Listening Post

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Our stories never stop! Check out our latest coverage about the New Orleans' 300 year birthday.

We decided to combine our November and December months due to all of the holiday time and bring our listeners a great show. To end off 2017 the right way, we took a look at how the community's relationship with N.O.P.D. affects them. Take a listen as we start with the account of a young woman who may be facing up to a year in prison because of her interaction with a cop.

After sitting in on numerous Mayoral Forums and community meetings, the LP team created an episode catered what the people of New Orleans had to say to the next mayor. Check us out!

Dr. Jennifer Hughes and Alisha Bowker talk about some of the services available through the trauma psychology department of the University Medical Center in New Orleans.

This month the Listening Post joined forces with The Trace, a news organization that focuses on gun violence, survivors of it and the trouble they have accessing resources after. This is a special episode because the LP team had the chance to sit with Derrick "Sonny" Strong, a survivor of nine gunshot wounds to his body. Join us as we converse about the recovery process for Americans across the United States.

Roy Brumfeld, gunshot survivor, New Orleans, La.

Tamara Jackson is the Executive Director of Silence as Violence, a victims of shootings support organization in New Orleans

Reginald Watson, Shooting Survivor, New Orleans, LA

Derrick "Sonny" Strong visited our Listening Tree recording device at the New Orleans Healing Center to talk about his long recovery after being shot 9 times last November.

Hey New Orleans! As the Crescent City gears up to go back to school the Listening Post team decided to chat with students about how they get to school everyday. While education is a huge topic of choice for families in NOLA, we wanted to examine a vital element (transportation). Join us as we chat with family and friends and get to know how one's route to school affects them and their family.

The Listening Post is always here to bring you something new. For July, we decided to explore a health crisis that has swept across the nation and found a home in our city. As the concern for healthcare coverage grows, our worry about people who will be affected follows. Join us as we dive into the opioid health crisis and take a look at its many perspectives.

This month, the Listening Post tuned into a more critical aspect of the way of life in New Orleans. While safety is deemed to be a priority by New Orleanians, we used this episode to analyze how our law enforcement and community could work together.

LP Prez 1 by Jesse Hardman

The recent closing of the Ooh Poo Pah Doo bar on Orleans avenue got the LP team talking about how communities could develop without displacing black residents and black businesses. The results were interesting and community members let their voice be heard.

This month, we revisited the topic of development projects in New Orleans by specifically looking at the industrial canal project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Community members express their concerns while Army Corps representatives expressed their plan. Check out our latest!

For the Listening Post, March was all about understanding the relationship our city (New Orleans) has with our state. The results were unclear this time, but we were able to come to the consensus that people are tired of talking about politics.

This month the Listening Post

This month the Listening Post asked New Orleans about how they're doing. We asked questions about people's health and how we as a city could help. - LP

New Orleans parents talk about the ups and downs of having a family. Healthy Start New Orleans/City Department of Health