Inspector General Stephen Street on eleven years of ferreting out corruption in Louisiana. Street has battled budget woes and criticism from those he has investigated to rise to the post of national President of Inspectors General. Raymond Strother, the fabled political consultant from Louisiana, assesses the fate of Governor John Bel Edwards, who is seven months from a re-election bid, and President Trump, who faces the national electorate again in November of next year.

Raegan Carter of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation on the continuing challenge of curbing smoking in Louisiana. Organic Farmer Bob Quinn comments on his book “Grain by Grain,” A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs and Healthy Food. Southern University Political Scientist Albert Samuels assesses the St. George petition. Author Clinton Johnson tells the story behind the action movie from Tom Hanks that was filmed in Baton Rouge.

Political Consultant Roy Fletcher on Louisiana’s red tide in state elections and the prospect for re-election for President Trump. Greg Bowser, President of the Louisiana Chemical Association comments about a major investment announcement by ExxonMobil in Baton Rouge. Author Blake Harris discusses his book which takes readers behind the scenes for the larger than life story of Oculus, the upstart virtual reality company founded in 2012 and sold to Facebook for more than two billion dollars.

EBR Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore reflects on crime in the Capital City, the fight against opioid deaths and a wrinkle in the case involving the death of LSU fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver. Drake University Professor Jennifer Harvey comments on her book, “Raising White Kids, Bringing up Children in a Racially Unjust America.

Investigative Reporter Dan Moldea assesses testimony before the U.S. House Oversight Committee from former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Mark Ballard, Capitol Bureau Chief for The Advocate on the prospect for the City of St. George and Louisiana Congressional members votes on background checks for guns. Celebrated Author Greg Isles of Natchez on his latest work “Cemetery Road” about a journalist in Mississippi.

Author Steve Luxenberg comments on Plessy v. Ferguson, the infamous Supreme Court decision involving a Louisiana man who sought equality in America three decades after the Civil War. Luxenberg’s book is “Separate, the Story of Plessy v. Ferguson and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation. Environmental activist Doug Daigle recalls his colleague Len Bahr, who died last week at 78. Renee Chatelain of the Arts Council for Greater Baton Rouge showcases the Ebb and Flow Festival. Storied journalist Greg Palast on Venezuela. 

LSU Professor Kevin Cope talks hazing and other LSU issues. Sophie Hannah discusses holding grudges. Julie Bogart on her Brave Writer program.

Guest host Julie Baxter-Payer. LA National Guard spokesperson Colonel Ed Bush discusses military service. Society for the Preservation of Lagniappe board member Doug Cossman. BR Blues Festival Producer Eric Carnegie on this spring’s slate of festival fun. James Carl Nelson, author of “The Polar Bear Expedition” on America’s 20th century short war in northern Russia.

Longtime WAFB-TV meteorologist and Baton Rouge Police Officer Mike Graham is retiring after 49 years with BRPD and moving to Arizona. Graham will be joined by his former WAFB colleague George Sells. Advocate Capitol Bureau Chief Mark Ballard analyzes friction between Attorney General Jeff Landry and New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell.

Reporters Lea Skene and Andrea Gallo of The Advocate detail the history of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at LSU. The DKE chapter has been kicked off campus after nine arrests of members who allegedly engaged in extreme hazing of pledges. Allegations of burning new members and urinating on them are among the charges against the DKE Nine. The latest scandal comes after the death in 2017 of pledge Max Gruver at another LSU fraternity. Former DKE member Steve Myers, a lawyer, real estate mogul and founder of Tiger Rag, comments on his experience with the fraternity and offers his reasons for keeping the chapter alive at LSU.