
29 episodes

Mardi Gras Beyond The Beads New Orleans Magazine
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4.5 • 24 Ratings
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Renaissance Publishing's Errol Laborde and cohost Rich Collins dive into the history, tradition and modern celebration of New Orleans Carnival.
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S4, Episode 5: Carnival A to Z
From Ash Wednesday to super krewes, old-line parades and cabinets full of plastic Mardi Gras cups, for our final episode of 2023 we are looking at Carnival from A to Z. In this super-sized episode, Errol and Rich cover anything and everything Carnival, including a guest interview with The Historic New Orleans Collection's Lydia Blackmore, curator of Decorative Arts, who discusses the history of Carnival ladders.
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S4, Episode 4: The Evolution of Mardi Gras
This episode, we go back generations in Carnival history. Historian Errol Laborde takes us from the start of New Orleans Carnival through the evolution that lead to our modern understanding of Carnival celebration.
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S4, Episode 3: The History of King Cakes
In this episode, Matt Haines, writer of "The Big Book of King Cakes," shares all his knowledge of the Carnival confection, while breaking down the process of compiling and creating the delicious book.
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S4, Episode 2: Queen Reesie, Guardians of the Flame
This episode of Beyond the Beads features Cherice Harrison-Nelson, also known as Queen Reesie, who has been Queen of the Guardians of the Flame Maroon Society in New Orleans for three decades. She talks about the history of her organization, her famous family and her work to keep the tradition alive for future generations.
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S4, Episode 1: The Krewe of Orpheus
The Krewe of Orpheus celebrates its 30th anniversary this Carnival season. In our first episode of 2023, Errol Laborde talks with krewe co-founder and current Captain Sonny Borey about the organization's inception, evolution and future.
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S3, Episode 5: The History of Throws
Beads, doubloons, shoes and more! In our final episode of the season, Rich Collins and Errol Laborde discuss the history of Carnival throws.
Customer Reviews
Love it!
Living in Birmingham, Alabama and riding in a New Orleans Krewe (Hail Thoth!) this podcast is absolutely amazing and keeps me in the Mardi Gras spirit while still being hundreds of miles away! It’s also made the cancellation of 2021 parades a lot easier getting to listen each week and learn more and more about the history of my favorite holiday season!
Fix the sound!
Great podcast lots of interesting history and insight. Some episodes have just terrible sound quality. Check your sound set up dude! Example season 2 episode 2 is unlistenable. Errol is so low you can’t hear him and the interviewer is super loud, I about blew up my car speakers.
Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler 🥳
Being originally from Baton Rouge, this lets me get my fix of NOLA!
I love it!