09/06 Wednesday: Bill Grimley, Stephanie Riegel, Mike Bertaut

September 6, 2017 Show Producer

Hour One

Bill Grimley

Attorney Bill Grimley went live on air to join the conversation surrounding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The policy was founded during the Obama administration, which the current president decided to end.

Stephanie Riegel

Stephanie Riegel is the editor of the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. Reigel talked about the differences between Louisiana and Texas, especially in taxes.

Hour Two:

Mike Bertaut

Mike Bertaut joined from Blue Cross Blue Shield for the entire hour. He is a certified health consultant and has 25 years of experince in his field. Bertaut is the chief economist for Blue Cross Blue Shield.

03/17: Thursday: Jerry Madden, Resurrection of Rev. Jimmy Swaggart's Career, Chesley Heymsfield, The Direction of the State of Louisiana

March 17, 2016 Show Producer

Hour 1:

Jerry Madden

Former Texas lawmaker Jerry Madden with Right on Crime discusses why 17-year-old children convicted of a minor crime should not be tried as adults. He says there is typically more success in the juvenile system. Madden says he speaks from the right side of the political spectrum.

Stephanie Riegel

Stephanie Riegel of the Baton Rouge Business Report joins the show in studio to discuss the resurrection of Rev. Jimmy Swaggart's career. Jim worked for Swaggart in the early 1980s.

Riegel says Swaggart is extremely charismatic and made a comeback with his ministry after a lawsuit. In 1988, the reverend was involved in a prostitution scandal.

Hour 2:

Chesley Heymsfield

Jim is joined in studio by the Executive Director of the Louisiana International Film Festival Chesley Heymsfield. A variety of films will be featured ranging from Bogalusa Charm to After the Spill. The event takes place at Cinemark Perkins Rowe in Baton Rouge from April 13-17th. Heymsfield says Raiders! could be her favorite film featured.

For more information on the festival visit lifilmfest.org.

Michael Henderson

Director of the LSU Public Policy Research Lab Dr. Michael Henderson discusses the latest survey that finds 63% of Louisiana residents aren't pleased with the direction of the state. Henderson says the poll also finds there is a huge increase in the number of people who say the state's business conditions are worse than last year.

03/2 Wednesday: BR Business Report's Stephanie Riegel, Roger Stone: Jeb and the Bush Crime Family, Nathan Landry, Sec. of State Tom Schedler, LASM, Douglas Kennedy

March 2, 2016 Show Producer

HOUR ONE

Stephanie Riegel

Editor for the Baton Rouge Business Report, Stephanie talks about the need for establishment of a health district in Baton Rouge and lack of politician action to get something done about it.

Roger Stone

Roger Stone talks about Donald Trump and the people of America's desire for something other than a traditional politician. Stone also talks about the Bush family and ties with Barry Seal, his book Jeb! and the Bush Crime Family.

HOUR TWO

Sec. of State Tom Schedler

The Secretary of state gives information on who can vote in the upcoming Louisiana primaries. It is a closed primary, and you may only vote for your party.

Nathan Landry

The Chair for Young Professionals and Students for Trump for Louisiana. He gives his reasons for supporting Trump and why he feels Trump will win the presidential election.

Douglas Kennedy, PR manager at the LASM

Douglas introduces the new addition to the Solar System Gallery at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum--a 65-million-year-old, 1,500-pound Triceratops skull named Jason. This colossal fossil was discovered in 2011 on a private ranch in the Hell Creek Formation located in Garfield County, Montana, an area well known for its fossil findings.

Measuring 86 inches long, this massive skull exhibits the three horns and bony head frill that characterize the dinosaur species known as Triceratops, or “three-horned face.

12/31 Thursday: Drunk Driving on New Year's Eve, The Beatles, Top Stories of 2015, Mississippi River Flooding, Jay Ducote

December 31, 2015 Show Producer

Hour 1:

Melissa Matey

Louisiana State Police Trooper Melissa Matey joins guest host Neal Gladner to talk about New Year's Eve safety and drinking and driving. Matey discusses drunk driving statistics and getting a safe ride home. DUI arrests are down 18% in Baton Rouge since Uber started.

