11/29 Tuesday: George J. Mitchell, Bill Grimley, Trey Ourso

Hour One

 

George J. Mitchell

George J. Mitchell is a politician, attorney and former U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace. He served as a United States senator in his home state of Maine from 1980 to 1995 and Senate Majority Leader for six years. He discussed his new book: A Path to Peace: A Brief History of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and a Way Forward in the Middle East.

Bill Grimley

Bill Grimley is a Louisiana attorney originally from Mississippi. He graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in history and LSU School of Law in 1974. In addition to practicing law he writes fiction novels and has published two books, Perception and The Benefactor.

Hour Two

 

Trey Ourso 

What is the future state of Democratic Party after the election? Trey Ourso, a Democratic political consultant, shared his thoughts on this topic on the air. Ourso can also be recognized as the former Executive Director of the Louisiana Democratic Party. 

11/28 Monday: Protect Our Protectors, Coach O with Glenn Guilbeau, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Ali Akbar & Bill Bryan, Gisela Chevalier

HOUR ONE

Clay Young & Leo Verde

Leo Verde, the GM of Sullivan's and Clay Young join the show to promote a Protect Our Protectors Benefit to celebrate Baton Rouge's officers of the law.  Money raised at the benefit will be used to buy safety equipment for officers.

Glenn Guilbeau

LSU has hired Coach Ed Orgeron as it's new head coach and columnist Glenn Guilbeau thinks it made a mistake.  Guilbeau joins the show to talk about the hiring process and the university's first pick. 

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Joshua's book, Nonstop Metropolis allows us to excavate New York’s buried layers, to scrutinize its political heft, and to discover the unexpected in one of the most iconic cities in the world. It is both a challenge and homage to how New Yorkers think of their city, and how the world sees this capital of capitalism, culture, immigration, and more.

HOUR TWO

Ali Akbar & Bill Bryan

Repulican Ali Akbar and Attorney Bill Bryan join the show to discuss a possible recount of the popular vote for the presidential election.  Akbar welcomes the left to "waste their money" on a recount.  Bryan and Akbar also discuss predictions for the senate race in Louisiana.

Gisela Chevalier

Native of Cuba, Chevalier joins the show to talk about the reign of Fidel Castro.  She remembers executions, the power and control of the tyrant days after his death.

11/25 Friday: Jeff Palermo, Hollywood South, Cody Worsham, David Bellinger & Vincent Bruno

HOUR ONE

Jeff Palermo

News and sports director at the Louisiana Radio Network, Palermo joins the show to discuss Jimbo Fisher's decline to be the head coach of LSU football.

Linda Thurman

Linda Thurman talks about her book, Hollywood South.  The book is acquainted with the conspiracy to manipulate and control the Louisiana film industry (which resulted in several arrests). Thurman sheds light on the convoluted relationship between politics and entertainment in both Hollywood and Louisiana.

Cody Worsham

The Tiger Rag editor joins the show to talk about LSU's newest football coach.  Worsham points out that LSU is down to Tom Herman and Coach O but the possibility of Jimbo Fisher is still there.

HOUR TWO

David Bellinger & Vincent Bruno

Republican Vincent Bruno and Democrat David Bellinger join the show to talk about Donald Trump and the events that led to him winning the electoral college vote instead of the popular vote.

11/23 Wednesday: Sheriff Gautreaux, The Bridge Center, The Man Who Knew, Kevin Cope, Eugene Daniel

HOUR ONE

Sid Gautreaux & Rob Reardon

 

Reardon is the first executive director of The Bridge Center, a nonprofit created by BRAF to take better care of people with mental illness and substance abuse problems. Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and Reardon talk about The Bridge Center and describe a tax proposal on the ballot December 10 that will fund the program.

Sebastian Mallaby

Mallaby is a Washington Post contributing columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.  Mallaby's book, The Man Who Knew describes the life of former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan.

HOUR TWO

Kevin Cope

Professor Cope discusses students and college campuses reaction to Donald Trump becoming the President-elect.

Eugene Daniel

Daniel talks about his time playing football at LSU under Jerry Stovall. Daniel talks about Nick Saban's coaching methods and how he never thought he would play in the National Football League.

11/22 Tuesday: John Wirt, Linda Fairstein, Alexandra Zapruder, Joseph McBride

Hour One

John Wirt

Louisiana music, movie and arts reporter, John Wirt joined the show to discuss the shocking deaths we saw in music in the year 2016. They talked about everyone from local Louisiana artists to big names like Prince. 

Linda Fairstein 

 

Linda Fairstein is an author and former prosecutor, where she focused primarily on crimes against women and children; she graduated from Vassar College in 1969. She joined the show to talk about her new book Into The Lion's Den.

Hour 2:

Alexandra Zapruder

Zapruder is the author of several books and joined the show to discuss her latest book, Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film. Her grandfather Abraham Zapruder filmed the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas; 53 years ago today.

Joseph McBride

 

Joseph McBride is an author, film historian and professor at San Francisco State University in the Cinema Department. McBride talked about his latest book, Into the Nightmare: My Search for the Killers of President John F. Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit.