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Podcast: Louisiana Insider
Episode: Episode 201: Down the River - Author Ned Randolph Explores "The Big Muddy"
Description: It is not the most poetic of nicknames but it is backed by science. Author Ned Randolph joins Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde and podcast producer Kelly Massicot to talk about his new book, "Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta," and his experiences covering the stateâs landscape including the river known informally as âThe Big Muddy.â Because the Mississippi River drains much of the central part of the continent, the water carries sediments from upriver along the way that in turn has built riverbanks and nourished marshes and swamps and, near the riverâs mouth, given the Gulf of Mexi...