08/31 Wednesday: Fed. for American Immigration Reform, We Are Unprepared, Rich Masters, Mary-Patricia Wray

HOUR ONE

Dan Stein

Dan Stein is the President for Federation for American Immigration Reform.  He joins the show on the day of Donald Trump's immigration speech.  Stein discusses immigration in the Election of 2016 and the United States today.

Meg Little Reilly

Reilly worked as Deputy Associate Director at the White House Office of Management under President Obama and as Spokesperson at the U.S. Treasury.  In her new book, We Are Unprepared  a young couple leaves the city for rural Vermont in search of an authentic life, but find themselves unmoored as a powerful superstorm bears down on their region

HOUR TWO

Rich Masters

Masters spent more than six years as a top policy and communications advisor to U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, running two successful campaigns.  He now works for a PR agency, Qorivis MSLGROUP and joins the show to talk about the presidential candidates and Louisiana's voting patterns.

Mary-Patricia Wray

Wray is currently working for Service Commissioner and Senate Candidate Foster Campbell.  She discusses the Senate race and the different issues candidates have to address in order to become elected for the position.

8/20 Thursday: Mississippi River Delta Restoration Program, More on Elbert Guillory and the N word, President of FAIR, Gubernatorial Q&A, and Remembering Hurricane Katrina

HOUR ONE: 

Steve Cochran

Steve Cochran is the Director of the Mississippi River Delta Restoration Program.  Cochran discusses his recent article in The Advocate: Saving Louisiana’s coast is even more urgent after the hurricanes of the past.  Cochran warns that by 2100, Louisiana wetlands will be gone if they keep eroding at their current rate.  

Elbert Guillory

Senator Elbert Guillory returns again today to further discuss his controversial TV spot as he continues on his quest for the Lieutenant Governor's position. 

GUBERNatorial Q&A

According to the latests labor statistics, Louisiana's unemployment rate of 6.4% is tied for the nation's sixth-highest jobless rate.  As governor, what specific programs would you propose to get more people working? The candidates answer in the following order: John Bel Edwards, Jay Dardenne, and Scott Angelle.  David Vitter was also invited to respond, but did not.

HOUR TWO: 

Dan Stein

Dan Stein is the President of FAIR: Federation of American Immigration Reform.   

Tika Laudun

Tika Laudun is a senior staff member at Louisiana Public Broadcasting and is responsible for the development of LPB's documentary and educational productions.  She remembers the impact of Hurricane Katrina as the storm's 10th anniversary approaches next week.