WWOZ- Street Talk

Series produced by David Weinberg

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Unique Tales of Life and Culture in New Orleans

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31 Pieces

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There are about 61,000 abandoned buildings in New Orleans and its Mike Miller's job to search those buildings one by one, looking for squatters. We...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:02
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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...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 04:49
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This weekend New Orleans will host its first Fringe Festival at some very unusual venues

  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 06:17
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In a city where many houses are blighted and crime is high trick-or-treating is not always possible

  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 04:49
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What if the hundreds of blighted properties in New Orleans were community gardens?

  • Added: Sep 19, 2008
  • Length: 06:23
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Two Bartenders attempt to break the World Land Speed Record with a Flood Damaged Car

  • Added: Sep 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:40
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Music saved Francis's Life but now the very place that saved him may be destroyed.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
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Michelle Baker wanted to bring yoga to the ninth ward but she wasnt sure how.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2008
  • Length: 05:48
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Throughout New Orleans, Students are helping rebuild by taking on design projects.

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 05:11
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The story of how the threadheads have helped the New Orleans music community

  • Added: May 31, 2008
  • Length: 06:22
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When will Armstrong Park Open? No One, including the city seems to know.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2008
  • Length: 06:46
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We spend an afternoon at R.U.B.A.R.B a volunteer run bike shop for kids in the ninth ward

  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:11
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Chief Warren McDaniels, the first black fire chief in New Orleans passed away on Feb. 23.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 06:28
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Today we take a trip outside the city; to the mall with the Jr. Zulu, a youth mentoring program, to teach shoppers how to decorate the infamous Zu...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 05:55
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The kid camera project started with a single family in the ninth ward and some donated disposable cameras.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
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Dozens of Maryland law students come to New Orleans to volunteer and tonight they are all at the infamous bywater bar vaughns to hear stories from ...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 06:34
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An interview with Matt Garicki, who is walking and biking across the country in the name of peace.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:01
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A conversation with badass Emma and a look at the work of the NRC's report on the Army corps levees.

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
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Bill and Al decided to collect donated musical instruments and drive south to New Orleans.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:05
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We hear from WWOZ station manager David Freedman and local musician washboard Chaz about what we do for the community and the future of radio.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2007
  • Length: 05:11