Unscripted: A Nolapapa Podcast Erik Alexander

May is National Foster Care Awareness Month. It is a time to acknowledge the 463,000 American children and youth in foster care and the family members, foster caregivers, volunteers, mentors, child welfare professionals, and policymakers who help children and youth find permanent homes and connections. Today we welcome back our partners and friends over at ComfortCases.org. The founder, Rob has been on the show multiple times and we have had a blast. But this time, he has left the ...

If you have not gathered by now, I really love local news anchors and journalists. From a kid until now, I love following along with different ones. I remember as a boy there was this one news lady named Jean Burns back home on WDAM in Hattiesburg, Ms.Holy Smokes. She was a knock out. And her name was so French like. I was smitten. Imagine my reaction when my little sister won a big beauty pageant and the news came to our house to film an interview. As I looked out of the blinds fr...

I thought it was pretty difficult to find a mom as awesome as mine. I realized that as much as I love my own mama, there are totally moms out there that deserve to tell their own stories. My own mother's story of resilience and strength gives me motivation every single day. With this thought I pondered, What Mothers can I find for this show? To be completely honest, I had a completely different guest planned for this segment, but as life had it they postponed and left me with an empty sl...

This week's episode is sparkling like Sunset Blvd y’all. She's twinkly like the lights in the Los Angeles cityscape... especially when looking out from the canyons. That feeling that I had almost 20 years ago still sits with me. I cannot believe it has been 20 years since I found myself a refugee from New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina. That time was one of the scariest I have ever been in, but those particular memories and friends I made then will last a l...

April is National Autism Acceptance Month and who better to learn from than an Ochsner Children's Hospital professional? This week I am happy to welcome Caroline Turner, LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker at at Michael R. Boh Center for Child Development. ( Over on Jeff Highway!) Caroline dives in with us to explain to me exactly what is Autism Spectrum disorder? How do we detect it? Learn the myths surrounding Autism spectrum disorder. What signs to look for and what we nee...

I have ALWAYS loved to watch those ghost shows on the television . Man oh Man. Talk about something that fascinates me. It's the unknown. The mysteriousness. The fright! Yall know from time to time, Papa goes after some of these investigators. I want to learn! After all, what is the the harm of a little haunted fun? Well, that being said, I found the MOST POPULAR ghost hunter in New Orleans. With almost 150,000 followers on Instagram, John Gualtieri is easily the bravest man in the room....