06/21 Wednesday: Bernie Pinsonat, Melissa Eastin, Troy Prevot, Beau Clark

Hour 1:

Bernie Pinsonat

Pollster Bernie Pinsonat joins Jim in studio to discuss Louisiana's legislative leaders and politics in the South. Pinsonat also comments on the Congressional races in Georgia and South Carolina. 

Melissa Eastin

Melissa Eastin with the East Baton Rouge Parish Library chats with Jim about the library's next event where a genealogist will be focusing on the Acadians of Maryland. For more information, call (225) 231-3751. 

Hour 2: 

Troy Prevot & Beau Clark

LCTA Workers' Compensation COO Troy Prevot and East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark chat with Jim about the opioid epidemic in our state. The pair comment on how to reduce the extreme number of deaths the state faces as a result of this drug abuse and the rising number of workplace injuries as this addiction grows. 

11/07 Monday: Eve of Elections; Caroline Fayard, John Fleming, Foster Campbell, Renee Chatelain, Bernie Pinsonat, Darrell Glasper

HOUR ONE

Caroline Fayard

Senate candidate Fayard joins the show at the beginning of the show to talk about her campaign.  She addresses misrepresentations by Foster Campbell and distinguishes herself from the other candidates.

John Fleming

Senate candidate joins the show to talk about his campaign and how Donald Trump would prove to be a much better President in terms of the Justice system.

Foster Campbell

Commissioner Foster Campbell talks about the allegations from Caroline Fayard's campaign in the Senate race.  Campbell talks about the presidential race and his position in the Senate race.

Renee Chatelain

CEO of the Baton Rouge Art Council Renee Chatelain chats with Jim about the Manship Theatre's decision to promote Louisiana's recent ties with Cuba. Manuel Valera and New Cuban Express will perform November 10 at 7:30 pm

HOUR TWO

Bernie Pinsonat

Pollster from Southern Media and Opinion Research, Bernie joins the show to predict outcomes of the senate and Presidential election. 

Darrell Glasper

Darrell Glasper is a Republican and joins the show alongside Bernie to talk about his views on the Presidential election and its outcomes.

11/16 Monday: Louisiana Gubernatorial Election, Author John Pope, and Pollster Bernie Pinsonat

HOUR ONE: 

John Pope

John Pope  is the author of Getting Off at Elysian Fields: Obituaries from the New Orleans Times Picayune.  Pope worked as a staff writer at nola.com.  "An obituary is a story.  We're not doing lives of the saints," Pope says.  

Stephen Sabludowsky

Stephen Sabludowsky is the publisher of Bayoubuzz.com, a news and political website.  He is also an attorney.  He discusses the Gubernatorial election.  Sabludowsky says Vitter has a long way to go.  

HOUR TWO: 

Tony Guarisco

Tony Guarisco is a former Louisiana legislator.  He discusses the Gubernatorial election with pollster Bernie Pinsonat.  

Bernie Pinsonat

Bernie Pinsonat is a Louisiana pollster.  He discusses the Gubernatorial election with Tony Guarisco.  

Wednesday: Swoosie Kurtz, "The Mercy in the Sky", Recent La. Poll Numbers, and LT. General Russel L. Honoré, US Army (Ret)

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+Rea…

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 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.

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

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.


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