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Fall is the best time to plant hearty trees in Louisiana.

The gap between rich and poor in Louisiana is continuing to grow steadily, according to an analysis of the latest Census figures.

In the Bayou state, the top 20 percent made 9 times more than the bottom 20 percent in 2010. Based on that measure, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute rank Louisiana as the sixth worst state for income inequality.

LSU alumni Lod Cook and Charlie Roberts discuss matters on interest to the Old War Skule, and Lod's involvement with a possible breakthrough in neurologicial treatment. 

Computer expert Barbara Simons, author of "Broken Ballots", addresses concerns for voting integrity in the electronic age.

East Baton Rouge Parish Schools Superintendent Dr. Bernard Taylor looks back on his first seven months on the job and lays out his plan for giving Baton Rouge parents more choices for their students.

Jim spends the hour with political analyst Jack Germond and Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham, who talks about his report that current LSU football players Spencer Ware and Anthony Johnson may be linked to NCAA violations.

Baton Rouge Metro Council candidate Champagne Starr discusses undergoing gender reassignment and matters facing the Capitol City. Then, early childhood consultant Karen Ponder speaks on the importance of early childhood learning. And veteran actress Linda Evans, of Dynasty and The Big Valley, visits.

Rev. Chris Andrews and Rev. Reginald Pitcher talk about the 2012 Election and the fallout. Biographer Katherine Monk shares from her book, "Joni:The Creative Odyssey of Joni Mitchell."

Louisiana's worst year for West Nile virus in a decade continues into the fall season. On Friday the state Department of Health and Hospitals reported 12 new West Nile virus cases, and two more West Nile-related deaths.

Urologist Dudley Atkinson discusses benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Dr. Paul Dworkin talks about the "Help Me Grow" childhood development program. 

Conservative demographer Elliot Stonecipher and progressive Southern University professor Albert Samuels debate how so many predictions of the election got is so wrong. 

Former WAFB weatherman Rick Arnett talks about his 1,900-mile solo bicycle journey across the USA.

Sam Irwin and state Poet Laureate Julie Kane preview the Festival of Words in Grand Couteau.

Republican Public Service Commission member and former Congressman Clyde Holloway and Democratic activist Dr. E. Faye Williams share their opposing viewpoints on the 2012 election and the direction the USA is headed.

Historian and author Patrick O'Donnell talks about his book "Dog Company", profiling a team of heroic U.S. Army Rangers and the D-Day invasion.