If you’re interested in all things New Orleans, it’s worth checking out a couple of other media items.

New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni has left his restaurant beat. We’ll ask about his new memoir, “Born Round,” and about how people eat when they eat out.

New Orleans, four years after Hurricane Katrina. We talk to three residents and writers about where their city is now, and their vision for its future.

A groundbreaking anthology tells the African-American story through the letters of slaves, poets, statesmen, and lovers. (Rebroadcast)

The nation mourns Ted Kennedy. The health care debate rages on. And the attorney general names a prosecutor on torture. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Former LA Times reporter William Lobdell tells of his own journey into and out of born-again religious faith.

We look at the little-known story of the patriot “privateers” who helped win the nation’s independence.

Our remembrance of Ted Kennedy continues as we open the phone lines to hear your views on the passing of an American — and New England — icon.

Senator Ted Kennedy, dead at the age of 77. We look at the life, the dream, and the legacy for American politics.

“Surfwise,” a film about raising a unique and accomplished family “off the grid”—nine children in a 24-foot camper.

Obsession, madness, and death under the lush canopy of the Amazon jungle. We delve into the centuries-old mystery of “The Lost City of Z.”

We talk with Roxana Robinson about her novel “Cost,” family trauma, and a summer in Maine.

Fresh advice on parenting: how to shrug off the culture of “cool” and nurture well-rounded kids in a grow-up-too-fast world.

All this week, we’ll be rebroadcasting some of On Point’s best shows from recent months. We hope you’ll enjoy listening again to the shows you remember, and maybe discover some great conversations you missed.

We are the world, in the street. An LA team takes its microphones and cameras to musicians worldwide to make a new documentary and CD.

Election in Afghanistan. Democrats push back on health care. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Like a good car salesman, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made clear that the “Cash for Clunkers” program is a limited-time offer: “If you have clunker … now’s the time to do it.”

Paying thousands of dollars to land an unpaid internship — and what the trend means for the growing gulf between America’s haves and have-nots.

Ray LaHood, Barack Obama’s Republican Transportation Secretary, weighs in on “Cash for Clunkers,” high-speed rail, texting while driving, and where the stimulus is going.

Rory Stewart, the former British diplomat and soldier who has advised U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke on Afghanistan, takes on the Obama administration’s strategy. “They’re not very interested in people telling them that it’s impossible.”