Senator Dan Claitor and Rep. Steve Carter reflect on three terms in the Legislature as they depart office after 12 years at the Capitol. Carter lost to Franklin Foil by four votes in his quest to represent citizens in District 16, the seat vacated by Claitor. 

LSU Basketball Great Rudy Macklin comments on the historic season for LSU football and his role as the head of the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness. Paul Arrigo of Visit Baton Rouge looks at the year in tourism and challenges in promoting Baton Rouge and New Orleans amid dire crime news. 

Financial advisers Andy Anderson and Ameen Walker assess the state of the economy, the stock market and investment strategies for 2020 on the busiest shopping day of the year. Ecologist Alejandro Frid on his book “Changing Tides, An Ecologist’s Journey to Make Peace with the Athropocene.” 

LSU graduate Sydnie Kohara recalls being on the anchor desk in San Francisco 30 years ago when a major earthquake rattled the Bay Area and caused $5 billion in damages; Author Ruta Sepytes on her book “The Fountains of Silence” about Franco’s Spain in 1957; Singer Roslyn Kind, sister of Barbra Streisand, reflects on her career; Producer Matt Doyle talks with Shankar Vedantam, host of NPR’s “The Hidden Brain.” 

East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome talks about St. George, crime, AIDS case rates and MOVEBR. 

Tyler Bridges, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, details his 3,700 word recap of the 2019 Louisiana Governor’s election. His story ran in Sunday, Advocate. 

U.S. Senate candidate Antoine Pierce talks about his campaign against incumbent Bill Cassidy with the election just over eleven months away. Conservative columnist and commentator Quin Hillyer reviews the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. 

Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Director Stephen Handwerk recaps the governor’s election and Louisiana legislative races. Historian Joseph McBride discusses the mystery surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy, 56 years ago today. Rene Coman, bass player for the Iguanas, previews the performance at the Dyson House on Dec. 5th. 

Mark Ballard, Capitol Bureau Chief for the Advocate, surveys Louisiana politics in the aftermath of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ victory Saturday over challenger Eddie Rispone. Molly Buchmann of the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre previews the annual production of the Nutrcacker. Writer Sands Hall discusses her book “Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology.” 

LSU graduate and former U.S. Intelligence Officer at the Pentagon Janet Humphries comments on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Advocate Columnist of 40 years Smiley Anders observes his 82nd birthday with us. Singer Mary Gauthier previews her Thursday night performance at the Dyson House.