11/25 Wednesday: GMO's, Football, Edwin Edwards Hospitalized, Death of Bob Neese, and Transition of John Bel Edwards

HOUR ONE: 

Sarah Davidson Evanega

Evanega received her PhD in the field of Plant Biology from Cornell University in 2009, for which she conducted an interdisciplinary study combining work in plant molecular biology with science communication. Her dissertation focused on the controversy over genetically engineered papaya in developing countries with a specific focus on Thailand.  Evanega now serves as the PI and Director for the Cornell Alliance for Science—a global communications effort that promotes evidence-based decision-making in agriculture.

Wayne Coffey

Wayne Coffey is the author of Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season. 

"In only thirteen years as a head football coach, first at Bowling Green and then at Utah, Florida, and Ohio State, Urban Meyer has established himself as one of the elite coaches in the annals of his sport, with three national championships and a cumulative record of 142 wins and only 26 losses. But sheer statistics are not the measure of his true accomplishment, nor do they speak to his own extraordinary learning journey. Now, in Above the Line, he offers to readers his unparalleled insights into leadership, team building and the keys to empowering people to achieve things they might never have thought possible."

Leo honeycutt

Leo Honeycutt -author, reporter, father, cook- is an award-winning television journalist of 28 years whose credits include CBS News, ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today Show, and CNN as well as an exclusive in the Oval Office with President Ronald Reagan (on his birthday in 1983), a rare interview with Muhammad Ali, and being the first Louisianan to conduct a live interview with space shuttle astronauts in orbit.  He gives an update on former Governor Edwin Edwards who was hospitalized for pneumonia at 88.  

Julie Baxter

Julie Baxter is a WAFB journalist, a lawyer, and a communications advisor.  She remembers journalist Bob Neese who died this morning after a long fight with cancer at age 62. 

HOUR TWO: 

Sam Jones

Sam Jones is the former Mayor of Franklin, Louisiana.  He is close friends with John Bel Edwards, and he comments on the new governor-elect and the transition to governor. 

11/24 Tuesday: Jon Meacham, Assassination of JFK, Les Miles' Future with LSU

Hour 1: 

Jon Meacham 

"Drawing on President Bush’s personal diaries, on the diaries of his wife, Barbara, and on extraordinary access to the forty-first president and his family, Meacham paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times. From the Oval Office to Camp David, from his study in the private quarters of the White House to Air Force One, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the first Gulf War to the end of Communism, Destiny and Power charts the thoughts, decisions, and emotions of a modern president who may have been the last of his kind. This is the human story of a man who was, like the nation he led, at once noble and flawed."-Amazon

Jim Featherston

Jim replays an interview from 1993 with Former LSU Journalism Professor Jim Featherston who witnessed the assassination of President John Kennedy. 

Hour 2:

Michael Kurtz

Southeastern Louisiana University Professor Michael Kurtz joins Jim to discuss the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He teaches the only JFK assassination class in the country. Kurtz believes Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone in the shooting. He has wrote the book Crime of the Century: The Assassination  From a Historian's Perspective.

James Moran

Tiger Rag Associate Editor James Moran joins Jim in studio to discuss Les Miles' future coaching the Tigers after coming off of a three game losing streak. 

11/23 Monday: John Bel Edwards Wins the Gubernatorial Election, Local Cancer Survivor Jeff Sirlin, and John Bel Edwards' Campaign manager

HOUR ONE: 

Don Cazayoux

Don Cazayoux is a former U.S. Attorney, congressman and state representative.  Cazayoux joins Henry to discuss the results of the Louisiana Gubernatorial election.  Cazayoux says that John Bel Edwards was "just the perfect candidate. He's a balanced guy. He's just got a perfect pedigree."

E.L. "Bubba" Henry

E.L. "Bubba" Henry is the former Speaker of the House of Louisiana.  Henry joins Cazayoux to remark on the Gubernatorial win of Democrat John Bel Edwards on Saturday.  Henry says that the endorsement of Jay Dardenne, Lieutenant Governor and former Republican Gubernatorial opponent, helped Edwards on his way to victory. 

Jeff Sirlin

Jeff Sirlin is  the Founder and CEO of Cancer Wellness TV, a two-time cancer survivor, and Huffington Post blogger.  


