12/31 Thursday: Drunk Driving on New Year's Eve, The Beatles, Top Stories of 2015, Mississippi River Flooding, Jay Ducote

December 31, 2015 Show Producer

Hour 1:

Melissa Matey

Louisiana State Police Trooper Melissa Matey joins guest host Neal Gladner to talk about New Year's Eve safety and drinking and driving. Matey discusses drunk driving statistics and getting a safe ride home. DUI arrests are down 18% in Baton Rouge since Uber started.

Stephanie Riegel

Editor of the Baton Rouge Business Report Stephanie Riegel chats with Neal about business and politics of 2015 and what's in store for next year. Riegel says the biggest story of 2015 was the election of John Bel Edwards as governor of Louisiana. She says we were too busy with politics to realize the huge drop on oil prices.

Hour 2:

Jeff Graschel

Service Coordination Hydrologist with the National Weather Service Jeff Graschel talks with Neal about the flooding of the Mississippi River and projects how long it will take for the flooding to reach Louisiana and the impact it will have.

Ricky Boyett

Chief of Public Affairs with the Army Corp of Engineers in New Orleans Ricky Boyett joins the show to talk about the flooding of the Mississippi River. He discusses possibly opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway for the first time since 2011.

Nancy Malone

Region Public Affairs Director of the American Red Cross in Louisiana Nancy Malone discusses flood preparations in the state with Neal.

Jay Ducote

Louisiana Chef Jay Ducote chats with Neal about New Year's day meal traditions and how to prepare them.

12/30 Wednesday: Jay Dardenne, Julie Baxter, George Sells, Jane Leavy

December 30, 2015 Show Producer

Hour 1:

Jay Dardenne

Lt. Gov and incoming Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne joins Jim in studio to discuss the budget problems in Louisiana and how the next administration will try to fix them.

Julie Baxter

Incoming Deputy Chief of Staff Julie Baxter joins the show to talk about the upcoming administration and how it's different from ones in the past.

Hour 2:

George Sells

Former WAFB anchorman George Sells comments on the latest Bill Cosby scandal.

Jane Leavy

Jim is joined by author Jane Leavy to chat about her biography of Sandy Koufax. Today is Koufax's 80th birthday.

The instant New York Times bestseller about the baseball legend and famously reclusive Dodgers’ pitcher Sandy Koufax, from award-winning former Washington Post sportswriter Jane Leavy. Sandy Koufax reveals, for the first time, what drove the three-time Cy Young award winner to the pinnacle of baseball and then—just as quickly—into self-imposed exile. -Amazon

12/29 Tuesday: Ed Sanders, Alan Risher, Louis Koerner, Jr., Laurie Shrage

December 29, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE

Countercultural icon, he co-founded the raunchy, avant-garde rock band The Fugs and was instrumental in the Youth International Party — commonly called the Yippies. Ed Sanders is also the author of "The Family" about the killing of Sharon Tate, orchestrated by Charles Manson.

Alan Risher was QB for the USFL Arizona Wranglers, and later an NFL QB for the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A graduate of LSU, Risher talks with Jim about the Texas Bowl and his predictions for who'll win.

HOUR TWO

"Mr. Louis" Koerner, Jr. has over forty years experience practicing complex litigation in Louisiana. A native New Orleanian, Mr. Louis moved briefly to Houma following Hurricane Katrina while his law office underwent repair, and now operates law offices in both cities.

Laurie Shrage is an American political and moral philosopher whose analysis of the agendas for social change advanced by gender and sexual dissidents has been influential.

12/28 Monday: AIDS in Louisiana, Jim Mayer, The Future of Louisiana

December 28, 2015 Show Producer

Hour 1:

A.J. Johnson

CEO and Founder of the Baton Rouge AIDS Society Rev. A.J. Johnson joins Jim to discuss the growth of AIDS in Louisiana. Johnson says 33% of people who find out they have HIV receive an AIDS diagnosis shortly after. Baton Rouge in number one in the country for it's AIDS rate.

Jim Mayer

Owner and President of Mayer Co. Clothiers in Baton Rouge joins Jim in studio to talk about the health system in Louisiana. Mayer comments on what Governor Bobby Jindal has done for the health care system and how difficult it will be to improve it when John Bel Edwards takes office in two weeks.

Hour 2:

Tony Guarisco

Former State Senator Tony Guarisco joins the show to discuss Governor Bobby Jindal's legacy and the future of Louisiana under the leadership of John Bel Edwards.

Jeff Sadow

Political Science Professor at LSU-Shreveport Jeff Sadow chats with Tony Guarisco and Jim about Jindal's two terms as governor and how John Bel Edwards will do in office.