01/29 Friday: GOP Presidential Debate, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, BP, Flashback Friday with Governor Roemer, and the Louisiana Budget

HOUR ONE: 

E. Faye Williams 

Dr. E. Faye Williams is the National President of the National Congress of Black Women.  She is a member of the Presidential Scholars Commission.  She gives her opinion on Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, and BP oil.  

Rudy Macklin

Rudy Macklin is a former LSU Basketball player.  He is also Director of the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.  He shares about the fitness program. 

Flashback Friday

On this week's Flashback Friday, former Louisiana Governor and Presidential candidate Buddy Roemer comments on the Louisiana budget when he took office in 1988.  Journalist and author Leo Honeycutt comments on Roemer's history. 

HOUR TWO: 

Scott Wilfong

Scott Wilfong is a conservative Republican political consultant.  He comments on last night's GOP Debate and Trump's absence from the stage.  He also discusses the Louisiana budget with Nelson and Sherman.

Dayne Sherman

Dayne Sherman is a journalist, author, and librarian.  He shares his opinion on the Louisiana budget crisis with Wilfong and Nelson.

Susan Nelson

Susan Nelson is an Adjunct Professor at Southern University Law Center for Common Law Property.  She is the Owner of PFD Consulting.  She is also the former communications Director of the Louisiana Democratic Party.  She discusses the 2016 Presidential election and debates with Wilfong and Sherman.  

01/28 Thursday: Potential Smoking Ban in Bars and Casinos, Food and Saving, and Trump and the Presidential Race

HOUR ONE: 

Robert McMillan 

Robert McMillan is a doctor from Shreveport.  He discusses with Rhodes and Turner the potential smoking ban in casinos and bars in New Orleans.  

Stasha Rhodes

Stasha Rhodes is the Director of Smoke Free EBR.  She discusses with McMillan and Turner the potential smoking ban in casinos and bars in New Orleans.  

Henry Turner 

Musician, vocalist, guitar player, composer, producer and promoter Henry Turner Jr. is an integral part of the Louisiana Music scene. He and his band, & Flavor, have toured extensively throughout the United States for the past thirty years.  He is well known for creating an intricate and syncopated style of music that has been branded: Louisiana Reggae, Soul, Funk and Blues.  He also discusses the potential smoking ban. 

HOUR TWO: 

KATIE PATTON PRYOR 

Katie Pryor is a political consultant.  She comments on tonight's GOP debate. 

Dana Gunders

Dana Gunders is an author and cook.  She shares her latest book Waste Free Kitchen Handbook: A guide to eating well and saving money by wasting less food. 

CHRIS WARNER 

Chris Warner is a sports writer and a Donald Trump supporter.  He discusses the 2016 Presidential campaign and the GOP Debate tonight on FOX.  He also gives his opinion on how the dynamic will change without Trump on stage. 


01/27 Wednesday: Louisiana Budget, Happiness, Islam and Interfaith Relations

HOUR ONE: 

Jim Richardson

James Richardson is John Rhea Alumni Professor of Economics and Director of the Public Administration Institute in the E. J. Ourso College of Business Administration at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Richardson has also served as Chairman of the Department of Economics, Acting Dean of the College of Business Administration, and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Louisiana State University. Dr. Richardson has served from 1987 through the present as the private economist on the Louisiana Revenue Estimating Conference, the panel with the constitutional authority and responsibility to provide official revenue estimates for the state.

Brett Blumenthall 

 Brett Blumenthal is bestselling author of A Whole New You: Six Steps to Ignite Change for Your Best Life (December 2012), 52 Small Changes: One Year to a Happier, Healthier You (January 2012) and Get Real and STOP Dieting! (December 2010). Her next book 52 Small Changes for the Mind will be released December 8, 2015 (Chronicle Books). She regularly speaks at conferences, spas and wellness centers on topics of change and wellbeing.

HOUR TWO: 

Emad Nofal

Emad Nofal is the Chairman of the Islamic Center of Baton Rouge.  He discusses misrepresentations and misunderstandings about Islam with Robin Bade and Fred Wideman. 

Robin McCullough Bade 

Robin Bade is the Executive Director of the Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge.  She discusses interfaith relations with Emad Nofal and Fred Wideman. 




