12/08 Friday: Deborah Sternberg, K.C. Hobgood, Josh Hoxie, Elizabeth Wagmeister

Hour 1:

Deborah Sternberg

President and Owner of Starmount Life Insurance Company Deborah Sternberg joins Jim in studio to talk about her career. Sternberg was Dan Rather's associate producer for five years in New York City.

K.C. Hobgood/Archer Miller

Author of Evolved: Humanity's Next Stage of Evolution in the Age of Interplanetary Colonization, K.C. Hobgood, better known as Archer Miller, comes in studio to discuss his latest book. 

"Humanity has spread to the far reaches of space, with The Golden Door, a planetary colonization monopoly, selling off every desirable--and not-so-desirable--planet to desperate settlers. Each new world comes with new challenges, and to meet that challenge, the children...are evolving. When Pieter, and other gifted children like him, become the target of government research they must fight not only for their lives, but the future of their very species."-Amazon

Hour 2:

Elizabeth Wagmeister

Reporter with Variety and co-host of Page Six TV Elizabeth Wagmeister chats with Jim about sexual harassment in the workplace and her story about Matt Lauer. 

Josh Hoxie

Writer for the Institute for Policy Studies Josh Hoxie chats with Jim about the Billionaire Bonanza of 2017. Hoxie comments on disparities and wealth inequality in the United States. 

10/15 Thursday: Deborah Sternberg, Fairleigh Cook Jackson, Charles Fountain, Darrell Glasper, Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

Hour 1: 

Deborah Sternberg

President of B'nai Israel Synagogue Deborah Sternberg joins the conversation to talk about Jewish life in Louisiana.  Sternberg invites everyone to attend B'nai Israel's Art and Soul event. 

Sternberg says the Jewish community in Louisiana is very close knit and explains the differences in Jewish culture here and in New York City. She talks about the conflict in the Middle East. 

Fairleigh Cook Jackson

Jim is joined by Fairleigh Cook Jackson to talk about her new position as the executive director of the Foundation for Historical Louisiana. Jackson discusses what goes on in a typical day as executive director. Jackson gives light on some new projects going on in Baton Rouge and across the state. 

Charles Fountain

Author Charles Fountain joins the conversation to discuss his latest book on the 1919 World Series. 

"In the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for the promise of $20,000 each from gamblers reportedly working for New York mobster Arnold Rothstein. Heavily favored, Chicago lost the Series five games to three. Although rumors of a fix flew while the series was being played, they were largely disregarded by players and the public at large. It wasn't until a year later that a general investigation into baseball gambling reopened the case, and a nationwide scandal emerged. "-Amazon

Hour 2:

Darrell Glasper

Former Metro Councilman Darrell Glasper joins the conversation to discuss the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court election. Current EBR Clerk of Court Doug Welborn is seeking reelection and running against Sarah Holliday-James. Glasper explains a few public records requests. 

A former employee called in to discuss her time in the East Baton Rouge Clerk of Courts office. 

Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

Editor of the Daily Reveille Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez discusses how students on LSU's campus are going to vote. She says not many students are making a big deal about the upcoming gubernatorial election like they did last year in the senate race with Mary Landrieu and Bill Cassidy.