8/31 Monday: Former Gov. of Mississippi Haley Barbour, Remembering Hurricane Katrina, Gubernatorial Election, and Candidate for District 68 Rep Robert Cipriano

August 31, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Haley Barbour

Haley Barbour, Founding Partner of BGR Group, returned to BGR in January 2012 after serving two consecutive terms as Governor of Mississippi, including two years as the Chairman of the Republican Governors Association. He will discuss his book about Hurricane Katrina.

C. B. Forgotston

C. B. Forgotston is an accomplished Louisiana politico and attorney. He comments on the Gubernatorial election and remembers Hurricane Katrina.

HOUR TWO:

Robert Cade Cipriano

Robert Cade Cipriano started a successful communications practice in Baton Rouge and has since advised elected officials and multinational companies around the world. He is running for State Representative for District 68 against incumbent Steve Carter. If elected, Cipriano would be the youngest legislator in the House at 29 years old.

Jeremy Alford

Jeremy Alford is the publisher and editor of LaPolitics.com and LaPolitics Weekly. He will give his opinion on the swiftly approaching Gubernatorial election.

8/28 Friday: Remembering Hurricane Katrina and the Inflammatory Nature of the "N Word"

August 28, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Barry Weinstein

Barry Weinstein is Rabbi at Temple Sinai, Lake Charles, LA and Temple Shalom, Lafayette, LA. He remarks on the changes Hurricane Katrina brought to Baton Rouge.

Ivor van Heerden

Ivor van Heerden is the former Director of the LSU Hurricane Center. After being wrongly dismissed, he wrote a book about Katrina called The Storm. He is also the director of the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes.

Gubernatorial Q&A

John Bel Edwards: "I welcome transparency, and I welcome sunshine."

David Vitter: "I have a complete record of strong transparency... I will continue holding in person town hall meetings in every parish of the state."

Scott Angelle: "My administration will be more transparent than any other. I will post my daily schedule online everyday."

Jay Dardenne: "You can rest assured that when I travel out of state, it will be to bring business to Louisiana..."

HOUR TWO:

Kym Carter

Kym Carter is a former Olympian and current Director of the Carl Lewis foundation. She comments on the use of the 'N word.'

Musheer Robinson

Musheer Robinson joins us from the Louisiana NAACP and further discusses use of the 'N word.'

Gus Weill

Gus Weill is a Louisiana politico and author. He discusses the changes Louisiana has undergone in the ten years post Hurricane Katrina.

8/27 Thursday: Gubernatorial Election, Gubernatorial Q&A, Remembering Hurricane Katrina, LBJ, and Insurance Commissioner Jim Donnelon

August 27, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Bob Mann

Robert Mann is a journalist and political historian and currently holds the Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU. He is also the author of several books including, Daisy Petals and Mushroom Clouds: LBJ, Barry Goldwater and the Ad that Changed American Politics. Mann will discuss the Gubernatorial election and remember the legacy of LBJ on the 107th Birthday of the former US President. He will also remember Hurricane Katrina as this week marks the 10th anniversary since the storm.

HOUR TWO:

Jim Donelon

Prior to becoming Insurance Commissioner, Jim Donelon served as Chief Deputy Commissioner and Executive Counsel of the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Donelon shares his plan for reelection and also remember Hurricane Katrina and its impact on Louisiana.

8/26 Wednesday: Louisiana Bayous, Candidate for Insurance Commissioner, Ashley Madison Scandal, and Same Sex Marriage

August 26, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Ken Wells

Ken Wells is a Louisiana author. He shares his new book The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous: Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Charlotte McDaniel McGehee

Charlotte C. McDaniel McGehee is the director of Charlotte C. McDaniel McGehee, A Professional Law Corporation. McGehee is running for Insurance Commissioner.

HOUR TWO:

Moses Evans

Moses Evans is the Justice of the Peace of Baker.

David Diamond

David Diamond is the pastor of Redeeming Word of Life. He discusses with Justice of the Peace Moses Evans recent news involving the Ashley Madison scandal, same sex marriage, and the Louisiana Gubernatorial election. The two also heatedly debate the use of the 'N word' by Elbert Guillory.

8/25 Tuesday: Football Programs, Louisiana Immigration Task Force, Remembering Hurricane Katrina, and New Orleans

August 25, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Gilbert Gaul

Gilbert Gaul is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author. He shares his book Billion Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big Money Culture of College Football.

Valarie Hodges

Valarie Hodges is the Representative of District 64. She is a Republican. Hodges gives news on the Louisiana immigration task force.

HOUR TWO:

Gary Rivlin

Gary Rivlin is a celebrated journalist. He shares his book Katrina: After the Flood.

Andrea Gabor

Andrea Gabor is the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism at Baruch’s Weissman School of Arts and Sciences. She comments on her article The Myth of the New Orleans Makeover.

8/24 Monday: Industrial Dow Jones, Bobby Jindal, Fall Elections, America's Police, and Donald Trump

August 24, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Fred Dent III

Fred Dent III is celebrating his 28th year in the financial planning and investment business. He started Dent Asset Management in 1997. He comments on the precipitous drop in the Industrial Dow Jones.

Colonel Rob Maness

Col. Rob Maness is running for U.S. Senate. He speaks on the Gubernatorial election that is quickly approaching.

HOUR TWO:

Joe Domanick

Joe Domanick is an award-winning investigative journalist and author. Currently, Domanick is Associate Director of the Center on Media, Crime and Justice (CMCJ) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, West Coast editor of The CrimeReport.org and editor and host of CMCJ's Juvenile Justice New Network forum. He shares his book Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing.

Quin Hillyer

Quin Hillyer is a Contributing Editor of National Review magazine, a Senior Editor for The American Spectator magazine, and a nationally recognized authority on the American political process. He shares a recent article about Donald Trump.