Until we're allowed back into bars in New Orleans and until people feel comfortable coming down and sitting around having a cocktail with random strangers, we're revisiting some our best shows from the past decade. Today Happy Hour Digital Prod

Katrina Brees Meets Tank and The Bangas

Jun 17th, 2020 1h 5m

In the Happy Hour annals of "random people who have nothing in common," the day artist Katrina Brees meets Tank and the Bangas stands out to Happy Hour Live Feed Video Director Asher Griffith as the Best Of Happy Hour. Where's Karina?If you e

Humidor Saves The World Again

Jun 10th, 2020 1h 1m

Still barred from hanging out in bars in New Orleans, in the interests of public health, we continue to revisit standout shows from years gone by. This show, in which Humidor Saves The World Again, is the first Happy Hour after the election of

Poboys, Drag Queens, and Cowboy Mouth Are Back

Jun 3rd, 2020 1h 5m

There's nothing more totally "New Orleans" than poboys, drag queens, and Cowboy Mouth. That's why, till we can go back in bars and hang out, Happy Hour photographer Jill Lafleur picks this show as her favorite from the past few years to revisit

The Return of Clit Sit Meditation

May 27th, 2020 1h 12m

In the annals of “You never know what the hell is going to come up in conversation,” this Happy Hour would have to rank at the top of the list. That's why, till we can go back into bars in new Orleans, Happy Hour producer Graham da Ponte has ch

Clit Sit Meditation Revisited

May 27th, 2020 1m 45s

In the annals of “You never know what the hell is going to come up in conversation,” this Happy Hour would have to rank at the top of the list. That's why it's the show's producer, Graham da Ponte's choice for Best Of show of the last 5 years.

Love Hog Warm Showers

May 20th, 2020 1h

After making Happy Hour for nearly 10 years and meeting with random folks in various bars around New Orleans, this is the very first show where we just turn on the mics, put the Zoom link out on the internet and sit back and see who shows up.P

Thai Trombone

May 13th, 2020 1h 7m

Matt Haines went to school to learn to become a classical trombone player with visions of playing trombone in an orchestra. But plans change. Initially Matt started teaching people to play in marching bands, which lead him to Thailand, not nece

Mr. Tadpole Meets the Psychedelic Judge

May 6th, 2020 1h

Isaac Toups is one of the most talented and celebrated chefs in New Orleans. Isaac was a finalist on the TV show Top Chef and he’s currently a finalist for the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef South, which is the food equivalent of t

Batsh*t Crazy and Completely Unlovable

Apr 29th, 2020 1h 9m

When you’re in a relationship, sex changes over time. Sometimes it goes from being good to being great. Other times, the fabulous person you fell in love with appears to change completely and turns into a person who is batsh*t crazy and complet

You have No Idea How Easy It Is To Be A best Selling Author

Apr 22nd, 2020 1h 7m

Seriously, you have no idea how easy it is to be a best selling author. When you see a book on the best seller list of Amazon, don’t you assume that it must be selling hundreds of thousands? Try 800. Not 800,000, just 800. That’s what both the

Live From Petco

Apr 15th, 2020 1h 17m

Music is apparently non-essential. So New Orleans musicians have no place to play. Some are doing live streaming from their homes, but others – like drummers and sax players – don’t have the kind of live streaming ability that, say, a singer-so

One Man's Dystopia is Another Man's Utopia

Apr 1st, 2020 1h 12m

If you’re trapped at home hating watching the world come to an end, remember the wise words of Sergio from the band Rodo: One person’s dystopia is another person’s utopia.Sergio and Rodo (the person) play a couple of songs that illustrate this

Covideo

Mar 25th, 2020 1h 10m

In our second Happy Hour by Zoom we manage to take advantage of not being able to hang out in a bar and instead talk to people all across the country in a new concept we’re calling Covideo. Yes, that’s in questionable taste, but after all it is

It's New Orleans Coronavirus -- Part 2

Mar 18th, 2020 1h 10m

When we started making podcasts in New Orleans 10 years ago, we encountered a lot of skeptical questions, among them “What happens when you run out of good guests, in 6 weeks?” and “What’s a podcast?” One of the questions we didn’t hear was, “W

New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1

Mar 11th, 2020 1h 4m

So today it's New Orleans Corona Virus: Part 1 - the first day of the New Orleans shut down. Even the It's New Orleans Happy Hour podcast is caught up in the global pandemic, though so far all that's happened to us is we have to move off the st

I Want to get my Security Deposit Back

Mar 5th, 2020 1h 3m

If you've ever rented an apartment, when you've gone to move out, you've almost certainly told the landlord "I want to get my security deposit back." What happens after that is the great unknown. Most often you've probably just given up arguing

Mardi Gras Death - The Day After

Feb 27th, 2020 1h 3m

Mardi Gras and Day of the Dead are two very different holidays. But in 2020 Mardi Gras Death is a real thing. It's Ash Wednesday 2020, the day after the deadliest Mardi Gras, possibly of all time.Julie Couret is a witness to what happened. As

You're So Smart You Listen to Podcasts Now

Feb 6th, 2020 1h 3m

Jazz singer/songwriter Gabrielle Cavassa broke up with the guy she was dating and when they got together a month later - for that ridiculous "closure" we've heard so much about - he gave her the ammo for a vicious, cutting song about what a kin

My 4th Wife Was Cajun

Jan 23rd, 2020 1h 3m

You probably think you've heard every weird bad disastrous insane mistaken awful relationship story there is. You haven't. Not till you hear comedian hypnotist Flip Orley document his 5 wives and explain the drunken tattoos all over his body wi

Real New Orleans

Jan 16th, 2020 1h 1m

It literally doesn't get more real New Orleans than this Happy Hour.Charlie Gabriel was born in New Orleans in 1932. He started shining shoes and playing music when he was 5. By the time he was 11 he was a professional musician and he's never

Your Language of Love

Jan 9th, 2020 1h 1m

All of us have a love language: some way we prefer love to be communicated to us. For some it’s touch, for others it’s receiving gifts. Your ideal partner in life is a person who speaks your language of love.If you’re having trouble finding th

The Girl With The Christmas Tree On Her Head

Dec 12th, 2019 1h 2m

The girl with the Christmas tree on her head would be eye-catching anywhere. The sparkly glitter on her face and her 8 inch shoes with snow-globes in each perspex heel turns heads even in New Orleans. To find out Jezebel Lobelia lives in Lafaye

Keto Fat Bomb Explodes the Myth of Celebrity

Dec 5th, 2019 1h 5m

Sure it's heresy to eat King Cake before 12th Night but Susan Freeswick brings a load of awesome food to this edition of Happy Hour, including King Cake, and gets a NOLA Heresy Pass because it's all Keto from her bakery Everyday Keto to Go. In

I Don't Give A Funk

Nov 14th, 2019 1h 1m

When Josh Benitez sings " I.D.G.A.F! I don't give a funk" he's got a whole lot not to give a funk about. It's actually a funking miracle he's not a serial killer or hasn't killed himself. You've got to hear Josh tell his story in his own words