10/12 Monday: The Gubernatorial Election and other Louisiana Elections and Secretary of State Tom Schedler

HOUR ONE: 

George Morris 

George Morris is a News Features writer for The Advocate.  Morris comments on the LSU v. USC football game this past weekend.  He commends the LSU fans for their hospitality which he "does not often see in SEC football games." 

Jim Brown

Jim Brown is the former Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner of Louisiana.  He comments on the Gubernatorial election.  Brown gives his opinion on Senator Vitter, stating "if you can put away personal prejudice, he makes a good case."  Brown also goes on to express his admiration for Wendy Vitter.  

HOUR TWO: 

Tom Schedler

Tom Schedler is the Secretary of State of Louisiana, elected in 2011.  He comments on each of the four Gubernatorial candidates as elections are quickly approaching.  Schedler also discusses the problems of voter turnout nationwide and in Louisiana. 

10/09 Friday: Gulf Coast Shrimpers, Gun Violence, Louisiana State Police, and The Hunting of the President Documentary

HOUR ONE: 

Clint Guidry

Clint Guidry is the President of the Louisiana Shrimp Association.  He discusses problems facing Gulf Coast Shrimpers.  The price of shrimp has been going down because of foreign shrimp markets.  Guidry says Louisiana has approximately 5,500 licensed fisherman.  

Lindsay Nichols 

Lindsay Nichols is an Attorney at the Law Center to prevent gun violence.  She works for Smart Gun Laws.  Nichols says that Louisiana is low on the list of states with smart gun laws.  According to Nichols, more than 100,000 people are affected by shootings every year and more than 30,000 are killed. 

Frederick Forsyth 

Frederick Forsyth is a world famous thriller author.  He shares his latest book, The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue.  The book is a collection of about 50 stories of his life told in an anecdotal format which he says are akin to a story he might tell "with friends after the wine has been poured."  Forsyth comments on his time in MI6 and what his role was. 

HOUR TWO: 

Tom Aswell

Tom Aswell is the publisher of Louisiana Voice.  He discusses the problems within the Louisiana State Police.  Aswell accounts two instances of sexual misconduct of an officer on duty.  He also shares an account of a lieutenant who was found guilty of abusing prescription drugs.  

Harry Thomasson 

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Harry Thomason, a native of Hampton, Arkansas, was a high school football coach before entering the entertainment industry.  After six years of coaching, he started a small commercial production company in Arkansas that attracted national clients like Holiday Inn, GM and the United States Government.  Thomason then began making low budget features such as Encounter with the Unknown and So Sad About Gloria.  He is releasing and updated documentary of The Hunting of the President on Saturday at the Hotsprings Film Festival.  Thomasson is the Director and Screenwriter of The Hunting of the President. 

10/08 Thursday: Jesse Ventura, Emrys Staton, John Folse, Julianne Thompson, Daryl Purpera

Hour 1:

Jesse Ventura

Former governor of Minnesota, Navy SEAL and Professional Wrestler Jesse Ventura joins the conversation to talk about conspiracies and the 2016 presidential election.  

Ventura believes the biggest conspiracy in the US is the assassination of President John Kennedy. He says he still doesn't try to figure out who killed him but if new information comes out he is eager to learn.  

Hour 2:

Emrys Staton

The Reverend Emrys Staton chats with Jim about illegal immigration in the United State and his forum at the Unitarian church in Baton Rouge called Expanding the Border Between the United State and Mexico: Enforcement Beyond Fences.  Staton was arrested for his activism but has never spent a night in jail. 

Staton says he's been appalled by some things that come out of Donald Trump's mouth. He doesn't believe the border needs to be militarized to be effective. 

John Folse

Chef John Folse joins the show to remember another Louisiana chef, Paul Prudhomme. Prudhomme passed away today at the age of 75. 

Julianne Thompson

Former co-chair of the Atlanta Tea Party and founder of the Free America Project Julianne Thompson chats with Jim about Majority House Leader Kevin McCarthy dropping out of the race for Speaker of the House. 

Thompson says she was shocked when she heard McCarthy dropped out. She says Republicans should use this as a chance to press the reset button and put a fresh face in office. 

Daryl Purpera 

Louisiana Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera comments on the resignation of Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David LaCerte. 


10/07 Wednesday: Author David Maraniss, Baton Rouge Arts and Science Museum, LSU v. South Carolina Game, F. King Alexander Censured, and Author William Doyle on JFK

HOUR ONE: 

David Maraniss

David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post.  He is the author of six critically-acclaimed books.  He shares his latest book, Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story today.  He discusses the political climate in Detroit in the 1960s, including the attempt to host the 1968 Olympics and riots surrounding the Civil Rights' Movement. 

