Recent TV and Radio Coverage
Julie Rose on Top of Mind, September 2021
National radio show host Julie Rose chats with Sandy about Hurricane Ida and the new levees in New Orleans.
Newell Norman Radio Show, June 2021
Newell interviewed Sandy about her decision to give voice to senior tennis players in danger of losing public court space.
Finding Genius Podcast, March 2021
Richard Jacobs interviews Sandy Rosenthal about her book Words Whispered in Water.
Miami Book Fair, November 2020
NPR’s award-winning John Burnett interviews Sandy Rosenthal about her book Words Whispered in Water as part of the Miami Book Fair.
Marc Bernier Radio Show, October 2020
Mark Bernier interviews Sandy Rosenthal live about her book Words Whispered in Water. The show, based out of Daytona Beach is heard throughout Florida to share the 2020 Miami Book Fair.
NDT-TV in New York City, October 2020
Don Tran interviews founder Rosenthal on the arrive of Hurricane Delta in west Louisiana just six weeks after the same region was clobbered by Hurricane Laura.
NPR’s Weekend Edition, August 2020
Sandy Rosenthal in interviewed about the 15th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s impact.
NPR’s 1A Show, August 2020
Charla Freeland interviews Sandy Rosenthal about her new book as well as the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
Great Day Louisiana show, August 2020
WWL-TV Channel 4’s Malik Mingo interviews Sandy Rosenthal about her debut book.
The Millennial Source, August 2020
Joseph Lyttleton features Sandy Rosenthal is a story about the lasting impacts of the levee breach event on New Orleans.
WWL-TV in New Orleans, July 2020
Eric Paulsen interviews Rosenthal to discuss her new book and upcoming book signing on August 11 at Octavia Books in New Orleans
NDT-TV in New York City, July 2020
Don Tran interviews founder Rosenthal on the Michigan dam failures and future of American dams
Jim Engster’s Talk Louisiana radio show on NPR, April 2020
Rosenthal discusses similarities between the levee breach event and Covid-19 on New Orleans.
The Atlantic Magazine - Floodlines: the story of an unnatural disaster, March 2020
Rosenthal is featured in Episode 6 of the 8-episode podcast about a misunderstood disaster -Katrina
The Discovery Channel - featuring Sandy Rosenthal in November 2019
Episode 7 of the Discovery Channel’s Disasters Engineered
Full Measure Extra: Levees.org Founder Sandy Rosenthal, October 2019
Rosenthal explains why New Orleans flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Gap in Mississippi River levee - Sandy Rosenthal on CBS Evening News, July 2019
Sandy Rosenthal comments on possibility of Mississippi River overtopping the levee at a 300 yard spillway at Army Corps of Engineers' headquarters in the heart of New Orleans.
The Next Generation - Sandy Rosenthal on WDSU TV, June 2019
To reach a generation born after Hurricane Katrina, WDSU TV teams up with Sandy Rosenthal.
Start of Hurricane Season - Sandy Rosenthal on WGNO TV, May 2019
Susan Roesgen talks to Sandy Rosenthal about why the nation needs the Levee Exhibit Hall and Flooded House Museum.
Flooded House Museum - Sandy Rosenthal on AP Video, March 2019
Stacey Plaisance interviews Sandy Rosenthal on her group’s unveiling of the Flooded House Museum
Miami Radio Ian Trottier’s weekly show, Discussions of Truth, July 2018
––Rosenthal discusses the Army Corps’ levee failures, July 2018
2018 Tulane Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Video, April 2018
For her work changing the national narrative of the New Orleans flood of 2005, Sandy Rosenthal received this honor, given to one person annually.
STORYCORPS: Stanford Rosenthal and Sandy Rosenthal, January 2018
Sandy and her son Stanford discuss the jewels of New Orleans and their post-disaster activism
Better Flood Protection Laws - Sandy Rosenthal on Fox8 TV, April 2017
Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal speaks with Ryan Naquin on her demand for term limits for the local Flood Authority nominating committee.
Hurricane Katrina: Ten Years Later – Sandy Rosenthal on TalkPoverty Radio, August 2015
Sandy Rosenthal shares insights on the manmade aspect of the 2005 flooding disaster.
Disaster Leader - Tulane University Video, September 2014
Charles Figley interviews Sandy Rosenthal about her role as a disaster resilience leader.
The Founding of Levees.org - WLAE TV, February 2011
Tom Bagwill interviews Sandy Rosenthal on why she founded her grassroots group
Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster - BBC Radio, September 2010
Sandy Rosenthal is interview in the Costing the Earth program for BBC Radio.
5th Anniversary of Levee Breaches - Jason Bronis, AP Video, August 2010
In depth interview on how New Orleans has become a laboratory for developing a new, state-of-the-art flood control system
Founder Rosenthal on the Levee Breach Event Five Years After - Wall Street Journal, August 2010
Levees.org installed a historic plaque vetted and fact checked by the Louisiana Office of Historic Preservation at the site of the 17th Street Canal breach.
Radio profile: Sandy Rosenthal for NPR’s Morning Edition - August 2009
Sandy Rosenthal is interviewed by Walter Fred Kasten for NPR’s special profile of people who have taken an active hand in working for solutions to rebuild New Orleans.
Update to Army Corps Comment Scandal - WWL TV, June 2009
Sandy Rosenthal provides update to Army Corps of Engineers’ astroturf campaign designed to discredit her grassroots group, Levees.org.
Levees.org: Army Corps hired a PR company to protect its image - WWL TV, May 2009
Founder Rosenthal questions why the Army Corps should be spending millions of dollars to improve its image after its levees broke during Hurricane Katrina.
Breaking news on Army Corps Comment Scandal - WWL TV, December 2008
Sandy Rosenthal discovers irrefutable evidence that multiple individuals at the Army Corps of Engineers are staging an astroturf campaign at its headquarters to discredit her group.
Levees.org founder before Jefferson Parish Council on the need for levee study, February 2008
Sandy Rosenthal speaks to member so of the Jefferson Parish Council on why the residents of New Orleans need an independent bipartisan investigation of the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina.
Levees.org defies ASCE’s threat of lawsuit; reposts spoof of USACE, December 2007
Flanked by attorneys from Adams & Reese, Levees.org reposted its spoof of the cozy relationship between the USACE and the ASCE.