Lamar University Media Alliance

09/08/2022

08/30/2022

For this episode, we’re sharing Jason Miller’s recent conversation Karankawa descendant Alexander Perez about his personal journey to reclaim and preserve the language, culture and music of the Karankawa people. This is an extended cut of the interview which aired on the most recent episode of s...

01/31/2022

In celebration of Black History Month, KVLU will feature "Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments" each Sunday in February at 8pm (right between two Sunday evening favorites, "All That Jazz" and "Rock Therapy"). Tune in to 91.3 FM and kvlu.org as author and Baylor University professor Robert Darden tells stories -- and plays recordings -- from the Baylor University Libraries' Black Gospel Music Restoration Project.

This series of two-minute segments explores the distinctly African-American sound of the "Golden Age of Gospel" (1945-1975) and celebrates this fertile musical period in American history, presenting cultural snapshots that reveal the depth of a people, their community, and the influence they have had on the rest of American music.

01/10/2022

New Bayoulands TALKS 🎧 Podcast Episode!

In celebration of the 121st anniversary of Spindletop, we’re sharing a conversation which aired on the most recent episode of the Bayoulands radio series. It’s an interview Jason Miller did with Troy Gray, Director of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum. Troy shared the fascinating true story of photographer Frank Trost, the first person to photograph the Lucas Gusher.

Click the link below or listen on the NPRone app or wherever you find your podcasts.
https://anchor.fm/bayoulands/episodes/Troy-Gray-e1coudm

10/18/2021

Our special in-studio guest this afternoon is Dr. Jaime Taylor, president of Lamar University. Many thanks to him for helping us kick off the Fall Giving Campaign. Pledge your support NOW at kvlu.org.

10/06/2021

09/21/2021

New episode drop in the Bayoulands TALKS podcast!
https://anchor.fm/bayoulands/episodes/Dr--Jaime-Taylor-e17m4uq

Click the link above to hear a recent conversation between KVLU station manager Byron Balentine and the new president of Lamar University in Beaumont, Dr. Jaime Taylor.

This interview will also be included in Episode 4 of this season of the Bayoulands radio broadcast which will air on 91.3 FM and kvlu.org on Sunday, October 24th at 5pm.

If you enjoy the conversations featured in Bayoulands TALKS, please share and subscribe wherever you find your podcasts. You can also listen on the NPR One app along with other podcast offerings from KVLU public radio.

Photo courtesy of Lamar University

09/17/2021

Happy LU Red Day! More info at lamar.edu/redday.

09/02/2021

Tune in Thursday, September 2nd at 7:50am for a special feature. Byron Balentine sits down with Lamar University President Dr. Jaime Taylor.

08/20/2021

Photo credit: Port Arthur News

https://anchor.fm/shannon-harris3/episodes/Sarah-Bellian-e167bhb

We just dropped a new episode into the Bayoulands TALKS podcast. This episode features a conversation with Sarah Bellian from 2017. At the time, Sarah was the curator for the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, Texas and had just unveiled a temporary exhibition exploring the underworld of vices in southeast Texas that led to the infamous James Commission in 1961. Although the exhibition is no longer on view, our discussion still offers some insight into a fascinating period in southeast Texas history.

The Museum of the Gulf Coast plans to incorporate objects from the exhibition into the permanent exhibits at some point. Beyond that, the Museum has a wide range of exhibits that cover the history, natural history and popular culture of southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. It is located at 700 Procter Street in Port Arthur. For more information check out their website at museumofthegulfcoast.org.

You can click the link above to listen to Bayoulands TALKS or listen wherever you find your podcasts. You can also listen to Bayoulands TALKS on the NPR One app along with other podcast offerings from KVLU public radio.