lafayette Archives

True Vodka

April 13, 2021

Even when you have a great story like creating a whole new product like rice vodka, you have to know how to tell it

Christiaan Mader, Holly Howat, Mark de Clouet - meeting people where they are

Dark Days In The Country’s Happiest City

February 23, 2021

Researchers estimate that more than 2 million Americans need help with an opioid addiction. Only about 25% will actually get it.

Tina Shelvin Bingham, Christiaan Mader, Kevin Ardoin, Out to Virtual Lunch Acadiana

Zydeco Neighborhood

February 16, 2021

Lafayette doesn’t think of itself as divided by neighborhoods but Kevin Ardoin from Fightingville and Tina Shelvin Bingham from McComb Veazey see things differently

Christiaan Mader hosts John Petersen and DJ Digital on Out to Lunch Acadiana

Hey It’s DJ Digital and John Petersen!

February 9, 2021

Music and radio personality DJ Digital joins Christiaan Mader and Swamp Pop founder and restaurant consultant John Petersen on Out to Lunch Acadiana

Colby Hebert, Christiaan Mader, Bryan Dupree, Out to Lunch Acadiana

Hats and Books

January 26, 2021

Colby Hebert the Cajun Hatter and Bryan Dupree co-founder of Beausoleil Books talk hats and books over lunch in Lafayette

Christiaan Mader, Daniel Esteban, Mitzi Guidry, Out to Lunch

Vintage Churro

January 19, 2021

Amid the retail apocalypse glimmers of hope and rebirth with businesses like Daniel Esteban’s budding churro empire and Mitzi Guidry’s vintage fashion coffee shop Lilou

Terry Broussard, Christiaan Mader, Will McGrew, Out to Lunch

Francophone Van

January 12, 2021

The RV retirement generation has turned into the #vanlife millennial generation. In Louisiana it’s a Francophone van

That's hot. Out to Lunch Acadiana with hot pepper king Troy Primeaux and Cajun Crate Queen Tara Guidry

Cajun Hot

December 29, 2020

When it comes to spicy food there’s hot, Cajun Hot, and Primo Pepper Hot, arguably the world’s hottest. For all other Cajun food there’s Cajun Crate.

Aileen Bennett, Mark Hernandez and Daniel Barousse go Out to Lunch Acadiana

From Los Angeles to Louisiana

December 22, 2020

Louisiana shares the abbreviation “L.A” with the city of Los Angeles. That might be confusing on paper and online, how about IRL?

Out to Lunch Acadiana at The French Press

Return of Acadiana’s Wide World of Sports

December 2, 2020

As 2020 draws to a close, thankfully, we take a look back at Acadiana’s wide world of sports with stuntwoman Leigh Robson & boxing entrepreneur Christian Willeford