10/25 Wednesday: Joe Hagan, Julia Turshen, Mike Shepherd, Phillip Manuel, Quin Hillyer

Hour 1:

Joe Hagan

Author of Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine, Joe Hagan, joins Jim to chat about his book. 

"The first and only biography of Jann Wenner, the iconic founder of Rolling Stone magazine, and a romp through the hothouses of rock and roll, politics, media, and Hollywood, from the Summer of Love to the Internet age."- Amazon

Julia Turshen

Author Julia Turshen chats with Jim about her latest book, Feed the Resistance.

"From favorite cookbook author Julia Turshen comes this practical and inspiring handbook for political activism—with recipes. As the millions who marched in January 2017 demonstrated, activism is the new normal. When people search for ways to resist injustice and express support for civil rights, environmental protections, and more, they begin by gathering around the table to talk and plan."-Amazon

Mike Shepherd

The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame Executive Director, Mike Shepherd, joins the show to talk about the life of Fats Domino. Domino died today at the age of 89. 

Hour 2:

Phillip Manuel

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New Orleans singer Phillip Manuel briefly chats with Jim about the life of Fats Domino and his influence on Louisiana artists. 

Quin Hillyer

Veteran conservative columnist and activist Quin Hillyer joins the conversation and switches gears to chat about President Donald Trump. Hillyer also discusses his new book, Mad Jones, Heretic.  

8/16 Wednesday: Kimberly Gatto, Ernest Johnson, Mike Wolf, Quin Hillyer

Hour One

Kimberly Gatto

Author Kimberly Gatto was on air to talk about her book All The King's Horses: The Equestrian Life of Elvis Presley. The book reveals the untold story of the life of Elves Presley and reveals how horses were his greatest passion. The book was co-authored with Kimberly Gatto.

 

Ernest Johnson

Louisiana NAACP President Ernest Johnson was a guest to comment on President Trump and the events that unfolded in Charlottesville this past week. Johnson has over 33 years of professional, leadership and management experience. 

Hour Two

Mike Wolf and Quin Hillyer 

Attorney Mike Wolf and Quin Hillyer joined the conversation surrounding President Trump and the happenings in Charlottesville.

01/31 Tuesday: Peter Hook, Quin Hillyer, Melissa Flournoy and Elbert Guillory

Hour One

Peter Hook

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Peter Hook is the co-founder and bassist for Rock groups Joy Division and New Order. The English rock ban Joy Division changed their name to New Order following the death of their lead singer in 1980. They are best known for their song Blue Monday. He discussed his new book Substance: Inside New Order on the show. 

Quin Hillyer

Quin Hillyer is a columnist and conservative and joined the show to talk a bout Trump's presidency and his picks for cabinet positions.

Hour Two

Melissa Flournoy and Elbert Guillory

Former lawmaker Marissa Flournoy and former Louisiana State Rep. Elbert Guilliory debated on opposite sides of Donald Trump. Guillory is a Republican and supporter of Trump and Flournoy is in opposition. 

07/15 Friday: Real Food/Fake Food, Karl Roider, Hands Up--Greg Williams Jr., Ali Akbar, Quinn Hillyer

HOUR ONE

Larry Olmsted

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Larry reveals the deception that extends from high-end foods like olive oil and Kobe beef to everyday staples such as coffee, honey and cheese. Olmsted explains why buying foods closer to their whole forms is healthier and safer.

Karl Roider Jr.

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Former LSU history professor talks about the Turkish military seizing control of the country and the tragedy in Nice, France.

Greg Williams Jr.

Greg Williams Jr., New Venture’s artistic director, who is also is acting in the production, "Hands Up."  Williams joins the show to discuss the importance of the production since the Alton Sterling shooting. The show’s two performances Saturday in LSU’s Claude L. Shaver Theatre come at a time when tension is high between Baton Rouge’s black community and law enforcement.

HOUR TWO

Ali Akbar

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Member of the black conservatives, Akbar joins the show to comment on the effects of the Alton Sterling shooting in the black community.  Akbar also exhausts the importance of the criminal justice reform.

Quin Hillyer

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Quin Hillyer is a Conservative and an American newspaper columnist and writer. He talks about Donald Trump speaking at the GOP convention next week.

05/10 Tuesday: Julie Fenster & biography of Thomas Jefferson, Talmage Boston, First Assistant Sec. of State Ardoin, Quin Hillyer, Tyler Bridges

HOUR ONE

Julie Fenster

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Julie Fenster joins the show to talk about her book, Jefferson's America. This is a surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration—and in presiding over that era of discovery, forged a great nation.

 Talmage Boston

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In September 2016, the edited transcripts of Talmage’s onstage interviews with some of the country’s most prominent presidential historians and presidential insiders will be released as a book entitled Cross-Examining History: A Lawyer Gets Answers From the Experts About Our Presidents.  Talmage joins Jim on the show to talk about the characteristics of the two presidential candidates and how well they uphold some of the traits he sees fit for the leader of our country.

Kyle Ardoin

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Ardoin joins Jim to talk about voter registration week. The first assistant Sec. of State gives statistics and information about voters in Louisiana.

HOUR TWO

Quin Hillyer

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Columnist Quin Hillyer talks to Jim and callers about Donald Trump and Hillyer's opinions of Trump becoming the presumptive nominee.

Tyler Bridges

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Tyler Bridges of The Advocate discusses a few bills with Jim including the proposed bill to authorize the installation of special cameras in law enforcement vehicles that would scan license plates of passing cars and match them to a state database to catch uninsured motorists.

03/29 Tuesday: Managing Dir. Meghan Garvey, Conservative Quin Hillyer, Dir. of Baton Rouge Zoo Phil Frost, Dr. Stanley Foster, Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez

HOUR ONE

Managing Dir. Meghan Garvey

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As the managing Director of Louisiana Center for Children's Rights, Meg Garvey discusses the incarceration of young males in the state of Louisiana and whether or not parents should be notified. She also gives details on Youth Justice Day.

Conservative Quin Hillyer

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Conservative Political Commentator Hillyer discusses the GOP and keeping Donald Trump from receiving the nomination and becoming president.

HOUR TWO

Dir. Phil Frost

As the Director of the Baton Rouge Zoo, Phil Frost and the BREC Superintendent Carolyn McKnight discuss the possible move of the zoo from North Baton Rouge to Airline Hwy or by the L'Auberge Casino off of Nicholson in attempt to boost attendance to the zoo.  

Dr. Stanley Foster & Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez

Dr. Stanley Foster and Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez argue the need for "unrestricted access to patients."