Biz Talks

Biz New Orleans magazine has been covering the city's business community since 2014, and their weekly podcast extends that coverage into hour-long conversations with the people actually running things. The guest roster reads like a who's who of greater New Orleans commerce: restaurant group owners, tech startup founders, nonprofit directors, real estate developers, festival organizers, and the occasional Loyola student who somehow ended up managing a live music venue on Freret Street. The show works because it treats New Orleans business as inseparable from New Orleans culture. A recent episode about Lakeside Shopping Center is really about how suburban retail is evolving in a city where neighborhood identity matters more than square footage. An episode about a local TikTok creator turns into a genuine conversation about how social media is reshaping which restaurants survive their first year. When they covered the French Film Festival's return to the city, the business angle -- sponsorship models, tourism impact, venue logistics -- gave the story a dimension you would not get from a standard arts review. With 281 episodes, a perfect 5.0-star rating from 7 reviewers, and weekly updates through March 2026, Biz Talks has the consistency that builds trust. The production is clean and professional without being corporate. If you want to understand how New Orleans actually works as an economy -- not just the jazz-and-gumbo postcard version -- this podcast pulls back the curtain on the dealmaking, the challenges, and the optimism that keeps the city's business community moving forward.