On today's show, Newell reflects on Mayor-Elect Helena Moreno's 2026 budget plan.

Then, Newell has on

General Thomas Friloux, the 51st Adjutant General of Louisiana, to talk about the Louisiana National Guard opening up Jackson Barracks to the public for a Christmas Tour of the antebellum homes that were built in 1836,

Michael Hecht, President & CEO of GNO Inc., to discuss Mayor-elect Helena Moreno's 2026 budget plan,

Gary Rosenfeld, CEO of Plan A Games, to talk about establishing an engineering team in southeast Louisiana to develop the company’s data analytics platform,

Walt Leger, New Orleans & Company President and CEO, to take a look back at 2025 in tourism and what’s ahead for 2026,

and Katy Casbarian, Arnaud’s Restaurant, and the Project Visionary & Lead Collaborator for Second Line in the Sky, to talk about their new temporary memorial and lighting installation to be unveiled in the French Quarter on December 1st ahead of the one-year anniversary of the January 1st terrorist attack.