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There's a mouthful of memories in every family – especially if your family is in the food biz! On this week's show, we hear from New Orleanians whose parents and grandparents gave them a passion for food and a love for their community.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us News of the Atom, News of Musk Love, News of the Olympic Movement, News of Microplastics, Let Us Try, The Apologies of the Week, News of Smart World, and News of the Godly. He also considers why we’re involved in The Sixth Mass Extinction, presents original sketches, and plays great music.

Continuum presents a program of The Story of Samson & Delilah and The Labors of Hercules played by the early music ensemble Sequentia,

New Orleans guitar and banjo player Detroit Brooks got a start touring with his musical family, including father George Brooks Sr. of the gospel group Masonic Kings, and his sister, gospel singer Juanita Brooks. Detroit grew up downriver, living four blocks from Fats Domino, and was greatly influenced by the late Creole banjo and guitar player, Danny Barker. He created a festival in his memory. In addition to his career in music, Detroit worked as a barber and for Amtrak. He's well versed in traditional jazz, R&B, soul, and funk. He's here as bandleader of the Syncopated Percolators at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, playing “Hindustan,” on American Routes Live.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear how people are preparing as the saltwater wedge moves up the Mississippi River – and how to avoid panic-buying bottled water. We also hear what’s on the ballot in New Orleans for October’s election, and learn about the history of Black quarterbacks in the NFL.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the opening of a new civil rights museum coming to New Orleans. We also break down the constitutional amendments on this fall’s ballots and catch up on upcoming elections.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn what a government shutdown would have meant for Louisianans. We also hear about hurdles in the state's emerging wind energy industry and about efforts to ensure hunger-free college campuses across the state.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the opening of the National World War II Museum’s final permanent exhibit. We also celebrate 100 years of Disney with a story about the connections between the franchise and New Orleans — and we hear the first episode of a new series on southern ghost towns.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear how LSU professors are preparing to use artificial intelligence in their classrooms. We also learn about the 50th anniversary screening of a Halloween horror film in New Orleans, and get the latest on the “super fog” that led to a deadly car pileup on I-55.

This is American Routes for Halloween, All Saints, All Souls days from the Christian and pre-Christian Celtic calendars of saints and spirits, and now the African diaspora to the Caribbean and Gulf South, first with a late beloved Neville Brother of blessed memory.