Christie Matherne

A journey into what the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation does outside of Jazz Fest, including huge efforts to improve access to music education statewide.

A recipe for quick-pickled radishes, and I share the story of how I learned to love the pungent little things.

The play-by-play of Louisiana's only blizzard, which happened in 1899.

In this blog post for FoodFaithFitness, I share my favorite recipe for savory oatmeal, which is peak breakfast for me!

The history of the enormous manmade ecological disaster at Bayou Corne in South Louisiana, in which a sinkhole formed from a collapsed salt dome beneath the bayou.

Hosts Avery Brooks and Christie Matherne interview local, regional, national, and international writers, with the goal of empowering listeners to find power and truth in writing. New episodes drop the second Tuesday of each month.

A long recounting of the times I've used roadside assistance on road trips, and why road trips are still worth doing.

I report on a long morning of...sitting...with Robby Silk, inventor of competitive extreme sitting.
For The London Telegraph, UK.

An exploration into barriers to sailing, and two organizations seeking to remove those barriers in New Orleans.

"When we get these thruways across the whole country, as we will and must, it will be possible to drive from New York to California without seeing a single thing."
—John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

A series of vignettes by different walking Mardi Gras revelers. Mine is last on the page.

Profiles of four southern tarot decks that push the boundaries of representation.

Don’t ask a mixed group of Louisianans what constitutes the best gumbo, unless you want to start a war. They might all be from the same state, but they most certainly all come from different pots of gumbo. You could say every Louisiana family has their own version of gumbo, but it would be more accurate to say every person who makes it has their own.
The word gumbo either comes from kingombo, an Angolan word for okra, or kombo, the native Choctaw word for filé powder, but neither has much tru...