08/17 Thursday: Nicole Sweazy, Mark Ballard, Richard Marksbury

Hour One

Nicole Sweazy

Nicole Sweazy is a Housing Program Admin for the Louisiana Housing Corporation. She came on air live and in studio to speak on the historic flood and the recovery that has been happeinging throughout the state. 

 

Mark Ballard

 

Mark Ballard from The Advocate returned to discuss a number of topics, including LSU enrollment, Mike the Tiger and the events that unfolded in Charlottesville. 

Hour Two

Richard Marksbury 

Richard Marksbury is the former Dean of Tulane University; Marksbury joined the conversation on the removal of confederate statues across the nation. There is currently an initiative in New Orleans to remove the statue of Andrew Jackson from Jackson Square. 

8/16 Wednesday: Kimberly Gatto, Ernest Johnson, Mike Wolf, Quin Hillyer

Hour One

Kimberly Gatto

Author Kimberly Gatto was on air to talk about her book All The King's Horses: The Equestrian Life of Elvis Presley. The book reveals the untold story of the life of Elves Presley and reveals how horses were his greatest passion. The book was co-authored with Kimberly Gatto.

 

Ernest Johnson

 

Louisiana NAACP President Ernest Johnson was a guest to comment on President Trump and the events that unfolded in Charlottesville this past week. Johnson has over 33 years of professional, leadership and management experience. 

Hour Two

Mike Wolf and Quin Hillyer 

 

Attorney Mike Wolf and Quin Hillyer joined the conversation surrounding President Trump and the happenings in Charlottesville.

08/15 Tuesday: Gerard Landry, Jason Kander, Carolyn Hill, Ali Akbar

Hour One

Gerard Landry 

 

Gerard Landry is the Mayor of Denham Springs; he was on air with Jim to talk about the city's road to recovery, one year after the flood. Landry was raised in Baton Rouge and graduate from LSU and is an U.S. Army Veteran.

 

Jason Kander

Jason Kander is a lawyer and a politician. He is the former Secretary of State in Missouri and the President of Let America Vote. Kander is a member of the Democratic Party and narrowly lost a race for the Seante in the red state of Missouri. 

Hour Two

Carolyn Hill and Ali Akbar

Carolyn Hill is the director of the Democratic Party in EBR Parish and Ali Akbar is the Chairman of the Louisiana Young Republican Federation. They debated on opposite sides of the political spectrum about what's going on our world today.

08/14 Monday: Tom Jennings, Wade Duty, Big Mike, Garret Graves, Jared Taylor

Hour 1:

Tom Jennings

Award winning filmmaker Tom Jennings joins Jim to discuss his latest documentary about Princess Diana. His film, "Diana: In Her Own Words", airs tonight on the National Geographic channel. 

Wade Duty

Executive Director of the Louisiana Casino Association Wade Duty comments on the smoking ban recently passed in Baton Rouge and how it will affect casinos in the Capital City. 

Big Mike

Mike O'Neal, owner of Big Mike's Sports Bar and Grill in Denham Springs, joins Jim in studio to discuss how his business has recovered since the historic flooding one year ago. 

Hour 2:

Garret Graves

Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves continues the conversation on the Great Flood of 2016, which took place one year ago today. He remembers the hectic time and how far we've come in recovery. 

Jared Taylor

Jared Taylor is the founder of the magazine, American Renaissance. Taylor is self proclaimed white advocate. He comments on the attack in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend that resulted in the death of a young woman. 

08/11 Friday: Guy Oliver, Chris Stewart, Edwin Edwards

Hour One

Guy Oliver

 

Guy Oliver is the owner of GW Oliver Construction; he came in studio with guest host Leo Honeycutt to discuss pool drownings and ways to prevent them during the summertime. 

Chris Stewart

Ex-police officer Chris Stewart talked to our guest host about the lack of enrollment into the police union in Baton Rouge. There has been a significant decrease in volunteers and that could have an impact on how well people are protected.

 

Hour Two

Edwin Edwards

 

Former governor of Louisiana Edwin Edwards returned to chat with guest host Leo Honeycutt. Edwards turned 90 years old on August 7th and talked about what it is like to be 90 and more about his life today.