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.

Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Editor Stephanie Riegel reports on the high cost of mosquito abatement in Baton Rouge. LSU Student Journalist Kennedi Walker comments on the reaction from campus regarding stunning allegations of criminal misconduct by members of the DKE fraternity. Former LSU Student and National Book Award winner Kimberly Willis Holt of Forest Hill talks about her latest book “The Lost Boy’s Gift.”

Residents in Spanish Town, a famous and historic Baton Rouge neighborhood, have launched a crusade to stop vacant homes from being converted into short-term rental units. Celebrated photographer Marie Constantin is leading residents from the neighborhood near the State Capitol in an effort to convince the Metro Council to require owners to live on site of a residential property being rented through sites like Airbnb. Jerry Ashton, co-founder of RIP Medical Debt, offers a prescription to cure America’s $1 trillion healthcare debt. Ashton notes that medical debt for veterans alone will impact 29,000 families in America this year and is the leading cause for bankruptcy in the United States. Former Congressional candidate Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, opines about her latest book “Brave Not Perfect.” Saujani says the book forces women to look at their lives and ask: Am I living the life I always imagined for myself, or am I living a life that merely feels safe?