Jeff Palermo 

Jeff Palermo is the News Director at Louisiana Radio Network.  He comments on the move of the South Carolina v. LSU game.  South Carolina University announces their game with LSU will not be played in Columbia as originally scheduled, but instead they will come to Baton Rouge.  The game will begin at 2:30 PM. During the SEC coaches teleconference Wednesday morning, Gamecock Coach Steve Spurrier said in light of the catastrophic flooding, whatever decision was made needed to be one that was right for the community of Columbia.  "What's best for the victims of the flood is something that has to be taken into serious consideration," said Spurrier. 

Douglas Kennedy

Douglas Kennedy is the Audience Engagement and Public Relations Manager at Louisiana Art & Science Museum.  He promotes the 30th Annual Gala which will be held this Friday, October 9th, from 7:30-10 p.m.  Tickets are available here. 

HOUR TWO: 

Kevin Cope

Kevin Cope is the Louisiana State University Faculty Senate President.  He discusses the censuring of F. King Alexander after Alexander fired a tenured professor.  THe teacher is accused of using profanity and sexual content that allegedly made students feel uncomfortable.  Early childhood education teacher Teresa Buchanan was a tenured professor and dismissed in June.  They voted 39 to 5 to censure F. King Alexander.  Cope says they're disappointed how Alexander handled the situation.  Cope says they’re not talking about the guilt or innocence of the teacher, just the process by which she was fired.

William Doyle 

William Doyle is the author of PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy.  Doyle also served as director of original programming for HBO, and he is coproducer of the PBS special Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story.  Doyle provides insight to this part of JFK's life. 

10/06 Tuesday: Caroline Roemer, Harlow Giles Unger, J.R. Ball, Francis Rooney

Hour 1:

Caroline Roemer

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Executive Director of the Louisiana Associate of Public Charter Schools Caroline Roemer joins Jim in studio to discuss the success of charter schools in the state. Roemer likes that parents choose to enroll their children in charter schools. There are 138 charter schools in Louisiana. Roemer doesn't agree with teachers unions. 

Harlow Giles Unger

Author Harlow Giles Unger joins the show to talk about his latest biography, Henry Clay: America's Greatest Statesman. 

"In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, author Harlow Giles Unger tells how a fearless young Kentucky lawyer threw open the doors of Congress during the nation's formative years and prevented dissolution of the infant American republic."- Amazon

Hour 2:

J.R. Ball

We're joined by news editor for NOLA.com and Times-Picayune J.R. Ball to talk about a poll that ranked former four-term Governor Edwin Edwards number one out of the six most recent Louisiana governors. Ball says Mike Foster was the best governor. He projects we'll see David Vitter and John Bel Edwards in the runoff. 

Ball believes Nick Saban was the best football coach LSU has ever had. He says LSU fans were fine when Saban went to the NFL but only hated him when he went to coach at Alabama. 

Francis Rooney

Former Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney joins the conversation to discuss the aftermath of the papal visit to the United States. Rooney says Pope Francis' trip was a great success. 

Rooney says Pope Francis has a way of bringing up controversial issues, yet everyone still loves him. 

10/05: Sex Workers and the Law, Gubernatorial Election, Louisiana Politics, and Breast Cancer Awareness

HOUR ONE: 

Alison Bass

Alison Bass is an author and award winning journalist.  She is also an Assistant Professor of Journalism at West Virginia University.  She shares her latest book Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law.  Bass argues for the decriminalization of prostitution on the basis that anti-prostitution laws encourage exploitation and violence against women.  Bass is of the opinion that men seek out sex workers because they love their wives and don't want to leave their families, but their sexual needs are not being met. 

LEO HONEYCUTT

Leo Honeycutt is an author and award-winning television journalist.  He discusses the Gubernatorial election. Honeycutt also comments on the recent hypothetical poll which placed former Governor Edwin Edwards as most favored Louisiana governor.  He also gives his opinion on J.R. Ball's opinion article in The Times Picayune on Edwin Edwards. 

HOUR TWO: 

Sarah Holliday-James 

Sarah Holliday-James is running for Baker Clerk of Court.  She promotes an event for The Pink Cupcakes of Louisiana on Thursday night for Breast Cancer Awareness.  

Robert Mann

Bob Mann is a journalist and political historian and currently holds the Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University.  He shares his article, Louisiana's governor's race is all prose, no poetry.  Mann provides insight to the swiftly approaching Gubernatorial election.