06/08 Thursday: Mark Ballard, Dr. Everett Piper, Darrell Glasper, Dr. Faye Williams

Hour One

Mark Ballard

Mark Ballard came on the air to comment and provide more updates on the session; today was the last day of the session in Louisiana. 

Dr. Everrett Piper

Dr. Everett Piper is an American university administrator and the President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Dr. Piper came on to disucss his article "This is not a Daycare, " in which he claims college students are being coddled on today's campuses. 

Hour Two

Darrell Glasper and Dr. Faye Williams 

Darrell Glasper and Dr. Faye Williams, went toe to toe on the air, to debate the testimony of James Comey, former FBI director. Darrell Glasper is representing the right and Faye Williams is speaking for the left. 

01/11 Wednesday: The Trump Survival Guide, Bayou Bridge Pipeline, Darrell Glasper & Dr. Faye Williams

HOUR ONE

Gene Stone

Stone's book, The Trump Survival Guide, presents information we need to make a difference and successfully limit the damage of a Trump administration. Stone talks about some Trump's biggest accusations.

Brigham McCown

Brigham A. McCown has more than 28 years of executive management, legal, and operational experience at the local, national, and international levels of government. McCown joins the show to discuss the Bayou Bridge Pipeline.

HOUR TWO

Darrell Glasper & Dr. Faye Williams

Dr. Faye Williams and former councilman Darrell Glasper dispute why and if Donald Trump is fit to be the President of the United States. Williams and Glasper discuss Trump's position on education, jobs and his relationship with Russia.

04/07 Thursday: Mark Ballard, Former Commissioner of LHSAA Tommy Henry, Dr. Faye Williams, Regis Philbin, Dan Moldea

Hour 1: 

Mark Ballard 

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Ballard talks with Jim about what is going on at the Capitol, the status of TOPS for education and what the program means to middle-class families in Louisiana.

Tommy Henry

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The former commissioner of the LHSAA discusses a bill about school divisions in sports and the effects it will have on high school athletics.

Dr. Faye Williams

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The civic leader talks with Jim about the presidential election, and her predictions on the best candidate for the job.  She focuses mainly on the Democratic party.

HOUR 2:

Regis Philbin

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Television legend, Regis Philbin, opens up our second hour with Jim and reminisces on how he got into show business.  Regis talks about Donald Trump and performing at the L'auberge in Baton Rouge.

Dan Moldea

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The Investigative reporter gives Jim some of his opinions on the perceptions of our current presidential candidates.

TUESDAY: Solar Industry, Louisiana State Law on Creationism, Baltimore Riots, Author Jim Grimsley, and Entergy Power News

HOUR ONE: 

CEO Tom Neyhart from Posigen Solar Solutions discusses the solar leasing tax credited.  "It is designed to help put solar panels on the roof... when you buy a solar system, there is a time where you're making back the amount you invested in before it starts paying for itself."  

"Solar panels that we put up today have a 25 year power production warranty," Neyhart says.  

Neyharts says that the tax credits for solar leasing will lower the state's fiscal notes which will in turn help higher education.  

Activist Zack Kopplin comments on the Louisiana law that allows for the teaching of Creationism and unsuccessful attempts to repeal the statute.  They discuss the Louisiana Science Education Act which allows supplemental information in science classes on creation.  The repeal was once again lost last week 4 to 3.  

Senator Ben Nevers from Bogalousa sponsored the bill originally.  

Zack Kopplin attends Rice University.  

Kopplin says there are an overwhelming amount of biologists on the side of evolution.  

Kopplin's father is Andy Kopplin who worked as the chief of staff for Governor Mike Foster, and also worked for Governor Blanco.  

"In science class, we just teach science.  This isn't about saying what you can and cannot believe in." 

Dr. Faye Williams gives her opinion on the riots in Baltimore.  "Those who have committed arson will have to pay for that, but on the other hand, crimes have been committed against these young people."   

She feels that no matter how she is mistreated she should never resort to violence.

"The young people in Baltimore are acting out the craziness they see in Congress, and even in churches.  We need to show these young people better ways to solve problems." 

"There's more to policing than enforcement, it's about serving the people," Williams says.  

"We also see young people rising up like this over football games," she says, referencing unfair treatment of white communities versus black.  

HOUR TWO: 

Professor and Author Jim Grimsley shares his book How I Shed My Skin.  He grew up in a small village in North Carolina during the year of segregation that was sanctioned both legally and socially.  "In encountering these three black girls in the classroom in 1966, I came to realize they were just like us," he says.  "By the time of integration had come to pass, about half of the white kids went to private school." 

He speaks about an encounter in which he called one of the black girls, Violet, a racial slur and expected she would not talk back, but she did.  Because she surprised him, Grimsley said this made him very aware that she was just like him.  They all became friends.  "Those three girls in that 6th grade classroom were heroes as far as I'm concerned," Grimsley says.  

"When you're watching people being gunned down in your community for doing nothing, you're going to be angry," Grimsley says, "If we can't see as white people that we are part of the problem, then things won't progress." 

Former Baseball Player Denny McLain comments on the Major Leagues Baseball Game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox in an empty Camden Stadium tomorrow.  He speaks about a riot that occurred when he was scheduled to play a double header.  

Customer Service Representative Will Johnson III gives news on Entergy recovering power outages.  

Former Representative for Entergy Bill Benedetto also joins us to shed light on power outages.  For more than 30 years, he was the voice and the face of Entergy.  

THURSDAY: Jessica Jain, Faye Williams, Clay Young, Dietmar Rietschier, and David Melville

HOUR ONE: 

Actress and singer Jessica Jain joins the show to promote her upcoming performance at the Swine Palace.  She is a 2013 graduate of LSU.  Jain describes her first time driving onto LSU campus.  She said, "The trees spoke to me... does that make me sound crazy?"  She performs a song from an upcoming show.    

Dr. Faye Williams and Political Consultant Clay Young discuss the upcoming controversial visit of Reverend Jeremiah Wright to Southern University.  "It doesn't matter who the speaker is... Education should teach you how to think not what to think," Faye says.  "I personally don't think that any racially incendiary comments are helpful to anyone," Young says.

"It always seems to come down to a racial or poor people thing," Faye says of social security debates.  

HOUR TWO: 

Dietmar Rietschier joins us to recollect the Dresden bombings at the end of World War II.  He was two years old during the bombing, and his mother carried him away to safety.  He describes a fence his family had to climb over to escape the area being bombed.  "The intensity was such inside the city that the air was basically sucked in... like a hurricane."  

He remembers his mother fondly and the "little stories" she would tell him over the years.  

United Methodist Minister David Melville describes his experience running against John Fleming.  He remarks that retrospect has shown what little chance he had because of amount of money he did not have.  "Sometimes pastors are too naive, too passive," he says.  

John Fleming and Bill Cassidy announced his official support for David Vitter today.

David Melville is the director of Christ in the City.  

He feels that Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright goes "overboard."