Turns out New Orleans, LA is interesting.

TourPods has 147 narrated audio stories about New Orleans — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.

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New Orleans

Before the Ramparts, a Small Fort Kept Watch

How an early French fort helped protect a fragile New Orleans.

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New Orleans

The Battle That Made Andrew Jackson

How New Orleans turned a hard-driving general into a national hero.

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New Orleans

Where New Orleans Was Guarded From the Back Door

A bayou fort and the watery approach that shaped early New Orleans.

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New Orleans

When David Simon Turned to New Orleans

How Treme made recovery, culture, and red tape the heart of drama.

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Fort Macomb

The Pass They Meant to Close

A fort built so New Orleans would not be caught unguarded again.

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New Orleans

How New Orleans Gave Mahalia Jackson Her Voice

A childhood in New Orleans shaped the sound that carried gospel worldwide.

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Jackson Barracks

When the River Decided New Orleans

How Jackson Barracks became part of Union rule after New Orleans fell.

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Dooky Chase's Restaurant

Leah Chase’s Dining Room of Change

How Leah Chase made a restaurant feed both a city and a movement.

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Louisiana Children's Museum

Where Louisiana Becomes the Classroom

A museum built on the idea that children learn best by doing.

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Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

At the Quarter’s Edge, a Church of Many Tongues

A church on North Rampart traces immigration, language, and Catholic life in New Orleans.

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Faulkner House Books

Before the Nobel, a Room in Pirate's Alley

A tiny French Quarter address became a lasting literary landmark.

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The Rink

When a Skating Rink Learned New Orleans Timing

A Henry Howard building that kept changing with the city around it.

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New Orleans

Allen Toussaint and the Sound of New Orleans

How one musician turned a city’s groove into enduring hits.

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New Orleans

The New Orleans Turning Point

How one city and one circle helped redirect William Faulkner.

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New Orleans

Where Streetcar Began

How New Orleans helped shape Tennessee Williams and his breakthrough play.

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Karnofsky Tailor Shop and Residence

Where Work, Home, and Music Met

A modest shop remembered through family labor and a boy named Louis Armstrong.

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Storyville

Recreating Storyville, and Reopening Old Questions

A vanished district, a vivid film, and a debate that never really faded.

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New Orleans

The Groove Behind the Giants

How The Meters shaped funk, rock, and hip-hop from underneath the spotlight.

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New Orleans

Progress, Polished and Contested

Chep Morrison sold modern New Orleans while segregation shadowed every promise.

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New Orleans

The Rooms That Pressed In on Edna

How New Orleans society became the engine of Edna Pontellier’s revolt.

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New Orleans

From Louisiana to Sumter

How P. G. T. Beauregard helped open the war he could not escape.

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New Orleans

The Piano That Marched Like New Orleans

How Professor Longhair turned street rhythm into piano language.

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New Orleans

When New Orleans Took the Lead

How a crime drama made the city feel alive every week.

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New Orleans

The New Orleans Nudge That Reached Faulkner

How Sherwood Anderson’s New Orleans circle helped shape a younger writer.

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