Producer: Frank Barnett
Hour One
Actress & Author, Swoosie Kurtz
Swoosie Kurtz discusses her new book "Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir Of Womanhood, Work, And Family" at the Roundabout Theatre Company on April 28, 2014. Image Credit: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/yysMamKFLab/Swoosie+Kurtz+Reads+New+Book+Part+Swan+Part/LHTQfF4Aaw9
Emmy Award-winner and two time Tony Award-winning actress Swoosie Kurtz joins Jim on the show today to promote her new book Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family. The book celebrates Swoosie's life and career, and candidly reflects on the choices that empowered her, the wrong choices that enlightened her, and the intimate journey of caring for an aging parent.
Yahoo News National Correspondent, Holly Bailey
Yahoo News National Correspondent and Author, Holly Bailey. Image Credit: https://twitter.com/hollybdc
Yahoo News National Correspondent and Oklahoma native, Holly Bailey joins us today to discuss and promote her new book The Mercy of the Sky. When Moore was hit by a tornado in 2013, Bailey went back to her home state as both a journalist and former resident. In The Mercy of the Sky Bailey does for the Oklahoma flatlands what Sebastian Junger did for Gloucester, Massachusetts, in The Perfect Storm - telling a dramatic, page-turning story about a town that must survive the element or die.
Pollster, Bernie Pinsonat
Pollster Bernie Pinsonat and Jim Engster.
Bernie Pinsonat, Founder of Southern Media & Opinion Research, joins Jim in studio to discuss the results of a statewide poll his company conducted. The poll asked Louisiana residents about their opinions on Common Core, the Religious Freedom Bill, the 2015 Louisiana Governor's Race, and much, much more.
Hour Two
LT. General Russel L. Honoré, US Army (Ret)
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Russel Honore in Cameron Prairie, Louisiana on September 25, 2005. Image Credit: http://www.newsweek.com/former-army-general-lambasts-oil-industry-hijacking-democracy-269086
Native of Lakeland, Louisiana and retired Lieutenant General, Russel L. Honoré joins Jim in studio today as the lone guest for Hour Two to discuss his latest environmental efforts at the Capitol, and his "seriously considered" bid for Governor of Louisiana. Honoré served as the 33rd commanding general of the U.S. First Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia, and as the 2nd Infantry Division's commander while stationed in South Korea. He is best known for serving as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, responsible for coordinating military relief efforts across the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina. He served until his retirement from the Army on January 11, 2008. He's currently active in environmentalism, and heads up the GreenARMY: an alliance of civic, community, and environmental groups and concerned citizens from around the state ready to effect meaningful social, political, and environmental change in Louisiana. For more information on the GreenARMY, visit gogreenarmy.com.