07/14 Friday: Noel Hammatt, Austin Ruse, Scott Wilfong and Dayne Sherman

Hour One

Noel Hammatt
 

Former East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member, Noel Hammatt, was the first guest to comment on the state of education in Louisiana. Hammatt believes that graduation rates are being falsified by schools. 

Austin Ruse

Austin Ruse will be on the air to talk about his book, Fake Science: Exposing the Left's Skewed Statistics, Fuzzy Facts, and Dodgy Data. Ruse makes the argument that poverty statistics in the United States are phony. 

 

Hour Two

Scott Wilfong and Dayne Sherman

Scott Wilfong and Dayne Sherman discussed Trump, Russia and healthcare from opposite sides of the political spectrum.

06/07 Tuesday: Black Republicans, Old State Capitol, Education and Government, Muhammad Ali, Trump's Remarks about judge

HOUR ONE

Corey D. Fields

A professor of Sociology from Stanford University, Fields discusses Black Republicans and their impact on voting in different states.

Mary Durusau

As the Director of Museums, Durusau joins the show briefly to give updates on what is going on at the Old State Capitol. LSU Historian Gaines Foster analyzes the 2016 campaign with a historical perspective on June 7 at 5:30.

Noel Hammatt

Noel Hammatt is an independent researcher and former board member of the Baton Rouge public school board. He joins the show to talk about the bills that relate to education in Louisiana being discussed in the session.

HOUR TWO

Mark Kram Jr.

 Kram's father wrote many stories about Muhammad Ali during his sports writing career.  Kram Jr. remembers the great Muhammad Ali and his impact on history as well as sports.

Michael Wolf

Attorney Michael Wolf discusses the controversial, racist remarks that were made by Donald Trump about a federal judge.

Monday: Johnny O'Bryant and NFL Basketball, Backlands, Louisiana Education, and Executive Director of Louisiana Democratic Party Stephen Handwerk

HOUR ONE: 

Johnny O'Bryant II

Johnny O'Bryant Jr. is the father of former LSU Basketball player Johnny O'Bryant III.  Johnny O'Bryant III is now playing in the NFL.  He shares his book From Rags to Spiritual Riches with Jim today.  O'Bryant Jr. also comments on his abusive childhood and growing up in Mississippi.  

Victoria Shorr

Victoria Shorr is a writer and political activist.  She shares her new book Backlands and the stories of the bandits she met on her journey.

Noel Hammatt

Noel Hammatt is a former school board member.  He discusses the recent defeat of pay check protection bill.  House Bill 418 would have end the automatic deduction of union dues from teacher's paychecks.  Hammatt shares his opinion on the failed bill and LABI's Lane Grigsby's comments.  Hammatt also discusses the failed petition for the City of St. George. 

HOUR TWO: 

Stephen Handwerk

Stephen Handwerk is the Executive Director of the Louisiana Democratic Party.  He is discussing the end of the legislative session and the beginning of the fall elections.  Handwerk expresses his distaste for David Vitter as potential Louisiana Governor and for Bobby Jindal as potential President. 

FRIDAY: Noel Hammatt, Caroline Roemer Shirley, Russel Honore, Dan Claitor, Carolyn Hill, Musheer Robinson, David Duke

HOUR ONE: 

Former Baton Rouge School Board member Noel Hammatt joins the Executive Director of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools Caroline Roemer Shirley to discuss Louisiana education and if charter schools are the right choice to help the public education system.  

There are 134 charter schools in Louisiana that serve about 70 thousand students.  

Roemer and Hammatt discuss the Governor's executive order on statewide testing.

A listener asks about Voucher schools in Louisiana versus charter schools, and Roemer says, "The lines are often blurred between the two," when they are in fact distinctly different.  "Any charter schools that use public dollars... they (public money) are returned."

A listener asks how charter schools address the needs of disabled students.  

General Russel Honore "The Hero of Katrina" joins the show to share his considerations on running for governor.  "We are the third largest energy producer, and our state is broke," Honore continues, "I don't have a party affiliation."  Then he jokes, "People told me I need to get some wizards." 

"That man is one of my heroes in life," a listener says of General Honore, "He's crazy enough to cut through all the political fluff and tell the truth!" 

He says, "It would have to be a real epiphany for me to run {for governor}."  Honore continues, "When I told the reporter I would think about it, I didn't mean that's all I think about."

HOUR TWO: 

Senator Dan Claitor on drones.  He says he got footage of LSU baseball team last year from the backyard of a lobbyist with his drone.  

Claitor discusses his past bill on protection against drone privacy violations.  

BESE board member Carolyn Hill joins the show.  If brought up for question, says she would vote for Superintendent John White to step down.  

Musheer Robinson from the Louisiana NAACP is joined by former representative and KKK Grand Wizard Dr. David Duke.  

Robinson comments on his career as a businessmen and his travels from China to Cuba as he creates opportunities for small and medium businessmen.  "Baton Rouge is sort of like old Louisiana," Robinson says, "we all know Baton Rouge is enormously segregated." "I had numerous stops by police simply for being in my neighborhood," Robinson says.  His past home was near Highland Road in Baton Rouge.    

Robinson says, "Organizations like the NAACP are about addressing contradictions that still occur from slavery or segregation.... What you're doing is to really stomp on people in pain." Duke responds that "Our people are always stuck with the racist card which is about the worst thing you can call somebody." 

Robinson says, "From your {Duke's} standpoint, Scalise represents only white people... you represent pro-segreagation."  Duke says to Robinson, "I believe in equal rights.  You believe in discrimination."