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Today on Louisiana Considered, we review everything you need to know ahead of the state’s primaries on Saturday. We also speak with Courtney Bryan – the New Orleans musician recently awarded a MacArthur “genius grant” – and hear about the first confirmation hearing for the New Orleans police chief nominee.

Louisiana State Representative Mandie Landry speaks on her campaign and candidacy for reelection amid the upcoming election. Former Insurance Commissioner and Secretary of State Jim Brown is joined by journalist and Southeastern professor Dayne Sherman to discuss various political topics including the upcoming election and the candidates.

News and sports director at Louisiana Radio Network Jeff Palermo gives his review on what is happening during this election season. Political consultant Mary Patricia Wray talks the lay of the land for the upcoming primary. Former Louisiana politician Jim Brown compares qualifying then and now and the latest with the races.

Editor and publisher of LaPolitics Weekly and The Tracker Jeremy Alford gives insight into where we are with the recent qualifying and the upcoming primary. Republican politician Roger Villere speaks on the current state of the Republican Party locally as well as nationally and also the upcoming primary.

Louisiana political analyst Ron Faucheux gives insight into the lay of the land after qualifying and also the upcoming elections and candidates. Republican political consultant Scott Wilfong is joined by Democratic blogger and Southeastern professor Dayne Sherman to discuss what's going in Louisiana politics including the upcoming primary.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about recovery efforts in Lake Charles two years after two hurricanes swept through the city. Also, we revisit a conversation with Tulane history professor and award-winning biographer Walter Isaacson.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we celebrate the beginning of the new school year by going back to the archives to learn about the first women to live on LSU’s campus. We hear first person accounts from a home economics major, a lawyer, a performer, and the first woman of color to live in the dorms.

Louisiana State Representative and candidate for Louisiana Treasurer gives insight into his candidacy and campaign. District Attorney Hillar Moore comments on Gov. John Bell Edwards' clemency request for death row inmates, homicide rates throughout the city, and also the recent indictment of Donald Trump.

Republican and former metro councilman Darrell Glasper is joined by Democrat and Professor of Political Science and the Chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography at Southern University Albert Samuels to discuss the recent indictments of Donald Trump and also the upcoming governors election. Author Jane Leavy talks her book on Babe Ruth on the 75th anniversary of his passing, "The Big Fella".

Today on Louisiana Considered, we speak with acclaimed operatic tenor and New Orleans native Jamez McCorkle. Also, the Marigny Opera Ballet is under new leadership. We chat with executive director Evan Hammond as the company prepares for its 2023-2024 season.