05/11 Thursday: Rob Maness, Mark Ballard, Chris Pegula, Gary Chambers, Darrell Glasper

Hour 1:

Rob Maness

Retired Col. Rob Maness joins Jim to discuss President Donald Trump's first months in office. Maness also comments on Trump firing FBI Director James Comey. 

Mark Ballard

Mark Ballard of the Advocate joins Jim for his weekly update of what's going on during the legislative session. Ballard discusses the budget, the nursing home industry, and TOPS. 

Chris Pegula

Author Chris Pegula chats with Jim about his latest book, Diaper Dude. 

"Picking up where From Dude to Dad left off, author and founder of the popular Diaper Dude parenting brand Chris Pegula dives into the first two years of parenting and furthers his deeply held belief that you don't have to lose yourself when you become a father."-Amazon

Hour 2: 

Gary Chambers

Publisher of The Rouge Collection, Gary Chambers, discusses last night's Baton Rouge Metro Council meeting. He comments on the officer involved fatal shooting of Alton Sterling. 

Darrell Glasper

Former Metro Councilman Darrell Glasper joins Jim in studio to discuss President Donald Trump firing James Comey. Glasper also comments on what's going on in the Metro Council and the Alton Sterling case.  

8/30 Friday: Former Baseball Player Denny McClain, Gubernatorial Runoff, and the 2016 Presidential Election

HOUR ONE: 

Stephen Maitland Lewis 

Stephen Maitland Lewis is an award-winning British author and jazz aficionado.  He shares his latest book Botticelli's Bastard.  Lewis will be at the Louisiana Book Festival.  Botticelli's Bastard is "a mystery that deals with the relationship between a fine art restorer and the journey of an old master portrait of the 16th Century."   

Robert Maness 

Robert Maness is a retired colonel.  He also comments on the Gubernatorial election.  Maness is endorsing David Vitter, "It is the character of his policies... a constitutional conservative." Maness also says, "I think John Bel Edwards is a man of high morals."   

HOUR TWO:

Denny Mcclain 

Dennis Dale "Denny" McClain is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball for ten seasons, most notably for the Detroit Tigers.  He comments on the World Series.  "This is the highest the game could get.  This is the epitome of baseball...every guy on that field is an all star," McClain says. 

Gus Weill 

Gus Weill is a well known author and Louisiana politico.  He discusses the Gubernatorial election as the runoff approaches.  He also comments on the 2016 Presidential election.  

TUESDAY: Rob Maness, Ronette Boshea, Stephen Handwerk, Robert Stewart, Aasif Mandvi

On this Veterans Day we are joined first by Col Rob Maness. Retired from the Airforce, Col. Maness talks about his campaign and his endorsement of Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy in the US Senate runoff against the Democratic iuncument Mary Landrieu.

Have you heard Landrieu's latest attack ad against Cassidy? We'll play that and share our thoughts.

Ronette Boshea is up next to chat about Tigerama tomorrow night. http://lsutigerama2013.com

To round out the hour we visit with Tiger Rag Magazine Editor Robert Stewart on the Joe Alleva state about the inappropriate Nick Saban chants in Tiger Stadium.


To start Hour 2, we're joined in studio by Executive Director of the Louisiana Democratic Party Stephen Handwerk.

Then it's Aasif Mandvi From The Daily Show on his book "No Land's Man'