# Full Show 6/5/2026: With America's 250th anniversary approaching, are you proud to be an American?

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Podcast: [Newell Normand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167)
Published: 2026-06-05T18:04:45+00:00
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## Resource

This hour, Newell shares his thoughts on a recent June 2026 poll conducted by Elon University that found that only 18% of self-described Democrats explicitly selected "proud" as the primary word to describe their feelings about the United States as it approaches its 250th anniversary. Then, Newell has on Lucy Cordts, a licensed Clinical Social Worker and Senior Director of Behavioral Health at CrescentCare, to explain why access to mental health care is so important and how we can help break the stigma surrounding it, Jesse Manley, Interim Executive Director of Court Watch NOLA, to discuss the impact of the legislation signed that eliminated three judgeships in New Orleans, Lesli Harris, New Orleans City Councilmember, and Nick Gernon, Deputy Superintendent with NOPD, to talk about creating new DNA analyst positions within the NOPD Crime Lab, and Tommy Faucheux, President of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, to break down how the oil and gas industry was impacted by the legislative session.

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