04/10 Monday: Marvin McIntyre, Stanley Nelson, Tyler Bridges, Melissa Flournoy, Darrell Glasper

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Marvin McIntyre

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Author of The Outsider: Invest in America, Marvin McIntyre, chats with Jim about his latest book. 

"Imagine a political outsider, a multi-billionaire with the ability to self-fund a campaign, upending the Republican party, manufacturing public sentiment, and changing the course of politics in our country forever. Spinning a web of coercion, manipulation, and inside information, this former hedge fund manager deals his own house of cards to ruthlessly transform the political landscape. " -Amazon

Stanley Nelson

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Film maker Stanley Nelson joins Jim to discuss his film, Tell Them We are Rising, which will be featured at the Louisiana International Film Festival. Nelson's film follows education in African American history. Nelson's movie shows how more than 100 black colleges have flourished. 

Tyler Bridges

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Writer for The Advocate, Tyler Bridges, joins the conversation to talk about the 2017 legislative session that began today. 

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Melissa Flournoy & Darrell Glasper

Former Democratic state lawmaker Melissa Flournoy and Republican former Metro Councilman Darrell Glasper join Jim in studio to talk about Governor John Bel Edwards and President Donald Trump. 

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

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Stanley Nelson

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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

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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. 

10/03 Monday: Stanley Nelson & Greg Iles, Greg LaFleur, Marijuana Manifesto

HOUR ONE

Stanley Nelson & Greg Iles

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Reporter Stanley Nelson has documented cold case files in Louisiana and Mississippi in The Civil Rights Cold Case Project.  Novelist Greg Iles has spent many hours researching his novels that deal with race, family and evil men.  Iles uses the information and history that Nelson reports on for his novels like Mississippi Blood, that look into the unsolved Civil Rights-era cold case murders of numerous black men.

Greg Lafleur

Greg Lafleur is a former American football tight end in the National Football League who previously played for LSU.  Lafleur was also the athletic director for Southern University.   Lafleur talks about Coach Ogeron and Steve Ensminger.  He is a candidate in the Mayoral race, and describes the qualities that make him fit for the job.

HOUR TWO

Jesse Ventura

Former governor of Minnesota, Navy SEAL and Professional Wrestler Jesse Ventura joins the show to talk about his recent book, Marijuana Manifesto. Ventura lays out his philosophy on marijuana, and why he’s always been in favor of legalization. He also discusses the presidential election and Marijuana's role in the race.

WEDNESDAY: Stanley Nelson, Chris Guillebeau, Sally Nungesser, Robert Dafford, Philip Gould

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Stanley Nelson is our first guest today. He's the Editor of the Concordia Sentinel on this the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Frank Morris killing in Ferriday, Louisiana. Morris was burned alive and the case was never solved.

Nelson is part of "The Civil Rights Cold Case Project."

Writer Chris Guillebeau on his book "The Happiness of Pursuit" -- Chris has visited every country in the world.

Hour 2:

Sally Nungesser chats about the future of the Republican Party in Louisiana.

Lafayette Attorney Jim Roy, who's been heavily involved in the litigation against BP, chats on the Supereme Court rejecting the oil giant's challenge to Gulf spill settlement Monday.

Muralist Robert Dafford & Photographer Philip Gould