12/07 Wednesday: Tippi Hedren, Fields of Battle, George Morris, Zach Williams: 40 Minutes to Baton Rouge

HOUR ONE

Tippi Hedren

The Birds star Tippi Hedren joins the show to talk about her book, Tippi: A Memoir.  Tippi talks about, The Birds and Marnie and some of her favorite and not-so-favorite moments while filmingHedren is an animal rights activist with a love for big cats.

Brian Curtis

After bombing of Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham, North Carolina, out of fear of Japanese attacks on the West Coast. It remains the only Rose Bowl game to ever be played outside of Pasadena. In Fields of Battle, Brian Curtis sheds light on the teamwork, grit, and determination that took place on both the football fields and the battlefields of World War II.

HOUR TWO

George Morris

Morris is a writer for the Baton Rouge Advocate.  He recently wrote a piece about Pearl Harbor.  Morris joins the show to talk about the story and what it was like in Baton Rouge on December 7, 75 years ago.

Zach Williams

Zach Williams is from North Carolina and is writing a book about Bo Rein.  Williams recalls Rein's plane crash and talks about the LSU football coach that never coached a game.  The working title for now is 40 minutes to Baton Rouge: The story of Robert "Bo" Rein.

12/06 Tuesday: Gene Mills, Jan Moller, Richard Painter

Hour One

Gene Mills

The president of the Louisiana Family Forum joined the show to discuss the Christian choice between Foster Campbell and John Kennedy in the 2016 Senate race.

Hour Two

Jan Moller

The director of the Louisiana Budget Project joined the show to discuss the future of The Affordable Care under the Trump administration. Other accomplishments include being an award-winning journalist with the New Orleans Time's-Picayune.

Richard Painter 

Richard Painter is a Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Minnesota. He received his a B.A. in history from Harvard University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. 

12/05 Monday: Walking With Tigers, Leo Honeycutt

HOUR ONE

Jeffrey Marx

Marx is a New York Times best-selling author.  His book, Walking with Tigers is an unconventional collection of LSU sports stories. The stories are about the powerful reach of LSU sports and the passion that comes with a long history of excellence. Marx joins the studio to describe his relationship with Bert Jones, Dale Brown and his journey to Baton Rouge.

HOUR TWO

Leo Honeycutt

Well-established journalist, writer, and politico, Honeycutt joins Jim in the second hour to discuss David Vitter, Foster Campbell and John Kennedy.  Honeycutt discusses radio spots from Foster Campbell and talks about the upcoming Senate race with Jim. 

12/02 Friday: Raising Cane's River Center, Deeply Rooted, Sam Goodwin & Chuck Redden

HOUR ONE

Michael Day

The General Manager of the Raising Cane's River Center joins the show to talk about the 2% hotel occupancy tax that will be on the ballot December 10th.  Day hopes that the tax will help to fund tourism and renovations for the River Center. 1 cent of the tax goes to Visit Baton Rouge and the other cent goes toward the River Center.

Christina Melton 

Veteran producer at Louisiana Public Broadcasting joins the show to promote a documentary coming Tuesday, December 6th at 7pm on LPB. Deeply Rooted is the story of John Coykendall’s passion to preserve the farming heritage. The seeds and stories of a small, farming culture in Southeastern Louisiana and this work is the subject of this new documentary.

Sam Goodwin

Former coach of Ed Orgeron at Northwestern State University, Goodwin remembers the first time he met Orgeron, praises him for his accomplishments and describes what makes him a good coach.

HOUR TWO

Chuck Redden

Redden is famous for his parody songs on YouTube and he joins the show to talk about the songs he created during the presidential election.  Jim plays , "Can't Touch Me," a parody about Hillary Clinton and "Trump You," since Donald won the election.

12/01 Thursday: Bernie Pinsonat, Mark Ballard, Jay Connaughton, Tonnisha Ellis

Hour One

Bernie Pinsonat

 

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Bernie Pinsonat is a pollster who joined the show to weigh in on the Louisiana Senate race. His business partner at Southern Media and Opinion Research launched the first poll for the company and since, Pinsonat has become prominent in Louisiana politics.

Mark Ballard

 

Recurring show guest Mark Ballard from The Advocate went live on air to weigh in on the 2016 Louisiana Senate race.

Hour 2

Jay Connaughton

Connaughton is a native of Louisiana and the man behind Donald Trump's political advertisements that helped him become president-elect. He is originally from Covington and attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He has worked on many major campaigns throughout his career.  

Tonnisha Ellis 

Tonisha Ellis is the LYFE Program Director from the Governor's Office joined the show for World AIDS Day. Baton Rouge has the highest rate of AIDS in the state of Louisiana with New Orleans not very far behind. 

11/30 Wednesday: David Moore, North Pole Ninjas, Foster Campbell

HOUR ONE

David Moore

David W. Moore is a senior fellow with the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. He is a former Vice President of the Gallup Organization and Managing Editor of the Gallup Poll, where he worked from 1993 until 2006. Moore joins the show to talk about the recount demanded by presidential candidate Jill Stein.

Sarah Linden & Tyler Knott Gregson

Authors of North Pole Ninjas: Mission: Christmas. Anyone who reads this book is called upon to help carry out top-secret missions with a bit of stealth and an open heart to help save Christmas.

HOUR TWO

Foster Campbell

Foster Campbell is in a runoff with John Kennedy.  Campbell talks about his campaign and what he values the most in this Senate race.  He elaborates on what he will do if he wins and speaks with callers about the issues.