04/05 Wednesday: Governor Calls from Washington, Raymond Jetson, Amy Shively Hawk

HOUR ONE

Gov. John Bel Edwards

The Governor calls the show from the airport in Washington, DC.  Gov. Edwards talks about his meeting with the congressional committee about receiving funding for the historic flood last year and addresses Congressman Garret Graves.

Raymond Jetson

Jetson joins the show to talk about the Urban Congress.  Jetson describes an event this Saturday, April 8 that will solidify the Urban Congress in the Baton Rouge community and help the black community prosper.

HOUR TWO

Amy Shively Hawk

Shively's stepdaughter Amy Hawk--whose mother Nancy ultimately reunited with and married Shively in a triumphant love story--and based on extensive audio recordings and Shively's own journals, Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton is a haunting, riveting portrayal of life as an American prisoner of war trapped on the other side of the world.

01/16 Monday: Alton Sterling Case, Addiction Battle, Terrorism in Public Venues, Media & Journalism

HOUR ONE

Rev. Gil Wright & Rev. Raymond Jetson

Rev. Gil Wright of New Light Baptist Church and Rev. Raymond Jetson join together on Martin Luther King Day to talk about race relations and the impending decision on the Alton Sterling case.

Ann Wilder
 

BCSW and Certified Addiction specialist Ann Wilder talks about how to identify signs of addiction and confront a loved one who struggles with it.

HOUR TWO

Aubrey Futrell

Terrorist expert and police trainer, Futrell gives advice on what people should do immediately if a shooting breaks out at work, school, church or any public venue.

Earl Casey

One of the cofounders of CNN and longtime news director, Casey joins the conversation to determine if the media is making perpetrators famous and if the 'Journalistic Catch 22' is glorifying terrorism.

08/23 Tuesday: Raymond Jetson, Sean Illing, Jay Chevalier, Peter Finney Jr.

Hour 1: 

Raymond Jetson

Rev. Jetson joins Jim in studio to discuss his latest article in the New York Times, "How the Flood Can Help Us Heal." Jetson says the Great Flood of 2016 did not discriminate by race, location, or socioeconomic status. 

Hour 2: 

Sean Illing

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Writer for Vox, Dr. Sean Illing, joins the conversation to discuss President Obama's visit to Louisiana after the Great Flood of 2016. Illing says the government plays a big role in the recovery process during times like these. 

Jay Chevalier

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Member of the Louisiana Music and Political Hall of Fame and former body guard for Gov. Earl K. Long, Jay Chevalier, talks about what's been going on in Louisiana over the last few months with the shootings and historic flooding. Chevalier also discusses the upcoming presidential election. 

Peter Finney Jr. 

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Executive Editor and General Manager of the Clarion Herald Peter Finney Jr. chats with Jim about the great life of his father, the sports writer, Peter Finney Sr., who passed away on August 13,2016 at the age of 88.

05/20 Friday: Urban Congress, What's it Like in Space, Smoking Cessation Trust, Stripper's Weight and Age

HOUR ONE

Raymond Jetson

Representative Jetson starts off the show by discussing the obstacles young African American males face in Baton Rouge specifically.  Jetson introduces the formation of the Urban Congress on African-American Males. The cross-generational congress will discuss ways to address problems facing young black men, such as failure to graduate high school, going to jail and inability to get a job.

Ariel Waldman

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Ariel is the founder of Spacehack.org, a directory of ways to participate in space exploration, and the global director of Science Hack Day, a 20-countries-and-growing grassroots endeavor to make things with science. She is the author of What’s It Like in Space?: Stories from Astronauts Who’ve Been There and tells some interesting stories from her book. 

HOUR TWO

Jim Pittman

Jim Pittman is the spokesman for the Smoking Cessation Trust.  SCT is organized as a Low Profit Limited Liability company, an L3C, under Louisiana Law.  The program focuses on making significant positive contributions to encourage and expand clinician participation in smoking cessation counseling, encouraging clinicians to consistently counsel every patient who smokes, regardless of whether the patient is ready to quit at this time, and to identify and refer potential Class Members to SCT.

Flashback Friday: Patti Davis

For flashback Friday we hear an interview with Jim and former President Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis

Jim Lewis

As the former manager of Sugar's Strip Club, Lewis comments on the remarks made by Rep. Kenny Havard.  Jim feels that the comments were taken too personal and Havard should not apologize.

10/27 Tuesday: Patricia Goldstone, Raymond Jetson, M.O. Walsh, John Bel Edwards

Hour 1:

Patricia Goldstone

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Author Patricia Goldstone discusses her latest book, Interlock, which delves into the death of Mark Lombardi. 

"In the fateful month of March 2000, shortly after opening a hugely successful show in New York that unveiled the more nefarious financial connections of Presidential candidate George W. Bush, the hugely ambitious Conceptual artist Mark Lombardi was found hanged in his studio, an apparent suicide. With museums lining up to buy his work, and the fame he had sought relentlessly at last within his reach, speculation about whether his death was suicide or murder has titillated the art world ever since. Lombardi was an enigma who was at once a compulsive truth-teller and a cunning player of the art game, a political operative and a stubborn independent, a serious artist and a Merry Prankster, a metaphysicist if not a scientist. " -Amazon
 

Raymond Jetson

Former State Representative and Pastor of Star Hill Baptist Church Raymond Jetson joins Jim in studio to talk about his time working with Republican gubernatorial candidate David Vitter. Starhill Baptist Church is hosting their annual Social Innovation Workshop to build stronger networks on Friday, October 30th. Jetson says the focus of this workshop is the wealth of low income communities. 

Jetson comments on Vitter's prostitution scandal. He says avoiding the topic is one of the biggest mistakes made by the Vitter campaign. 

M.O. Walsh

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Author and Baton Rouge native M.O. Walsh chats about his latest book, My Sunshine Away.

"My Sunshine Away unfolds in a Baton Rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts on sweltering summer afternoons, cauldrons of spicy crawfish, and passionate football fandom. But in the summer of 1989, when fifteen-year-old Lindy Simpson—free spirit, track star, and belle of the block—experiences a horrible crime late one evening near her home, it becomes apparent that this idyllic stretch of Southern suburbia has a dark side, too. "- Amazon

Hour 2:

John Bel Edwards

Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Bel Edwards joins the conversation to discuss the upcoming runoff election of November 21st. Edwards says David Vitter is not a good role model for the people of Louisiana. He says Vitter "wouldn't last five minutes at West Point." 

The Louisiana Sheriff's Association recently endorsed Edwards. Edwards discusses future debates before the election and says he will attend each one.