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On this week’s edition of Le Show Harry brings us regular features like News of the Godly, News of Musk Love, News of A.I., News of the Atom, Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump, News of the Warm, The Apologies of the Week, News of Smart World, and News from the Land of 4,000 Princes. He also considers why the government shutdown has already gone down The Memory Hole, plays great music, and contemplates a new name for the program.

This is American Routes Live with Don Vappie and friends. Don is from a New Orleans Creole family and is a studied purveyor of jazz banjo. He knows much about the history of the music and the instrument, going back to origins in West Africa. I asked Don about New Orleans banjo players.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we break down the results of Saturday’s elections in New Orleans. We also get an update on the start of the women's basketball season at LSU, and we hear why the state is suing Smitty’s Supply Inc. for environmental violations.

The St. Tammany Parish Economic Development Corporation appointed a new President and CEO. He discusses plans to develop the area. We also hear how the rescheduled Reggae Fest will now fundraise for victims of Hurricane Melissa. And, we dive into ballot questions and runoffs in the upcoming elections.

Today on Louisiana Considered, actor, writer and comedian Roy Wood Jr. joins us for a discussion on his memoir. The Birmingham native shares what it was like to lose his dad at a young age, become a father and all the life lessons he’s learned along the way.

In honor of the harvest and hallows, we travel down the bayou in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, to visit wood carver and Houma Indian Ivy Billiot. Ivy learned the Houma tradition of basket weaving from his father, and although the wood is scarce these days, Ivy still crafts hunting blow guns, violins, and painted carvings of animals. He tells host Nick Spitzer about his relationship to the natural and supernatural worlds.

Many of us in the South were lucky enough to grow up surrounded by women whose devotion to family and culinary skills filled our lives with delicious food. This week, we pay tribute to those flavor mavens with a trio of interviews celebrating Southern women's culinary voices.

Singer/guitarist Charley Crockett plays what he calls "Gulf and Western” music, a combination of blues, R&B, soul, country and more found along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Louisiana. It makes sense, since that's where he grew up, living with his mother in a trailer. Charley’s lived many lives, hitchhiking with his guitar from coast to coast, playing in subways and city streets in New York City, New Orleans and Paris; working farms in California, running into trouble with the law and later his health with open heart surgery. He's recorded several highly acclaimed albums and is known for his takes on classic country tunes as well as original songs. But for Charley, the blues is where it all began.

Baton Rouge guitarist, harp player and singer Kenny Neal is a second-generation leader in the city’s blues scene, born into a family of ten children. Kenny’s father Raful Neal was a noted harmonica player, influenced by Little Walter and played in a local band with Buddy Guy. Raful Neal’s friend Slim Harpo gave son Kenny Neal his first harmonica at age three. Kenny started playing bass for his father at thirteen and went on to Buddy Guy’s band. Later, he recruited his siblings to form the Neal Brothers Blues Band. In 1989, Kenny recorded a breakout swamp blues LP Big News from Baton Rouge for Alligator Records. His fine guitar work and harmonica, as well as authoritative voice, carried him forward making sixteen more records. Kenny carries on the Baton Rouge blues tradition. Let’s go to to the Juke Joint stage at West Baton Rouge Parish Museum with Kenny Neal.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we bring together a panel of guests from NPR stations in Alaska, Nevada and North Dakota to discuss the potential impacts of federal cuts to public media funding.