8/31 Monday: Former Gov. of Mississippi Haley Barbour, Remembering Hurricane Katrina, Gubernatorial Election, and Candidate for District 68 Rep Robert Cipriano

HOUR ONE: 

Haley Barbour

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Haley Barbour, Founding Partner of BGR Group, returned to BGR in January 2012 after serving two consecutive terms as Governor of Mississippi, including two years as the Chairman of the Republican Governors Association.  He will discuss his book about Hurricane Katrina. 

C. B. Forgotston

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C. B. Forgotston is an accomplished Louisiana politico and attorney.  He comments on the Gubernatorial election and remembers Hurricane Katrina.  

HOUR TWO: 

Robert Cade Cipriano

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Robert Cade Cipriano started a successful communications practice in Baton Rouge and has since advised elected officials and multinational companies around the world.  He is running for State Representative for District 68 against incumbent Steve Carter.  If elected, Cipriano would be the youngest legislator in the House at 29 years old.  

Jeremy Alford 

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Jeremy Alford is the publisher and editor of LaPolitics.com and LaPolitics Weekly.  He will give his opinion on the swiftly approaching Gubernatorial election. 

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Tuesday: Author Chris Bohjalian, C. B Forgotston on the Presidential Election, Gubernatorial Candidates, and the Louisiana Legislature, and Pollster Bernie Pinsonat

HOUR ONE: 

Chris Bohjalian

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Chris Bohjalian is the author of 17 books, including ten New York Times bestsellers.  He will share his new novel Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands.  

C. B. Forgotston

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C. B. Forgotston is a long time politico.  Forgotston will give his take on Bobby Jindal's recent presidential fundraiser and the reception he held in the Governor's mansion.  Forgotston also gives his opinion on the NBC fiasco with Donald Trump and the canceled televising of the Miss USA pageant.  

HOUR TWO:

Bernie Pinsonat

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Bernie Pinsonat is a well known Louisiana pollster.  He discusses Governor Jindal's legacy and his public perception as he enters into the 2016 presidential race.  

Gubernatorial Q&A

Each of the four Gubernatorial candidates answer: What has been the greatest personal challenge of your life? 

David Vitter: "The greatest personal challenge in my life was issues in my marriage many years ago.  In my work in public life... Hurricanes Katrina and Rita." 

Scott Angelle: Angelle says his greatest personal challenge was when he lost his 19 year old sister in a car accident just before college.  

John Bel Edwards: "My army experience in ranger school... I learned what my limits are." 

Jay Dardenne: Dardenne says his greatest personal challenge was his prostate cancer. 

Tuesday: Prosecutor Tony Clayton and Political Consultant C. B. Forgotston

HOUR ONE: 

Tony Clayton

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Tony Clayton is a prosecuting attorney at the firm Clayton, Fruge, and Ward Law.  He is most notably known for his prosecution of serial killer Derrick Todd Lee.  Clayton announced today he will not be running for governor.  

HOUR TWO: 

C. B. Forgotston 

C. B. Forgotston is a notable political consultant.  He comments on the closing weeks of the Louisiana legislative session and also discusses the governor's election.  

Wednesday: Texas Floods, Gun Owners of America, Bobby Jindal vs. Rand Paul and the 2016 Presidency

HOUR ONE: 

Lisa Dimond

Owner of DoubleDimond Public Relations and Former Louisiana Reporter Lisa Dimond joins the show from Houston, Texas to comment on the floods in Texas.  

C. B. Forgotston

C.B. Forgotston alleges that Governor Jindal is using public resources to attack Rand Paul.  He comments on the 2016 Presidential election.  

Christopher Stone

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Christopher Stone is the Director of Federal Affairs at Gun Owners of America.  He announces his endorsement for David Vitter for Governor.  

HOUR TWO: 

Elliott Stonecipher

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Elliott Stonecipher is an established pollster and politico.  He discusses Governor Jindal's quest for the presidency.  

THURSDAY: Author Sarah Bird, Obama Mama and the Louisiana International Film Festival, House Bill 701, Governor's Race, and the Tom Brady Scandal

HOUR ONE: 

Author Sarah Bird shares her novel Above the East China Sea.  She describes the challenge and fascination she felt in her research for Okinawa.  "They're very welcoming people... very very open."

"I wanted to tell the story of a contemporary military kid... It's hard growing up that way... moving constantly."  She talks about the difficulty in military families now because moms are not necessarily staying at home and the growing number of single parents.  

She lived in Okinawa  as a child for three years while her family was stationed there.  "I learned to scuba dive there.  At the time it was one of the great barrier reefs of the world." 

