Stephen Handwerk, Executive Director of the Louisiana Democratic Party, assesses the midterm elections and the re-election quest of Gov. John Bel Edwards. Ashley Berthelot-Arceneaux, LSU Director of Presidential and Policy Communications, and Zoe Williamson, President of Geaux Vote LSU, preview the Behind the Ballot Symposium at the university.

Congressman Garret Graves on flood protection, midterm elections and Go Fund Me account for LSU. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat on forecast for Nov. 6 election. Louisiana Radio Network reporter Kevin Barnhart on the devastation from Hurricane Michael to his hometown of Panama City.

LSU Alumni Association President Cliff Vannoy on Homecoming week in TigerTown. Baton Rouge Advocate Capitol Bureau Chief Mark Ballard on the political winds fewer than three weeks from election day. Author Bob Spitz on his comprehensive biography of President Reagan.

Republican Party Activist Darrell Glasper and Democrat Susan Nelson square off on the midterm elections and the Go Fund Me account started by Congressman Garret Graves for LSU football. Veteran sportscaster Verne Lundquist comments on his long career and being the voice of SEC television broadcasts for a generation. Film critic John Wirt on the New Orleans Film Festival and “Cane River,” a 1982 film that will screen after being lost for 36 years.

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon assesses rates for car, home and health insurance. Businessman Scott Berg reflects on the family business, Lee Michaels Jewelry, which   Is headquartered in Baton Rouge and is now operating in nine states. Sayu Bhojwani, president of New American Leaders, the only organization focused on preparing immigrant leaders to run for public office.

Chris Tyson, President and CEO of the Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority, comments on rapid transit in the community, efforts to gentrify Plank Road and the prospect of the Village of St. George. Sarah Procopio, Director of Governmental Relations for LSU Student Government and Stewart Lockett, Study Body President, talk about a Youth Civic Engagement Forum at LSU tomorrow. Producer Victoria Greene previews her film “Forgotten Bayou.” The production, premiering at the Manship Theatre, is about the environmental disaster at Bayou Corne.

Journalist and activist Maxine Crump and musician Chris Thomas King discuss the rich blues legacy in Baton Rouge. Mark Ballard, Capitol Bureau Chief for The Advocate, on LSU admissions controversies and George Soros in Louisiana. Author Sue Ingalls Finan on the literary contributions of New Orleans and Louisiana.

Chris Meyer, CEO of New Schools Baton Rouge, assesses the current state of educational opportunities in our community and around the state as well as the evolving education ecosystem. LSU President King Alexander and VP of Enrollment Jose Aviles discuss the controversary over admission standards at the Ole War Skule. Journalist Rafe Bartholomew comments on his latest work: “Basketball, A Love Story.” The book includes interviews with more than 200 of the game’s greatest players.

Sybil Haydel Morial, widow to former New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial, and mother to former New Orleans mayor Marc Morial disscusses her rich life, and autobiography "Witness to Change, From Jim Crow to Political Empowerment." Attorney Mike Wolf, veteran Libertarian Party activist, analyzes the fallout from the contentious confirmation provess of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. 

State Senator John Milkovich of Shreveport comments on the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, former FBI director and decorated Vietnam veteran. Milkovich has recently published “Robert Mueller, Errand Boy for the New World Order.” The lawmaker and attorney, who is a Democrat, is often at odds with positions of his political party. Also, Lamar White of the Bayou Brief on the votes by Senators Cassidy and Kennedy of Louisiana in favor of Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court. Ian Birnie of the Louisiana International Film Festival on tomorrow night’s debut of THE HATE U GIVE at Perkins Rowe Baseball writer and sabermetric pioneer Rob Neyer talks about his new book “Power Ball, Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game.”