04/29 Friday: Jason Dore, Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life, Far and Away

HOUR ONE

Jason Dore

The LAGOP Executive Director and Attorney comes on the show to talk about polling, what's going on in the state and candidate Donald Trump and his chances on becoming president. 

Richard Louv

Richard Louv is an American nonfiction author and journalist. His most recent book is, Vitamin N.  Louv addresses the whole family and the wider community with 500 smart, fun, and effective ways to engage with the natural world; scores of informational websites; and dozens of thought-provoking essays.

HOUR TWO

Andrew Solomon

Far and Away chronicles a life’s journey to the nexus of hope, courage, and uncertainty of lived experience, all while illuminating the development of the writer’s singular insight and empathy. Solomon's essays are rooted in intimate, deeply moving stories that reveal our common humanity.  He explains to Jim the feelings and emotions he dealt with while exploring fascinating places. 

Flashback Friday: An interview with Gov. John McKeithen on December 8, 1990.

04/28 Thursday: Mark Ballard, Meghan Garvey, Pop Smart Show, David Morris, Michael Chittom

HOUR ONE

Mark Ballard

Mark Ballard is on the show with Jim to talk about the status of the Legislative session.  Topics like abortion, TOPS, the voucher program and the negative ad posted by the LA federation for children are touched on.

Meghan Garvey

Louisiana is one of only nine states that still exclude 17-year-olds from the juvenile justice system for all offenses – even for the most minor, nonviolent misdemeanors. Meghan Garvey, Managing Director of LA Center for Children's Rights talks with Jim about the Raising the Age Act.

Pop Smart Show

Creator Neda Parandian, Aerialist Jamie and Indie game developer Godric Johnson come on the show to introduce Pop! Smart Show. A new type of Art exhibit that blends visual and performing arts, interactive media and technology.  Pop! premieres Saturday April, 30 2016 at the Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge.

HOUR TWO

David Morris


David Morris is the Deputy Managing Editor of The Kiplinger Letter. Morris has covered every presidential election since 1984 and has been based in Washington since 1994. He is discussing polling and Donald Trump.

Michael Chittom

Republican activist and delegate Mike Chittom joined Jim to discuss why he feels Donald Trump will win the election and answers questions based on his position.

04/27 Wednesday: Kimbrough Scholars Program, Dawn Starns, Elliot Stonecipher

HOUR ONE

Melvin Kelley

The Kimbrough Scholars Program is a conducted CRRJ summer program since 2014 with Southern University Law Center students. Melvin Kelley and the Kimbrough Scholars stop at SULC during their week long visit to the Baton Rouge area, April 25-30, as part of their investigation of a Jim Crow and Civil Rights era cold case. The 1940 case involves the death of Horace “Booster” Williams in Pointe Coupee Parish.

Dawn Starns

Dawn Starns, a veteran Baton Rouge lobbyist and grassroots activist, is the state director of the National Federation of Independent Business. Starns and Jim discuss the possibility and reasons necessary for increasing minimum wage in the state of Louisiana.

 

HOUR TWO

Elliot Stonecipher

Elliot Stonecipher  is a demographer, pollster, political pundit, civic activist, and public speaker from  Shreveport. Stonecipher talks to Jim about voter turnout, the translation of campaign polling and the two political parties.  He breaks down the process of thought for votes and what makes the election of 2016 different and the senate race.

Al Hirt

The trumpeter from New Orleans died 17 years ago on this date.  We hear his famous hit, "Java."

04/26 Tuesday: Medical Marijuana in Louisiana, First woman in LA enlisted in infantry combat, The Network, Stuart Stevens, The Geography of Madness

HOUR ONE

David Brown & Karen O'Keefe

The director of a group called Sensible Marijuana Policy for Louisiana, says changing out "prescription" for "recommendation" allows doctors and pharmacists to get marijuana to patients without risking their federal license with the Drug Enforcement Agency.  Karen feels that there is overwhelming evidence that marijuana is one of the safest available treatment options, when used at the direction of the physician.

