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The Light Switch

Louisiana Illuminator

The Light Switch podcast from the Louisiana Illuminator brings you an earful weekly on Louisiana politics.

2025

The Light Switch podcast from the Louisiana Illuminator brings you an earful weekly on Louisiana politics.

2025
23hr 40min
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May 1, 202622min 53sec32.96 MB
Thumbnail for "Vexing voter turnout".
June 5, 202631min 36sec45.54 MB
Thumbnail for "Your regular risk reminder".
May 29, 202624min 33sec35.38 MB
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May 22, 202626min 51sec38.69 MB
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May 15, 202624min 51sec35.81 MB
Thumbnail for "'To correct racism is racist'".
May 8, 202621min 57sec31.62 MB
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April 24, 202622min 2sec31.74 MB
Thumbnail for "The AI Debate".
April 17, 202623min 56sec34.49 MB
Thumbnail for "Cheap, maybe not affordable".
April 10, 202623min 27sec33.79 MB
Thumbnail for "Plan C".
April 3, 202624min 3sec34.66 MB
Thumbnail for "Plumbing fixtures".
March 27, 202622min 43sec32.74 MB
Thumbnail for "Child welfare woes".
March 20, 202621min 47sec31.39 MB
Thumbnail for "Enter the sausage factory".
March 13, 202622min 20sec32.17 MB
Thumbnail for "The closed primary debate".
March 6, 202628min 39sec41.27 MB
Thumbnail for "Food stamp changes".
February 27, 202620min 26sec29.44 MB
Thumbnail for "LSU seeks elite status".
February 20, 202618min 19sec26.4 MB
Thumbnail for "Seafood strictness".
February 13, 202615min 17sec22.04 MB
Thumbnail for "Revisiting a Russian couple seeking asylum".
February 6, 202622min 30sec32.41 MB
Thumbnail for "2nd Amendment Scrutiny".
January 30, 202642min60.49 MB
Thumbnail for "Research resources".
January 23, 202623min 5sec33.27 MB
Thumbnail for "Roll out the barrels".
January 16, 202622min 41sec32.69 MB
Thumbnail for "Self-managed abortions".
January 9, 202621min 6sec30.39 MB
Thumbnail for "Revisiting Kratom in Louisiana".
December 26, 202529min 28sec42.46 MB
Thumbnail for "Bear in mind".
December 19, 202521min 42sec31.27 MB
Thumbnail for "Violence in Louisiana".
December 12, 202523min 31sec33.88 MB
Thumbnail for "Immigration front lines".
December 5, 202523min 35sec33.98 MB
Thumbnail for "Wetlands and what they hold".
November 28, 202523min 39sec34.07 MB
Thumbnail for "The Carbon Conundrum".
November 21, 202523min 47sec34.26 MB
Thumbnail for "Political Privacy".
November 14, 202522min 50sec32.91 MB
Thumbnail for "LSU Turnover".
November 7, 202522min 23sec32.24 MB
Thumbnail for "Revisiting Angola Prison Rodeo".
October 31, 202521min30.27 MB
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October 24, 202513min 32sec19.51 MB
Thumbnail for "Ethical concerns".
October 17, 202519min 55sec28.71 MB
Thumbnail for "Deep Concerns".
October 10, 202522min 58sec33.08 MB
Thumbnail for "Troubled Waters".
October 3, 202519min 37sec28.27 MB
Thumbnail for "Tests and Tribulations".
September 26, 202525min 20sec36.49 MB
Thumbnail for "A New Way of Life".
September 19, 202519min 16sec27.77 MB
Thumbnail for "Toxic Relationships".
September 12, 202521min30.25 MB
Thumbnail for "Schools and glam golf".
September 6, 202524min 55sec35.9 MB
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August 29, 202521min 34sec31.07 MB
Thumbnail for "Black educators, Katrina + 20".
August 22, 202525min 45sec37.09 MB
Thumbnail for "Healing nature".
August 15, 202526min 25sec38.05 MB
Thumbnail for "Inside Louisiana ICE centers".
August 8, 202526min 10sec37.7 MB
Thumbnail for "Campus trends, FEMA fears".
August 1, 202524min34.57 MB
Thumbnail for "Slavery on trial".
July 25, 202522min 26sec32.33 MB
Thumbnail for "D.C acts, Louisiana reacts".
July 18, 202524min 45sec35.65 MB
Thumbnail for "Anguish over asylum".
July 11, 202521min 50sec31.46 MB
Thumbnail for "Introducing: Gulf States Gumbo "The Gulf South’s nurse shortage is impacting sexual assault survivors"".
July 4, 202516min23.05 MB
Thumbnail for "Gulf of concerns".
June 27, 202519min 50sec28.57 MB
Thumbnail for "Sporting Chances".
June 20, 202525min36.01 MB
Thumbnail for "Red Alert".
June 13, 202531min 25sec45.25 MB
Thumbnail for "Tough pills to swallow".
June 6, 202528min 10sec40.57 MB
Thumbnail for "Foster care in focus".
May 30, 202526min 44sec38.52 MB
Thumbnail for "A smatter of ethics".
May 23, 202526min 8sec37.65 MB
Thumbnail for "Kratom Collision Course".
May 16, 202528min 25sec40.94 MB
Thumbnail for "Wading through the science and politics of wetlands".
May 8, 202520min 33sec29.62 MB
Thumbnail for "The good and the bad of the Angola Prison Rodeo".
May 2, 202521min 30sec30.97 MB
Thumbnail for "Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple on efforts to lower insurance rates".
April 25, 202529min 19sec42.23 MB
Thumbnail for "Louisiana public universities face challenging fiscal times".
April 18, 202525min 5sec36.13 MB
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April 11, 202523min33.13 MB

LSU President Wade Rousse, Part 2

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May 1, 202622min 53sec

We’re back with the rest of our interview with LSU President Wade Rousse. This week, he goes into more detail about pulling the University of New Orleans into the LSU System. Rousse also explains his role in recent big coaching hires and what he thinks Congress should do to rein in unchecked spending on college athletes and limit the transfer portal.

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LSU President Wade Rousse, Part 2
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