America's Wetland Foundation President Val Marmillion assesses costal challenges threatening Louisiana and previews a major summit on Wednesday at LSU featuring leaders from politics, industry, and the environment. Manship School Professor Bob Mann surveys the midterm elections and remembers his former boss, Russell Long, who was born 100 years ago this month. Congressional candidate Larry Rader who finished fourth in the 2016 Congressional election for the 3rd district, discusses his candidacy. Writer and historian Gary Pomerantz talks about his new book “The Last Pass: Cousey, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End.” a tome detailing the transformative Celtics dynasty and the relationship between Bob Cousey and Bill Russell amid racial tensions nationwide.

Legendary Louisiana political consultant Ray Strother on new information about his candidate for president, Gary Hart, and the scandal that engulfed Hart’s campaign. Strother will also discuss the midterm elections. Candidate for Congress in the 3rd District, Republican Josh Guillory, talks about his challenge to Clay Higgins and the endorsement for Guillory from Trump lawyer and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Former Democratic Louisiana lawmaker Melissa Flournoy of Shreveport and GOP activist and former U.S. Senate candidate Rob Maness exchange views about the forecast and impact of the midterm Congressional elections. We also hear from Jessica Rosgaard of WWNO with her feature on Amendment No. 2, which would eliminate non-unanimous jury verdicts in Louisiana.

Mimi Methvin, Democratic endorsed candidate for the 3rd Congressional District, discusses her challenge of GOP incumbent U.S. House Rep. Clay Higgins. Robert Travis Scott, President of the Public Affairs Research Council, surveys six amendments on the ballot statewide next Tuesday.

Baton Rouge Rep. Steve Carter on his final year coming in 2019 as a member of the Louisiana House and how lawmaker will address issues such as transportation during an election year. Congressional candidate Justin DeWitt, the endorsed Democrat in the 6th District, weighs in on his longshot bid to unseat two-term U.S. House member Garret Graves.

Felicia Harry, Member of the A.P. Tureaud Black Alumni Chapter at LSU, comments on the state of black students at LSU six decades after integration of the campus. Tyler Bridges, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, opines about the legacy of David Duke as Bridges releases an updated biography of the infamous politician and Klan leader. Rabbi Barry Weinstein of Baton Rouge discusses the worst attack on Jews in American history as nine people died at a temple in Pittsburgh Saturday morning.

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser previews the Louisiana Book Festival and updates tourism numbers for 2018. Fox News personality Brian Kilmeade on the legacy of President Andrew Jackson and the seventh president’s impact on Louisiana. LSU Manship School Dean Martin Johnson and Director of the Public Policy Research Lab Michael Henderson comment on a national poll conducted by the school for the midterm elections. Ken Perrett, President of Louisiana Good Roads and Transportation Association, on Constitutional Amendment 4 to prevent state police from using transportation funding.

LSU Geology Department Chair Brooks Elwood and Alumni Professor of Physics Ravi Rau on the state of higher education in America. Father John Foley, leader of Christo Rey, on 35 Catholic work-study preparatory schools in the United States, including one in Baton Rouge. Mark Ballard, Capitol Bureau Chief for The Advocate, on the midterm elections 12 days before election day. Madeline Bernstein, president of the Society of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, on her book: “Designer Dogs, Inside the Criminal Underworld of Crossbreeding.”

Former aide to President Trump, Sebastian Gorka, on immigration and foreign policy issues and their effect on the midterm elections. Baseball legend Denny McLain on the 2018 World Series and Boston's opening win at Fenway Park over the Dodgers. Washington Post National Security Correstpondent Greg Miller, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, on the Trump Administration and its handling of Russia. 

Biographer and celebrated sportswriter Jane Leavy on her latest subject, Babe Ruth. Leavy, who previously penned best-selling books about Sandy Koufax and Mickey Mantle, focuses on “The Sultan of Swat” in her opus, “The Big Fella.” Writter and Ole Miss Professor Kiese Laymon on his new book "Heavy: An American Memoir", where he takes a look at his struggles dealing with weight and other topics as an African-American man in America.