What are the highlights of Karen LeBlanc's LA64 series and its impact on Louisiana culture?

LA64 is a road-trip series that crisscrosses all 64 parishes, spotlighting the people who keep Louisiana’s culture alive right now. Episodes feature culture-bearers like Jourdan Thibodeaux, “Louisiana’s coolest Cajun,” who preserves Cajun French, fiddle music, and rural traditions, and Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy, sharing the state’s rich literary heritage.

The impact lies in documenting living culture on PBS/LPB, giving statewide visibility to local voices, and connecting younger audiences to traditions that might otherwise fade. It is both a time capsule and a bridge between past and future Louisiana.

Is there a particular parish, art form, or episode you are most curious about?