Grace Barnett

 Barnett is the first female to enlist in an infantry combat position in the U.S. Army. After being in law enforcement for three years and she has been working to go into the infantry since the department of defense allowed women in this role. She says it’s a great honor to serve her country on the front lines.

Scott Woolley

Author Scott Woolley tells the story of America’s airwaves, the two friends—one a media mogul, the other a famous inventor—who made them available to us, and the government which figured out how to put a price on air. This is the origin story of the foundational technology of the communications age as told through the forty-year friendship of an industrialist and a brilliant inventor.

 

HOUR TWO

Stuart Stevens

Stuart Stevens is an American travel writer and political consultant. He was the cofounder of a political media consultancy, Stevens & Schriefer Group. Stevens stays on the show for a few segments and talks about honesty in candidates, voting registration and much more with Jim.

Frank Bures

The Geography of Madness is an investigation of "culture-bound" syndromes, which are far stranger than they sound.  Frank Bures tells Jim about his travels around the world to trace culture-bound syndromes to their sources—and tells a remarkable story about the strange things all of us believe.

04/25 Monday: Chancelier Skidmore, Jerry Sanson on McKeithen Paying KKK, Bob Mann of LSU Manship

HOUR ONE

Chancelier Skidmore & Jolie Gilbert

Chancelier Skidmore joins Jim on the show to talk about the All City Teen Poetry Slam Festival that will be on LSU campus April 27-30. He brings the Baton Rouge Youth Poet-Laureate, Jolie Gilbert on the show and both share two poetic pieces.

Dr. Jerry Sanson of LSUA

 Based on FBI records obtained by the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, Former-Governor John McKeithen made payments to the KKK in the 1960s to stop racial violence.  Dr. Sanson, professor of history and political science talks about the validity of the resources and rumors. Jerry Sanson is joined by Gus Weill, who was on McKeithen's advisory counsel, to discuss more details.

HOUR TWO

Robert Mann 

Robert Mann holds the Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU.  He joins Jim during the second hour of the show to aid in the discussion of former Gov. John McKeithen's payments to the KKK. Mann also discusses politics and candidates in the presidential election.

04/22 Friday: Mark Kram Jr. on Curt Schilling, Former US Surgeon Gen, Guirard reinstated 4/22, Ban the Box Bill, George Sells on Mahaffey's death, The Joy of Less

HOUR ONE

Mark Kram Jr.

The sportswriter is on the show with Jim to discuss Curt Schilling, one of ESPN's baseball commentators, who posted a photo and caption on Facebook in regards to access to public facilities for transgender people. Schilling has been fired by ESPN and Kram gives his opinions on their choice.

Joycelyn Elders, Former Surgeon General

The former Surgeon General of the United States talks to Jim about the issue of abortion in Legislation in the state of Louisiana.  Elders gives her opinions on the issue and talks politics and presidential elections with Jim.

E. Eric Guirard

The lawyer makes a surprise appearance on the show with Jim after being reinstated today by the Supreme Court.

HOUR TWO

Representative Denise Marcelle

Baton Rouge Rep. Denise Marcelle is the author of the Ban the Box bill and she says the bill would prohibit state employers from asking job applicants about their criminal record until after the interview process.

George Sells with Margaret Lawhon

Sells is on the show to talk about the life and death of John Mahaffey, a longtime face and voice of Baton Rouge television news.  Mahaffey died early Friday after a brief illness. He was 77. Sells is joined by Margaret Lawhon, Mahaffey's former coworker.

Francine Jay

Francine Jay considers herself a minimalist and how It’s about eliminating the distractions that keep us from fully appreciating life. Jay explains to Jim how the less stuff we have cluttering our homes (and the less “to-do’s” cluttering our time), the more energy we can devote to the things that are truly important to us. 

FLASHBACK FRIDAY

March 3, 1988: Buddy Roemer endorses Al Gore.