01/26 Tuesday: Islam, 'Conservative Black Chick' Crystal Wright, and the 2016 Presidential Election

HOUR ONE: 

Caner Dagli 

Caner Dagli is an associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross and an expert in Islamic studies.  He shares his new book “The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary”.  
"I think it's an insult to American voters's intelligence when politicians try to scare them about Muslims and Syrian refugees," Dagli says.  He addresses the misrepresentations in the media about radical Islamic terrorists, calling the population of such violent sects "microscopic" compared to the 1.6 billion world Muslim population.  "They look for quotes that are convenient to them...They cherry pick...They look for quotes of violence." 

Crystal Wright 

Crystal Wright is author of the newly released book Con Job: How Democrats Gave Us Crime, Sanctuary Cities, Abortion Profiteering, and Racial Division. As a black conservative woman living in Washington, D.C, some would say she is a triple minority: woman, black and a Republican living in a Democrat dominated city. She’s contemplating moving back to her home state of Virginia, where her vote would count for something. By day, Crystal is a communications consultant and editor and publisher of the blog Conservative Black Chick.

HOUR TWO: 

Joshua Stockley 

Joshua Stockley is a Political Science Professor at ULM.  He comments on the first two weeks of John Bel Edwards' term as governor.  He also discusses the presidential election and questions if Donald Trump can be stopped. 

Elbert Guillory

Elbert Guillory completed nearly a decade long career as a Louisiana State Legislator. Guillory completed his service to Louisiana as a State Senator, where he also served as Chairman of the Retirement Committee. Guillory was a champion for Pro-Life Legislation and played a vital role in Gov. Jindal’s sweeping School Choice Reforms in 2012. He was inducted into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame for his work on incarceration.  He is a Navy Veteran and has practiced law four decades.




01/25 Monday: Derrick Todd Lee's Prosecutor, LSU Gymnast joins the Circus, Senator John Milkovich

HOUR ONE: 

John Sinquefield

John Sinquefield is a Baton Rouge prosecutor.  He got the death penalty for Baton Rouge serial killer Derrick Todd Lee.  Sinquefield shares his experience with the Lee case and discusses his views on the highly debated issue of capitol punishment.  "I've prosecuted serial rapists before, but I don't think I have ever seen a situation like that before or since in my lifetime," Sinquefield says of Derrick Todd Lee's crimes.  "He committed horrible, heinous acts against these women." 

HOUR TWO: 

Susan Jackson

Susan Jackson is a decorated gymnast for LSU.  Jackson shares her experiences growing up with the sport.  "I was very overactive as a toddler and to save myself and the house, my mom put me in gym," she begins.  Jackson also noted her special connection to LSU, "I felt like the coaches really cared for me as a person, not just as a gymnast."  

After she graduated, Jackson ran away with the circus. "How many people get to say that?" she says.  Jackson traveled Europe for two years with Cirque Du Soleil. 

John Milkovich

John Milkovich is the new state senator from Shreveport.  He ran his campaign on family and traditional values, vowing to defend traditional ideals and cut taxes.  He shares how he will better improve Louisiana. 


01/22 Friday: "The Artful Detective", Elaine LaLanne, Louisiana Budget Proposal, and Flashback Friday to Lynn Marino

HOUR ONE: 

Yannick Bisson 

Yannick Bisson stars as William Murdoch on the popular Ovation TV series The Artful Detective which is about to begin its ninth season on January 23.  

Elaine LaLanne

Elaine LaLanne is the wife of the late fitness legend, Jack LaLanne.  She joins Jim to remember her husband as the fifth anniversary of Jack's death approaches this Saturday.   "He died with a weight in his hand," Elaine says. 

Clara Benson

Clara Benson is the author of No Baggage.  Clara Bensen’s 2013 Salon.com article entitled “The Craziest OKCupid Date Ever,”  was read by more than half a million people. The story of her luggage-less adventure attracted major national and international attention, with coverage in USA Today, and appearances on The View, Fox News. No Baggage has also been optioned by New Line cinemas.   Clara and her partner Jeff have made four subsequent no baggage trips, to South America, the Caucuses, Scandinavia, and Japan.  "I was nervous about a lot of things... we washed our clothes in the sink, hung them up to dry at night, and put them on in the morning and kept going," Bensen says, "We used couchsurfing.com." 

HOUR TWO: 

Jim Brown

Jim Brown is the former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner.  He comments on Governor Edwards's budget proposal.  Brown suggests examining the effectiveness of higher education and the TOPS program and look to see what can be improved. 

Flashback Friday

Lynn Marino was the mother of a Derrick Todd Lee victim.  Marino passed away this last year after a battle with cancer despite her wish to outlive Lee.  Jim remembers her on this segment of Flashback Friday in light of the serial killer's recent death.