06/13 Tuesday: Clay Higgins, Rudy Macklin, Mike Bertaut

Hour One

Clay Higgins

Congressman Clay Higgins is a representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Clay Higgins spoke on President Donald Trump, his first 5 months in the House and Radical Islam. Higgins won in the runoff election on December 10, 2016 and beat his opponent, Scott Angelle. 

Rudy Macklin

Rudy Macklin is a former 4 years starter for LSU basketball and is the current director for the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Macklin discussed obesity in the United States and in Louisiana. 

Hour Two

Mike Bertaut

Mike Bertaut is a healthcare economist from Blue Cross Blue Shield. Bertaut came on the air to talk more on the fate of Obamacare in Louisiana. He approximately 25 years of analytical experience in healthcare.

12/29 Thursday: Devils Walking, Billy Nungesser, Rudy Macklin

Hour 1:

Stanley Nelson

Author of Walking Devils, Stanley Nelson, chats with Jim about his book on KKK cold cases.

" After midnight on December 10, 1964, in Ferriday, Louisiana, African American Frank Morris awoke to the sound of breaking glass. Outside his home and shoe shop, standing behind the shattered window, Klansmen tossed a lit match inside the store, now doused in gasoline, and instantly set the building ablaze. A shotgun pointed to Morris’s head blocked his escape from the flames. Four days later Morris died, though he managed in his last hours to describe his attackers to the FBI. Frank Morris’s death was one of several Klan murders that terrorized residents of northeast Louisiana and Mississippi, as the perpetrators continued to elude prosecution during this brutal era in American history." -Amazon

Hour 2: 

Billy Nungesser

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser joins the conversation to discuss the Dick Clark's Rockin New Year's Eve celebration in New Orleans. He also addresses how 2017 will be a great year for Louisiana as a whole. 

Rudy Macklin

Rudy Macklin, with the Louisiana Department of Health and a former LSU basketball player, joins Jim in studio to discuss fitness, Pete Maravich, and the Tigers playing Louisville in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. Macklin is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. 

06/06 Monday: 72th Anniversary of DDay, Terry McMillan, Rob Maness, Rudy Macklin on Muhammad Ali

HOUR ONE

George Morris

George Morris of The Advocate joins the show on the 72th Anniversary of DDay to talk with Jim about the importance of war and what the men who fought experienced.

Terry McMillan

The author of "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Mama" is back on the scene with her newest book, "I Almost Forgot About You."  McMillan talks with Jim about the characters in her books and how relate-able they are to our own lives.

HOUR TWO

Rob Maness

Rob Maness is a Senate candidate and talks to Jim about what makes him different from the other candidates.  Maness also remembers DDay and describes his qualifying background and experience.

Rudy Macklin

Former LSU basketball player Rudy Macklin remembers his friend from Louisville, Muhammad Ali, who died Friday at the age of 74.  Macklin talks about growing up in the same hometown as Ali and watching Ali's fights as a child.

 

02/18 Thursday: Ben Strauss: Indentured, former LSU basketball player, Rudy Macklin, Professor Kevin Cope, former Senator Mary Landrieu

HOUR ONE

Ben Strauss : Indentured

Ben Strauss describes the different cases of athletes who run into problems with NCAA, the amount of money the collegiate industry is worth, and the players who see none of the profits.  While talking with Jim he mentions a few names from the book including former LSU basketball coach, Dale Brown.

Rudy Macklin

On the eve of his 58th birthday, Rudy Macklin mentions Ben Simmons and LSU basketball.  He and Jim discuss health and fitness while promoting the Louisiana Department of Health and the Governor’s Council's Own Your Own Health Challenge.

HOUR TWO

Kevin Cope

Professor Kevin Cope gives his opinion on budget cuts in higher education. Cope explains that the absence of LSU football seems like a far fetched idea, though still very possible. Cope also discusses the quality of the buildings around LSU's campus. He also gives a viewpoint of the professor while addressing former guest Troy Hebert's suggestions about college professors punching time clocks. 

Mary Landrieu

Former senator Mary Landrieu declares that she will be campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Landrieu expresses her excitement for a woman to be in office and states that she is "absolutely not," running for Senate.


WEDNESDAY: Allan Lokos, Rudy Macklin, Jay Dardenne

HOUR ONE: 

Author Allan Lokos comments on his book, 
Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination.  Lokos describes his experiences with meditation and how this helped him through his plane crash.  "Stress is a major enemy of the human body," Lokos continues, "There is no answer to 'why me' except why not me."  He says, "We had no idea the plane was going down until it hit the ground." 

Director Rudy Macklin on the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports joins us today at 4:15.  Macklin is LSU's leading career rebounder and second leading scorer. He turns 57 on February 19th, and he can still bench press his own weight.  

When asked if other public officials should be required to bench press their own weight, Macklin says, "Getting our public officials to do anything when it comes to eating right and being active is hard enough."

Macklin comments on the LSU v. Kentucky game.  13,997 people attended the game at the PMAC last night.  He says that LSU should be put down for the Final Four next year.  

He describes his own athletic career and shares his difficult experiences over the years.  

The 'Voice of the Tigers,' Jim Hawthorne, is stepping down this year. 

Macklin says that he decided to stay at LSU so he could "build something new."  He describes his recruitment with Dale Brown, and how unlike other coaches, Brown had lunch with his family.  "He was supposed to be recruiting me, but he was really recruiting my parents." 

HOUR TWO: 

Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne discusses his quest for governor and to succeed Governor Jindal.  Both men were graduates of Baton Rouge High.  

Dardenne comments on the budget cuts to higher education and the impact it will have on future students.  He expresses his support for keeping the TOPS program as it is currently.  

He was a Student Body President when Jim was a college freshman at LSU.  

The Lieutenant Governor hopes to see more scrutiny in campaign funding in the coming election.

Dardenne says, "I say to you very clearly.  I am running."  He continues, "Education is always going to be the biggest issue, and what exactly we can do to prepare Louisianians for the workforce."  He also clarifies he is for Common Core because "it is a standard not a curriculum."