470. Stacey Simmons

<div>470. We <a href="http://archive.org/download/470-stacey-simmons/470--Stacey_Simmons.mp3" target="_blank">talk</a> to <a href="https://staceysimmonsphd.com/about-stacey" target="_blank">Dr. Stacey Simmons</a> about her post <a href="https://louisiana-anthology.org/texts/simmons/simmons--enough.html" target="_blank">"Enough!"</a> "I have always had big ideas. I have always tried to solve big problems. In 2002, I completed a PhD in Urban Studies with a focus on modern day witch hunts.<span><a name='more'></a></span> I examined how communities use local and national media to craft stories with archetypal good guys and bad guys in order to get information out there that fits the dominant social narrative.&nbsp; I completed my research after spending several years in the entertainment industry. I also am a member of a religious minority and know how easy it is to be turned into a pariah. In getting a PhD, my intention was to either work in academia, or work for a network in Los Angeles or an&nbsp; international media market offering a new perspective on the intersections of human geography and media representation."<br /></div><ol type="a"><li>This week in Louisiana history. May 21, 1958. Segregation of New Orleans Street Cars ended. </li><li>This week in New Orleans history. Beulah Ledner Opens a New Bakery. May 21, 1970. Beulah Levy Ledner, born into a Jewish family in St. Rose, Louisiana, opened a bakery in New Orleans in 1933. She became very successful after creating her "Doberge cake" adapted from the famous Hungarian/Austrian Dobos Cake, a cake made of nine génoise cake layers filled with buttercream and topped with a hard caramel glaze. The doberge cake is based on a recipe originating in Alsace-Lorraine. Ledner replaced the buttercream filling of the Dobos Cake with a custard filling and iced the cakes with buttercream and a thin layer of fondant.<br /> </li><li>This week in Loui