Well, we’ve made it. Almost. It’s been a long, hot summer and this is our last episode as we come up on the tenth anniversary of Katrina. The city is abuzz with journalists and experts and NGOs and politicians. We thought we’d use this last bit

Katrina: The Debris // Newcomers

Aug 17th, 2015 25m 26s

Lots of people who visit New Orleans today are surprised to find the city in such good shape. The rebuilding effort has been long, arduous, and largely successful in most areas (with a few notable exceptions, like the Lower 9th Ward ). New Orle

Katrina: The Debris // The Debris

Aug 10th, 2015 16m 35s

This week on Katrina: The Debris, we're exploring the actual debris — the stuff left behind when the winds died down and the floodwaters receded. Katrina changed our relationship with that "stuff" — the tangible things that make up our modern l

Katrina: The Debris // Mental Health

Aug 3rd, 2015 15m 1s

The devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the floods that followed is most visible in pictures of ruined houses and people’s destroyed possessions lying out on city streets. But there’s unseen damage that runs even deeper: the collective emotion

Katrina: The Debris // Missing

Jul 27th, 2015 22m 54s

According to numbers from the US Census and the IRS, 236,970 people left Louisiana between the summer of 2005 and the summer of 2006, mostly because of Hurricane Katrina. Census details can’t tell who is a former resident returning and who’s ne

Katrina: The Debris // Education

Jul 20th, 2015 23m 13s

Of all the changes New Orleans has seen in the ten years since Katrina, the restructuring of the city's public school system is perhaps the most drastic. In place of a traditional school district, most Orleans Parish schools are now governed by

Katrina: The Debris // Nueva Orleans

Jul 13th, 2015 19m 31s

According to a study by the Data Center , the Hispanic population of the New Orleans metro area has nearly doubled since the year 2000. Many people immigrated from Mexico and Central America, or migrated from other parts of the U.S. to work in

Katrina: The Debris // Houston

Jul 6th, 2015 24m 58s

Nearly a quarter of a million people evacuated to Houston from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, and in 2006 there were still about 150,000 Katrina evacuees in the Bayou City. As of 2012, 40,000 had resettled permanently f

Katrina: The Debris // On The Road

Jun 29th, 2015 19m 54s

You don't realize how much you appreciate traffic lights until you have to drive around a city without any. This week on Katrina: The Debris, getting around New Orleans, during and after the storm.

Katrina: The Debris // Generations

Jun 22nd, 2015 26m 45s

New Orleans is a family city. Grandparents and grandkids, cousins, aunts and uncles often live in the same house, share the same traditions. When Katrina hit, many families evacuated together — three generations crammed into one car.

Katrina: The Debris // Ingredients

Jun 15th, 2015 19m 9s

The root of the word “restaurant” is in fact the French verb restaurer , to restore. And New Orleans restaurateurs , the proprietors, were seen as key figures in restoring the life and spirit of the city. But in those first months after the fl

Katrina: The Debris // Green Dot

Jun 8th, 2015 17m 47s

The first comprehensive map for rebuilding New Orleans came out in early 2006, about six months after the flood. Saying it was highly anticipated would be an understatement. On it, some symbols that appeared as a death knell for some neighborho

Katrina: The Debris // Incredible By Modern Standards

Jun 1st, 2015 17m 53s

Incredible by Modern Standards— June 1 New Orleans is a weather town. As hurricane season begins, hear the most emotional federal weather bulletin ever written. Plus, more on how the National Weather Service is using social science to improve f

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