Hour 1:

Meg Casper

Meg Casper with the Secretary of State's Office joins guest host Julie Baxter Payer to discuss voter turnout for the October 14th election and how they are preparing for Tropical Storm Nate.

Holly Talley

Outreach Director for the state Department of Veterans Affairs Holly Talley joins the conversation to talk about the Veterans Day dedication of the new Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park at the arsenal area by the state capitol and other activities that will go on during Veterans Day.

Bill Clevlen

Author of 100 Things to Do in American before You Die, Bill Clevlen chats about his event on October 10th at the East Baton Rouge Parish Libary.

Hour 2:

Mike Steele

Mike Steele with GOHSEP chimes in about how Louisiana is preparing for Tropical Storm Nate to make landfall here as a possible Category 1 Hurricane.

Terri Ricks

Deputy Secretary for the state Department and Children and Family Services Terri Ricks chats with Julie about preparation for Tropical Storm Nate. Ricks discusses where shelters will be set up if needed after the storm.

Hour 1:

Joey Strickland

Strickland will discusses the many and varied services available under our state department of veterans services to Louisiana veterans, and what the need is. We hear from the field, how much money our offices bring into the state each year connecting veterans with a vast variety of veterans’ federal benefits, and the increased number of deployments of Louisiana soldiers that are coming this year and in the months ahead.

Hour 2:

Mike Steele

Steele discusses post-Irma recovery, and what happens in statewide post-storm response at this stage in the immediate days after the storm, what specifically Louisiana is doing to help Florida, like many of our leading first responders being there in Tallahassee helping Florida coordinate its response, all the power trucks headed that way from our state, and some really encouraging information on all Louisiana has done to help Harvey’s survivors, including how our Governor’s suggestions to improve FEMA’s Shelter At Home program are going to be helping Harvey survivors now.

Bill Bryan

Bill Bryan, a BR Blues Foundation Board Member, joins Julie in studio to talk about the 2017 Blues Gala on October 1st.