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.
Podcasting since 2022 • 11 episodes
Blood and Oil
Latest Episodes
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 the Whitney Plantation & Slaver...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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54:58
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 transformed their socioeconomic power into the insti...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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48:36
“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 what is being done to challenge industrial domi...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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32:15
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 describe what makes New Orl...
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Season 1
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51:01
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 Louisiana, how it changed the refinery forever ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:36
