DETOURS

By: Country Roads
  • Summary

  • Since 1983, with curiosity as our guide, Country Roads magazine has wandered the backroads of Louisiana and Mississippi—discovering and sharing Southern culture's most compelling stories through the written word.

    Now, forty years later, we're thrilled to bring those stories to you in a brand new format. Introducing the Country Roads podcast, DETOURS—hosted by Publisher James Fox-Smith and Editors Jordan LaHaye Fontenot and Alexandra Kennon.

    Original theme music written and recorded by Sam Shahin and Bill Daniel. Logo/creative direction by Kourtney Zimmerman.

    Find show notes and more information about DETOURS at countryroadsmagazine.com/detours-podcast.

    © 2023 DETOURS
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Episodes
  • Bonus Episode : The State of Louisiana's Crawfish Industry in 2024
    Mar 28 2024

    In this episode of DETOURS, James and Jordan are joined by Baton Rouge Chef Yvette Bonanno to discuss the ins and outs of Louisiana's challenging 2024 crawfish season.

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    47 mins
  • Where the Route Has Taken Nick Spitzer
    Nov 16 2023

    In this episode of DETOURS, Jordan, Alex, and contributor John Wirt sit down with host of NPR's nationally-syndicated American Routes Nick Spitzer to discuss his career chronicling American music, particularly Louisiana's. Nick shares his tips for cultivating intimacy and trust in interviews with the three journalists, as well as countless tales from his conversations with American music legends from the Grateful Dead and Carlos Santana to Dewey Balfa and Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin. He also fills us in on why he won't be running for governor of Louisiana anytime soon.

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    53 mins
  • Whooping Crane Love Stories
    Nov 9 2023

    In this episode of DETOURS, Jordan and James are joined by Eva Szyszkoski, a wildlife technician with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries who specializes in the state's efforts to reintroduce the endangered whooping crane population to the landscape. One of the rarest birds in the world, the whooping crane's population in North America was down to only twenty-one birds in the wild in 1945. Since then, scientists have combined efforts to raise the birds in captivity while monitoring, and on occasions intervening with, populations released in specific habitats around the continent. Since 2011, Louisiana has hosted a small population—which Szyszkoski has played a major part in monitoring for years now. Over the course of our conversation, she shares the major struggles of Louisiana's reintroduction program, as well as its recent successes—and tells us what it is like to be face to face with these majestic, five-foot beauties.

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    44 mins

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