJD and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 7
Cajun Crawfish Boil
From: Claes Andreasson
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Celebrating Cajun cooking in Los Angeles. People who were evacuated from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, gather for a taste of real Cajun craw...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2009
  • Length: 29:15
The Lower 9th Ward Lives On
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Robert Green, Lower 9th ward resident, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
We visit the Lower 9th Ward Living Museum, to learn how some are trying to preserve the lessons and legacies of the past. And we talk to a residen...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2015
  • Length: 13:31
  • Purchases: 1
After The Storm
From: Claes Andreasson
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A documentary follows the production of the musical "One on this Island" performed by New Orleans teenagers.

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Aug 14, 2009
  • Length: 19:32
  • Purchases: 1
NOLA's Petals
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
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This story is about a New Orleans native who leaves the city after Hurricane Katrina, only to find his way back...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 2
Katrina Oral History Montage (clean)
From: Sarah Yahm
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This is an oral history montage from Katrina evacuees about their experiences in New Orleans and the way they were treated by the police and other ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KGNU Community Radio, WMNF and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2009
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 6
The Green Family
From: Sáša Woodruff
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lifelong residents of New Orleans, the Green family shows the resilience and strength of those who lived through Hurricane Katrina.

Bought by WMNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 08:08
  • Purchases: 3
Salt Dreams
From: David Weinberg
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New Orleans bartenders attempt to break land speed record with Katrina flooded car

Bought by Remix Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 2
Home Is Where the Flood Was
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
With failing health, Debra Dickinson saved eight dogs from the floods of Katrina.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 2
Martial Law
From: David Weinberg
Series: Random Tape
Caption: The Original Random Tape Zine
A story of what happened to Clyde Casey when Martial Law was imposed on New Orleans after hurricane Katrina.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 2
Hurricane Katrina - Drowning Inside a Locked Cell
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: Terry was eventually evacuated onto this highway ramp
Terry's cell at Orleans Parish Prison became a drowning cage as the flood waters from Hurricane Katrina rose almost to the ceiling. As his drowned...

Bought by WDSE, PRX Remix, and WMNF


  • Added: Aug 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3
Autos Katrina
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: "Autos Katrina" are taken into Bolivia from Chile, Credit: Ruxandra guidi
Over the last 6 months, cars damaged by Hurricane Katrina and discarded by the U.S., have been ending up in Bolivia.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
Things I Love New Orleans
From: Eve Abrams
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is an homage to magnificent New Orleans.

Bought by WMNF, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Sep 22, 2005
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
New Orleans Band Director, Willbert Rawlins Jr.
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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One night High School band director Willbert Rawlins Jr. was walking through the French Quarter with his wife when he came across a group of his st...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
Invite to the Pestilent
From: David Weinberg
Series: The Colton Tapes
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Thaddeus Conti live with Josh Wexler and Sunny Metha.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Length: 07:16

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