https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-slingshot-from-levees-org--6401060enNews CommentaryCopyright Sandy Rosenthalhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/71c3c42637d542293bfabbcd5c742e07.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-slingshot-from-levees-org--6401060Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:02:47 +0000Sandy RosenthalSandy Rosenthalvonbohnne@gmail.comCommunity mobilizer Sandy Rosenthal––best known for exposing the culprit in a $200 billion engineering mistake––chats with an expert panel consisting of renowned satirist Rudy Vorkapic and engineer Stuart Lob about current events. falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-15-katrina--67545146The Slingshot from Levees.Org presents an hour-long special dedicated to the politics, consequences, and victims of the storm. Sandy. Rudy, and Stuart remember their own experiences during the disaster, and reflect on the work that's still to be done to ensure a safer future. ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67545146Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:00:07 +0000Sandy RosenthalIn recognition of the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, The Slingshot from Levees.Org presents an hour-long special dedicated to the politics, consequences, and victims of the storm. Sandy. Rudy, and Stuart remember their own...The Slingshot from Levees.Org presents an hour-long special dedicated to the politics, consequences, and victims of the storm. Sandy. Rudy, and Stuart remember their own experiences during the disaster, and reflect on the work that's still to be done to ensure a safer future. ]]>2824falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-14-one-month-prior--67194952
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Created by Landry Bohn. 
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Host: Sandy Rosenthal
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Rudy Vorkapic, originally from Chicago, came to New Orleans the year prior to Katrina. He founded and produced the satirical newspaper called The Levee with its motto, “We hold nothing back.” First newspaper to call out the USACE for its primary role in the flooding. 

Sandy Parker is a New Orleans filmmaker and real estate agent who was inspired to move back to the area from Oregon after Hurricane Katrina. She’s been a marching member of Krewe du Vieux for over a decade, and she recently renovated a home in Broadmoor where she lives with her Ragamuffin cat, which is a Ragdoll-Persian mix, named Hazel.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64785281Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:25:45 +0000Sandy RosenthalRegular panelists Sandy Rosenthal and Rudy Vorkapic chat with special guest Sandy Parker (New Orleans) about how the leadership at The Advocate newspaper refuses to issue a style guide change for Hurricane Katrina that includes mention of levee...
Rudy Vorkapic, originally from Chicago, came to New Orleans the year prior to Katrina. He founded and produced the satirical newspaper called The Levee with its motto, “We hold nothing back.” First newspaper to call out the USACE for its primary role in the flooding. 

Sandy Parker is a New Orleans filmmaker and real estate agent who was inspired to move back to the area from Oregon after Hurricane Katrina. She’s been a marching member of Krewe du Vieux for over a decade, and she recently renovated a home in Broadmoor where she lives with her Ragamuffin cat, which is a Ragdoll-Persian mix, named Hazel.]]>2187falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-7-roads-to-recovery--64414681https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64414681Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:00:08 +0000Sandy RosenthalSandy, Stuart and special guest Molly Horton (San Francisco) discusse the controversial passage of Proposition K in San Francisco, which has reimagined the former Great Highway as Ocean Beach Park. This measure invites conversation surrounding the...1557falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-6-this-statement-is-false--64161145
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https://youtu.be/b8AgKTb2B78]]>1457falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-4-the-gaffe--63587529https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63587529Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:08 +0000Sandy RosenthalSandy, Rudy, and Stuart examine an accounting blunder which is projected to cost the Orleans Parish public school system nearly $36M. 1652falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-precedents--63335738https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63335738Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:00:07 +0000Sandy RosenthalSandy, Rudy, and Stuart discuss President Biden's controversial decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, and the consequences this decision may have moving forward.1570falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-commanders-and-commandments--63109687https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63109687Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:49:53 +0000Sandy RosenthalGuest star Harry Shearer returns to discuss the 2024 presidential election and House Bill 71, a new law in Louisiana which requires that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public-school classrooms. 1471falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-milton-helene-and-katrina--62733484https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62733484Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:19:25 +0000Sandy RosenthalSandy Rosenthal, Stuart Lob and Rudy Vorkapic discuss the consequences of Hurricane Milton in coastal Florida and Hurricane Helene in Asheville, as well as their respective similarities to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, nearly twenty years prior.1906commentary,community,florida,hurricanehelene,hurricanekatrina,hurricanemilton,hurricanes,katrina,louisiana,neworleansfalsefull