THURSDAY: Cokie Roberts, Baton Rouge DA Hillar Moore, LSU Basketball, and Coach Dale Brown

HOUR ONE: 

Cokie Roberts of ABC News joins Jim in studio.  She has been named Louisiana Humanist of the Year.  "This is very special," she says.  She was born in New Orleans as "Mary Martha."  Both of her parents were politicians.  Her mother and father, Lindy and Hale Boggs, were both Democratic Congresspeople in Louisiana.  She speaks about their careers.  

Roberts has a new book already on the bestsellers list, Capital Dames and the role of women in politics.  

Her father, Hale Boggs, was presumably killed in a plane crash in Alaska.  Roberts recalls the event.  

"I'm the only one left of the original gang," Roberts says, "We were a fivesome, and we did everything together." 

"At the end of it, I wanted to slit my wrists," Roberts says of her latest book.  

"I don't think there's anybody left like her," she says of her mother, "she was so tough and so persistent, it was easier just to say yes the first time to her." 

She comments on Loretta Lynch and the human trafficking bill.  Loretta Lynch is the first African American woman to become United States Attorney General.  

"It's not a done deal," Roberts says of Hillary Clinton, "she's basically running against herself." 

She has been married to her husband Steve for 49 years.  

"It's mind boggling how quickly people change their minds on this subject," Roberts says of gay marriage.  "To young people, being gay is about as interesting as being left handed."   

HOUR TWO: 

Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore talks with Jim today about his career as an investigative attorney.  "Since I saw some really bad things at the start, you really have to find a switch," he says as a way to deal with the things he has seen.  February had zero murders.  "An hour and fifteen minutes after midnight, someone was killed," he says of the end of February.  

Moore comments on the budget crisis and that "education should be priority."  He also adds that more money needs to be added in crime prevention.  

He comments on police legitimacy.  They discuss the recent news about inappropriate relations between teachers and students.

Collis Temple Jr. joins Hillar Moore to talk to specific groups of at risk people for murder.  They are 900% more at risk to kill or be killed than anyone else in Baton Rouge.  

Collis Temple Jr. integrated basketball at LSU.  Former Coach Dale Brown calls in to share a story in which Temple and Brown were threatened with murder if they came out onto the court.

Brown says, "Collis did a lot that he never tooted his own horn about." 

Dale Brown says he coached 89 African American players.  

Temple shares his father's pursuit of graduate school and the difficulty in acceptance as an African American.  Both of his parents pushed him to go to LSU.  

WEDNESDAY: Author Greg Iles, New Orleans Gambit, Feminism and the Restaurant Industry, and BP Oil Disaster

HOUR ONE: 

Author Greg Iles comments on his book The Bone Tree.  He shares his experience of a car crash, and how it inspired him to "tell the story the way it should be told" regardless of others' opinions.  It is the second book in a trilogy.  He tried to tell the story as close to the truth as he could write fiction.  

Greg Iles comments on his lead character Penn Cage.  "He's much more of a boy scout than I am."

He speaks on the death of the character Viola Turner.  He is producing a television series of the trilogy with Toby McGuire "I would like to shoot at least half of this show in Concordia parish," Iles says, in hope to sway the people of Louisiana in favor of film tax credits.  

Publisher of the New Orleans Gambit Clancy DuBos joins us to talk about the Louisiana Legislation.  "We are not bringing in enough revenue to meet the annual commitment we have made," DuBos says.  He continues saying that Louisiana should not be selling off assets just to "keep the lights on." 

A listener asks, "Is it really the role of the taxpayer to pay for education?"  

HOUR TWO:

Las Vegas Waitress Britney Bronson shares her article on feminism and the restaurant industry.  She is an English instructor at the UNLV.  She has been a waitress in Las Vegas for four years.  "Often my approach is to make a joke or feign humor at inappropriate behavior," she says of her waitressing job, "because these people are paying my bills I often excuse the treatment."  

Bronson describes a story in which a man asked for her phone number repeatedly to which she declined each time.  The man waited for her until the end of her shift and asked for her phone number for money.  

"When I leave work, work is over," she says, "but ultimately it does create relief." 

She reveals she does not always tell her students of her part time job.  

Former State Senator Dr. Mike Robichaux comments on the BP Oil Disaster.  He identifies as a populist.  He speaks about people who are impacted by illness from being exposed to the BP oil spill, some of which are his patients.  

