City History: New Orleans Podcast Por Steve Keller arte de portada

City History: New Orleans

City History: New Orleans

De: Steve Keller
Escúchala gratis

A podcast exploring the history of New Orleans. Your support helps buy the books needed to make each episode! https://ko-fi.com/cityhistory We'll cover New Orleans's founding, its evolution through French, Spanish and American rule, the battle that saved it in 1815, Congo Square, its dramatic capture and occupation during the Civil War, its unique legacy of race and slavery, how it survived Prohibition, the Depression and hurricanes, Mardi Gras, jazz and the future New Orleans may (or may not) have.Steve Keller Mundial
Episodios
  • 2.4: The End of Congo Square

    2.4: The End of Congo Square
    Jan 19 2026

    New Orleans becomes hostile to Congo Square. The African dances are banned. The space falls into disrepair, then becomes a whites-only park. Against all odds, it fights for its original identity.


    LEARN MORE:

    Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans by Freddi Williams Evans

    Congo Square in New Orleans by Jerah Johnson

    “A Window on Slave Culture: Dances at Congo Square in New Orleans, 1800-1862” by Gary A. Donaldson

    The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

    City of a Million Dreams: New Orleans at 300 by Jason Berry

    The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

    “African Cultural Memory in New Orleans Music” by Jason Berry

    “Deep Skin: Reconstructing Congo Square” by Joseph R. Roach

    “New Orleans Music as a Circulatory System” by Matt Sakakeeny

    “The Invention of a Memory: Congo Square and African Music in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans” by Ted Widmer

    Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War by Dena J. Epstein

    https://antigravitymagazine.com/feature/sacred-ground/

    https://chrisdier.com/2015/03/10/raquette-the-lost-sport-of-new-orleans/


    SOUNDS:

    French Quarter Bourbon walk.wav by volivieri --https://freesound.org/s/110012/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
    Más Menos
    34 m
  • 2.3: How Congo Square Survived

    2.3: How Congo Square Survived
    Jan 4 2026

    We explore why Congo Square existed for so long, how it retained an African character, and how its memory survived beyond New Orleans. We also talk about Louisiana Creole and some surprising aspects of this near-extinct language.


    LEARN MORE:

    Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans by Freddi Williams Evans

    Congo Square in New Orleans by Jerah Johnson

    “A Window on Slave Culture: Dances at Congo Square in New Orleans, 1800-1862” by Gary A. Donaldson

    The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

    City of a Million Dreams: New Orleans at 300 by Jason Berry

    The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

    “African Cultural Memory in New Orleans Music” by Jason Berry

    “Deep Skin: Reconstructing Congo Square” by Joseph R. Roach

    “New Orleans Music as a Circulatory System” by Matt Sakakeeny

    “The Invention of a Memory: Congo Square and African Music in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans” by Ted Widmer

    Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War by Dena J. Epstein

    https://antigravitymagazine.com/feature/sacred-ground/



    SOUNDS:

    French Quarter Bourbon walk.wav by volivieri --https://freesound.org/s/110012/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
    Más Menos
    22 m
  • 2.2: Congo Square

    2.2: Congo Square
    Nov 21 2025

    The enslaved of New Orleans make music and dance together at the city's edge. This is the story of Congo Square: the people who gathered there every Sunday—and the African culture they kept alive.

    Listen to "Tan Patate-La Tchuite" by Adelaide Van Wey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F8jFIbCD1o


    LEARN MORE:

    Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans by Freddi Williams Evans

    Congo Square in New Orleans by Jerah Johnson

    “A Window on Slave Culture: Dances at Congo Square in NewOrleans, 1800-1862” by Gary A. Donaldson

    The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

    City of a Million Dreams: New Orleans at 300 by Jason Berry

    The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

    “African Cultural Memory in New Orleans Music” by Jason Berry

    “Deep Skin: Reconstructing Congo Square” by Joseph R. Roach

    “New Orleans Music as a Circulatory System” by Matt Sakakeeny

    “The Invention of a Memory: Congo Square and African Music in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans” by Ted Widmer

    Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War by Dena J. Epstein

    https://antigravitymagazine.com/feature/sacred-ground/


    SOUNDS:

    French Quarter Bourbon walk.wav by volivieri --https://freesound.org/s/110012/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
    Más Menos
    33 m
Todas las estrellas
Más relevante
I am really enjoying this podcast. Really appreciate the level of detail, the selection of anecdotes, as well as how the podcaster fills in what’s going on in the world at different periods and how it affects New Orleans.
Good production and just overall a pleasure to listen to. Learning a ton!

Fantastic and engaging!

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
content and voice clarity were on point. I appreciate the podcaster providing historical facts with dates and names involved.

Informative and engaging

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.