It's New Orleans

10/04/2024

It's New Orleans Out to Lunch launches its first season at The Columns Hotel with a show about Coffee and Cannabis. On your podcast app, on WWNO 89.9FM or https://itsneworleans.com/2024/04/10/coffee-and-cannabis/
📷Jill Lafleur Photography

02/04/2024

We're going back to where it all started for our podcast family, The Columns Hotel. Stand by for details. It's New Orleans Out to Lunch
📷Jill Lafleur Photography

26/10/2022

Peter Ricchiuti is Out to Lunch with medical device inventor Tonia Aiken and neuroscientist Nicolas Bazan. Dr Bazan's research breakthrough is paving the way for treatment of brain disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's and Tonia's SafePush device regulates the delivery of drugs through an IV that will save thousands of lives a year. Listen to Out to Lunch on on your podcast app, on WWNO-FM 89.9FM or 👇👇👇
https://itsneworleans.com/2022/10/25/neuro-push/
📷 Jill Lafleur

11/10/2022

Getting sick isn't funny. Unless you get a visit from healthcare clowns. Oh yes, it's a real thing.

Prescription Joy brings healthcare clowns to hospitals, Safe Swim teaches people of all ages to swim staring at 4 months

03/08/2022

After selling Lucid for $1B Patrick Comer has a new company, Gripnr that's taking Dungeons & Dragons into, literally, a whole new world - the metaverse. Meanwhile back in the real world Stephen Bateman is forging knives in his back yard - his one-man company Down The River Forge is doing gangbusters. Listen to Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on WWNO 89.9FM or 👇
https://itsneworleans.com/2022/08/03/the-forge-in-the-metaverse/
📷 Jill Lafleur Photography

After selling Lucid for $1B Patrick Comer is moving gaming into the metaverse. Stephen Bateman is forging knives in his back yard

24/07/2022

Have you seen the amazing breakthrough moment that happened to Chapel Hart on American Idol? Back in 2019 when they were calling themselves Hyperphlyy they stopped by Happy Hour.

You might be one of the many people who say, “I like all music. But not country.” If that’s you, you’re about to discover a whole new meaning of “red neck.” Meet Hyperphlyy. Hypherphlyy is Danica, Trea. and Devynn, three women from Poplarville, Mississippi who moved to New Orleans, look ...

15/06/2022

Robért LeBlanc, owner of The Chloe hotel, Sylvain, and Barrel Proof goes Out to Lunch with Kelly Haggerty from Food Rescue US. Listen to out to Lunch on your podcast app, on WWNO 89.9 Fm/Ktln 90.5 Fm or 👇
https://itsneworleans.com/2022/06/15/food/
📷 Jill Lafleur Photography

27/04/2022

Tulane's Dr. Chenzhong Li has discovered a method of diagnosing Alzheimer's long before the disease appears - and that's just one of his medical science breakthroughs. Susanna Lamers runs her cutting-edge genomic testing enterprise from Thibodaux. They're guests on this week's Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on WWNO and https://itsneworleans.com/2022/04/27/science/
📷 Jill Lafleur Photography

20/04/2022

Allison Albert Ward from pet costume company Pet Krewe and her husband, sustainable tourism authority and raconteur Andrew Ward on Out to Lunch, on your podcast app, or WWNO-FM or 👇
https://itsneworleans.com/2022/04/20/pet-tourism/
📷 Jill Lafleur Photography

17/04/2022

It doesn't get any more New Orleans this this

13/04/2022

How to make whiskey and the glasses to drink it out of -- River Basin Distillery's Elliott Wiener and New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio's Jean Blair, It's New Orleans Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on WWNO 89.9FM or https://itsneworleans.com/2022/04/13/whiskey-glass/
📷 Jill Lafleur Photography

16/03/2022

Corey James from The Idea Village, Maryclaire Manard from Cluey Consumer, Inc., the tool that lets you shop with a clear conscience, and Tobias Patch from Claimly the insurance claim app on It's New Orleans Out to Lunch - on your podcast app, on WWNO 89.9FM or 👇
https://itsneworleans.com/.../16/cluey-claimly-and-the-iv/
📷 Astor Morgan

23/02/2022

Tap Truck New Orleans brings the bar to your place and Top Box Foods Louisiana brings the healthy produce and groceries. Meet Lenaye Doussan from Tap Truck and William Connor Deloach from Top Box on It's New Orleans Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM or 👇https://itsneworleans.com/2022/02/23/booze-and-veggies/
📷 Jill Lafleur Photography

21/02/2022

Even rats like low prices

Warning issued for food, diet supplements, cosmetics, medical items, over-the-counter medications

16/02/2022

Yes, right after Mardi Gras it's Jazz Fest! Director of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the folks who own New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival + Sig Greenebaum from NOLA x NOLA on It's New Orleans Out to Lunch - on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM or https://itsneworleans.com/2022/02/16/jazz-fest-sig-fest/
📷 Astor Morgan

09/02/2022

Double threat Lawyer and Wine Ambassador Stephen Murray meets triple threat restaurateur, bookstore owner and Royal Merchant Trading Co. owner Barkley Rafferty - It's New Orleans Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on 89.9FM or https://itsneworleans.com/2022/02/09/spice-wine/
📷 Jill Lafleur Photography