"The number one thing they had was headache.  The number two thing and most prominent thing is memory loss."  He speaks about a class law suit, but that there is no compensation for individual suits.  

"Rashes were one of the things that they (BP) compensated," Dr. Robichaux says.

Today is the 79th birthday of Glen Campbell.  Rhinestone cowboy was ranked as the number 1 song in 1975.  

TUESDAY: Photography, Oklahoma City Bombing, State Treasurer John Kennedy, and Cuba Policy

HOUR ONE: 

Photographer Lynsey Addario shares her book It's What I Do.  "I sort of try to start every story with a blank page... but so often it's tragic... very devastating things." 

Addario shares her experiences working in Pakistan and Afghanistan.  She focuses a lot on women's issues.  "Yes, these stories take a toll, but I remember the fact that I was raised in privilege and can leave at any time." 

She speaks about her experience as an American in foreign countries and what the general opinion of Americans is.  "I think people hold a real grudge towards America because of its policies." 

She has one the Pulitzer Prize for her work.  She describes a time in which she was kidnapped and beaten with other journalists.  Addario is currently working on a story about the African migrants.  

Scott Bud Welch is a father of one of the victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing of 1995.  He remembers the tragedy with us today.  He describes the year following his daughter's death.  "I finally came to the conclusion that the day they took Tim McVay from his cage would not be part of my healing process... You cannot go through the healing process as long as you're living with revenge."  He speaks about how his protests against the death penalty allowed him to heal.  

"When your parents die, you go to the hilltop to bury them.  When your children die, you bury them in your heart.  It never goes away," Welch says.  

HOUR TWO: 

State Treasurer John Kennedy comments on the budget.  The budget deficit now is projected at 1.8 billion.  The hospitals are short 142 million dollars.  

He is running for reelection.  

We get 50 million dollars in settlement with the tobacco companies per year for the next 8 years.  

Kennedy says, "I'm especially conservative fiscally... I would go to Republicans in a different party and they would help me... so I switched." 

Linguist, Historian, and Author Aviva Chomsky gives her insight on the new policy to do with Cuba.  "Cuba has repeatedly made overtures to try to achieve relations with the United States."  The United States is the only country in the world that has tried to make trade embargoes against Cuba.  

The Cuban American Right Wing is the only section of the United States that Chomsky feels is against relations with Cuba.

"Pretty much every country in Latin America has carried out policies that you or I or the US Government might not like... how do they compare to Cuba's policies?" Chomsky says, asking why the United States is so hostile towards Cuba.  

A caller remarks against her views.  

MONDAY: News Anchor Jean West, Baton Rouge Symphony, Eagles and Tim Teebo, The BP Oil Spill, and Billy Nungesser

HOUR ONE: 

One of the first African-American Anchors Jean West comments on her 30 year career and her move to WAFB.  She is from Louisville, KY.  "I think inherently we are all introverted geeks," West says of people in the news.

She recounts the film Broadcast News.  "You have to be prepared," she says, "you have to know a little bit about everything."  

"People find some comfort in knowing a person in a market for awhile," she says of aging as an anchor.  

"I think if you work hard and show that you're doing your best, you can be around for awhile," she says.  

Conductor Tim Muffitt joins the show from the Baton Rouge Symphony.  He discusses the members of the orchestra and their primary jobs, which are often teachers.  This coming Thursday will be the finale of the season.  Their next season begins in September.  

Sports Writer from Philadelphia Mark Kram Jr. comments on the Eagles getting Tim Teebo. 

HOUR TWO: 

Attorney Keith Jones remembers the BP oil spill.  His son Gordon Jones died in the oil spill. "My life is in two parts.  The part before Gordon was killed and the part after Gordon was killed." 

Gordon was about to come home from Deep Water Horizon for the birth of his second son.  "What I take solace in is that the explosion was so big and so strong, those men died instantly." 

"This was not a spill.  Nobody dumped anything overboard.  This was a blowout." 

"No one from BP has ever said that they were sorry Gordon was killed on their rig," Jones says.  

He describes meeting the President of BP America and the exchange they had.  

"Bitterness would show a bit of a character weakness on my part, but there it is.  I'm bitter," Jones says.  

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser also remembers the BP oil spill.  

Nungesser publicly apologizes for the incorrect report that was put up that those 11 men were found in a capsule.  

He discusses the local oil spills that have happened since and speaks of their local companies taking responsibility.  

