Thursday: Mass Comm Professor Bob Mann, The Four Gubernatorial Candidates, Budget Cuts, James Carville, and Men's Fine Clothing

May 21, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

rofessor Robert Mann

Bob Mann is a Mass Communications Professor at LSU and holds the Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communications. He also writes for NOLA.com. He shares his thoughts on Governor Jindal, the 2015 Gubernatorial candidates, and the budget cuts.

John Bel edwards, david vitter, jay dardenne, and scott angelle

*Advocate staff file photo by BILL FEIG -- Gubernatorial candidates. From left at table, John Bel Edwards, David Vitter, Jay Dardenne and Scott Angelle.*

In 90 second answers, the four Gubernatorial hopefuls answer the question, "What would be their first three actions once they became governor regarding the budget shortfall?

HOUR TWO:

james carville

Politico James Carville joins the show again today to further discuss Governor Jindal's handling of the budget cuts and the final weeks of the legislative session.

manuel martinez

Manuel Martinez has been named the finest tailor in the world three times in the past fifteen years. He is declaring war on Casual Friday.

Wednesday: Guns N Roses' Duff McKagan, Family Forum, CATS Bus System, Expansion of Government Street in Baton Rouge, State Rep Ted James, and Budget Cuts

May 20, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Duff Mckagan

Duff McKagan was the lead bassist for 12 years for the band Guns N Roses. He has recently written a book entitled How To Be A Man (and other illusions).

McKagan also shares his other inspirations and work including sports writing for ESPN.

Gene Mills

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President of Louisiana Family Forum and Louisiana Family Forum Action, Reverend Gene Mills discusses the Marriage and Conscience Act, Religious Freedom, and the influence of the Supreme Court.

HOUR TWO:

James Carville

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Louisiana Politico James Carville shares his opinion on impending budget cuts to LSU, and how the cuts will affect higher education.

PAUL NAQUIN AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE TED JAMES

Rep. Ted James http://house.legis.state.la.us/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=101

State Representative Edward "Ted" James joins Paul Naquin to debate their views on section 8 housing, the CATS bus system, and the expansion of Government Street in Baton Rouge.

Tuesday: Stephanie Riegel of the Baton Rouge Business Report, "Baking with Less Sugar", Lynne Marino's Passing, and Opinion on the Final Three Weeks of the State Legislative Session

May 19, 2015 Show Producer

Hour One:

Stephanie Riegel

Stephanie Riegel is the editor of the Baton Rouge Business Report. She discusses her cover story in the latest edition of the Business Report about the Bayou Country Superfest and its effect on tourism in Louisiana.

Joanne Chang

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Joanne Chang is the author of Baking with Less Sugar. She shares her perspective on how less sugar enhances the flavor of desserts.

Hour Two:

Ann Pace

Ann Pace is the mother of one of the victims of Derrick Todd Lee. She joins the show to remember Lynne Marino, who recently passed away after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer. Marino appeared on the Jim Engster Show earlier this year. Her comments are shared in this segment.

Tony guarisco

Tony Guarisco is a former Louisiana State Lawmaker. Guarisco comments on the death penalty. He shares his opinion on Governor Jindal's quest to be the next president. He also discusses the final three weeks of the state legislative session.

Monday: Remembering Ronald Reagan with Author Leo Honeycutt and Former LA State Representative Ron Gomez; Commander of the State Police Colonel Mike Edmonson

May 18, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE

REMEMBERING RONALD REAGAN With Leo Honeycutt and ron Gomez

Jim remembers Ronald Reagan as it has been 25 years today since Reagan's commencement speech at an LSU graduation.

Author and Journalist Leo Honeycutt comments on Reagan's legacy and shares his brushes with the late president in the Oval Office.

Former LA State Representative from Lafayette Parish, Journalist, and Businessman Ron Gomez also remembers Reagan's commencement speech in Tiger Stadium 25 years ago. "He wrote every one of those commentaries you hear back in the 80s," Gomez says of Reagan's radio commentaries.

HOUR TWO

Mike Edmonson

Colonel Mike Edmonson is the Commander of the Louisiana State Police. They discuss human trafficking and the update to the New Orleans Police Department. Col. Edmonson shares preventative measures the Louisiana State Police has taken in preventing crime, especially in New Orleans. He also shares his recent trip to Rome in which he received information on human trafficking.

Friday: Remembering B.B. King and Orson Welles, The Gumbo PAC Against Vitter and NY Times on Tom Brady

May 15, 2015 Show Producer

Producer: Frank Barnett

Hour One

Temple University Professor & Author Ralph Young

Temple University History Professor and Author of Dissent in America: The Voices That Shaped a Nation. Image Credit: www.vaclavhavel-library.org — Temple University History Professor and Author of *Dissent* *in America: The Voices That Shaped a Nation*. Image Credit: www.vaclavhavel-library.org

Ralph Young is a history professor at Temple University. He has done extensive research in the history of protest movements, terrorist organizations, and 17th-century Puritanism. He is the author of Dissent in America: The Voices That Shaped a Nation that is a compilation of primary documents written by American dissenters over the past four hundred years. Young has won several teaching awards at Temple University and has taught his Dissent in America seminar as a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Rome and at Charles University in Prague.

