Jason Berry

Jason Berry is the producer and director of City of a Million Dreams, a documentary that explores the evolution of New Orleans through jazz funerals and is based on the book of the same title.

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THEOLOGY V. FREEDOM

Benedict Was a Law and Order Pope Who Failed As a Reformer

The 265th pope of the Catholic Church was a hard-line conservative who tried to root out corruption and abuse—but retreated from the battle when it mattered most.

Jason Berry

Her Day Job Is Teaching Southern Lit. At Night She Rocks

She works a day job teaching college students how Southern blues artists changed the course of Southern literature. By night, she works the club circuit as a band leader.

Jason Berry

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DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS

An Ex-Cop and a Preacher Wrestle With America’s Gun Violence

America has 50 million more guns than its 344.4 million people—a figure stratospherically beyond that of any other country.

Jason Berry

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WORLD BOOGIE IS COMING

How Henry Butler’s Piano Rekindled a Fiery NOLA Tradition

The late New Orleans keyboard genius is celebrated in two new recordings.

Jason Berry

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NOW IT’S OK TO BE AN A**HOLE

Trump May Fade, but the Toxicity He Stoked Is Here to Stay

A new book maps the now normal hellscape of bigotry and misinformation countenanced by Trump and nurtured and curated by the radical right.

Jason Berry