HOUR TWO: 

Mary-Patricia Wray

Mary-Patricia Wray is the General Consultant/Communications Director for the John Bel Edwards campaign for governor.  Although she joined the team in February 2013, her official role was not public until 2014.  She reports from Edwards' camp after Edwards' victory on Saturday. 

11/20 Friday: Louisiana Gubernatorial Election and Louisiana Politics

HOUR ONE: 

Mark Ballard

Mark Ballard is the Editor of The Advocate Capitol news bureau covering Louisiana government and politics.  He speculates on the outcomes of this weekend's elections.  

Karen Carter Peterson

Karen Carter is a Louisiana State Senator and Chairwoman of the Louisiana Democratic Party.  Senator Karen Carter Peterson represents New Orleans and parts of Jefferson Parish in the Louisiana State Senate.  She expresses her hope for a John Bel Edwards win for governor. 

Elbert Guillory 

Elbert Guillory is a Louisiana state senator.  He recently ran in the lieutenant governor's election.  He comments on the gubernatorial election this weekend.  "I don't see how anyone in Louisiana could vote for such idiocy," Guillory says of John Bel Edwards. 

HOUR TWO: 

Foster Campbell

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Foster Campbell is an elected official, businessman and farmer from Bossier Parish.  He was elected to the North Louisiana seat on the Public Service Commission in November 2002, representing 24 parishes and nearly one million people.  He was re-elected in October 2008 with 78 percent of the vote.  Campbell now serves as Louisiana Public Service Commissioner.  Campbell supports John Bel Edwards. 

Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson is a Louisiana State Representative of Bossier City.  Johnson is a nationally recognized attorney and legal analyst who serves as Chief Counsel of Freedom Guard, a not-for-profit, public interest law firm that works to defend religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and traditional American values.  He has been working for and through the Louisiana Legislature for more than fifteen years as an attorney, consultant, and contributing author of many landmark pieces of legislation.  Mike Johnson supports David Vitter for governor.  

11/19 Thursday: Syrian Refugee Crisis, Saturday's Gubernatorial Election

Hour 1:

Jason Berry

Louisiana journalist, Jason Berry, discusses the Syrian refugee crisis and the gubernatorial election. Berry's latest work is Fear of Syrian Refugees Inflames Louisiana Politics. Berry says we have more people who are being shot in movie theaters than terrorist attacks in the US. 

Scott Wilfong

Republican political consultant Scott Wilfong joins Jim in studio to discuss this Saturday's gubernatorial election. Wilfong comments on Gov. Bobby Jindal dropping out of the presidential election. He also mentions the progress of the republican candidates for Lt. Governor Jeff Landry and Buddy Caldwell. 

Hour 2:

Dayne Sherman

David Diamond

Political Consultant Dayne Sherman and Rev. David Diamond join the conversation to discuss their feelings on the gubernatorial race. Diamond supports Republican Senator David Vitter. Sherman says this is an election with an Army Ranger versus a hooker chaser. 

Diamond says the social issues should take priority over the financial issues when electing a governor. Sherman says the government's job is to do what the Constitution says. 


11/18 Wednesday: Candidates for Lieutenant Governor, and the Louisiana Gubernatorial Election

HOUR ONE: 

Billy Nungesser

Billy Nungesser is the President of Plaquemines Parish.  He is also a candidate for lieutenant governor.  He shares his campaign message and his plan for improving Louisiana if elected.  "What better job could I ask for?  Louisiana is a sportsman's paradise," Nungesser says, "If I believe in something, I can sell it.  And, I believe in this state."  

Kip Holden

Kip Holden is the Mayor of Baton Rouge.  He is also a candidate for lieutenant governor.  He also shares his campaign plan and how he will better Louisiana if he defeats Billy Nungesser.  "The response has been overwhelming," Holden says, "I'm watching the words 'hope' appear in the eyes of many people." Holden also says he is backing John Bel Edwards for Governor. 

HOUR TWO:

Lanny Keller

Lanny Keller is an editorial writer and columnist for The Advocate.  He shares his article 'The forgotten man in the 2015 race for governor.'   Keller shares his experiences "tracking" Edwin Edwards on his campaign in 1991.  He also comments on Governor Jindal's drop from the 2016 presidential campaign.  He says, "I suspect there was just very little financial support to someone who has not transmitted enough from the polls."