The view from Louisiana

This week Americana takes a closer look at Louisiana. A visit to T’Pops bait and coffee shop brings shop “regulars” and community disc jockey Ken Friedlander together for a conversation about the impact of the oil spill on the lives of the working people of Louisiana.

Salon's Editor In Chief Joan Walsh explains the political ramifications of the situation in Gulf of Mexico and how America's energy needs gush forward.

And from Mobile Bay, Alabama, Pulitzer Prize winning writer Rick Bragg says goodbye to the shoreline of his childhood.