572. Comic Gloria McConnell

572. We welcome comedian and oroducer Gloria McConnell to the podcast. Gloria has
been in business since 2019 performing standup comedy and producing Mid
City Live! comedy variety show across southeast Louisiana. She has
opened for national touring comedians, Sean Patton, Caitlin Peluffo, and
Susan Saiger." (Black Dress Productions).

Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 220 years. Order your copy today! 

This week in Louisiana history. May 4 1970 T.H. Williams
wins Pulitzer Prize for his biography, Huey Long.


This week in New Orleans history. Edward William Alton
Ochsner, surgeon, academic was born in Kimball, S. D., on May
4, 1896. He got his medical education as a surgical resident,
Augustana Hospital, Chicago, Ill., 1921-1922; exchange
surgical resident, University of Zurich, 1922-1923; exchange
surgical resident, University of Frankfurt, 1923-1924.
Professor of Surgery, Tulane University, 1927-1961. One of the
first to identify cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer
and heart disease. One of founders and director of surgery
(1942-1966) of Ochsner Clinic and Ochsner Foundation Hospital;
president, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, 1944-1970.
Retired from surgery after more than 20,000 operations.
Published six books, twenty-four sections of books, and more
than five hundred articles. Taught more than 3,000 students,
including Texas heart surgeon Michael DeBakey. States-Item
Man of the Century in Medicine, 1977. Died, New Orleans,
September 24, 1981.

This week in Louisiana.

Greek Fest New Orleans.

May 24, 2024 - May 26, 2024

Hours

5-11 pm Friday

11 am -11 pm Saturday

11 am - 8 pm Sunday

Location:

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral


1200 Robert E. Lee Blvd.

New Orleans, LA 70122

[Map/Directions]

Admission Price:


$10 (children under 12 free)

More Info:

Event Website 

Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to the drums in Congo Square on Easter Sunday, 2024.

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