WEDNESDAY: "The View From the Coast" with CPEX, Metro City Councilman John Delgado, and Louisiana Politics

HOUR ONE: 

Camille Manning Broome joins us from the Center for Planning Excellence to discuss "The View from the Coast."  "We met with over 61 elected officials," Broome said, "Our goal was to understand how risk reduction measures are being implemented currently."  She continues, "The one piece that is most challenging is acquisition or relocation of populations."  

"The Dutch are most efficient water management and protecting their communities," Broome says, "the Japanese have a lot more capability to rebuild after disasters." 

Metro City Councilman John Delgado called the supporters of the St. George movement "terrorists."  Will he be the next mayor of Baton Rouge?  

"I'm confirming the rumor that I'm running for mayor," Delgado says.  He graduated from Tulane Law School.  "I am for Jay," Delgado says, "I just think he'd be good for Baton Rouge." 

He is from Cuba.  "The average citizen in Cuba makes 20 dollars a month." 

He comments on illegal immigration.  

Delgado references also his past comments against St. George supporters.  "I think they are doing a disservice to the entire community." 

"I think we would be foolish to think that parochial schools take away from the resources of the East Baton Rouge parish school system." 

"I don't care if you're black, white, gay or straight, everyone should be treated the same." 

HOUR TWO: 

Commissioner of Elections Suzy Terrell and Political Consultant Trey Ourso join the show to discuss the upcoming governor's election.  

"I don't think he is unbeatable," Ourso says of David Vitter.  "We haven't had a competitive governor's race in a long time," Terrell points out.  

"If he couldn't beat Hillary in Louisiana it really shows how tired people are of his disconnect," Terrell says of Governor Jindal.  

Ourso asks why Governor Jindal is sending two of his top staffers to D.C. when we are about to enter what many are calling the toughest legislative session ever. 

Representative Dr. Boustany gave his support for Senator David Vitter.  

Terrell questions whether women voters will be more concerned for David Vitter.  Ourso says, "Do they want to risk someone with reckless behavior?" 

"If the race stays as it is today, I think you'll have a run off with Edwards and Vitter," Ourso says.  

Republicans hold 14 of the 15 top offices in the state.  

"I don't think you need 30 million for a Louisiana governor's race," Terrell says, "but it is key."

"If Obama says the sky is blue, Vitter is gonna say the sky 

TUESDAY: Indiana Religious Freedom Law, Clutter and Suffocation, New Catholic School, Professor Bob Mann

HOUR ONE: 

Author James Wallman starts the show with a discussion of clutter and materialism in his book Stuffocation.  "The problem is all this stuff is that it's filling up our homes and our lives, and it's not making us happy."

"Women who have too much stuff have too much cortisol," Wallman says.  He continues, referencing the original Mad Men in the 1920s, "The problem with overproduction was under consumption." 

Former Chancellor for Southern University Jim Llorens is joined by Father John Foley to discuss a potential new Catholic School in Baton Rouge from the Cristo Rey Network.  Jim Llorens is now the President of Cristo Rey.  It provides a Catholic, college prep education while allowing one day of white collar work a week for inner city students to help pay for tuition.  There are now twenty-eight schools around the country and potentially one in Baton Rouge in the fall of 2016.  Father John Foley founded the first of these schools.  

One of their students shares her experience with her Christo Rey high school and how it has helped her future plans.

Reverend Chris Andrews and Reverend David Diamond debate the Indiana Religious Freedom Law.  

"They want to impose their lifestyle on other people and scream discrimination," Rev. Diamond says of the gay community.

"I think people should have access to contraceptives if they wish to have it," Rev. Andrews says, "I don't think they should be forced to." 

Rev. Andrews disagrees with Rev. Diamond's statement that there is a war on God and suggests instead that God's word is there to encourage ever changing perspectives and relating.  

"I think if we could simply get to the point where we accept people for who they are, " Rev. Andrews says, "I think we would all be a lot richer." 

Rev. Diamond claims gay people on Third Street set dogs on him.  

HOUR TWO:

Professor Bob Mann talks about his feud with Rolfe H. McCollister, Jr.

"It is kind of odd that a publisher who writes on politics and owns a newspaper and constantly defends Bobby Jindal who appointed him," Mann says in response to McCollister calling him out on a conflict of interest.  "He is saying that faculty members don't have the right to criticize the university," Mann continues, "That's a chilling statement."  

Mann accuses McCollister of threatening academic freedom.  "They have sat as quiet as mice as Jindal has systematically reduced funding for higher education." 

He also comments on the secret appointing of Stephen Moret to president and CEO of the LSU Foundation.  

Mann is an independent, not a democrat.  

"At the very least, I thought the board ought to be more represented by the population at large," Mann says, "There are 14 white men and 1 black woman." 

He says that the board does the bidding of Bobby Jindal.  

Mann also comments on Common Core.  Jim asks what Mann thinks the effect of the billion dollar hospital in New Orleans.  

