Blood and Oil
Blood and Oil is the New Orleans history podcast that starts after the tourist booklets end. Join hosts Lauren Whitley-Haney & Kenny Haney as they detail the story of industry & violence in 1900s South Louisiana plantation country.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2023
The Plantation Museums on River Road, Part II
In the finale of Blood & Oil, hosts Kenny & Lauren detail their experiences at some of the plantation museums in South Louisiana: Oak Alley Plantation, Laura Plantation & Creole Heritage Site, and th…
The Plantation Museums on River Road, Part I
While progressive River Road residents organized for a better environment, their conservative neighbors organized to create Louisiana’s River Road plantation museums. New historical societies transfo…
“Cancer Alley”
Many people have heard of “Cancer Alley,” a fatalistic name given to South Louisiana’s chemical corridor along the Mississippi River. But how did this region receive that name, who created it, and wh…
Holiday Special! Tourism in NOLA: Then & Now
In this special episode of Blood & Oil, hosts Kenny & Lauren go on a festive tangent: the history of tourism in America’s Most Interesting City, New Orleans.
With the help of friends and family to de…
The Oil Boom in Plantation Country: Labor in Louisiana
In part 3 of our Oil Boom episode series, we dive into Louisiana’s labor history. We talk about why the Jim Crow South had so few labor unions before World War II and when labor finally arrived in Lo…
The Oil Boom in Plantation Country: The Company Town
Part 2 of our Oil Boom episode series is all about the company town! Were refinery company towns really that different from the old sugar plantations they sprouted up around?
In this episode, Kenny & …
The Oil Boom in Plantation Country: Why Louisiana?
Here it is, folks! The stage is set and the main act of “Blood and Oil” has arrived.
In this episode, hosts Kenny and Lauren talk about what led to the creation of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” as we kn…
What Plantation Museum Tours Don’t Tell You, Part II: Reconstruction
In this episode, we detail the other missing part of plantation museum tours: Reconstruction and the establishment of Jim Crow in the South. In the decades after the Civil War, the political pendulum…
What Plantation Museum Tours Don’t Tell You, Part I: Antebellum Period
In this episode of “Blood and Oil,” we detail what the traditional plantation museum tour doesn’t tell you. The Louisiana sugar plantation before the Civil War wasn’t an agrarian daydream. It was an …
Plantations and Petrochemicals on the Great River Road
In the series premiere of “Blood and Oil,” we examine New Orleans & South Louisiana’s little-known history. Not voodoo curses, ghosts, and the antebellum romance you’ve heard a hundred times, but wha…
Teaser
Introducing Blood and Oil. A Podcast dedicated to revealing the complicated history of 20th century southern Louisiana.
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