Episodes

  • Episode 15: Katrina

    Episode 15: Katrina
    Aug 30 2025
    In recognition of the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, The Slingshot from Levees.Org presents an hour-long special dedicated to the politics, consequences, and victims of the storm. Sandy. Rudy, and Stuart remember their own experiences during the disaster, and reflect on the work that's still to be done to ensure a safer future.
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    47 mins
  • Episode 14: One Month Prior

    Episode 14: One Month Prior
    Jul 30 2025
    Sandy and Rudy chat about what life was like for them personally in 2005 ––one month before the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina. They also touch on the state of local and national politics during that month before the catastrophe.

    Created by Landry Bohn.
    Video version can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrFFcU5R3qA
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    32 mins
  • Episode 13: Loyalists

    Episode 13: Loyalists
    May 27 2025
    Sandy, Stuart, and Rudy discuss the wipespread fealty that the Trump administration has enjoyed despite the controversial decisions it has made throughout 2025.

    Host: Sandy Rosenthal
    Executive producer: Landry Bohn
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    Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/AylmWBhx6os
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    29 mins
  • Episode 12: Conservatives, Liberals, and Bob Marley

    Episode 12: Conservatives, Liberals, and Bob Marley
    May 12 2025
    Rudy Vorkapic, Stuart Lob and Sandy Rosenthal examine labels like "Conservative" and "Liberal" and discuss what these increasingly-obscure terms have come to mean in 2025.
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    18 mins
  • Episode 11: Vanishing

    Episode 11: Vanishing
    Apr 28 2025
    Sandy and the panel discuss the detainment and deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the far-reaching consequences his deportation could have for America.

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    Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/2GyM3gaahxw
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    31 mins
  • Episode 10: The Floodgates

    Episode 10: The Floodgates
    Apr 1 2025
    Stuart, Rudy and Sandy discuss the resignation of four board members upon the Governor's selection of its president and what this means for New Orleans' flood protection.
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    37 mins
  • Episode 9: Foundations

    Episode 9: Foundations
    Mar 17 2025
    Sandy, Rudy, and Stuart discuss the rapidly-changing landscape of American politics, and the necessity of hope for an uncertain future.
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    29 mins
  • Episode 8: Narrative Convenience

    Episode 8: Narrative Convenience
    Mar 10 2025
    Regular panelists Sandy Rosenthal and Rudy Vorkapic chat with special guest Sandy Parker (New Orleans) about how the leadership at The Advocate newspaper refuses to issue a style guide change for Hurricane Katrina that includes mention of levee failure in New Orleans.

    Rudy Vorkapic, originally from Chicago, came to New Orleans the year prior to Katrina. He founded and produced the satirical newspaper called The Levee with its motto, “We hold nothing back.” First newspaper to call out the USACE for its primary role in the flooding.

    Sandy Parker is a New Orleans filmmaker and real estate agent who was inspired to move back to the area from Oregon after Hurricane Katrina. She’s been a marching member of Krewe du Vieux for over a decade, and she recently renovated a home in Broadmoor where she lives with her Ragamuffin cat, which is a Ragdoll-Persian mix, named Hazel.
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    36 mins