01/04 Wednesday: Body Wise, Mike Shepherd, Restore Louisiana, Bob Mann

HOUR ONE

Dr. Rachel Abrams

 

Dr. Rachel Carlton Abrams joins on the show to promote her book Body Wise. Dr. Abrams takes an Integrative approach that balances conventional medicine, wellness practices, and intuition to heal the body both physically and emotionally. Dr. Abrams talks with callers to discuss ways to help understand their bodies in the conditions they are in.

Mike Shepherd

The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame Executive Director, Mike Shepherd joins the show to talk about musical legends.  Shepherd mentions Elvis Presley, Chris Owens, Al Hirt, Johnny Rivers and John Fred. 

HOUR TWO

Pat Forbes

 Pat Forbes has been the Executive Director of the state Office of Community Development since July 2011. He talks about this Friday's meeting of the Restore Louisiana Task Force. Forbes discusses the state's recovery plans that will be voted on Friday in Livingston Parish and submitted to HUD.

Bob Mann

LSU Mass Communications Professor, Bob Mann, joins the show to talk about "Tricky Dick" Nixon.  Mann discusses the former president's sabotage of the peace treaty and why he feels Nixon was a  "shady, press-averse loser."

01/03 Tuesday: Michael Bertaut and Steve Buttry

Hour One

Michael Bertaut

Bertaut is the Healthcare Economist and Exchange Coordinator of Blue Cross and Blue Shield. He is a certified healthcare consultant. He has 25 years of analytical experience working in healthcare, telecom and retail industry. He joined the show to discuss The Affordable Healthcare Act under President Barack Obama.

Hour Two

Steve Buttry

Steve Buttry is LSU's Director of Student Media and discussed the Reveille and his fight with cancer on the show.  Before coming to LSU he was the Digital Transformation Editor for Digital First Media and has 40 years experience working with news. 

12/30 Friday: Last Show of 2016; Louisiana International Film Festival, John Wirt, LSU vs. Louisville, Sebastian Mallaby

HOUR ONE

Jensy Hogan & Ian Birnie

Baton Rouge actress Jency Hogan and former LACMA film curator and LA Film Fest Program Dir. Ian Birnie joins the show to talk about the LA Film Festival and some of their favorite movies and favorite actors/actresses of the past year.

John Wirt

John Wirt joins Jim in studio to talk about the musicians that have passed away in 2016.

HOUR TWO

Cody Worsham

Cody Worsham, editor of Tiger Rag Magazine, predicts the outcome of the LSU Bowl game against Louisville.  Worsham talks about Coach O, Fournette and the game that premieres at 10 a.m. on New Year's Eve.

Sebastian Mallaby

Mallaby is a Washington Post contributing columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.  Mallaby's book, The Man Who Knew describes the life of former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan.

Ally Balthazar & Emelie Gunn

The two producers join Jim in the last segment to talk about their favorite guests on Jim's show.

12/29 Thursday: Devils Walking, Billy Nungesser, Rudy Macklin

Hour 1:

Stanley Nelson

Author of Walking Devils, Stanley Nelson, chats with Jim about his book on KKK cold cases.

" After midnight on December 10, 1964, in Ferriday, Louisiana, African American Frank Morris awoke to the sound of breaking glass. Outside his home and shoe shop, standing behind the shattered window, Klansmen tossed a lit match inside the store, now doused in gasoline, and instantly set the building ablaze. A shotgun pointed to Morris’s head blocked his escape from the flames. Four days later Morris died, though he managed in his last hours to describe his attackers to the FBI. Frank Morris’s death was one of several Klan murders that terrorized residents of northeast Louisiana and Mississippi, as the perpetrators continued to elude prosecution during this brutal era in American history." -Amazon

Hour 2: 

Billy Nungesser

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser joins the conversation to discuss the Dick Clark's Rockin New Year's Eve celebration in New Orleans. He also addresses how 2017 will be a great year for Louisiana as a whole. 

Rudy Macklin

Rudy Macklin, with the Louisiana Department of Health and a former LSU basketball player, joins Jim in studio to discuss fitness, Pete Maravich, and the Tigers playing Louisville in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. Macklin is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. 

12/28 Wednesday: Gus Weill, David Fa-Kouri, Dan Borne

HOUR ONE

Gus Weill

Gus Weill joins the show to talk about the campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.  Weill describes the money spent on the Hillary campaign and what to expect when Donald Trump comes into office.

David Fa-Kouri

Fa-kouri joins the show to talk about the receding coastline and the risk of biochemicals learned about in Louisiana since the excessive flooding this past year.

HOUR TWO

Dan Borne

The public address announcer at Tiger Stadium and the PMAC joins the show to talk about the future of the LSU Tigers, U.S. presidents, and Borne's career.  Borne makes his way to the studio after welcoming a new grandchild this afternoon.