Ice Storm Hysteria, Corruption, and Coastal Loss

You're listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for January 22, 2026.

Weather panic, political scandal, and Louisiana-style absurdity collide on this jam-packed episode of American Ground Radio.

We break down the state of emergency declared by Governor Jeff Landry as a major ice storm threatens North and Central Louisiana. Is the media overhyping it, or is this the nastiest winter weather since 2000? From dangerous travel and power outages to why you really need to stock up on water and food, we separate common sense from cold-weather hysteria.

Then it’s on to election integrity and political fallout: a Plaquemines Parish city councilwoman is arrested on multiple felony counts of voter fraud, an assistant district attorney is busted for drug trafficking with gold bars and luxury cars, and a key Republican candidate drops out of the U.S. Senate race, reshaping the battle against Bill Cassidy after a Trump endorsement shakes up the field.

Plus, a deep dive into Louisiana’s coastal land loss—and why new research says it’s not climate change or oil companies, but levees and lost sediment that are sinking the state. Add in talk of gas waivers, emergency powers, dog sledding in Greenland, and a bizarre proposal to bring back cockfighting as “tourism.”

It’s real news, sharp analysis, and plenty of sarcasm—Louisiana politics and culture, unfiltered.

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