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* What Deuce McAllister is expecting from the Saints this weekend in Paris * Where y’at this weekend: Fall and Halloween festivals galore this weekend * Are some there some unexpectedly close races in Louisiana? * The Wisner Trust saga may not be over just yet. Here's what to know * How will drought conditions affect already hard-hit Louisiana farmers? * Understanding the protests in France

* What’s going on this weekend? Is Isaias causing any rescheduling or cancellations? We’ll go over it with Josh Danzig, owner of Where Y’at Magazine. * We’ll have another discussion about the protests in France, why they’re happening, and if anything has changed in the last few days. We’ll talk with Faycal Falaky from Tulane.

* Will Wade was betting on winning some court battles to build his roster. How have things turned out? We’ll break it down with Toyloy Brown, LSU men’s basketball beat writer for The Advocate. * As the Moreno administration and the City Council figure out how to balance the budget, are voters likely cut them some slack considering the mess they inherited or will there be blowback from some of the cuts?

What’s going on this weekend? Is Isaias causing any rescheduling or cancellations? We’ll go over it with Josh Danzig, owner of Where Y’at Magazine. * Oktoberfest at Deutches Haus is still going, and this is the last weekend. * Treme Fall Fast is this Saturday at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Food, art, a marketplace, and more, all to celebrate and preserve the cultural heritage of Treme. * Want to get into the Halloween spirit with your kids? Check out Rougarou Fest in Houma this weekend. It’s free and family-friendly. * There are a number of other Halloween-related options. The New Orleans Library’s Fright Night is tonight (Thursday). The Krewe of BOO! Monster Mash is Saturday night at Generations Hall.

* We’ll get another update on the races around Louisiana with Jeremy Alford, editor and publisher of LaPolitics Weekly. Are there any upsets brewing? How much money has been flowing into the campaigns? * The Wisner Trust saga may not be done yet, as the Wisner heirs asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reconsider its recent ruling. We’ll go over what’s going on with Monica Hof Wallace, a Loyola law professor.

* We’ll talk with Deuce McAllister out in Paris about what he’s seen out of the Saints…and what he hopes to see this weekend. * Checking in with Ag Commissioner Mike Strain about drought, soybeans, and more

Carriages horses in Central Park could become a thing of the past. We learn more about that, plus a security vulnerability that affects 70% of websites around the world, including those run by the U.S. government, and we end with a dive into Halloween. Don't let your costume get you fired.

We’ll have another discussion about the protests in France, why they’re happening, and if anything has changed in the last few days. We’ll talk with Faycal Falaky, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of French and Italian, and Director of the Middle East & North African Studies Program at Tulane.

Will Wade was betting on winning some court battles to build his roster. How have things turned out? We break it down with Toyloy Brown, LSU men’s basketball beat writer for The Advocate.

As the Moreno administration and the City Council figure out how to balance the budget, are voters likely cut them some slack considering the mess they inherited or will there be blowback from some of the cuts? Ed Chervenak, Professor of Political Science at LSU New Orleans, joins us.

We’ll get another update on the races around Louisiana with Jeremy Alford, editor and publisher of LaPolitics Weekly. Are there any upsets brewing? How much money has been flowing into the campaigns?

The Wisner Trust saga may not be done yet, as the Wisner heirs asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reconsider its recent ruling. We’ll go over what’s going on with Monica Hof Wallace, the Marcel Garsaud Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola

Tommy talks with Mike Strain, Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, about drought, fuel costs, soybeans, and more.

We’ll talk with WWL Saitns color analyst Deuce McAllister out in Paris about what he’s seen out of the Saints…and what he hopes to see this weekend.

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