MONDAY: Louisiana Lottery, Innovation in Louisiana, Hot Rod Hundley, and Representative Darrell Ourso

HOUR ONE: 

President and Chief Executive Officer Rose Hudson joins us from the Louisiana Lottery.  The Louisiana Lottery has a record turnover, the second in the nation.  There is over 35% turnover to the state.  The lottery made Louisiana $170 million last year.  She is also treasurer of the North American State Provincial Lotteries.  "Each year we have about 9 million dollars in unclaimed prizes... we give the players money back to them." 

She is not allowed to purchase a lottery ticket, nor is anyone on staff at the Louisiana Lottery.  Hudson says that the Jindal administration has publicly and rightful said that they will not sell the Louisiana Lottery.  "We've given out about 34 million dollars in prizes since 2012."  

"We're talking 446 million dollars in revenue," Hudson says in response to how many people play the lottery.  Rose Hudson is six feet tall.  

Tiger Rag Columnist Marty Mule remembers the legendary Hot Rod Hundley.  "I know he always thought that leaving New Orleans was a terrible decision."  Hot Rod Hundley was beloved by many.    

HOUR TWO: 

President of Public Affairs Research Council Robert Travis Scott discusses the Innovation in Louisiana: Maximizing Investment in University Research to Promote a Knowledge-Based Economy.  "It's not just an academic problem," Scott says.  "Louisiana Tech believe it or not has some of the best metrics in terms of leveraging the most commercial impacts of licenses... their spending is among the lowest in the state."  Scott praises LSU's engineering program.  

Scott has a degree in International Relations from South Carolina.

The Louisiana Legislative session begins in two weeks.  Scott says, "God help us."  

"A lot of these movie productions rent studios or people... people come from out of state and they don't stay here," Scott says.  He asserts that it is not beneficial to spend state money on a non resident of Louisiana.  

"I think he's experiencing a tough way to go," Scott says of Jindal, "we've had both spending and revenue practices that weren't the best." 

"There's no question about the fact that he has cut the budget," Scott says, "but when you're this desperate to fill the budget, it doesn't reflect well."  

"Jay Dardenne has a long history of really being able to understand a lot of the complexities of the state budget process," Scott says.

Representative Darrell Ourso recently won the Louisiana House seat against Buddy Amoroso by 72 votes.  "If we can get the process underway, we can hopefully be driving over that bridge in ten years or less." 

"I'm not for federal government taking over education," Ourso says.  He feels Common Core is a standard.  "We have to really look at the millions of dollars spent... do you start all over?" 

FRIDAY: Healthy Eating, Leo Honeycutt, LSU Hall of Distinction Inductee, and Legalizing Marijuana

HOUR ONE: 

Author Thomas Campbell shares his book The Campbell Plan.  "Being on a diet predicts weight gain in the future," Campbell says.  "The more animal foods that are in a diet, the more heart disease there is."  Campbell calls for minimal to no red meat in losing weight and living healthy.  He says that a little bit of alcohol is okay because it is plant based.  

Leo Honeycutt wins the bronze medal for Business Ethics.  He comments on the Gridiron Show.  "If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the dead body of your enemy come floating by."  

SEC Associate Commissioner Herb Vincent will join us to celebrate his induction into the LSU Hall of Distinction.  The 2015 LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction takes place tonight and among this year's inductees are track Olympian Lolo Jones and SEC Associate Commissioner of Communications Herb Vincent.  

The Alumni Association says Hall of Distinction inductees are those who have distinguished themselves through their careers, their personal civic accomplishments and their loyalty to their alma mater. 

Vincent has worked as LSU's Sports Information Director and former Associate Athletic Director. He's worked under Tiger football coaches including Mike Archer, Curley Hallman, Gerry DiNardo, Nick Saban and Les Miles.

Vincent doesn't have anything bad to say about Saban as it was always important to the now Alabama coach to keep LSU traditions alive.

"Changing the helmet or changing the uniform, he stuck by all that," said Vincent. "I thought of that when I saw CBS named LSU's helmet the best in college football. I think it really is and I remember having that conversation with Saban."

HOUR TWO: 

Representative Dalton Honore wants voters to decide if marijuana should be legalized.  "I arrested several people in my career... a person could wind up in prison for two marijuana cigarettes in the 60s."  Honore says, "I've never tried marijuana.  I've never been in the company of a person smoking marijuana."  Louisiana's jails have 1300 people serving time for marijuana possession.  Honore says, "It's easier for kids to get marijuana off the streets than a case of beer." 

He says he would be open minded in voting for a Republican.  He went to Southern University.  

"I feel personally the budget has been cut too much for higher ed," Honore says, "Hopefully we can find some funding."  He says he is in favor of increasing the cigarette tax.  "I'm not going to vote for you just because you're a democrat."  

