AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

About AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

23 Minutes about the Greater Baton Rouge Area's Arts & Culture

Publisher

Arts Council of Baton Rouge

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2023

Latest episode

16 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

147 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Apr 2026

   AC23 Ed Ruzicka - Poet - "The Invention of Dreaming" Release

   Mike Esneault interviews poet, author, and president of the Poetry Society of Louisiana, Ed Ruzicka today. They discuss the release of Ed's new book "The Invention of Dreaming" and the inspirations for writing this new collection of poetry. They also touch on various subjects as they relate to the creative process and the arts industry.

2. 

   5 Sept 2025

   AC23 James Fogle - Musician and Arts Industry Business Owner

   Mike Esneault converses with James Fogle, for the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge’s AC23+ Artist Legacy Series podcast. James is the owner of Mid City Ballroom, Baton Rouge Music Exchange and Pop Shop Records. Through these ventures as well as his work as a musician/performer, James has greatly enriched the Baton Rouge arts community. They discussed this as well as other topics related to being an artist in the Greater Baton Rouge area for over the last 40+ years.

3. 

   2 Sept 2025

   AC23 Chris LeBlanc - Louisiana Hall of Fame - Performer/Song Writer

   Mike Esneault talks and plays music with Louisiana Music Hall of Fame performer and song writer Chris LeBlanc. They discuss Chris' formative years growing up in a musical family in South Louisiana as well as being influenced by the blues and many other genres of music that he heard and played in his hometown of Baton Rouge. In addition, they play three of Chris' original songs.

Who has been a guest on AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mike Weary
• BJ Smith
• Kim Smith
• Chris Adams
• Victoria Cave

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

31,172

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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Books guests

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