02/02/2022

How did they do it? New Orleans 3 most successful entrepreneurs get together on It's New Orleans Out to Lunch and talk about how they sold Lucid Levelset and TurboSquid by Shutterstock for sums of money normally only seen in Silicon Valley. Listen to Out to Lunch on your podcast app or tap/click the pic 👇

2021 was a huge year for New Orleans tech startups Turbosquid, Levelset, and Lucid that all sold for enormous sums of money

27/01/2022

It sounds like delusional hyperbole to suggest the future path to Earth's energy solutions run through New Orleans, but it's actually true. Dr. Michael Naguib's groundbreaking science means you'll be able to charge your phone in seconds and your EV battery in minutes - and it's already happening btw. Tom Neyhart's company PosiGen is making solar power affordable for everyone. It's all on this week's It's New Orleans Out to Lunch, on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM and 👇 https://itsneworleans.com/2022/01/26/the-path-to-earths-energy-future-runs-through-new-orleans/
📷 Jill Lafleur Photography

19/01/2022

Join dog trainer Ann Becnel Companion Dogs, LLC and veterinarian chiropractor (yes it's a thing) Michelle Jobert Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM or 👇
https://itsneworleans.com/2022/01/19/dogs-and-horses/

23/12/2021

What if everybody who doesn't make enough money to buy a house actually could? Out to Lunch uncovers two routes to affordable home ownership, and they're both pretty amazing. Will Bradshaw's Imagine Fund and Katy Reynolds Shibusa Systems. Listen to Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM or 👇

Accruing generational wealth through the increased value of your house doesn't work if you can't afford to buy a house in the first place

30/11/2021

Meet Calvin Fabre, inventor of LA Wallet, and find out how to get your website at the top of Google search with Online Optimism's Sam Olmsted on Out to Lunch. On your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM or https://itsneworleans.com/2021/11/30/la-wallet-meets-online-optimism/

17/11/2021

The French and Spanish built New Orleans, and they're still at it. Valeria Ali from Jambalaya News Louisiana and Sam Craft from New Niveau - It's New Orleans Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM or https://itsneworleans.com/2021/11/17/nouvelle-dia/
📸 Jill Lafleur Photography

10/11/2021

Nobody takes the saying "Work hard play hard" quite as literally as we do in New Orleans. From each side of the saying, meet Chuck Morse from Thrive New Orleans and Jonny Liss from JAMNOLA - It's New Orleans Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM or 👇
https://itsneworleans.com/2021/11/09/bread-and-circus/
📸 Jill Lafleur Photography

04/11/2021

Nikki Thompson's vegan ice cream Hood Cream tastes so good you won't care you're lactose intolerant. Patrick Hernandez' Roulaison Distilling Co makes rum the old fashioned way. Listen to It's New Orleans Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM, or

When people talk about the US economy, they often point out that around 98% of our workforce is made up of small business. And that’s true. According to the Small Business Association, “small” is defined primarily as a business that has fewer than 500 employees. Well, not all small businesse...

27/10/2021

On It's New Orleans Out to Lunch Jackie Blanchard from knife shop Coutelier and Valerie Legras from lighting showroom Swadoh stumble on their joint French background. Listen on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio or
https://itsneworleans.com/2021/10/27/sharp-as-a-lightbulb/👇

20/10/2021

If you've ever had an idea for an app and looked into getting it built you'll know it's expensive and there's no guarantee it will work. Now you can build your own app as easy as you can build your own website, and it's free. DIY app builder Bloks is the creation of Reed Stephens and Harry Fox, they're on Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM and https://itsneworleans.com/2021/10/20/bloks/

13/10/2021

Believe it or not the journey from Earth to Mars begins in New Orleans' 9th Ward. At the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility (which is in the 9th Ward) they're building the biggest rocket ever built on Earth, that will take astronauts to . Meanwhile, back here in we're still working on those potholes. Nick Moldaner from Palmisano and Lonnie Dutreix from NASA Solar System Exploration on It's New Orleans Out to Lunch - on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM or https://itsneworleans.com/.../13/from-new-orleans-to-mars/

06/10/2021

There's some amazing stuff going on in tech. Team Gleason is changing the world for people living with ALS. Kinemagic is revolutionizing VR. Find out how on It's New Orleans Out to Lunch on your podcast app on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM or https://itsneworleans.com/2021/10/05/real-world-tech/

29/09/2021

Can you imagine anything crazier than starting a local company to compete with Uber or Expedia? That's what Beth Nettles did with KreweCar and Amina Dearmon did with Perspectives Travel. Listen to It's New Orleans Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on New Orleans Public Radio 89.9FM or 👇
https://itsneworleans.com/2021/09/29/thats-your-business/

28/09/2021

It wasn't that long ago people only wore eyeglasses if they really couldn't see, because glasses were considered unattractive. Now glasses are a fashion accessory and worn with style. If hearing aids could become a fashion accessory and everybody who can't hear properly wore one we'd see a proliferation of them like we did with glasses. Who is going to be the Warby Parker of hearing aids? Dina Zeevi lays out the pathway to hearing aid hipness on Out to Lunch - on your podcast app and 👇https://itsneworleans.com/2021/09/22/can-you-hear-this/