7/15 Wednesday: Iran Nuclear Talks, Political Speechwriting, The Clintons, Bill Cosby, Bobby Jindal, and Education in Louisiana

July 15, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Barton Swaim

Barton Swaim is an author. He shares his latest book The Speechwriter. The Speechwriter depicts his time working under South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.

Charles Boustany

Charles W. Boustany Jr., M.D. is a cardiovascular surgeon and was first elected to Congress in 2004. He represents District 3 of Louisiana. Boustany comments on the Iran nuclear negotiations. @RepBoustany

HOUR TWO:

Stephen Carter

Stephen F. Carter is the state representative for District 68 of Louisiana. He is the chairman of the House education committee. Carter discusses the future of education in Louisiana.

Michael Medved

Michael Medved is a conservative, nationally syndicated radio talk show host and bestselling author. He discusses the dynamic between the legacy of Bill Clinton and the presidential race of Hillary Clinton. Medved gives his opinion on the accusations against Bill Cosby. He also shares his opinion on Governor Jindal as he runs for president. @medvedSHOW

7/14 Tuesday: I Am Lucille Ball, Atticus Finch is a Racist, Same Sex Married Couples and their New Taxes, and Dreamgirls in Baton Rouge

July 14, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than seven books, the latest of which is The President's Shadow. His latest children's book is called I Am Lucille Ball. Meltzer shares with Jim the inspirations for his vast collection of successful literature and his fascination with history.

Jessica Lacher-Feldman

Jessica Lacher-Feldman is the Head of Special Collections and Associate Librarian at LSU. She shares her insight on Harper Lee's book Go Set A Watchman in which the beloved character from To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Finch is a racist.

Patricia Suchy

Patricia Suchy is an Associate Professor of Performance Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at LSU. She also comments on the controversial reveal of Atticus Finch as a racist in Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman.

Stephen Handwerk is the Head of the Louisiana Democratic Party. He gives an important announcement about Bernie Sanders.

HOUR TWO:

Jason Decuir

Jason Decuir is the former Revenue Deputy Secretary and former Chief Counsel. He will discuss the tax changes for same sex married couples since the SCOTUS decision and the legislature's votes.

Greg Williams

Greg Williams is the Artistic Director for the Manship Theatre's latest production of 'Dreamgirls,' which opens this week. Williams shares his experience as director. Opening night is Wednesday at 7:30 and will play through the weekend at the Manship Theatre.

7/13 Monday: How to Succeed in Business and Politics Without Really Lying, Gubernatorial Candidate Scott Angelle, Lieutenant General Russel Honore' and the BP Agreement, and the Miss USA Pageant

July 13, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Christopher Cerf

Christopher Cerf is an Author and President of the educational media production company, Sirius Thinking, LTd., on which he created his award-winning children's show, Between the Lions on PBS. He shares his latest book with Jim today entitled, How to Succeed in Business and Politics and Everything Else Without Really Lying with Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language. He shares examples from his book, including "collateral damage = bombed citizens."

Scott Angelle

Scott Angelle is the Louisiana Public Service Commissioner and a Gubernatorial Candidate for the Fall election. He discusses why he is running for governor, why you should vote for him, and what he will do for Louisiana. "I believe the state is starving for bipartisan leadership... We don't need a governor that knows everything," Angelle says, "We need a governor that works with everyone."

HOUR TWO:

Russel Honore'

Lieutenant General Russel Honore' rails against the recent BP settlement. Honore' says that the lawyers of the BP agreement worked a better deal for themselves than the people affected. "EXXON and Shell are basically bullies," he says, "Our legislators let them get away with this because of donations to the offices."

Michelle McCalope

Michelle McCalope is an award-winning journalist and emerging author. She is currently a journalist at WAFB. McCalope gives her impressions on the Miss USA Pageant this past weekend.

Friday 7/10: Ethical Business Practice, Former Football Star Dub Jones, Parisian Bestseller, and the Confederate Battle Flag

July 10, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Aaron Beam

Aaron Beam is the former Founder and first Chief Financial Officer of HealthSouth. He joins Jim today to discuss legal and ethical business practice. Beam shares about his time in prison for fraud. He served 3 months in a minimum security prison. He had to pay over a million dollars in restitution money.

Dub Jones

William Augustus "Dub" Jones is a former football star from Ruston, LSU, Tulane, and most notably, the Cleveland Browns. He reminisces on his 10 year career in the NFL with Jim.

Michelle Gable

Michelle Gable is the best selling author of the book A Paris Apartment. Gable shares her story with Jim.

HOUR TWO:

Gus Weill

Gus Weill is a veteran political consultant and famed author. He discusses the controversial removal of the Confederate Battle Flag in South Carolina. He also gives his expert opinion on Bobby Jindal, the Gubernatorial election, and the 2016 presidential election.

William Taylor

William Taylor is a radio show host at KTIB in Thibodaux. He talks football and remembers the Louisiana hall of fame members.

Thursday 7/9: Louisiana Music Hall of Fame Art Wall at BTR, Gubernatorial Q&A on Film Tax Credits, Confederate Flag, Bill Cosby, and Bobby Jindal

July 9, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Mike Shephard

Mike Shephard is the President of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. He shares the new Art Wall at the BTR Airport for the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

The legislature just passed a bill to remove the Confederate Battle Flag from the South Carolina capitol. Jim discusses this controversial issue.

Gubernatorial Q&A

Do you agree with what the legislature did in the last session capping the state's film tax credits at $180 million dollars? As Governor, what changes, if any, would you propose to make to the program?

David Vitter:

Jay Dardenne: Dardenne says that though the film tax credits were too generous, they have now been capped too low and should exceed 200 million.

Scott Angelle: As governor, I'll see to it that each and every tax credit, exemption etc. is evaluated to a cost/benefit comparison.

John Bel Edwards: The motion picture industry must be capped... in the range of 180 million dollars each year.

HOUR TWO:

Gloria Allred

Gloria Allred is a discrimination attorney who is nationally recognized for taking on high profile cases. She shares her expertise on the recent evidence against Bill Cosby in which he drugged women with whom he planned to have sexual relations. "Some of the women blame themselves," she says. She is representing 16 women who claim Bill Cosby sexually abused them using Quaaludes to have sex with them.

Taylor Huckaby

Taylor Huckaby is a guest commentator for The Advocate and only openly gay staffer for Bobby Jindal. Huckaby discusses his article that was published yesterday in The Advocate "Once a Jindal Supporter but No More..."

Wednesday 7/8: Debating Gay Marriage, Donald Trump, and Louisiana Politics

July 8, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Andrea Carroll

Christopher Odinet

Andrea Beauchamp Carroll is the Donna W. Lee Professor of Family Law at the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Christopher Odinet is a property, housing, and commercial law professor at Southern University. They discuss their article on marriage equality in Louisiana: Gay Marriage is Legal in Louisiana... Now What? in which they describe and debate how the SCOTUS decision will affect adoption and how Louisiana is evolving and resisting acceptance of the change.

Wayne Allyn Root

Wayne Allyn Root is a libertarian-conservative commentator. He is a talk show host and a bestselling author. He joins Jim to discuss the ever controversial Donald Trump and Trump's quest for the Republican Presidential Nomination.

HOUR TWO:

Roy Fletcher

Roy Fletcher is a political consultant and has been involved in over 500 political campaigns. Fletcher discusses the Fall gubernatorial election, commenting on each candidate and their potential to succeed and compete in the runoff.