Eve Abrams
ProducerEve Abrams first fell in love with stories listening to her grandmother tell them; it’s been an addiction ever since.
Eve is a radio producer, writer, audio documentarian, and educator. Her work airs on WWNO, as well as on national programs such as the Tavis Smiley Show, Studio 360, The World, and This American Life. Her writing is published in the 2010 collection Where We Know: New Orleans as Home, as well as in Fourth Genre, Wesleyan Magazine, and the forthcoming New Orleans atlas, Unfathomable City. She is also the co-author of the book Preservation Hall.
Eve has taught in public and charter schools, both in New Orleans and New York City, and currently teaches writing at the Waldo Burton School and an audio workshop at Tulane University.
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In Part 2, we will discuss building land, a vital part of coastal restoration, and often a highly controversial one. We delve into the thorny politics of human-led land-building projects, but first, we examine how the river builds land when left to its own devices. A process many are trying to imitate. -
Louisiana is a world leader in coastal restoration. Many would even say number one. The media is full of stories about the coastal land loss crisis in Louisiana, the dire predictions of climate change and sea level rise, and polarizing accounts of controversial projects, but what is also true is that Louisiana is making tremendous strides in piecing this ragged shoreline back together little by little. -
Calvin Duncan was wrongfully imprisoned for murder. Now, he's running to be the next Clerk of Court for New Orleans, a roll he sees as the linchpin of justice. -
During this unusual carnival season, producer Eve Abrams delves into the many ways New Orleans and Haiti are connected: music, culture, community and… -
You Never Get Nothing Back They Take is a verité romp following Zelly and his lawyer Kelly as they attempt to retrieve Zelly's brand new iPhone from the… -
Victim/Criminal tells the story of Hakeem Carter, who was brutally attacked while walking home from work one night.Once Hakeem had physically healed, he… -
This episode comes from a live panel discussion about juvenile justice that followed the premiere of The Myth of the Super Predator.Juvenile justice… -
The Myth of the Super Predator debunks an idea first made famous by then-first lady Hillary Clinton, an idea we still haven't fully shaken off: that some… -
The Myth Justice is Blind to Money, Part 3 investigates the impact of the Federal Court’s involvement in Orleans Parish’s practices of imposing bail,… -
The Myth Justice is Blind to Money, Part 2, tells the story of one prior attempt to get rid of money bail and how this attempt was thwarted by the status…
