05/12 Thursday: Mark Ballard, GRIT, Rep. Steve Carter, Denny McLain on Max Scherzer's 20-strikeout game

HOUR ONE

Mark Ballard

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Jim starts off the show with an update from Mark Ballard on the current bills in the house.  Medical marijuana, TOPS and equal pay are all discovered topics on today's show.

Angela Duckworth

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Dr. Angela Duckworth talks to Jim about her book, Grit.  Duckworth talks about the characteristics and the importance of having grit throughout life, and how important of a trait it is for leaders to acquire.

HOUR TWO

Rep. Steve Carter

Representative Steve Carter discusses the state spending on higher education.  Carter proposed to keep universities other than LSU in Louisiana from traveling beyond 375 miles for athletic purposes. Carter also analyzes the money spent on different aspects of higher education such as maintenance expenditures.

Denny McLain

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Former professional baseball player Denny McLain joins Jim on the show to talk about Max Scherzer's 20-strikeout game on Wednesday night.

05/11 Wednesday: Congressman Garret Graves, Bobby Jindal with Tom Aswell, Ray Strother, House Bill 1: Cutting from DHH

HOUR ONE

Garret Graves

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Congressman Graves talks to Jim about the different projects that have come up on capitol hill.  The commute between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, traffic and construction updates and even a possible endorsement of Donald Trump are all explored topics on today's show.

Tom Aswell

The political consultant talks about Bobby Jindal in his new book, Bobby Jindal: His Destiny and Obsession.  Tom and Jim discuss Jindal's opinions of Donald Trump as well as the people of Louisiana and how they view the former governor.

HOUR TWO

Ray Strother

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Ray talks about Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump as the "know nothing candidates." Ray and Jim discuss parties and voter decisions in America related to the presidential election.

Dr. Rebekah Gee

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The secretary of health talks about HB 1. Rebekah Gee says the House budget committee shifted dollars away from DHH and this could lead to multiple hospital closures and would eliminate jobs that inspect potentially unsafe facilities.

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.