01/06 Wednesday: Money Advice, Jewish Film Festival, Same Sex Marriage, Ted Cruz and Birthplaces

HOUR ONE: 

Jane Bryant Quinn

Jane Bryant Quinn is a nationally known commentator on personal finance.  Quinn shares her latest book How To Make Your Money Last.  

BILL GRIMLEY

Bill Grimley is a Baton Rouge attorney and author.  His two novels are Perception and The Benefactor.  Grimley comments on the eligibility of Ted Cruz as a presidential candidate as Cruz was born in Canada.    

 

Ara Rubyan

Ara Rubyan is the Director of the Louisiana Jewish Film Festival.  He promotes the Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival which is January 13-17, 2016 at the Manship Theatre.  Tickets can be obtained here. 

HOUR TWO: 

Moses Evans

Moses Evans is the Justice of the Peace of Baker, Louisiana.  He performed 19 same sex marriages since the Supreme Court decision last year.  He discusses his views with Pastor David Diamond.  

David Diamond

David Diamond is a pastor in Baton Rouge.  He debates with Justice Evans on the Supreme Court's decision on same sex marriage.  


01/05 Tuesday: Health and Wellness, Manship Film 'After the Spill', Candidate for Senate Col. Rob Maness, and Remembering Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers and Basketball Legend Pete Maravich

HOUR ONE: 

David Agus

Dr. David B. Agus is a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Viterbi School of Engineering and heads USC’s Westside Cancer Center and the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. He is one of the world’s leading physicians and the cofounder of two pioneering personalized medicine companies, Navigenics and Applied Proteomics.  He shares his new book, The Lucky Years: How to Survive in the Brave New World of Health.  

Medicine is undergoing rapid change. In the old world, you followed general principles and doctors treated you based on broad, one-size-fits all solutions. In this new golden age, you’ll be able to take full advantage of the latest scientific findings and leverage the power of technology to customize your care. Only those who know how to access and adapt to these breakthroughs—without being distracted by hyped ideas and bad medicine—will benefit. Imagine being able to get fit and lose weight without dieting, train your immune system to fight cancer, edit your DNA to avoid a certain fate, erase the risk of a heart attack, reverse aging, and know exactly which drugs to take to optimize health with zero side effects.

Cyril Vetter

Over the past five decades, Cyril Vetter's career has spanned a variety of industries, including music, broadcasting and publishing.  He owned TV and radio stations, a television production firm, newspapers as well as music recording and publishing companies. Vetter's music career began in the mid-1960s, when he co-wrote the frat-rock classic "Double Shot (of my Baby's Love)," and he is a member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.  He promotes the new Manship Film 'After the Spill' with Jon Bowermaster. 

Jon Bowermaster

Writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society’s ‘Ocean Heroes,’ his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine was documenting a 3,741 mile crossing of Antarctica by dogsled. Jon has written a dozen books and produced/directed more than fifteen documentary films. He promotes his latest film, 'After the Spill' with Cyril Vetter. 

HOUR TWO: 

Robert Maness

Rob Maness has a life long record of providing dedicated service to the Nation and ran as a Republican Candidate for the Louisiana United States Senate seat in 2014.  Having worked his way up from the enlisted ranks to full colonel, he retired from active duty in 2011, ending his military service of more than 32 years.  He worked in the utility industry as a director for two years after his military retirement and is currently the Owner of Iron Liberty Consulting Group, residing in Madisonville, Louisiana.

John Brummett

John Brummett is a columnist for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.  He remembers the late, former Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers, who passed away at age 90. 

01/04 Monday: Remembering Politico C.B. Forgotston, Louisiana Budget Chaos, and Stock Market Drop

HOUR ONE: 

Elliott Stonecipher

Dayne Sherman

Elliott Stonecipher is a Louisiana pollster.  He discusses the death and legacy of C. B. Forgotston with Dayne Sherman.  Dayne Sherman is a Louisiana author, blogger, and librarian.  Forgotston died at age 70 yesterday of a self-inflicted gun shot.  

Stonecipher says Forgotston had "real courage" and that "the lesson here is all people are not replaceable."  Sherman says, "No one knew what he knew, and no one was less bothered by how politicians didn't like what he did." 

HOUR TWO: 

Ron Faucheux

Ron Faucheux is a lawyer, non-fiction author, and political consultant.  Faucheux is also a former Louisiana State Representative for District 100.  He comments on the chaos surrounding the Louisiana budget and discusses his recent article, Cleaning up swamp-like Louisiana budget key to Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards' success.  

Fred Dent III 

Fred Dent is in his 29th year in the financial planning and investment business.  He is a frequent speaker and commentator on financial topics.  After his return to Baton Rouge from his work at a major Wall Street firm, Fred was the resident financial analyst on CBS affiliate, WAFB-TV, with his popular and informative segment, “Dollars and Dent.”  A graduate of Louisiana State University, Fred is an active participant in several local community organizations and is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter.  He discusses the drop in the stock market today.  

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

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

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