New Orleans Treme Residents Hold Swimsuit Protest; Expose Recreation Commission problems (audio/mpeg 21.6mb) Amy Stelly, Treme resident, designer and water and human rights activist joined WTUL News and Views to discuss on going issues with the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) and its habitual marginalizing of tax-paying residents.
Adult swimmers recently ran into problems with having access to the Treme Community Center pool as well as health and transportation issues....
Posted: Thu Jun 7, 2018 3:05PM
Tony Coleman Speaks Out About Threatened Eviction and West Oakland Gentrification (audio/mpeg 4.4mb) On today's Hard Knock Radio program on KPFA, Davey D interviews long-time activist and community organizer Tony Coleman of OneFam and Bikes 4 Life. Tony addresses their fight to stay in West Oakland after being threatened with eviction. He declares that they will fight to the very end and not take it lying down, the loss of the last visible spot where the community can come together and share Black culture in West Oakland....
Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 11:56PM
Police Bill and Gentrification (full May 29 episode) (audio/mpeg 20.6mb) (audio 59:58)
Ben McBride discusses developing a new Police Conduct Bill. And later Tony Coleman of OneFam / Bikes 4 Life talks about their fight to stay in We...
Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 11:56PM
Ellenie Cruz of the NOLA Herb Gathering 2018 (audio/mpeg 13.1mb) Kezia speaks with Ellenie Cruz of the NOLA Herb Gathering, coming up on April 15th. A full day of information sharing, classes, and education about local plant medicine practices and how they connect to the culture of people historically from New Orleans....
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:23AM
Suicide: The Ripple Effect, film screening & discussion (audio/x-wav 263.4mb) WTUL was joined in conversation by Robin Cilluffa, mental health advocate, and Janet Hayes, president of Healing Minds NOLA, to discuss the upcoming film screening and panel discussion of Suicide: The Ripple Effect, which tells the story of survivor Kevin Hinds....
Posted: Mon Apr 2, 2018 7:32AM
Trump Tuesdays - Louisianans Protest Senate GOP Health Bill (audio/mpeg 19.8mb) DJ Under The Bus was on hand at a rally organized by Metairie Indivisible to hear personal stories and learn why protesters are opposed to the "Better Care Reconciliation Act" - The Senate's version of the GOP House Bill - The American Health Care Act of 2017 #AHCA...
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 9:24AM
Nicole Humphrey, 'Not Racist or Bigot,' on Class and Section 8 Housing (audio/mpeg 764.0kb) "It's just not people who are of the same class as us. Which sounds bad, but I don't mean that in a bad way."
- Nicole Humphrey...
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 5:14PM
AUDIO INTERVIEW: Mother of Cyprus Speaks Out on Using Cannabis to Treat Epilepsy (audio/mpeg 4.0mb) 10:00 minutes...
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:50PM
FEMA and Louisiana Present stats on Flooding Events of 2016 (audio/mpeg 161.6mb) Representatives from FEMA and Louisiana present information on the Floods of 2016, in preparation for their release of a report on the cost effectiveness of mitigating homes from flood damage....
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 2:53PM
Stephanie Jackson: Community Organizer for Ride New Orleans on Making Riders' Needs Heard (audio/mpeg 12.3mb) Stephanie Jackson is the Community Organizer for Ride New Orleans, a non-profit organization that works to enhance the quality of life in the New Orleans region by promoting safe, convenient, and affordable transportation options....
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:43PM
Interview with Dj Jaffe - Focusing on Reforms for Untreated Serious Mentally Ill People (audio/mpeg 26.5mb) Dj Jaffe - Author of Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill - is a mental health advocate unafraid to speak the truth about the realities of untreated serious mental illness. He has been called radical by some and a gadfly by others but there is no doubt that his words resonate with many families unable to help their sick loved ones because the mental health system is completely dysfunctional....
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:24PM
Interview with Cindy Schwartz: Jail Diversion Program Direction - Miami-Dade County (audio/mpeg 18.2mb) Florida is not a medicaid expansion state but pre and post booking jail diversion programs for mentally ill people are alive and strong in Miami-Dade County. How are they doing it?...
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:05PM
Brytanee Brown on Housing and Urban Displacement: Oakland and New Orleans (audio/mpeg 9.8mb) Oakland-based activist Brytanee Brown joins WTUL News and Views in the studio to discuss housing as a women's issue, re-imagining the language and intentions of urban planning and design, and some solutions for combatting urban displacement....
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:21AM
Responsive Healthcare: Identifying and addressing needs of formerly incarcerated persons (audio/x-wav 284.8mb) Anjali Niyogi, MD, MPH and Ashley Wennerstrom, PhD, MPH shed light on the process of developing the Formerly Incarcerated Transitional Care Clinic (FIT Clinic) in New Orleans as they work towards improving healthcare systems and services for formerly incarcerated persons....
Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2017 2:17AM
Interview with Marlo and Hannah of Reproductive Justice Action Collective (ReJAC) (audio/x-wav 120.3mb) WTUL News & Views is joined in the station by organizers Marlo and Hannah from the Reproductive Justice Action Collective NOLA (ReJAC) to talk about grassroots action centered around Reproductive Justice going on in the South....
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:20AM
57 minute audio of the December 23 Street Heat radio show (audio/mpeg 106.9mb) ...
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 8:35PM
Roots of Renewal: Amy Fottrell and Lilith Winkler-Schor (audio/mpeg 12.4mb) WTUL News & Views is joined in conversation with Executive Director Amy Fottrell and Opportunities Coordinator Lilith Winkler-Schor of Roots of Renewal....
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:14AM
Roots of Renewal (extended) (audio/mpeg 16.1mb) 34 minutes, 26 seconds
WTUL News & Views is joined in conversation with Executive Director Amy Fottrell and Opportunities Coordinator Lilith Winkler-Schor o...
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 2:32PM
Landmark Mental Health Reform Legislation Passes Senate: Headed To The President's Desk (audio/mpeg 35.0mb) Janet Hays from WTUL News and Views was in Washington D.C. Monday Dec. 5th, 2016 for a press conference to highlight mental health reform provisions in the 21st Century CURES Act: A landmark Bill named by Senator Mitch McConnell to be "the most important piece of legislation that Congress will pass this year."...
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:58AM