Ten years have passed since Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast. Devastation in New Orleans grabbed the headlines, but Mississippi coped with its own much less publicized large-scale disaster. Haley Barbour, who was governor of Mississippi at the time, recounts his state’s experiences with Katrina in a new book. He shares his memories of the event with Donna Martinez during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Jon Guze offers his assessment of recent partisan criticism of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Raleigh author Garland Tucker discusses some of the 14 men profiled in his book about Conservative Heroes.

Sara Imhof of the Concord Coalition highlights problems linked to the multitrillion-dollar federal debt. Plus you’ll hear what UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt said about her school’s recent athletic and academic scandal during a speech to the National Press Club.