Richard Campanella's guest appearances

Richard Campanella

The Reading Life

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Louisiana Insider

Tom Cooper

Robin Roberts

Clint Smith

Erik Larson

Walter Isaacson

Laura Lippman

Lee Ledbetter

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Clint Bruce

Ryan Murphy

Sunni Patterson

Eddie Glaude Jr

Lauren Groff

Imani Perry

Jami Attenberg

OwlTail

We learn history for several perspectives including political, social and military, but to really understand a place and the influences that shaped it, we need to hear from a geographer as well. Richard Campanella, a Tulane University research professor, combines the thoroughness of an academic with the communications skill of a popular journalist. Campanella joins Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde, along with podcast producer Kelly Massicot to talk about the geography that made the New Orleans region. His books have dealt with the area’s cityscape; the Westbank and even Bourbon Street. His latest publication, “Draining New Orleans,” details the brilliant engineering that made it possible for a city to exist where much of it is below sea level.  We will also hear about the invention that made dairy farms possible.

We learn history for several perspectives including political, social and military, but to really understand a place and the influences that shaped it, we need to hear from a geographer as well. Richard Campanella, a Tulane University research professor, combines the thoroughness of an academic with the communications skill of a popular journalist. Campanella joins Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde, along with podcast producer Kelly Massicot to talk about the geography that made the New Orleans region. His books have dealt with the area’s cityscape; the Westbank and even Bourbon Street. His latest publication, “Draining New Orleans,” details the brilliant engineering that made it possible for a city to exist where much of it is below sea level. We will also hear about the invention that made dairy farms possible.

Episode 138: Discoveries in Our Geography – Views from Richard Campanella

The Reading Life: Richard Campanella

The Reading Life: Richard Campanella, Elisa Marie Speranza

This week on The Reading Life: Our geographer-in-chief Richard Campanella talks about his new book, “The West Bank of Greater New Orleans: A Historical Geography.” Westwego! Algiers! Marrero! here we come! Friday at 12:30 and Sunday at noon on WWNO

The Reading Life with Richard Campanella