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Gulf States Newsroom

Your weekly serving of stories from Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana — cooked up by the Gulf States Newsroom. We're a team of journalists working with NPR & local public radio stations (WBHM, WWNO, WRKF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting) to cover the issues that matter to you – all across the region.

2024 GSN

Your weekly serving of stories from Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana — cooked up by the Gulf States Newsroom. We're a team of journalists working with NPR & local public radio stations (WBHM, WWNO, WRKF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting) to cover the issues that matter to you – all across the region.

2024 GSN
9hr 9min
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May 16, 202513min 59sec74.2 MB
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July 11, 202513min 59sec74.19 MB
Thumbnail for "As storms surge, Alabama leads by fortifying its roofs".
July 4, 202513min 59sec74.2 MB
Thumbnail for "Louisiana gets serious about third-grade reading tests".
June 27, 202513min 59sec74.25 MB
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June 20, 202513min 59sec74.28 MB
Thumbnail for "The Gulf South’s nurse shortage is impacting sexual assault survivors".
June 13, 202513min 59sec74.03 MB
Thumbnail for "No movie theater in Clarksdale, Mississippi? That’s a sin".
June 6, 202513min 59sec74.02 MB
Thumbnail for "Putting the wind (and inflation) back into US shipbuilding".
May 30, 202513min 59sec74.2 MB
Thumbnail for "Washington makes cuts, the South feels the pain".
May 23, 202513min 59sec74.19 MB
Thumbnail for "How Louisiana continues to change the sports world".
May 9, 202513min 59sec74.2 MB
Thumbnail for "Using nature to solve man-made problems".
May 2, 202513min 59sec148.2 MB
Thumbnail for "Hip-hop takes center stage at Jazz Fest".
April 25, 202513min 59sec74.2 MB
Thumbnail for "Statehouse roundtable: Chaos, caution, finished honeymoons".
April 18, 202513min 59sec74.2 MB
Thumbnail for "Why Gulf Coast shrimpers see tariffs as a win".
April 11, 202514min 11sec75.27 MB
Thumbnail for "HBCUs and the next generation of environmental activists".
April 4, 202513min 59sec74.19 MB
Thumbnail for "How Alabama and Louisiana schools defied the COVID decline".
March 28, 202527min 23sec144.98 MB
Thumbnail for "What billions spent on data centers means for Mississippi".
March 21, 202513min 59sec74.22 MB
Thumbnail for "Southern scientists protest federal funding cuts".
March 14, 202513min 59sec20.24 MB
Thumbnail for "Who pays when ocean oil wells run dry?".
March 7, 202513min 59sec20.24 MB
Thumbnail for "Keeping Mardi Gras safe comes at a cost".
February 28, 202513min 59sec74.2 MB
Thumbnail for "Three scary words: Out. Of. Network.".
February 21, 202513min 59sec20.25 MB
Thumbnail for "How veterans are making sense of New Orleans attack".
February 14, 202513min 59sec20.25 MB
Thumbnail for "Super (Gumbo) Bowl Special".
February 7, 202516min 14sec86.18 MB
Thumbnail for "Rich soil. Dirty problem. Expensive fix.".
January 31, 202513min 59sec20.24 MB
Thumbnail for "The mystery of the missing water bills".
January 24, 202513min 58sec148 MB
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January 17, 202513min 59sec74.24 MB
Thumbnail for "New Orleans’ residents are still recovering after New Year’s Day terror attack".
January 10, 202513min 59sec80.75 MB
Thumbnail for "The 2024 moments that will stick with us".
December 27, 202413min 59sec20.24 MB
Thumbnail for "New Orleans' buried history of jailing enslaved people".
December 20, 202413min 59sec74.25 MB
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December 13, 202413min 58sec20.37 MB
Thumbnail for "Strike while the iron is hot. Just be quick about it".
December 6, 202413min 59sec74.25 MB
Thumbnail for "Introducing ‘Bitter Jaguar’".
November 29, 202413min 59sec148.2 MB
Thumbnail for "Sanitation blues in Alabama's Black Belt".
November 22, 202413min 59sec74.22 MB
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November 15, 202413min 59sec148.32 MB
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November 8, 202413min 58sec148.15 MB
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November 1, 202413min 59sec74.21 MB
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October 25, 202413min 59sec148.29 MB
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October 18, 202413min 59sec148.21 MB
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October 7, 20241min 53sec21.86 MB

Chicago Pope? More like Creole Pope

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May 16, 202513min 59sec

Chicago has a lot to celebrate right now. After all, before he was Leo XIV of the Vatican, he was Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago. 

What’s less well known are the Pope’s Creole ties. 

In this week's episode, we hear how Catholics in Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans are reacting to the news, and we talk to the man who uncovered the Pope’s Southern connection. 

This episode is hosted and written by economic mobility reporter Stephan Bisaha. The podcast was produced by Drew Hawkins, Kat Stromquist, Orlando Flores Jr. and Ryan Vasquez. Joseph King is our social producer. Nellie Beckett is our audience engagement producer. Our theme music is by DJ Supreme. 

To get in touch with the team, email connect@gulfstatesnewsroom.org.

And support our local station partners by donating to WWNO, MPB, or WBHM.

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