Stephanie Riegel

Editor of the Baton Rouge Business Report Stephanie Riegel chats with Neal about business and politics of 2015 and what's in store for next year. Riegel says the biggest story of 2015 was the election of John Bel Edwards as governor of Louisiana. She says we were too busy with politics to realize the huge drop on oil prices.

Hour 2:

Jeff Graschel

Service Coordination Hydrologist with the National Weather Service Jeff Graschel talks with Neal about the flooding of the Mississippi River and projects how long it will take for the flooding to reach Louisiana and the impact it will have.

Ricky Boyett

Chief of Public Affairs with the Army Corp of Engineers in New Orleans Ricky Boyett joins the show to talk about the flooding of the Mississippi River. He discusses possibly opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway for the first time since 2011.

Nancy Malone

Region Public Affairs Director of the American Red Cross in Louisiana Nancy Malone discusses flood preparations in the state with Neal.

Jay Ducote

Louisiana Chef Jay Ducote chats with Neal about New Year's day meal traditions and how to prepare them.

Tuesday: Stephanie Riegel of the Baton Rouge Business Report, "Baking with Less Sugar", Lynne Marino's Passing, and Opinion on the Final Three Weeks of the State Legislative Session

May 19, 2015 Show Producer

Hour One:

Stephanie Riegel

Stephanie Riegel is the editor of the Baton Rouge Business Report. She discusses her cover story in the latest edition of the Business Report about the Bayou Country Superfest and its effect on tourism in Louisiana.

Joanne Chang

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Joanne Chang is the author of Baking with Less Sugar. She shares her perspective on how less sugar enhances the flavor of desserts.

Hour Two:

Ann Pace

Ann Pace is the mother of one of the victims of Derrick Todd Lee. She joins the show to remember Lynne Marino, who recently passed away after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer. Marino appeared on the Jim Engster Show earlier this year. Her comments are shared in this segment.

Tony guarisco

Tony Guarisco is a former Louisiana State Lawmaker. Guarisco comments on the death penalty. He shares his opinion on Governor Jindal's quest to be the next president. He also discusses the final three weeks of the state legislative session.

THURSDAY: Our Founding Fathers, Former Congressman Bob Livingston, and Governor Jindal and the Upcoming Elections

March 26, 2015 Show Producer

HOUR ONE:

Author Thomas Fleming shares his book The Great Divide. Fleming asserts that his book is relevant because Thomas Jefferson and George Washington disagreed heavily over the power of the president; something that is still disagreed upon today. Fleming says that John Madison envisioned a very commercial United States. "Jefferson did not think blacks were ready for freedom," Fleming tells a listener, "I call Washington the forgotten Emancipator."

Editor Stephanie Riegel joins us from The Baton Rouge Business Report. She comments on her career and her experience moving from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. "New Orleans is much more cosmopolitan; it is a world class city. Baton Rouge is a very middle-Americanized city."

She also comments on LSU's president and his relationship with Governor Jindal. "There are certainly valid arguments for making tweaks to the program," Riegel says of Common Core.

Riegel gives her opinion on the upcoming governor's election.

"The Westdale Junior High Class of 1969 held a lot of the key business players in Baton Rouge."

"I think the one thing that will hurt Vitter is that he is already acting a lot like Jindal," Stephanie says.

HOUR TWO:

Former Congressman Bob Livingston discusses the upcoming Governor's election. Livingston also gives his opinion on the Republican Nominee and the vast array of candidates. "I wouldn't discount any candidate right now," he says. He is the head of Governor Jindal's Super PAC. "I didn't leave the Democrat party, the Democrat Party left me."

Political Consultant Gus Weill spent four years as a counter intelligence agent in Germany. He comments on ISIS. "ISIS is winning the war they want to win... the propaganda war." He continues, praising America's advertising agencies and companies, "I think that we ought to tell our side of the story, what's good about America, hit them <ISIS> right smack in the head... Of all the wars that we could lose, we lose the propaganda war."

Weill discusses the German Wings Crash. "It could be an act of terrorism."

He also comments on the SAE fraternity scandal and the public's tolerance for forgiveness, using former President Bill Clinton as example.