11/16 Thursday: Edwin W. Edwards, David Duke, Jennifer Crochet, Kevin Harris, Ryn Jones

Hour 1:

Edwin Edwards

Former Governor Edwin Edwards joins the conversation to chat about the 26th anniversary of winning the 1991 gubernatioral election against David Duke. 

David Duke

Self proclaimed white nationalist and former state representative David Duke chats with guest host Leo Honeycutt and comments on the 1991 governor's election. 

Hour 2:

Jennifer Crochet

Fitness trainer Jennifer Crochet discusses with Leo how to exercise properly as you age and how to keep the weight off during the holiday season.

Kevin Harris & Ryn Jones

Architect Kevin Harris and Ryn Jones with Remax chat with Leo for the remainder of the show about the challenges of flipping houses. The pair discuss how the process is harder than it looks and buyers should often beware.  

08/11 Friday: Guy Oliver, Chris Stewart, Edwin Edwards

Hour One

Guy Oliver

 

Guy Oliver is the owner of GW Oliver Construction; he came in studio with guest host Leo Honeycutt to discuss pool drownings and ways to prevent them during the summertime. 

Chris Stewart

Ex-police officer Chris Stewart talked to our guest host about the lack of enrollment into the police union in Baton Rouge. There has been a significant decrease in volunteers and that could have an impact on how well people are protected.

 

Hour Two

Edwin Edwards

 

Former governor of Louisiana Edwin Edwards returned to chat with guest host Leo Honeycutt. Edwards turned 90 years old on August 7th and talked about what it is like to be 90 and more about his life today. 

08/7 Monday: Former Governor Edwin Edwards 90th Birthday, Rev. Reginald Pitcher

Hour 1:

Edwin Edwards

Former four-term Governor Edwin Edwards turns 90-years-old today. Jim remembers the Cajun Prince's life and plays an interview from Talk Louisiana with Edwards. 

Hour 2:

Reginald Pitcher

Rev. Reginald Pitcher joins Jim in studio to discuss race relations in Louisiana and around the country. Pitcher is the former pastor of the Greater Baptist Sixty-Aid Church in the Gardere area of Baton Rouge. 

07/28 Friday: Guest Host: Leo Honeycutt, Paul Mainieri, Skip Bertman, Nick Saban, Bob Fenet, Caroline Kennedy, Sam Hanna and Gov. Edwin Edwards

Hour One

Paul Mainieri

Paul Mainieri is the head coach for the LSU Tigers baseball team. Prior to that, he was the head coach of Notre Dame's baseball team. Mainieri talked about his career and experience playing for LSU for one year, back in the 70s

Skip Bertman and Nick Saban 

Guest Leo Honeycutt interviewed former LSU head coach Skip Bertman and Nick Saban, head football coach at the University of Alabama. 

Bob Fenet 

Bob Fenet is an attorney here in Baton Rouge. He chatted with Leo about the development of the up and coming Port Cameron. 

Hour Two

 

Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy is the former and the last secretary for actress Bette Davis. Kennedy discussed her experience working with the actress up until the end of her life. 

 

Sam Hanna

How do you fix congress? Is it fixable? How does that effect us? Sam Hanna came on air with guest host Leo Honeycutt to answer these question. Hanna is a political writer and comes from a long line of political writers in the state.

 

Gov. Edwin Edwards

The former governor of Louisiana took the time to discuss the polarization in politics. Edwards was the 50th governor of Louisiana for 4 terms in the 70s, 80s and 90s. 

08/05 Friday: Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, Tom Aswell of LA Voice & Prof. Robert Mann

HOUR ONE

Edwin Edwards

Former Gov. Edwin Washington Edwards joins the show for the first full hour.  Edwards talks with Jim about David Duke, his former campaigns, the Presidential election and other topics.

HOUR TWO

Tom Aswell & Robert "Bob" Mann

Tom Aswell of the Louisiana Voice and Professor Robert Mann of LSU Manship School of Mass Communication join the show in the second hour.  Aswell and Mann discuss the presidential election and touch on the Senate race.

8/7 Friday: Remembering Nagasaki, Celebrating Edwin Edwards' 88th Birthday, Nick Saban, and the First 2016 GOP Presidential Debate

HOUR ONE: 

Susan Southard

Susan Southard is the founder and artistic director of Essential Theatre in Arizona.  She shares her book, Nagasaki, which was published just this week.  Nagasaki was a finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, sponsored by Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation and the Columbia University School of Journalism. 

Edwin Edwards

Edwin Edwards is a former Governor of Louisiana.  He celebrates today, his 88th birthday, with Jim and discusses the Louisiana Gubernatorial election and the first GOP Presidential Debate.  Edwards reflects on his long life and political career.  

HOUR TWO: 

Monte Burke

Monte Burke is a staff writer at Forbes magazine and a senior editor at ForbesLife.  He shares his book Saban: The Making of a Coach. "That charisma and ability to connect are what makes him a great recruiter," Burke says, "The reason many people dislike him is sort of his demeanor; he can be very overbearing." 

Gus Weill

Gus Weill is a well known Louisiana author and politico.  He gives his analysis of the first GOP Presidential Debate last night.  "If he was elected president, we would be at war in thirty minutes," Weill says about Donald Trump, "The way he handled Megyn Kelly was so insulting, so condescending to her.  It was shocking to me no man onstage called him down for acting that way."  Weill likes Chris Christie.  He also feels that were the election today, Hillary Clinton would win.