Bayou-Picayune Podcast, S02 EP10: Wally Zeringue and the decentralization of CongressIf you enjoy the show, please review it on iTunes!In my novel And Lead Us Not, President Wally Zeringue proposes many provocative policies, among them, that members of Congress be housed in barracks.Zeringue seems
BP Podcast S02 EP09: The Crop Circle Squirrel
Bayou-Picayune Podcast, S02 EP09: The Crop Circle SquirrelIf you enjoy the show, please review it on iTunes!You have probably seen aerial pictures of crop circles, strange patterns in wheat fields that appear to be deliberately made.No one knows who or what made them, though many educated people,
BP Podcast S02 EP08: The Longest Year
Bayou-Picayune Podcast, S02 EP08: The Longest Year If you enjoy the show, please review it on iTunes!Did you know there was one year that was longer than all the others in recorded history?It’s true. The year was 46 B.C., and it was 445 days long!Prior to that year, Rome (and other civilizations)
BP Podcast S02 EP07: Bayou-Picayune Reimagined
Bayou-Picayune Podcast, S02 EP07: Bayou-Picayune ReimaginedIf you enjoy the show, please review it on iTunes!Last season I produced a handful of podcasts (“pilot episodes,” I called them) under the name of Bayou-Picayune.With this, the start of my second season, I plan on featuring a Bayou-Picayune
BP Podcast S01 EP06: Coincidental Deaths
Bayou-Picayune Podcast, S01 EP06: Coincidental Deaths If you enjoy the show, please review it on iTunes! Horatio, I simply don’t agree with you. In this case, I happen to agree with Shakespeare when he said, “There’s more to heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Let
BP Podcast S01 EP05: The truth about the “Horoscope Heist”
Bayou-Picayune Podcast, S01 EP05: The truth about the “Horoscope Heist” If you enjoy the show, please review it on iTunes! I suppose I should come clean about Dan Bitterman, the main character in my novel, And Lead Us Not. If you’ve read And Lead Us Not, you’ve already discovered that Dan is a
BP Podcast S01 EP04: The Cuckoo in the Cuckoo Clock
Bayou-Picayune Podcast, S01 EP04: The Cuckoo in the Cuckoo Clock If you enjoy the show, please review it on iTunes! Lots of people have asked me recently: What word or words would I use to describe myself? a writer? a southern writer? a humorist? a satirist? a social critic? Some who have read
BP Podcast S01 EP03: Why Bayou-Picayune?
Bayou-Picayune Podcast, S01 EP03: Why Bayou Picayune? If you enjoy the show, please review it on iTunes! Right now you’re probably asking yourself: “Why Bayou-Picayune? Why would David Pierson call his podcast channel Bayou-Picayune? After all, his first book was Bayou Da Vinci.” Picayune, of
BP Podcast S01 EP02: My Clothesline Conversation with Mom
Bayou-Picayune Podcast, S01 EP02: My Clothesline Conversation with Mom If you enjoy the show, please review it on iTunes! Readers of Bayou Da Vinci (who have been among the first to read my follow-up novel, And Lead Us Not) tell me that I’m a wonderful storyteller, that success must have come
BP Podcast S01 EP01: My Dark Wicked Secret
Bayou-Picayune Podcast, S01 EP01: My Dark Wicked Secret If you enjoy the show, please review it on iTunes! People are always asking me when I first decided to be a writer. That’s really not the question to ask. It wasn’t a choice, at least for me. It’s always been who I am. My earliest