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Community 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. 

  1. 08/30/2025

    Episode 15: Katrina

    In 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 experiences during the disaster, and reflect on the work that's still to be done to ensure a safer future.

    47 min

  2. 07/30/2025

    Episode 14: One Month Prior

    Sandy and Rudy chat about what life was like for them personally in 2005 ––one month before the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina. They also touch on the state of local and national politics during that month before the catastrophe. Created by Landry Bohn.  Video version can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrFFcU5R3qA Be sure to like, subscribe and rate on your favorite platforms.

    32 min

  3. 05/27/2025

    Episode 13: Loyalists

    Sandy, Stuart, and Rudy discuss the wipespread fealty that the Trump administration has enjoyed despite the controversial decisions it has made throughout 2025. Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, rate and subscribe on your favorite platforms. Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/AylmWBhx6os

    29 min

  4. 05/12/2025

    Episode 12: Conservatives, Liberals, and Bob Marley

    Rudy Vorkapic, Stuart Lob and Sandy Rosenthal examine labels like "Conservative" and "Liberal" and discuss what these increasingly-obscure terms have come to mean in 2025.

    18 min

  5. 04/28/2025

    Episode 11: Vanishing

    Sandy and the panel discuss the detainment and deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the far-reaching consequences his deportation could have for America. Be sure to like, suscribe and rate this podcast! Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/2GyM3gaahxw

    31 min

  6. 04/01/2025

    Episode 10: The Floodgates

    Stuart, Rudy and Sandy discuss the resignation of four board members upon the Governor's selection of its president and what this means for New Orleans' flood protection and the people who live behind them. Video version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPIINC7UvkQ Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast

    37 min

  7. 03/17/2025

    Episode 9: Foundations

    Sandy, Rudy, and Stuart discuss the rapidly-changing landscape of American politics, and the necessity of hope for an uncertain future.

    29 min

  8. 03/10/2025

    Episode 8: Narrative Convenience

    Regular 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 failure in New Orleans. 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.

    36 min
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Community 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. 

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  • Creator
    Sandy Rosenthal
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Sandy Rosenthal
  • Show Website
    The Slingshot from Levees.Org