04/25 Monday: Chancelier Skidmore, Jerry Sanson on McKeithen Paying KKK, Bob Mann of LSU Manship

HOUR ONE

Chancelier Skidmore & Jolie Gilbert

Chancelier Skidmore joins Jim on the show to talk about the All City Teen Poetry Slam Festival that will be on LSU campus April 27-30. He brings the Baton Rouge Youth Poet-Laureate, Jolie Gilbert on the show and both share two poetic pieces.

Dr. Jerry Sanson of LSUA

 Based on FBI records obtained by the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, Former-Governor John McKeithen made payments to the KKK in the 1960s to stop racial violence.  Dr. Sanson, professor of history and political science talks about the validity of the resources and rumors. Jerry Sanson is joined by Gus Weill, who was on McKeithen's advisory counsel, to discuss more details.

HOUR TWO

Robert Mann 

Robert Mann holds the Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU.  He joins Jim during the second hour of the show to aid in the discussion of former Gov. John McKeithen's payments to the KKK. Mann also discusses politics and candidates in the presidential election.

9/16 Wednesday: Fathers and Sons and College Football, Louisiana Debtors Prison, 2016 Presidential Debates and Election, and the Louisiana Gubernatorial Election

HOUR ONE: 

Stuart Stevens

Stuart Stevens is a founding partner in Strategic, Partners & Media, is a contributor to The Daily Beast, and is currently working on a new show for HBO about Georgetown in the JFK era and has just completed a novel set at a political convention in the near future.  He shares his latest novel, The Last Season, about fathers, sons, and college football.  

Marjorie Esman

Marjorie Esman is the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana.  She discusses Louisiana's Debtors Prisons: An Appeal to Justice.  

HOUR TWO: 

Jerry Sanson

Jerry Sanson is a Professor of History and Political Science,  Behavioral Science and Social Sciences Department at Louisiana State University at Alexandria.  He comments on tonight's Presidential debate and on the impending Louisiana Gubernatorial election.  

Leo Honeycutt

Leo Honeycutt is a well known Louisiana author and award-winning journalist.  He also discusses the 2016 Presidential Debates and Election.  Honeycutt comments further on the Gubernatorial election which is five weeks away.