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Episode 27: The Quarterback of the Current Superdome Renovations, Trey Trahan

Originally constructed in 1975, our beloved Superdome began a major, $450 Million facelift this year and Trey Trahan, founder and CEO of Trahan Architects,...

Episode 26: Audubon Institute Caring for 15,000 Animals During Budget Crisis

  On this week's podcast, we talk to Audubon Institute president and CEO Ron Forman about the organization's pandemic-related budget crisis and why zoos and...

Episode 25: Meeting The Needs Of New Orleans Families

  With a foreclosure crisis projected in Louisiana in the coming months, local homeless shelters may be struggling to meet an increased demand. On Oct. 5,...

Episode 24: How to Rebuild New Orleans Tourism

  This week, we talk to Stephen Perry, the president and CEO of New Orleans & Company – the destination marketing organization that promotes the...

Episode 23: Should You Be Testing Employees for Marijuana? Thanks to New Changes in Louisiana’s Medical Marijuana Law, the Answer Is Complicated.

    This past August, more than 200 new laws went into effect in Louisiana, including one that now permits any practicing physician to recommend medical...

Episode 22: Pandemic’s Effect on Residential and Commercial Real Estate

  In this week's episode, Lacey Merrick Conway, president and CEO of Latter & Blum, says the seller's market for homeowners will likely last through...
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Episode 21: Gretna Company Launches Dating App for Cat Lovers

  In the three years since New Orleanian Leigh D’Angelo and her sister, New Yorker Casey Isaacson, founded Dig, a dating app for dog lovers,...

Episode 20: COVID has ‘Changed the Game’ for Small Businesses on Oak Street

  This week features a conversation about how COVID-19 has "changed the game" for small business owners on Oak Street - a historic commercial corridor...

Episode 19: HGTV Comes to NOLA

  HGTV’s new show “Selling the Big Easy,” premiering Sept. 11 at 8 p.m., is getting a lot of buzz, but what is the show...

Episode 18: Has COVID-19 changed restaurants forever?

  New Orleans restaurants are facing an existential threat. The pandemic has drastically reduced the number of visitors to the city and locals are dining...

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