Making Modern New Orleans
by Justin A Nystrom
Latest episode
Ella Brennan - Part 2
Ella Brennan - Part 2
About this podcast
Every drama deserves a good backstory. For New Orleans, this narrative takes place during the "long 1970s," a time when political transformation, cultural rebirth, and urban reimagining revived a fading port city. Hosted by historian Justin Nystrom and journalist Jack Davis, each episode of the Making Modern New Orleans podcast explores how the city we know came into being through first-hand accounts of the people who made them happen.
Episodes
- Ella Brennan - Part 2 · 36 min · Episode 6In the second part of our episode with Ella Brennan, we explore the opening of Mr. B's Bistro in 1979 and what it said about the changing dining tastes of New Orleans as the '70s…
- Ella Brennan - Part 1 · 43 min · Episode 5Justin and Jack discuss their 2014 interview with Ella Brennan, matriarch of the storied restaurant family. In part one, Ella describes coming to Commander's Palace after the…
- Charles Ferguson · 1 h 0 min · Episode 4Jack and Justin discuss their interview with Charlie Ferguson - who was once Jack's boss back in the 1970s and early 1980s when they were both at the States-Item and after when…
- Bonus Track - Charles Ferguson · 11 min · Episode 4In this bonus track, Jack and Justin consider Charles Ferguson's observations about the decision to pursue convention business in New Orleans and the important legacy that it has…
- Ben C. Toledano · 55 min · Episode 3This week Jack and Justin talk about their 2013 interview with self-exiled New Orleanian and iconoclast, Ben C. Toledano. Whether you agree or disagree with his point of view, it…
- Robert Tucker · 58 min · Episode 2In this episode, Jack and Justin discuss their interview with New Orleans political insider and businessman Robert Tucker. As a young army veteran and civil rights activist…
- Lolis Edward Elie · 38 min · Episode 1Jack and JustinCreators & Guests • Jack Davis - Host • Justin Nystrom - Producer interviewed noted civil rights attorney and political observer Lolis Edward Elie at his home…
- Trailer - Introducing Season 1 of Making Modern New Orleans · 4 min · Episode 1Justin Nystrom introduces Season 1 of the new podcast Making Modern New Orleans, a production of the Digital Humanities Studio, Department of History, Loyola University New…
