8/30 Friday: Former Baseball Player Denny McClain, Gubernatorial Runoff, and the 2016 Presidential Election

HOUR ONE: 

Stephen Maitland Lewis 

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Stephen Maitland Lewis is an award-winning British author and jazz aficionado.  He shares his latest book Botticelli's Bastard.  Lewis will be at the Louisiana Book Festival.  Botticelli's Bastard is "a mystery that deals with the relationship between a fine art restorer and the journey of an old master portrait of the 16th Century."   

Robert Maness 

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Robert Maness is a retired colonel.  He also comments on the Gubernatorial election.  Maness is endorsing David Vitter, "It is the character of his policies... a constitutional conservative." Maness also says, "I think John Bel Edwards is a man of high morals."   

HOUR TWO:

Denny Mcclain 

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Dennis Dale "Denny" McClain is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball for ten seasons, most notably for the Detroit Tigers.  He comments on the World Series.  "This is the highest the game could get.  This is the epitome of baseball...every guy on that field is an all star," McClain says. 

Gus Weill 

Gus Weill is a well known author and Louisiana politico.  He discusses the Gubernatorial election as the runoff approaches.  He also comments on the 2016 Presidential election.  

10/29 Thursday: Renee Chatelain, Tom Schedler, Russel Honore

Hour 1: 

Tom Schedler

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Recently re-elected Secretary of State Tom Schedler talks about the runoff election and discusses if voter turnout will be greater than it was for the primary. Schedler says the weather had a lot to do with undecided voters staying inside but hopes the outlook is better on November 21st. 

Schedler says many people are turned off from voting because of negative attack ads. 

Renee Chatelain

Recently named CEO of the Baton Rouge Art Council Renee Chatelain chats with Jim about her new job position. Chatelain talks about Jazz history in Louisiana and The River City Jazz Masters. 

Hour 2: 

Russel Honore

General Russel Honore joins the show to discuss the upcoming runoff election. Honore says he isn't qualified to be president, after a comment from a caller. 

Honore says doesn't comment on who he is endorsing for governor because he's following the law. General Honore is not a member of either major political party. 

10/28 Wednesday: Gubernatorial Election Results, Gubernatorial Runoff, and Authors from the Louisiana Book Festival

HOUR ONE: 

Joseph Cummins

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Joseph Cummins is the author of Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential History.  Cummins will be at the Louisiana book festival.  

Quin Hillyer 

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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 has won mainstream awards for journalistic excellence at the local, state, regional nation levels.  

James Grissom

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James Grissom writes books and plays and scripts.  He shares his book Follies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog.  He will be at the Louisiana Book Festival.  

HOUR TWO: 

Moses Evans

Moses Evans is a Justice of the Peace in Baker.  

David Diamond

David Diamond is a pastor in Baton Rouge.  Diamond and Evans debate the issues surrounding the Gubernatorial election results and the upcoming runoff election between David Vitter and John Bel Edwards.  

10/27 Tuesday: Patricia Goldstone, Raymond Jetson, M.O. Walsh, John Bel Edwards

Hour 1:

Patricia Goldstone

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Author Patricia Goldstone discusses her latest book, Interlock, which delves into the death of Mark Lombardi. 

"In the fateful month of March 2000, shortly after opening a hugely successful show in New York that unveiled the more nefarious financial connections of Presidential candidate George W. Bush, the hugely ambitious Conceptual artist Mark Lombardi was found hanged in his studio, an apparent suicide. With museums lining up to buy his work, and the fame he had sought relentlessly at last within his reach, speculation about whether his death was suicide or murder has titillated the art world ever since. Lombardi was an enigma who was at once a compulsive truth-teller and a cunning player of the art game, a political operative and a stubborn independent, a serious artist and a Merry Prankster, a metaphysicist if not a scientist. " -Amazon
 

Raymond Jetson

Former State Representative and Pastor of Star Hill Baptist Church Raymond Jetson joins Jim in studio to talk about his time working with Republican gubernatorial candidate David Vitter. Starhill Baptist Church is hosting their annual Social Innovation Workshop to build stronger networks on Friday, October 30th. Jetson says the focus of this workshop is the wealth of low income communities. 

