07/18 Monday: Tara Wicker, Chris Thomas King, Representative Pat Smith, David St. Romain, Chairman Roger Villere

HOUR ONE

Tara Wicker

Councilwoman Tara Wicker is a native of Baton Rouge.  Wicker joins the show to discuss the recent killing of three Baton Rouge officers Sunday, July 17.

Chris Thomas King

Chris Thomas King is a Grammy award winning New Orleans musician and actor. He is originally from Baton Rouge and joins the show to talk about his newest music ventures and the tragedies in his hometown. He invites the city to come and listen to him at the St. James Episcopal Church on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.

 

HOUR TWO

Pat Smith

Representative Patricia Smith talks with Jim about the recent shootings in Baton Rouge. Smith expresses the Capitol city's need for an open discussion about racial profiling.

David St. Romain

Musical artist David St. Romain is a native of Alexandria, Louisiana who expresses his grief for his friend, Officer Brad Garafola who lost his life Sunday in Baton Rouge.

Roger Villere

Roger Villere is Chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party.  He is attending the Republican Convention in Cleveland this week but expresses the concern for the Capital city and the effects of the shootings on the convention.

 

 

07/15 Friday: Real Food/Fake Food, Karl Roider, Hands Up--Greg Williams Jr., Ali Akbar, Quinn Hillyer

HOUR ONE

Larry Olmsted


Larry reveals the deception that extends from high-end foods like olive oil and Kobe beef to everyday staples such as coffee, honey and cheese. Olmsted explains why buying foods closer to their whole forms is healthier and safer.

Karl Roider Jr.

Former LSU history professor talks about the Turkish military seizing control of the country and the tragedy in Nice, France.

Greg Williams Jr.

Greg Williams Jr., New Venture’s artistic director, who is also is acting in the production, "Hands Up."  Williams joins the show to discuss the importance of the production since the Alton Sterling shooting. The show’s two performances Saturday in LSU’s Claude L. Shaver Theatre come at a time when tension is high between Baton Rouge’s black community and law enforcement.

HOUR TWO

Ali Akbar

Member of the black conservatives, Akbar joins the show to comment on the effects of the Alton Sterling shooting in the black community.  Akbar also exhausts the importance of the criminal justice reform.

Quin Hillyer

Quin Hillyer is a Conservative and an American newspaper columnist and writer. He talks about Donald Trump speaking at the GOP convention next week.

07/14 Thursday: Michelle McCalope, The End of The Perfect 10, Gary Chambers, Bill to De-Escalate Violence, Trump and Pence

HOUR ONE

Michelle McCalope

Award-winning journalist and native of Baton Rouge, McCalope joins the show to talk about the aftermath in the community since the shooting of Alton Sterling.

Dvora Meyers

Gymnastics insider Dvora Meyers examines the evolution of elite women’s gymnastics over the last few decades with her book, "The End of The Perfect 10." Meyers reveals why successful female gymnasts are older and more athletic than they have ever been before, how the United States became a gymnastics powerhouse, and what the future of gymnastics will hold.

Gary Chambers

Publisher and Co-Owner of Baton Rouge's The Rouge Collection is responsible for a large part of Alton Sterling's funeral at Southern University, Friday, July 15.  Chambers describes who is expected to attend the funeral.

HOUR TWO

Garret Graves

Congressmen Cedric Richmond and Garret Graves have teamed up to introduce legislation that would give police training to de-escalate situations and help provide law enforcement access to nonlethal weapons. Graves says this comes after last week’s fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling. He says this bill’s goal is to use new technology to bridge gaps between life and death.

Rob Maness

Rob Maness joins the show to talk about Indiana Gov. Mike Pence who is expected to be Donald Trump's running mate.

07/13 Wednesday: Greg Meriwether, Oldest American Woman to Give Birth at 60, Pres. of National Lawyers Committee, Pres. of NAACP, Mike Wolf

HOUR ONE

Greg Meriwether

WAFB Newsanchor joins the show to comment on the shooting of Alton Sterling and the events that have unfolded a week later.

Frieda Birnbaum

At 60, Frieda Birnbaum became the oldest American to give birth.  Birnbaum has written a book, "Life Begins at 60." In the book she stresses that having IVF, first at 53, for her son now in high school, then for the twin boys, is not what defines her. 

Kristen Clarke

The president of the National Lawyers' Committee gives her assessment of what is going on in Baton Rouge.  She expresses the importance of the case and how it relates to the changes that she feels must occur in order to prevent tragedies like this.
 

HOUR TWO

Mike McClanahan

The President of Baton Rouge's branch of the NAACP gives his opinions on the community's attitude towards race and addresses some civil issues like police brutality.

Michael Wolf

Attorney Mike Wolf joins the show to also comment on the recent shooting in Baton Rouge and tell what he thinks is part of the problem.

07/12 Tuesday: Jean Edward Smith, Chris Tyson on racism in Baton Rouge, White Trash

HOUR ONE

Jean Edward Smith

Jean Edward Smith offers a biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisers to make key decisions himself—most disastrously the choice to invade Iraq—and how these decisions were often driven by the President’s deep religious faith.

Chris Tyson

The LSU Law Professor has written an article in the New York Times in relation to the Baton Rouge shooting.  Tyson describes his hometown and addresses race issues and different scenarios in Baton Rouge. 

HOUR TWO

Nancy Isenberg

T. Harry Williams Professor at LSU, Isenberg acknowledges the words associated with different classes and how they have evolved into the characteristics that make up our different cultures today.

07/11 Monday: Former Chief of Police Pat Englade, Trump and Me, Michael Marsh

HOUR ONE

Pat Englade

As former Police Chief of BRPD, Pat Englade comments on the recent tragedies and remembers what Baton Rouge was like in previous years when he held position of Police Chief.

HOUR TWO

Mark Singer

In Trump and Me, Singer revisits the profile he wrote in 1996 and recounts how its publication lodged inside its subject’s head as an enduring irritant.  He reflects on Trump’s evolution from "swaggering buffoon to potential threat to America’s standing as a rational guardian of the world order."

Michael Marsh

The former WBRZ anchorman joins the show to discuss the presidential election, the media's portrayal of the candidates and the risks that reporters/journalists take while doing their job.