05/11 Wednesday: Congressman Garret Graves, Bobby Jindal with Tom Aswell, Ray Strother, House Bill 1: Cutting from DHH

HOUR ONE

Garret Graves

Congressman Graves talks to Jim about the different projects that have come up on capitol hill.  The commute between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, traffic and construction updates and even a possible endorsement of Donald Trump are all explored topics on today's show.

Tom Aswell

The political consultant talks about Bobby Jindal in his new book, Bobby Jindal: His Destiny and Obsession.  Tom and Jim discuss Jindal's opinions of Donald Trump as well as the people of Louisiana and how they view the former governor.

HOUR TWO

Ray Strother

Ray talks about Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump as the "know nothing candidates." Ray and Jim discuss parties and voter decisions in America related to the presidential election.

Dr. Rebekah Gee

The secretary of health talks about HB 1. Rebekah Gee says the House budget committee shifted dollars away from DHH and this could lead to multiple hospital closures and would eliminate jobs that inspect potentially unsafe facilities.

02/02 Tuesday: Louisiana Legislature, 2016 Presidential Race, and New Louisiana Health Secretary Rebekah Gee

HOUR ONE: 

Ron Faucheux

Ronald Anthony Faucheux, Sr., known as Ron Faucheux is a lawyer, scholar, non-fiction author, and political consultant and pundit who served from 1976 to 1984 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 100.  He discusses the results from last night's Iowa Caucus and the 2016 Presidential candidates. 

Jeff Lord

Jeffrey "Jeff" Lord is a former member of the Ronald Reagan administration, a former White House associate political director 1987-1988, journalist, author, and political strategist in Pennsylvania.  He is also a CNN political commentator.  He discusses the results from the Iowa Caucus and the continuation of candidates' campaigns. 

HOUR TWO: 

Rebekah Gee

Dr. Rebekah Gee is the Medicaid Medical Director for the state of Louisiana. She is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Louisiana State University (LSU). Dr. Gee completed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program at the University of Pennsylvania and there received a Master of Science in Health Policy Research.  She studied history and obtained her M.P.H. at Columbia University in Health Policy and Management, obtained her medical degree at Cornell, and trained in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard at the Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals.  She has just been named the new health secretary of Louisiana.