Neutral Ground: Reporting from New Orleans
Summary: Neutral Ground is an occasional podcast produced by New Orleans Advocate editors and reporters meant to introduce and update readers on one of the most unique cities in the world.
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Podcasts:
Within a week, NOPD chief Michael Harrison announced he was off to Baltimore, and the department already has a new chief, Shaun Ferguson. What happened? District A City Councilman Joe Giarrusso reflects on the Sewerage & Water Board's plans to…
City Hall reporter Jessica Williams discusses the removal, for now, of 20 traffic cameras from city streets -- a centerpiece of Mayor LaToya Cantrell's campaign. Ian McNulty, The Advocate's food critic, offers a peek into former Saints offensive lineman Zach…
Crime analyst Jeff Asher helps unpack a year that saw the fewest murders in New Orleans in nearly a half-century, and a sizable drop in non-fatal shootings to boot. What's driving the trend? Reporter Faimon Roberts helps paint a picture…
Reporter Andrea Gallo describes her work, in partnership with ProPublica, tracking the ways that former legislators make a living after their service in the Capitol ends. In his "Neutral Ground" swan song, business reporter Ricky Thompson -- who is headed…
Alex Woodward, of Gambit, stops by to talk about the effects of a public campaign against strip clubs on Bourbon Street and a new law that requires strippers to be at least 21. John Simerman discusses the historic reduction in…
The 2019 race for governor is starting to come into focus, with the entrance of another challenger this week. Political columnist Stephanie Grace helps sort it out. Reporter Faimon Roberts explains one of the more surprising results of Saturday's elections…
Advocate political columnist Stephanie Grace weighs in on U.S. Sen John Kennedy's surprising (to some) decision not to run for governor. Reporter Faimon A. Roberts III explains the import of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on whether an undeveloped…
Investigative reporter John Simerman discusses his recent four-part series, "Broken Trust," which examines the fraught relationship between the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office and New Iberia's West End neighborhood.
Jessica Williams explains the cavalcade of errors that led city officials to order yet another boil-water advisory over the weekend. Jerry DiColo explains the lawsuits filed against Tipitina's owner Roland Von Kurnatowski, and talks about the potential for a sale…
DC correspondent Bryn Stole talks about majority whip Steve Scalise's future now that the GOP has lost control of the House of Representatives; business writer Ricky Thompson previews a raft of lawsuits over medical claims filed by BP oil spill…
Tyler Bridges explains why trial lawyers and the oil and gas industry see local election in lightly populated Plaquemines Parish as consequential. John Simerman sheds light on what the Archdiocese of New Orleans exposed -- and didn't -- in releasing…
Columnist Stephanie Grace on whether violent acts should be seen through a political lens; veteran religion reporter Bruce Nolan stops by to put the Catholic church's latest abuse crisis in focus; and Keith Spera tells us what was hot (shrimp…
Advocate business writer Richard Thompson outlines the significance of the recent guilty plea tendered by Slidell contractor (and First NBC customer) Jeffrey Dunlap. He's followed by political columnist Stephanie Grace, who explains what is and what isn't in play in…
Ramon Antonio Vargas discusses new revelations in the Catholic church's sex-abuse crisis; Jerry DiColo examines the Archdiocese of New Orleans' finances as it prepares to name credibly accused priests; and Walt Handelsman talks about the dying art of editorial cartooning…
John Simerman explains a measure on the Nov. 6 ballot; Della Hasselle discusses the threat from a chemical newly classified as cancer-causing; and Ian McNulty talks about the closing of a venerable Marigny bakery. Hosted by Gordon Russell.
