Hey everyone, I've got a quick note here before we get started.

One of the biggest challenges with producing podcasts about history is the names, mostly

the names of people.

This episode is a prime example.

There's a woman in this episode who has an old-fashioned name that I've never seen or heard

before in my life.

I scoured the internet to see how other people pronounce it and I found three different

versions.

It's either Leonide, Leonide or Leonide.

I have no idea which one is correct, so I chose Leonide.

If I end up being wrong, I'm sorry about that, but I couldn't go back and re-record

the entire episode, so I'll just have to live with it.

Thanks to the deal and with that said, on With The Show.

The year was 1927.

Fall had arrived, but the summer heat still battered New Orleans.

The French Quarter bustled with activity, both legal and that which bends the rules.

At night, free-wheeling flappers danced to live music.

Five-star restaurants dotted one side of town, and the famous brothels of the Red Light

District dotted the other.

Celebrated American author William Faulkner lived in the French Quarter for a brief time

in the mid-1920s, but by the fall of 1927, he had moved back to his home state of Mississippi.

One of New Orleans' favorite sons, Louis Armstrong, made a name for himself in the jazz

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