State Librarian Rebecca Hamilton remembers the late journalist Cokie Roberts, who died this week at 75.

Harrison Golden of WVLA previews tonight’s gubernatorial debate at the LSU Union Theater.

Mark Ballard of the Advocate assesses the governor’s election 23 days before the Oct. 12 primary.

LSU Manship School Dean Martin Johnson and friends on the state of campus newspapers and collaboration with LSU athletics. A salute to the late journalist Cokie Roberts from an encore interview in 2015. The New Orleans native died yesterday at age 75. Serena Pandos and Leslie Charleville from the Louisiana Art and Science Museum comment on Friday’s gala “Chroma, Color Your Senses.”

LSU Alumnus and Academy Award winning composer Bill Conti previews his performance tonight at the Union Theater with the LSU Symphony and looks back on his days as a student who lived in Tiger Stadium. Former Baton Rouge Coroner Hypolite Landry talks about his varied life as he celebrates his 93rd birthday with listeners of Talk Louisiana.

EBR Councilwoman Donna Collins Lewis on her bid to unseat veteran Doug Welborn as Baton Rouge Clerk of Court…and the prospect of the Village of St. George. New York Times reporter Megan Twohey comments on her role in breaking the story of sexual harassment by Harvey Weinstein, detailed in the book “She Said.”

  Former Louisiana GOP Chairman Mike Francis, current member of the Louisiana PSC, discusses solar energy and politics four weeks before the gubernatorial primary. Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Tyler Bridges of the Advocate contrasts this year’s governor’s race with the 2015 campaign that prompted Tyler’s book with Jeremy Alford, “Longshot.”

  Ken Perret, President of Louisiana Good Roads and Transportation Association reviews the deplorable condition of state roads and predicts 2020 will provide another push for a gasoline tax in Louisiana. Mark Ballard, Capitol Bureau Chief for the Advocate, looks at Bernie Pinsonat’s gubernatorial poll one month before the Oct. 12 election. Lee Hartley Carter on the art of persuasion in an era where facts don’t seem to matter.

General Russel Honore’, hero of Katrina and head of the Green Army, joins activist Hays Town to discuss the vulnerability of the Baton Rouge water system, and Honore’ looks back 18 years to the 9-11 attack on America. Dr. James Gordon,  Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, discusses his book “The Transformation.”

 Style writer Dana Thomas discusses her book “Fashionopolis” which examines the clothing industry with is a 2.4 trillion dollar annual business with one of six workers on the Earth connected to it. Baton Rouge tailor Manuel Martinez reflects on 35 years as one of America’s most celebrated clothiers and how the industry is evolving. Glenn Guilbeau of the USA Today Network and James Moran of Tiger Rag comment on the Saints 30-28 last second win over Houston and LSU’s impressive 45-38 victory at Texas.

Mara Liasson, NPR national correspondent, comments on the politics of appointing Supreme Court justices and surveys the landscape for the election of 2020. Celebrated author Brad Meltzer showcases his two new biographical subjects, Walt Disney and Marie Curie. Torrie Fields, Program Manager for Blue Shield of California, discusses her role as moderator for a forum  this Thursday about end of life care hosted by the LSU Manship School and its Reilly Center for Public Affairs at the LSU Heath Center in New Orleans.

Austin sportswriter Asher Price on his book about UT Heisman winner Earl Campbell, LSU’s game vs Texas on Saturday and a revelation about former LSU President Troy Middleton. Former LSU Quarterback Jimmy Field comments on being the last quarterback to beat Texas. LSU defeated the Longhorns 13-0 in the 1963 Cotton Bowl as Field ran for the only touchdown in the clash in Dallas. We will also review former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s conversation from foe of President Trump to supporter of the president.