Jetson comments on Vitter's prostitution scandal. He says avoiding the topic is one of the biggest mistakes made by the Vitter campaign. 

M.O. Walsh

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Author and Baton Rouge native M.O. Walsh chats about his latest book, My Sunshine Away.

"My Sunshine Away unfolds in a Baton Rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts on sweltering summer afternoons, cauldrons of spicy crawfish, and passionate football fandom. But in the summer of 1989, when fifteen-year-old Lindy Simpson—free spirit, track star, and belle of the block—experiences a horrible crime late one evening near her home, it becomes apparent that this idyllic stretch of Southern suburbia has a dark side, too. "- Amazon

Hour 2:

John Bel Edwards

Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Bel Edwards joins the conversation to discuss the upcoming runoff election of November 21st. Edwards says David Vitter is not a good role model for the people of Louisiana. He says Vitter "wouldn't last five minutes at West Point." 

The Louisiana Sheriff's Association recently endorsed Edwards. Edwards discusses future debates before the election and says he will attend each one. 

10/26 Monday: Gubernatorial Runoff, Bayou Magic, and Louisiana Politics

HOUR ONE: 

Don Cazayoux 

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Don Cazayoux is a former U.S. Attorney, congressman and state representative.  He comments on the results of the elections this past weekend.  Cazayoux also discusses the dynamics of the Gubernatorial runoff and the Lt. Governor election on November 21st.  He also briefly comments on the 'spygate' issue surrounding Senator Vitter. 

Daniel Martiny 

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Daniel Martiny is a Louisiana senator for District 10.  He comments further on the results of the Gubernatorial election on Saturday.  Martiny also gives his opinion on the spygate matter regarding Senator Vitter. 

Jewell Parker Rhodes

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Jewell Parker Rhodes is the award-winning author of Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass’ Women, Season, Moon, Hurricane, and the children’s book, Ninth Ward. Her writing guides include: Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction. Jewell is the Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing and Artistic Director of Piper Global Engagement at Arizona State University.

HOUR TWO: 

Dayne Sherman

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Dayne Sherman is a writer, speaker, professor, editor, and librarian.  He is the author of Zion and Welcome to the Fallen Paradise.  Sherman discusses the results of the election on Saturday.   

Scott Wilfong

Scott Wilfong is a Republican political consultant.  He discusses the election results from Saturday with Dayne Sherman.  

10/23 Friday: Gubernatorial Candidate John Bel Edwards, Lt. Governor Candidates Kip Holden and Billy Nungesser, Gubernatorial Election, and Hurricane Patricia

HOUR ONE: 

Mark Ballard

Mark Ballard is the Editor of The Advocate Capitol news bureau covering Louisiana government and politics.  He discusses the Gubernatorial election tomorrow and the possibility of a runoff.  Ballard also says that voter turnout is expected to be about 50%. 

John Bel Edwards

John Bel Edwards is the only Gubernatorial Candidate who is a Democrat.  He shares his campaign message and plans for Louisiana.  Edwards says, "I can think of 1000 reasons not to vote for David Vitter before I get to his 'serious sin.'" Voting is tomorrow.  

Kip Holden

Kip Holden is the Mayor of Baton Rouge and a candidate for Lieutenant Governor.  He discusses his plan for Louisiana and how he would improve tourism if elected.

Ted James

Edward Ted James is a personal injury and criminal defense attorney.  He is currently a Louisiana State Representative for District 101.  He comments on the BESE election, endorsing Carolyn Hill. 

HOUR TWO: 

Billy Nungesser

Billy Nungesser is the President of Plaquemines Parish.  He is also a candidate for Lieutenant Governor.  He shares his plans for Louisiana if elected and why he is a qualified candidate. 

Barry Keim 

Barry Keim is a Professor and Louisiana State Climatologist.  He gives news on Hurricane Patricia.  Dr. Keim says this storm will be worse than the likes of Hurricanes Andrew, Camille, or Katrina. 

Gus Weill

Gus Weill is a Louisiana politico and well known author.  He discusses the Gubernatorial election tomorrow.  He also comments on voter turnout.  Weill also comments on David Vitter's handling of his 'serious sin.'