Film Historian Joseph McBride

Legendary Film Director Orson Welles (left) and a young Joseph McBride (far right, in glasses). Image Credit: www.wsws.org — Legendary Film Director Orson Welles (left) and a young Joseph McBride (far right, in glasses). Image Credit: www.wsws.org

Joseph McBride is an American film historian, biographer, screenwriter and professor in the Cinema Department at San Francisco State University. He's the author of seventeen books, including two about Orson Welles entitled Orson Welles and What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career.

Johnny Palazotto & Herman Jackson

Blues Musician B.B. King. Image Credit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/362epg/rip_bb_king/ — Blues Musician B.B. King. Image Credit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/362epg/rip_bb_king/

Johnny Palazotto and Herman Jackson join Jim in studio today to discuss the life and times of Blues musician B.B. King. King passed away peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 pm PT on Thursday, May 14, 2015. Rolling Stone Magazine lists B.B. at #6 on the top 100 Guitar Players of all time, but his impact on Blues is immeasurable. Herman Jackson, who frequently played with B.B., remembers the last time he played with King on stage in Chicago last October at the House of Blues; and Johnny reminisces on the time he first B.B. back stage before a concert.

Hour Two

New York Times Sports Writer Jeré Longman

Jeré Longman has been a sports reporter for The New York Times since October 1993, covering a variety of international sports, primarily those of the Olympics. He grew up in Eunice, La., and received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Louisiana State University in 1976. He joins Jim on the show today to discuss his take on Tom Brady and "Deflategate," and he tells Jim how he feels that what Tom Brady did was mere "gamesmanship" rather than cheating.

Trey Ourso

Former Executive Director of the Louisiana Democratic Party, Partner at Ourso Beychok Inc., and Gumbo PAC head Trey Ourso joins us to talk about David Vitter. Vitter is the front runner to become the next Governor of Louisiana, but Trey Ourso and GumboPac are pushing to make sure Vitter does not get elected. Visit gumbopac.com for more information.

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THURSDAY: "What is the point of a professor?"; "Meal or menace? No controversy in nutrition is bigger than wheat."; Honore For Governor?; Sex Selection; Gus Weill; Ember in the Ashes

May 14, 2015 Michelle Southern

Hour 1

Professor Mark Bauerlein

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Mark Bauerlein is an English professor at Emory, a senior editor at First Things and the author, most recently, of “The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30).”

Bauerlein writes in the New York Times on Sunday, "What's the Point of a Professor?" and says, in part, what they should be is examples of "moral authority," but that for a number of reasons they are increasingly becoming morally bankrupt “accreditors” instead.

Stephen Yafa, Author of Grain of Truth: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten

*Author Stephen Yafa, Photo Credit Amazon*

"No topic in nutrition is more controversial than wheat. While mega-sellers like Grain Brain andWheat Belly suggest that wheat may be the new asbestos, Stephen Yafa finds that it has been wrongly demonized. His revealing book sets the record straight, breaking down the botany of the wheat plant we’ve hijacked for our own use, the science of nutrition and digestion, the effects of mass production on our health, and questions about gluten and fiber— all to point us towards a better, richer diet."

Hour 2

Political Consultant/commentator Jim Brown

Political Consultant and Political Commentator, Former State Senator, Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown, Credit Facebook — *Political Consultant and Political Commentator,* *Former State Senator, Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown, Credit Facebook*

Jim and Jim discuss the following issues in Louisiana politics:

The full House has approved legislation that would prohibit gender based abortions. The bill's author, Houma Representative Lenar Whitney, says there have been no documented cases in Louisiana. But she cited an article from Forbes Magazine about pregnancies ending early in US Asian communities because the sex of the unborn child was a girl. Whitney's legislation passed on an 84-2 vote.
Retired Army Lieutenant General Russel Honore, who gained fame in his no-nonsense approach to relief efforts in post-Katrina New Orleans, says he’s considering running for Governor. On the Jim Engster Show, Honore says the only reason he wouldn't run is if another one of the candidates ended up mounting a serious challenge to US Senator David Vitter.

Louisiana Political Consultant Gus Weill

*Famed Louisiana political consultant, author, and mentor to James Carville, Gus Weill , Credit Talk 107.3*

Weill discusses a variety of topics with Jim including the possibility of Honore running for Governor, the state of higher education in Louisiana and the importance of delivering a solid commencement speech. James Carville will give the commencement address at LSU Friday.

sabaa tahir, Author of An Ember in the Ashes

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"A “deft, polished debut” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), Sabaa Tahir‘s AN EMBER IN THE ASHES is a thought-provoking, heart-wrenching, and pulse-pounding read. Set in a rich, high-fantasy world with echoes of ancient Rome, it tells the story of a slave fighting for her family and a young soldier fighting for his freedom." From Amazon.