05/10 Tuesday: Julie Fenster & biography of Thomas Jefferson, Talmage Boston, First Assistant Sec. of State Ardoin, Quin Hillyer, Tyler Bridges

HOUR ONE

Julie Fenster

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Julie Fenster joins the show to talk about her book, Jefferson's America. This is a surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration—and in presiding over that era of discovery, forged a great nation.

 Talmage Boston

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In September 2016, the edited transcripts of Talmage’s onstage interviews with some of the country’s most prominent presidential historians and presidential insiders will be released as a book entitled Cross-Examining History: A Lawyer Gets Answers From the Experts About Our Presidents.  Talmage joins Jim on the show to talk about the characteristics of the two presidential candidates and how well they uphold some of the traits he sees fit for the leader of our country.

Kyle Ardoin

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Ardoin joins Jim to talk about voter registration week. The first assistant Sec. of State gives statistics and information about voters in Louisiana.

HOUR TWO

Quin Hillyer

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Columnist Quin Hillyer talks to Jim and callers about Donald Trump and Hillyer's opinions of Trump becoming the presumptive nominee.

Tyler Bridges

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Tyler Bridges of The Advocate discusses a few bills with Jim including the proposed bill to authorize the installation of special cameras in law enforcement vehicles that would scan license plates of passing cars and match them to a state database to catch uninsured motorists.

05/9 Monday: Johnny Carson's Lawyer, Edwin Edwards' Conviction and Inauguration,Law Professor Chris Tyson on Segregated Restrooms

HOUR ONE

Henry Bushkin

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Author and Attorney Henry Bushkin talks to Jim about his previous and most famous employer, Johnny Carson.  Bushkin is back on the show to talk to Jim about Carson's life and relationship with one of his closest relatives, his mother.

Leo Honeycutt

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Leo Honeycutt talks to Jim about former governor, Edwin Edwards.  Honeycutt wrote a biography on Edwards and today, May 9, marks the 16th anniversary of his conviction and the 44th anniversary of his first inauguration.

HOUR TWO

Chris Tyson

The LSU Law Professor who ran for Secretary of State last fall is back on the show with Jim to discuss some issues in politics today.  Tyson talks to callers about the issue in North Carolina regarding LGBT and the segregation of restrooms.

05/6 Friday: Flashback Friday: David Bondy on John Gourrier, Ed Folsom on Walt Whitman, Scott Wilfong & Dayne Sherman

HOUR ONE

David Bondy

We look back at the life of the singer from Baton Rouge, John Fred Gourrier.  Joining Jim to discuss the life of the artist is David Bondy from LUBA Workers' Comp.  David and Gourrier's wife Sandra describe what it was like to know John some years ago.

Ed Folsom

Walt Whitman’s journalistic series, “Manly Health and Training,” were lost for more than 150 years, buried in an obscure newspaper that survived only in a handful of libraries. The series was uncovered last summer by a graduate student.  Ed Folsom teaches at the University of Iowa and talks to Jim about the recovered series that is now available to the public.

HOUR TWO

Scott Wilfong & Dayne Sherman

Political consultants Scott Wilfong and Dayne Sherman join Jim to discuss their views of the opposite sides of the presidential election.  Wilfong, long time Trump supporter, explains why he thinks Donald Trump will become commander and chief.  Sherman opposes Wilfong, favoring Hillary Clinton over Trump.

05/5 Thursday: Mark Ballard of the Advocate, Rev. Reginald Pitcher: Anti-Trump, Economist Dr. Loren Scott

HOUR ONE

Mark Ballard

Mark Ballard opens up the show with an update on what's happening in the session. 

Rev. Reginald Pitcher 

Rev. Pitcher is on the show to talk about his reasoning for being against Donald Trump as president. He feels that America will and should elect Hillary Clinton for office.

HOUR TWO

Economist Dr. Loren Scott

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In the second hour Dr. Loren Scott dissects the topics that Donald Trump refuses to address.  He gives an economist point of view on issues that will face whoever comes into office.

05/4 Wednesday: Mary-Patricia Wray, Dan Moldea on Trump as Nominee, Beau Clark & Troy Prevot on heroin in LA

HOUR ONE

Mary Patricia Wray

The political consultant was once one of Gov. John Bel Edward's employees and describes his determination when he ran for office.   Wray talks to callers about the presidential race since Ted Cruz has dropped out Tuesday night and the outcome of the next president.  Mary Wray also promotes the honoring of women leaders at the Girl Scouts Louisiana East 2016 Women of Distinction awards luncheon on Wednesday, May 11 at the Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel.  One of the honored guests will be former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco. 

Dan Moldea

Veteran journalist Dan Moldea explains the seriousness of the presidential election especially since Donald Trump has become the presumptive nominee. 

HOUR TWO

Beau Clark & Troy Prevot

Coroner Beau Clark is joined by Troy Prevot from LCTA Workers Comp to talk about the heroin epidemic, and the rise in addiction especially in Louisiana. Clark explains the stages of addiction while Prevot claims that the majority of accidents at work are related to us opiates.

05/3 Tuesday: Singer Toni Tennille, George Morris, Clay Higgins, Maria Toorpakai

HOUR ONE

Toni Tennille

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Singer Toni Tennille talks about moving back to the south after living in the west for 50 years.  Toni explains what it was like being married to The Captain and now life after being divorced.  Toni Tennille: A Memoir is the tale of Tennille's life from her childhood in the segregated South to her thrilling rise to fame in the world of pop music to where she is now: no longer one-half of a famed couple, but a stronger woman for all she has experienced—both the good and the bad.

George Morris

George Morris of The Advocate has a blog about WWII. The blog reflects on history's greatest conflict. Morris tells Jim about the stories of soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen and civilians, people he has met as a reporter for Louisiana's largest daily newspaper, The Advocate. 

HOUR TWO

Clay Higgins

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After resigning from his position, Former Captain Higgins has released a new video.  Higgins joins Jim on the show to address rumors of running for a office in Louisiana politics.

Maria Toorpakai

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Maria Toorpakai grew up in Waziristan, controlled by the Taliban,  and it is still considered one of the most dangerous places on earth.  It is a place where women don't have the right to leave their home unaccompanied. It's no place for a young girl to play outside.  Maria tells the story of how she disguised herself as a boy to hide from the Taliban so she could play squash.  Her book, "A Different Kind of Daughter", released today May 3.