I'm Jonathan K. Parton, this is K-POP.

The last time Mitch Landry was on the podcast was in July, when he talked about race and

the front moment we're in as the threat of domestic terrorism looms ever larger.

Well, I want to take you back to the first time he was here.

It was May, 2017. Landry was still the mayor of New Orleans, and he just succeeded in

removing the last of four Confederate monuments in his city.

It was a statue of Robert E. Lee, the same Confederate general whose likeness was just

removed from the state capital of Virginia.

This conversation with Landry may be four years old, but his thoughts on the damage

brought by the myth of the lost cause, the Confederate monuments that littered the

south and the horrific message they sent and how we can confront and overcome our national

shame is as relevant as ever.

Listen to this important conversation right now.

Mayor Mitch Landry, thank you very much for being on the podcast.

Great, thank you for having me.

You know, you've been a little busy of late.

Well, you know, we've been rebuilding one of the great cities of the world and it's been

quite a ride.

The last couple of weeks have been a little bit more intense and normal because of, you

know, this fairly difficult issue we've been dealing with about trying to make sure that

the people of New Orleans know that they have a right to curate their own public spaces

and of course it includes a discussion of Confederate war monuments.

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