Sergeant Darryl Honore joins the show to promote an AIDS Awareness Basketball Game.  He says there have been 13 cases in Baton Rouge this past year in which AIDS was spread intentionally.  "In my opinion, we have far too many older persons preying upon younger persons."  Tomorrow, the Basketball Game will be from 5-8 pm at Seymour Gym on Southern's Campus.  

THURSDAY: Our Founding Fathers, Former Congressman Bob Livingston, and Governor Jindal and the Upcoming Elections

HOUR ONE: 

Author Thomas Fleming shares his book The Great Divide.  Fleming asserts that his book is relevant because Thomas Jefferson and George Washington disagreed heavily over the power of the president; something that is still disagreed upon today.  Fleming says that John Madison envisioned a very commercial United States.  "Jefferson did not think blacks were ready for freedom," Fleming tells a listener, "I call Washington the forgotten Emancipator."  

Editor Stephanie Riegel joins us from The Baton Rouge Business Report.  She comments on her career and her experience moving from New Orleans to Baton Rouge.  "New Orleans is much more cosmopolitan; it is a world class city.  Baton Rouge is a very middle-Americanized city."  

She also comments on LSU's president and his relationship with Governor Jindal.  "There are certainly valid arguments for making tweaks to the program," Riegel says of Common Core.  

Riegel gives her opinion on the upcoming governor's election.

 "The Westdale Junior High Class of 1969 held a lot of the key business players in Baton Rouge." 

"I think the one thing that will hurt Vitter is that he is already acting a lot like Jindal," Stephanie says.   

HOUR TWO: 

Former Congressman Bob Livingston discusses the upcoming Governor's election.  Livingston also gives his opinion on the Republican Nominee and the vast array of candidates.  "I wouldn't discount any candidate right now," he says.  He is the head of Governor Jindal's Super PAC.  "I didn't leave the Democrat party, the Democrat Party left me."  

Political Consultant Gus Weill spent four years as a counter intelligence agent in Germany.  He comments on ISIS.  "ISIS is winning the war they want to win... the propaganda war."  He continues, praising America's advertising agencies and companies, "I think that we ought to tell our side of the story, what's good about America, hit them <ISIS> right smack in the head... Of all the wars that we could lose, we lose the propaganda war."  

Weill discusses the German Wings Crash.  "It could be an act of terrorism." 

He also comments on the SAE fraternity scandal and the public's tolerance for forgiveness, using former President Bill Clinton as example.  

WEDNESDAY: Obesity, Getting Into College, Mental Illness, Governor Jindal, and Controversial Strawberry Festival Poster

HOUR ONE: 

Author Harriet Brown shares her book Body of Truth.  "Every time you lose weight and then gain it, you are changing your metabolism in ways you don't understand," Brown begins, "it gets harder and harder."  She continues, "Actually our metabolisms become more efficient, so you have to work harder and eat less."  Brown condemns yo yo dieting, asserting its bad effects on blood pressure and potential type two diabetes.  "The truth is we don't know how to make people thinner," Brown says.  "Rather than get trapped in this cycle of dieting and exercising, we focus on health not the weight."  She says, "We get this one message: black and white; fat is bad; thin is good."  She asserts that women receive much more of the stigma.  "It's okay to have breasts and a tush, but nothing else."   

"One of the biggest risk factors in dieting is obesity."  

Author Pria Chattergee shares her book The Dirty Little Secret of Getting Into a Top College.  "Reach for your best potential... but be realistic about what that best self might be," Chattergee says.  "College admissions is not some extraneous monster, but it follows the trends of life."  She says, "It is more competitive because there are more students applying."  She notes, "A lot of legacies come from high achieving households and high income households."  She was born in India and went to Harvard.  "I was the only Indian woman from India in my class in Harvard." 

Associate Administrative Judge in  Miami-Dade County Court Criminal Division and Special Advisor on Criminal Justice and Mental Health for the Supreme Court of Florida Steven Leifman comments on what happens when someone with a severe mental illness is released from jail after committing a small crime.  "On medication, they are much less likely to be violent than the general population," Leifman says of mentally ill people.  He comments on crisis intervention team policing.  

HOUR TWO: 

Jason Hebert of the Political Firm in Baton Rouge joins the show to discuss Governor Jindal.  His firm has won 15 out of the past 18 campaigns they have run.  He asserts that Common Core and education will be the largest issues in the governor's race.  He suggests the probability of a David Vitter and John Bel Edwards run off.  Hebert comments on the state officials he has worked with in the past.  Jim asks who is the most powerful politician in the state.  "The senator has spent a long time building the right kinds of relationships," Hebert says, praising his work ethic.  "This is the first time I feel like we've got the right guy at the right time," Herbert says of Vitter.  "More people follow politics than policy."  He gives his professional opinion on those candidates running for governor.  They comment on Governor Jindal's obsessive exercising.  

President of the Tangipahoa Parish NAACP Branch Patricia Morris comments on the poster for The Strawberry Festival.  "It's offensive because white kids were able to enroll in school, but we were not until the crops were finished in May," Morris says.