Talking Mardi Gras with Peggy Scott Laborde - Episode #107
Beyond Bourbon Street, an Insider's Guide to New Orleans
Mark Bologna
4.9 • 916 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Today's show was recorded live at the King Cake Hub in New Orleans.
My guest is Peggy Scott Laborde, the Senior Producer at WYES and host of Steppin' Out, the only weekly television show about New Orleans culture and arts. We talk about Mardi Grsas past and present, and answer some audience questions.
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Shout Outs
- King Cake Hub
- WYES
- Cabrini High School
- University of New Orleans
- Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide
- Atlas Bead Company
- ARC
- Avenue Pub
- Royal Artists
- Where Y'art
- Dixie Beer
Books About Mardi Gras
The Mistick Krewe: Chronicles of Comus and His Kin
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, an Illustrated Guide
New Orleans Masquerade
Mardi Gras Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival
New Orleans Mardi Gras Moments
Thank You
Thanks to Peggy Scott Laborde for being my guest on today's show. Be sure to check out WYES.org and donate if you can.
Thanks also to Will Samuels and the King Cake Hub.
Thanks to Joel Sharpton from Pro Podcasting Services for being the intro voice of the podcast. Thanks also to Scott McCrossen for the artwork, logo, and branding that makes Beyond Bourbon Street stand out.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listed to Beyond Bourbon Street, an insider's guide to New Orleans. |
| 0:03.0 | Beyond Bourbon Street is the podcast where we explore the food, |
| 0:16.3 | music, culture, places, and people that make New Orleans unique. Whether you are planning a trip, |
| 0:22.1 | living in New Orleans, or simply wanting a taste of the Crescent City from wherever you are, you've come to the right place. |
| 0:30.0 | And now, your host, Mark Bologna. |
| 0:35.0 | Hi, this is Mark and welcome to episode 107. |
| 0:40.0 | We're recording this one in front of a live audience at the King Kay Cobmer Canal Street. |
| 0:45.8 | Everybody's doing well. The last show was all about the Bywater neighborhood, |
| 0:49.8 | just down river from the French Quarter. If you missed it, go back and give it a listen. |
| 0:53.8 | I think you'll enjoy it and you'll find lots of ideas |
| 0:55.8 | for exploring the city and that part of the city on your own. |
| 0:59.0 | I certainly did. |
| 1:00.6 | Today's show is part of a Lunch and Learn series put on by Will Samuels and the team at King Cake Hub at 4800 Canal Street. |
| 1:08.0 | And my guest today is Peggy Scott Le Board. |
| 1:10.0 | She's the senior producer at WYES, the local PBS station. |
| 1:14.0 | She's the host of the Weekly Arts and Entertainment TV show called Stepping Out, which is 32, 34 years old. |
| 1:22.0 | She's also been involved in numerous documentaries and books about New Orleans |
| 1:26.1 | both past and present. And Peggy and her husband Errol hosts the television coverage of the |
| 1:31.1 | Rex Ball and the meeting of the courts of Rex and Comis, which will certainly talk about. |
| 1:35.3 | Welcome to the show, Peggy Scott LaVord. Well, thank you. I know. Tis the season here, and we are in the heart of Mid City, |
| 1:41.1 | which is exciting, another historic neighborhood but yeah I mean how |
| 1:46.0 | can we resist to talk about king cakes and carnival and especially traditions I really |
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