Nungesser is a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.  He comments on tourism.  

FRIDAY: Happiness, Rep. Garret Graves, Oklahoma City Bombing, and the Louisiana Legislative Session

HOUR ONE: 

French author Federic Lenoir shares his book Happiness.  "Happiness is a state of being," Lenoir says.  

"You have to know what is good for you and what is bad for you so you can make the good choice," Lenoir says, "To be happy you have to have pleasure, but in moderation."  Lenoir gives a list of necessary things to be happy such as love, health, and acts of joy.  He says that faith is a major component of leading a happy life.  

"The people have to know how to be happy by themselves," he says.  "I think sex with love is much better than sex without love. If you have a good sexual life with love, you will be very happy." 

"Happiness must not be an obligation," he concludes.  

Representative Garret Graves comments on the 1732 legislative piece.  "They're trying to right a uniform standard for everywhere in the United States," Grave says, "The amount of water coming down from our state is greater than any other." 

"I think you can very clearly see the correlation between land loss and land gain in regards to federal action." 

Former News Director at Oklahoma Radio Network Matt Skinner comments on the Oklahoma City Bombing because the 20th anniversary is Sunday.  He describes his experiences in the building and with the FBI.

 "We were all saying that looks just like the video in Bosnia." 

Jim comments that there are those who believe that President Clinton would not have won reelection were it not for the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995.  

Political Consultant Scott Wilfong comments on the Marriage and Conscience Act.  Jim comments that Governor Jindal placed the bill at the top of his agenda, second only to Common Core. 

Wilfong says that it is just "smart politics" for Governor Jindal to support the bill Marriage and Conscience Act regarding religious liberty and marriage equality.  

Wilfong says that asking people to put their creativity into something they don't believe in is wrong.

He thinks there is a greater percentage of homosexuals in San Francisco, California.  

"It's about not letting the government get their fingers in businesses," he says.  

ACLU Executive Director Marjorie Esman shares her opinion on the Marriage and Conscience Act.  "It starts out creating a blanket exception for conduct otherwise prohibited by the law," she says, "All you have to say is it's my moral conviction to do this... if that's not what the bill intends, that's what it says." 

"It allows people to kind of preemptively sue the state if they feel their moral convictions are threatened, not even infringed," Esman says.  

"It would mean for a judge to refuse to sign divorces," Esman says.  

She discusses the high rate of incarceration in Louisiana.  "We spend more on incarceration than on LSU," she says.  

"Something that is legal in one state ought not to deserve a 20 year sentence in another," she says.

Esman says that about 40,000 people are incarcerated at any given time in Louisiana.

THURSDAY: Mayor of Baton Rouge Kip Holden, Louisiana Politics, Governor Jindal, and The Stelly Plan

HOUR ONE: 

Mayor of Baton Rouge Kip Holden is running for Lieutenant Governor.  He is the only Democrat running currently.  

He comments on the Miss USA pageant.  "The ratings were the highest they've had in 7 years," Holden says.  The Mayor goes on to say that Donald Trump said that the people of Baton Rouge were the happiest he's ever encountered.  

"The people of Baton Rouge are my best story tellers," Holden says as his greatest asset to show how he has changed things for the better.  "Why not have a Baton Rouge not just adopt a city... why not have an exchange program with volunteers from Baton Rouge?" 

A listener asks about the Mayor's stance against St.George.  He says, "I believe in people being together." 

He shares personal history about his mother.  "Failure is not in my vocabulary... if you don't get your life straight, you're going to meet a dead end... Start talking to your kids." 

He speaks of his collegiate experience.  "You have to apply yourself and ask for help because they are not mind readers." 

The Mayor discusses what to do about film tax credits.  

HOUR TWO: 

Representative Vic Stelly joins us to talk about The Stelly Plan and why it was repealed, and what exactly happened in 2009.  

"The most the bracket increase of taxes could affect was $900." Stelly affirms that there is no way people's income taxes could have gone up thousands of dollars.  

They discuss Governor Jindal's reaction to the Stelly Plan.  

Stelly says that the Stelly Plan could never be palatable again.  "It's not fair to tax the poor people on income taxes," he says.  

Rep. Stelly takes questions from listeners regarding various issues of Louisiana including the budget and the coastline.  

He identifies as an Independent.  

He says, "You can't deny the fact that he {David Vitter} is undefeated."