Behind The Lens

Latest Episodes
Behind the Lens episode 252: ‘Bleeding out’
Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl on a new Louisiana law that requires doctors to keep common maternal health care medications under lock and key. Delaney Dryfoos on a Mississippi River mayors agreement.
Behind the Lens episode 250: ‘Insurance Crisis’
Delaney Dryfoos on the continuing homeowners insurance crisis for Louisianans, and one politicians proposal to fix it. Marta Jewson reflects on covering school closures.
Behind The Lens episode 249: ‘An America of enslavement’
A conversation with independent scholar and writer Deborah G. Plant on her book Of Greed and Glory.
Behind the Lens episode 248: ‘They’ve harmed our public health’
Sara Sneath on the fossil fuel industry's relationship with Louisiana universities. Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl on Rooted School's guaranteed income study.
Behind the Lens episode 247: ‘Cumulative emissions’
Delaney Dryfoos and Katy Reckdahl on Formosa's proposed plastic complex in St. James Parish. And Greenfield's retreat from its plans for an $800 million grain terminal.
Behind the Lens episode 246: ‘unreasonable doubt’
Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl on a court of appeals' ruling in favor of three young Black men stopped by security district officers. Marta Jewson on a new sunshine law.
Behind The Lens episode 245: ‘Adults failed them’
Nick Chrastil on "extreme" conditions incarcerated people face at David Wade Correctional Center. Marta Jewson on a judge's order that will give Kennedy High School seniors who endured a graduation sc
Behind The Lens episode 244: ‘More and more extremes’
Nick Chrastil on changes that have resulted in thousands of Louisianans losing food stamps and a new state law that threatens thousands more. And Delaney Dryfoos on spring flooding in the Midwest and
Behind The Lens episode 243: ‘The solar Motherhouse’
Nick Chrastil on a judge's order to the Dept. of Corrections requiring a plan to protect Angola inmates working the Farm line in blistering heat. Delaney Dryfoos on the The Sisters of the Holy Family
Behind The Lens episode 242: ‘Extreme heat and dirty water’
La'Shance Perry, Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl on the jail exceeding its population cap and Angola prisoners still forced to work the fields in extreme summer heat.