WRYAT New Orleans Public Radio
Aug 27, 2026 · 2 hr 52 min · 48 segments
Art. Culture. History. These used to be considered pretty important. So important, in fact, one could argue (and many did) that they once acted as the three foundational pillars responsible for…
Lance PetersHost
Josh WattsHostGopher the TokerHostDJ Loop GuruHost
Hugo BonaireGuestTim BeaurowGuest
Michael TBAHostTomGuest
Weston HilsonHost
Alan SingletonGuestEpisode HostHost
Britney NorthshoreGuestCheriseGuestDecade in Review HostHost
Dank DavisHost
Malcolm GladwellGuestGlennGuestHedwin JacobsGuest
John WithersPanelistDick LaRayHostHistory Gumbo HostHostMadeline BuechPanelist
Joyce MathersPanelistGopher Show Co-HostHost
The year is 1783, and American gourmet frontier chef A. Arnold "Arnie" Arbuckle had just landed in the little port of New Orleans.
At the time, the Port of New Orleans was world-famous for two things, a prostitute who could catch a bullet with her labia named Bullet Bertha and her labia lasso, and their wildly unpopular and unseasoned vegan cuisine.
A. Arnold "Arnie" Arbuckle opened his first New Orleans restaurant in 1785, Arbuckle's Mudbugs and Meats, and it was not the smash he had intended.
Most New Orleanians, the preferred nomenclature for locals, did not approve of Arbuckle's uppity attitude and the vape cloud that inevitably encircled his fedora.
Long, the mayor of New Orleans, also known as the Fat Fish, who was famously gunned down in a New Orleans Popeyes in 1987.
After a few years of struggling to keep Arby's doors open in the famously vegan Port of New Orleans, something incredible happened.
This was a bold slap in the face of the Cajun Pope, who famously quoted as saying- Us New Orleanians, we, uh, we, the only, we only, the only meat we eat is nutria and crawfish.
It was clear to A. Arnold Arbuckle now that to succeed in vegan New Orleans he had to appease the growing number of carnivorous New Orleanians.
As of today, Arby's is the largest homegrown local chain of nationwide Cajun restaurants, and it all started with A. Arnold "Arnie" Arbuckle defying the Cajun Pope.
It's located in the middle of Andrew Jackson Cemetery, which is famously named after the pirate Jean Lafitte.
So now I leave you with the battle cry of New Orleanians the world over since the founding of the port in 1496, "Hootie hoo." And that, my friends, is the code for the killers.
The year is 1783, and American gourmet frontier chef A. Arnold "Arnie" Arbuckle had just landed in the little port of New Orleans.
At the time, the Port of New Orleans was world-famous for two things, a prostitute who could catch a bullet with her labia named Bullet Bertha and her labia lasso, and their wildly unpopular and unseasoned vegan cuisine.
A. Arnold "Arnie" Arbuckle opened his first New Orleans restaurant in 1785, Arbuckle's Mudbugs and Meats, and it was not the smash he had intended.
Most New Orleanians, the preferred nomenclature for locals, did not approve of Arbuckle's uppity attitude and the vape cloud that inevitably encircled his fedora.
Long, the mayor of New Orleans, also known as the Fat Fish, who was famously gunned down in a New Orleans Popeyes in 1987.
After a few years of struggling to keep Arby's doors open in the famously vegan Port of New Orleans, something incredible happened.
This was a bold slap in the face of the Cajun Pope, who famously quoted as saying- Us New Orleanians, we, uh, we, the only, we only, the only meat we eat is nutria and crawfish.
It was clear to A. Arnold Arbuckle now that to succeed in vegan New Orleans he had to appease the growing number of carnivorous New Orleanians.
As of today, Arby's is the largest homegrown local chain of nationwide Cajun restaurants, and it all started with A. Arnold "Arnie" Arbuckle defying the Cajun Pope.
It's located in the middle of Andrew Jackson Cemetery, which is famously named after the pirate Jean Lafitte.
So now I leave you with the battle cry of New Orleanians the world over since the founding of the port in 1496, "Hootie hoo." And that, my friends, is the code for the killers.
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