Behind The Lens episode 117: Power hungry

Rolling blackouts in New Orleans. A hunger strike at Angola. And teachers begin receiving vaccinations.

This week on Behind the Lens, teachers and staff at New Orleans public schools begin getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. 

Top employees from Entergy New Orleans tried to explain to the New Orleans City Council why the company cut three times as much electricity as it needed to during last week’s deep freeze. 

And several prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola went on hunger strike to protest their treatment.

Our guests this week are education reporter Marta Jewson, government and cultural economy reporter Michael Isaac Stein, criminal justice reporter Nick Chrastil and The Lens editor Charles Maldonado.

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Carolyne Heldman

Carolyne Heldman Rovira has been in media for 35 years, and is currently the podcast host and producer for Behind The Lens. Heldman served as executive director at Aspen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, where she launched four weekly news, public affairs, and cultural affairs programs. She has been a guest lecturer at Tulane University, is a frequent guest and moderator for the Aspen Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute.