10/21 Friday: LSU vs. Ole Miss, Welcome to The Club, Ike's Gamble, Homeward Bound, Bruce Herschensohn

HOUR ONE

Jeff Palermo

News director of Louisiana Radio Network, Palermo joins Jim to talk about the LSU and Ole Miss game.  Jeff describes the weekend setup for a traditional Saturday night of football.  He also talks the upcoming Senate race and the Presidential election.

Raquel D'Apice

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From the comedian behind the popular parenting blog, The Ugly Volvo comes a comical look at the baby milestone book. This book shows what it's like the first time baby rolls off the bed or says a bad word, leaving parents to wonder if they're doing anything right. 

Michael Doran

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In his book, "Ike's Gamble," author Michael Doran talks about how Nasser played the US, invoking America’s opposition to European colonialism to drive a wedge between Eisenhower and two British Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden.

HOUR TWO

Peter Ames Carlin

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A life story with the scope and power of an epic novel, Carlin’s, Homeward Bound is the first major biography of Paul Simon. Peter joins Jim to relive moments in Simon's life and how he became one of the most influential popular artists in American history.

Bruce Herschensohn

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Stanley Bruce Herschensohn is an American political commentator and author who rose to prominence in the Republican Party, becoming a consultant to the Republican National Convention in 1972 and joined the Nixon administration on September 11, 1972.  Herschensohn talks with Jim about the two presidential candidates and the traits that avert Donald Trump from becoming a respected president.

04/6 Wednesday: Mayor Kip Holden, District 29 candidate Victor Woods Jr., Mike Wagenheim, Bruce Herschensohn

HOUR ONE 

Mayor Melvin "Kip" Holden

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Mayor Kip Holden opens up the show with Jim and addresses speculations about running for congress. 

Victor Woods

Victor Woods, Jr. is a 2016 Democratic special election candidate for District 29 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

HOUR TWO

Mike Wagenheim

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Mike Wagenheim most recently served as executive producer and lead on-air talent for the Colonel Sports Network in Louisiana, which aired statewide and regional programming for Nicholls State University. He has been recently married and now lives in Israel.  Mike talks about life and radio in Israel and how his life has changed since his move.

Bruce Herschensohn

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Stanley Bruce Herschensohn is an American political commentator, author and senior fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy in Malibu, California. Bruce Herschensohn gives insight on the presidential race and what it was like working for Richard Nixon.

FRIDAY: English Professors and Fight Club, LSU's 'Racy', Cuba, Iran, President Obama, and Bruce Jenner

HOUR ONE: 

Author Jonathan Gottschall shares his book The Professor in the Cage.  He calls it a "nonfiction version of fight club." They comment on Muhammad Ali and his legend.  "According to fight lore, if your eyes flick away for even a tenth of a second, that meant you were afraid, that you lost." 

"As far back as you can penetrate, whatever culture you go to, you always find that men are responsible for the vast majority of the violence," he says.  

They discuss the first debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney and the role of body language.  

"Short men are rarely, if ever, elected to be president." 

"It's a fight club, but all of the hits are given in words," Gottschall says of universities. 

They comment on boxing as a sport and its lagging popularity.  

LSU Student and WAFB 9 News Associate Producer Cessali Fournier and Director Bonny McDonald promote LSU's play 'Racy.'  

Fournier says they tried to express through their body ways they have been affected by racism or racist towards others.  

Her cast member, Emily, is white.  She says that she struggled with identifying movement to her "whiteness." 

"We want to engage people and give them a starting point to have a conversation about race," Fournier says.  

HOUR TWO: 

Conservative Commentator and Professor Bruce Herschensohn gives his opinion on Cuba, Iran, and President Obama.  

He was an advisor to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.  He is not a fan of President Obama.  

"I think it's probably the greatest invention in modern warfare," he says of drones.  

"I don't trust President Obama because so much of what he has promised, domestic and international, hasn't happened." 

"If there is anyone who's listening who wants to run for office, I have no regrets for running.  It is a terrific education," Herschensohn says.  He narrowly lost a senate election.  

He also speaks on a trip he took with his girlfriend and a married couple to a strip club.  "We had a good time," he says.  The story came out three weeks before his election.  "When you're on the defensive, you lose." 

"We were winning the Vietnam War until congress didn't allow us to send over the supplies we promised... and then Watergate." 

Author and Journalist Leo Honeycutt joins the show to comment on former Olympian Bruce Jenner.  

Honeycutt is the confidant to former Governor Edwin Edwards.  He is returning from an event in which Edwards gave a forty five minute speech.  "He has nothing to lose now, so he's speaking his mind and shooting straight," Honeycutt says of Edwards.  

Honeycutt comments on the Bruce Jenner transition.  He points out Bruce's age and says, "You do have to wonder how much of this is about publicity."