07/28 Friday: Guest Host: Leo Honeycutt, Paul Mainieri, Skip Bertman, Nick Saban, Bob Fenet, Caroline Kennedy, Sam Hanna and Gov. Edwin Edwards

Hour One

Paul Mainieri

Paul Mainieri is the head coach for the LSU Tigers baseball team. Prior to that, he was the head coach of Notre Dame's baseball team. Mainieri talked about his career and experience playing for LSU for one year, back in the 70s

Skip Bertman and Nick Saban 

Guest Leo Honeycutt interviewed former LSU head coach Skip Bertman and Nick Saban, head football coach at the University of Alabama. 

Bob Fenet 

Bob Fenet is an attorney here in Baton Rouge. He chatted with Leo about the development of the up and coming Port Cameron. 

Hour Two

Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy is the former and the last secretary for actress Bette Davis. Kennedy discussed her experience working with the actress up until the end of her life. 

Sam Hanna

How do you fix congress? Is it fixable? How does that effect us? Sam Hanna came on air with guest host Leo Honeycutt to answer these question. Hanna is a political writer and comes from a long line of political writers in the state.

Gov. Edwin Edwards

The former governor of Louisiana took the time to discuss the polarization in politics. Edwards was the 50th governor of Louisiana for 4 terms in the 70s, 80s and 90s. 

07/27 Thursday: Ralph Abraham, Arthur Reed, Bill Bryan, Ali Akbar and Susan Nelson

Hour One

Ralph Abraham

Congressman Ralph Abraham will be on air to talk about President Trump's transgender ban in the military. He is an American physician and former veterinarian from Mangham, Louisiana. He won the election as a Republican to represent Louisiana's 5th congressional district.

Arthur Reed

Arthur Reed is coming on the show to address a comment he made about the police shooting that happened last summer and how the shooting brought "justice" to Alton Sterling.

Bill Bryan

Bill Bryan was here to discus the Italian Festival happening in Baton Rouge. The festival is held at Belle of Baton Rouge Atrium on July 30, 2017 from 11 to 5 pm. 

Hour Two

Ali Akbar and Susan Nelson

The second hour is joined Ali Akbar and Susan Nelson. They will be debating on opposite sides about President Trump's transgender ban.

07/26 Wednesday: Alex Martin, Scott Wilfong and Dayne Sherman

Hour One

Alex Martin

Alex Martin is a graduate of the Manship School at LSU and editor for the Wall Street Journal; he will comment on Trump and his continued war with the media. Martin was recently inducted into the Manship School hall-of-fame. 

Hour Two

Scott Wilfong and Dayne Sherman

Scott Wilfong and Dayne Sherman will be guests for the second hour on opposite sides of the political spectrum to discuss President Trump.

07/25 Tuesday: Edward Hess, Nick Albares, Robert Spencer, and Vincent Bruno

Hour One

Edward Hess

Author Edward Hess was on the air to talk about his new book, Humility is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age. In addition to being an author, Hess is a Professor of Business Administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. 

Nick Albares

Nick Albares is a senior policy analyst for the Louisiana Budget Project (LBP) and will comment on the Louisiana healthcare vote. Albares recieved his Master of Public Policy degree from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame.

Hour Two

Robert Spencer

Author Robert Spencer was here with Jim  to discuss free speech and how the fight for free speech on college campuses still continues. He addresses the topic of free speech in his book, The Complete Infidel's Guide to Free Speech (and Its Enemies).

Vincent Bruno

Republican activist Vincent Bruno was on with Jim to comment on the future of President Donald Trump. 

07/24 Monday: Dawn Wells, Ameen Walker, Terry Heaton, Reginald Brown

Hour 1:

Dawn Wells

Famous for her role as Mary Ann on the hit sitcom Gilligan's Island Dawn Wells, chats with Jim about her life after the show. She's an actress, producer, author, spokesperson, journalist, motivational speaker, teacher, and humanitarian. Wells has starred in over 150 TV shows, and 7 motion pictures, and has starred in 60+ theatrical productions across the country and on The Great White Way.

Ameen Walker 

Ameen Walker, president of First Financial, joins Jim in studio to discuss his membership in the Masons. Walker is a 32nd degree Mason and is the Master of Ceremonies. He talks about the charitable work the Masons do on a daily basis. 

Hour 2:

Terry Heaton

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Author, Terry Heaton chats with Jim about his latest book, The Gospel of Self: How Jesus Joined the GOP.

"The bitter political and religious divides we see today in America have roots that go back many decades. The televangelist Pat Robertson was one of the first to determine how battlelines were drawn. Robertson, now a leading and unflinching Trump supporter, rose to national prominence in the 1960s with his Christian Broadcasting Network and his hit show The 700 Club. Terry Heaton, who worked alongside Robertson at The 700 Club and became its executive producer, provides the inside story of how evangelical Christianity forced itself on a needy Republican Party in order to gain political influence on a global level. " -Amazon

Reginald Brown

The East Baton Rouge Parish Constable, Reginald Brown Sr., joins the discussion to comment on the retiring of Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie. Brown also addresses crime rates around East Baton Rouge Parish. 

07/21 Friday: Marketa Walters, Rhenda Hodnett, Casey Tingle

Hour One

Marketa Walters and Rhenda Hodnett

DCFS Secretary Marketa Walters and Rhenda Hodnett, DCFS Assistant Director for Child Welfare, came on air to talk about the new approach in Louisiana to foster care for our children – the Quality Parenting Initiative. The two ladies joined our guest host, Julie Baxter Payer. 

Hour Two

Casey Tingle

 Casey Tingle is GOHSEP’s Assistant Deputy Director for Hazard Mitigation; he discussed how specific communities across the state are using the just-announced flood recovery money (Governor’s announcement of FEMA’s HMGP money post 2016 floods) to improve drainage in their towns, fortify their towns for the “next storm”, how the communities gave their input.