06/23 Thursday: Mark Ballard, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Sociology of Sports

HOUR ONE

Mark Ballard

It's the last day of the special session and Mark Ballard of The Advocate joins Jim to talk about what members are discussing during the final hours.

Carey Martin

Public Relations and Director of Information of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Carey Martin joins Jim at the convention in New Orleans to talk about the Farm Bureau Federation and the role farmers play in our lives.
 

HOUR TWO

Dr. Harry Edwards

Edwards is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology of California at Berkeley. Dr. Edwards also has a long and storied history of activism focused upon developments at the interface of sport, race, and society.  He discusses the effects of media and the 21st century on young African American athletes today in his book, "Sociology of Sports."