Katrina: The Debris

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"Katrina: The Debris" is a podcast about what was left behind by the New Orleans floods of 2005. Each week New Orleans Public Radio picks up a story, an issue, a thread - debris. Mondays through August 31, we use archived sound, new interviews and guest stars like Wendell Pierce and David Byrne to explore disaster and renewal.

It's the 10th hurricane season since Hurricane Katrina made landfall and the levees broke. And 89.9 WWNO — New Orleans Public Radio is launching a new weekly podcast and radio feature. "Katrina: The Debris" is stories about what was left behind by the storm and the floods that followed.

Combining archival material with new interviews and long-format feature stories, Katrina: The Debris aims to pick up some of the narrative threads of the storm, and follow them into the present and future.

“We'll look at how the flood changed neighborhoods, culture and everyday life,” says WWNO News Director Eve Troeh. “How does the knowledge of disaster change how we live now? What lessons does New Orleans have to teach other communities?”

Each week producers loosely explore a theme: groceries, maps, music, weather, charity, faith, cooking, family. Using archived sound, new interviews, original reporting, dramatic readings, and occasional special guest stars like Wendell Pierce and David Byrne, WWNO picks up pieces of this lingering Katrina debris. Hide full description

It's the 10th hurricane season since Hurricane Katrina made landfall and the levees broke. And 89.9 WWNO — New Orleans Public Radio is launching a new weekly podcast and radio feature. "Katrina: The Debris" is stories about what was left behind by the storm and the floods that followed.

Combining archival material with new interviews and long-format feature stories, Katrina: The Debris aims to pick up some of the narrative threads of the storm, and follow them into the present and future.

“We'll look at how the flood changed neighborhoods, culture and everyday life,” says WWNO News Director Eve Troeh. “How does the knowledge of disaster change how we live now? What lessons does New Orleans have to teach other communities?”

Each week producers loosely explore a theme: groceries, maps,... Show full description


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