Cassie Doyle – Screenwriter Who Always Knew Her Calling

Cassie Doyle shares her lifelong dream of creating films with her friend, Taylor Marie Swift, in this video snippet taped during the production of the Discover Lafayette podcast in the offices of Rader Solutions in Lafayette LA. As a young girl, Cassie saved her money and bought her first camera when she was in fourth […]

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Chris Rader of Rader Solutions on the Discover Lafayette podcast: How to increase your company’s bottom line through innovation, getting things right the first time

Discover Lafayette’s podcast is included in The Acadiana Advocate’s Business Newsletter twice a week. We are proud to partner with The Advocate, as well as with Rader Solutions and Jason Sikora who tape our podcast interviews. Today’s Advocate promotion features Chris Rader, CEO of Rader Solutions. The podcast may be listened to here. The article […]

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Paul Hilliard Reflects on the WW II Generation

This Discover Lafayette podcast is our second one with Paul Hilliard, who founded Badger Oil in Lafayette in 1955. Paul reflects on the WWII generation and what our country was like when the U. S. entered the war in December 1941. The United States of America was a different place in 1941. Coming off the […]

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Ema Haq – Compassionate Restaurant Entrepreneur With a Heart for Community

A native of Bangladesh who moved to Lafayette in 1983 to study engineering at USL, Ema Haq fell in love with the people and region and never considered leaving. Well-known for both his culinary skills and philanthropic endeavors, this interview provides a heartwarming opportunity to hear the personal story of this beloved man who is […]

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Jan Risher, Freelance Writer and World Traveler

Jan Risher is a freelance writer and author of Long Story Short: Year of the Water Goat, a must read for anyone considering adopting internationally. She writes a weekly column for the Sunday edition of the Acadiana Advocate in Lafayette, LA which centers on the human condition; she was previously a writer for the Daily […]

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