Katrina, Duke, and Reporting on Louisiana’s History
Writers Clint Smith and Vann R. Newkirk II discuss the parallels between David Duke’s rise and Hurricane Katrina.
Episode Notes
In this bonus episode, Slow Burn host Josh Levin and producer Christopher Johnson discuss the 1991 Louisiana governor’s race and interview Edwin Edwards. Then we’ll hear an interview with writer and New Orleans native Clint Smith and the Atlantic’s Vann R. Newkirk II, the host of Floodlines, about the parallels they see between David Duke’s rise and what happened with Hurricane Katrina.
Titles mentioned in this episode: John Maginnis’ Cross to Bear, Clint Smith’s Counting Descent, the Atlantic’s podcast Floodlines
Production by Chau Tu.