Filmmaker Vivian Norris joins us today to promote her film, Obama Mama, which will play this weekend at the Louisiana International Film Festival.  The film depicts the life of President Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham.  

Norris calls her a "pioneer in micro-finance for women." 

She managed to get a PhD as a single mother.  "The fact that she died fighting with insurance companies to pay bills... That's something that stuck with the president." 

They also comment on Ted Cruz and the debate surrounding the acceptable birthplaces of presidents.  

Part of the National Asian American Pacific Forum, Lawyer Shivana Jorawar comments on House Bill 701 which was passed on Wednesday.  Jorawar is a Queer Indo-Caribbean lawyer and policy advocate with a focus in gender equity, immigrant rights and racial justice.  House Bill 701 bans sex elected abortions in Louisiana.  

"It's a strategic ruse that is meant to confuse people into passing something that is negative for women." 

"The strategy is here is to open the door for more and more abortion bans to question a woman's motives." 

Jorawar says HB 701 is founded on "myths to propagate dangerous abortion restrictions." 

HOUR TWO: 

C. B. Forgotston comments on the governor's race and the louisiana legislative session.  Today, the House passed 11 bills which raise $670 million in revenue.  

Forgotston is not impressed.  "That was blowhard and rhetoric.  There's not one solution in it."  He continues, "Most of the taxes end in 18 months."  

"There's still going to be cuts to higher ed.  They admitted they didn't pass enough."  

Tax measures require 2/3 approval in the house and the senate.  

"Jay Dardenne has no path to make the runoff besides trying to run down Senator Vitter." 

Sports Writer Mark Kram Jr. gives his opinion on the New England Patriot's deflated football scandal and how this affects the team and Tom Brady.  

Kram calls the language in the report very circumstantial.  "It's called cheating.  It's not something that's unusual."

"I do think Brady is disingenuous when he says he had no knowledge of it.  He's the quarterback..."

Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie comes to the defense of Tom Brady.  Christies says, "I think it's way way overblown." 

THURSDAY: C.B. Forgotston, Bradley Beychok, Stephen Handwerk, and Gus Weill

HOUR ONE: 

Political Consultant C. B. Forgotston discusses the potential candidates for the 2016 Louisiana Governor's election.  "They want to think that when they qualify, it's divine intervention," he says of those who pray about running for political office.  Forgotston comments on the budget crisis and the public's cynicism in believing the extent to which the fiscal crisis has gone.  

Bobby Jindal stated on Morning Joe that the the total tuition and fees to attend LSU is under 10 thousand dollars.  

A listener comments that Bobby Jindal's tax cuts have done a lot more harm than good for Louisiana.

"I think legislators fear Governor Jindal," says Forgotston in response to the question, 'Is it better to be feared or loved?'  

Bradley Beychok of Media Matters comments on the recent scandal regarding Brian Williams, "I think it's strange to suspend someone for six months with the expectation of them coming back to the highest paid network."  Brian Williams had lobbied to be the replacement for Jay Leno.  

Beychok comments on Rush Limbaugh's conversation with Scott Walker, advising him to say he left college so as not to be accused of rape.

HOUR TWO: 

Democratic Party Executive Director Stephen Handwerk criticizes Governor Jindal for his incorrect statement about LSU's tuition and fees totaling under 10 thousand dollars.    Handwerk says, "I think the Louisiana Democratic party has a lot of soul searching to do."  

"Each one of those Republican candidates that are running... are all different shades of Bobby," Handwerk continues, criticizing all of Jindal's "failed" policies.  Jim asks how long it will take for Democrats to get back to where they were.  Handwerk responds, saying that Democrats are right on the issues but they need to work on their tactics.  

"I think the only way he {David Vitter} would know how to do that {form a coalition in Congress} is through fear." 

Political Consultant Gus Weill comments about how Scott Walker was asked if he believed in evolution.  "I do believe in it," Weill says, "but that doesn't preclude from me believing in God."  He tells a story about an interview with a heart surgeon.  

Jim asks why believing in a higher power is a prerequisite to run for political office.  Weill says, "It's simple.  It's because they {believers} are the majority." 

Weill describes writing his books.  "Discipline is more important than talent."  

"Looks do not elect anybody," Weill says, "but they do help... Jindal is a brilliant man, but we could hardly call him handsome."

"A movie plot was stolen from my book," Weill laughs, "and I never did a thing about it." 

"Bruce Jenner is an American tragedy," Weill says, "I think it {the claws of a woman} destroyed his manhood."