Beads Won: Politics in Mardi Gras parades

Delaney Nolan discusses the anti-ICE paraders during Mardi Gras.

This week on Behind The Lens, a group of protesters walked the St. Charles route ahead of the Legion of Mars parade, which last year featured armed ICE officers and an ICE tactical vehicle that at one point blasted Vanilla Ice’s song, “Ice, Ice, Baby.” The volunteers spent hours creating hundreds of signs, stickers and wallet-sized “know your rights” cards to make clear: ‘ICE in our drinks, not in our streets’ this Carnival.

Our guest this week is The Lens reporter Delaney Nolan.

Music by “Big Chief” by Professor Longhair, “Mardi Gras Mambo” by The Meters, and “The Second Line” by Stop, Inc.

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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.