04/21 Friday: Bill Nash, Michael Callahan, Ali Akbar and Lamar White

Hour One

Bill Nash

Reverend and author Bill Nash is from DeRidder, Louisiana and his second book is titled The Battle of the Longs. The book explores the politics of the Long family in Louisiana. In addition to being an author his Pentecostal Pastor at Mangham, La. 

Michael Callahan

 

Author Michael Callahan talked about his second book, The Night She Won Miss America. The book is a fictionalized version of the real story of Miss America winner, Bette Cooper and the night she won. His previous work is Searching For Grace Kelly.

Hour Two

Lamar White and Ali Akbar

Blogger Lamar White and political consultant Ali Akbar discuss Trump's 13 weeks in office and the feud between Governor John Bel Edwards and Congressman Garret Graves. Ali Akbar represents the right  and Lamar White for the left. 

04/20 Thursday: Chris Winter, MD, Mark Ballard, Joe Gagnon, Charlie Cook, Melissa de la Cruz and Rick Gallot

Hour One

Chris Winter, MD

Chris Winter, MD is a  sleep medicine doctor and certified neurologist in Charlottesville, VA. He came on air to discuss his new book about sleep titled, The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It.

 

Mark Ballard

Mark Ballard from The Advocate returns to give his insight on the feud between Governor John Bel Edwards and Congressman Garret Graves. He also discussed more about Louisiana budget. 

 

Joe Gagnon

High Performance Life Founder Joe Gagnon, discussed how he ran 6 consecutive marathons, in 6 different countries and all in just 6 days. He began his journey in Sydney then traveled to Singapore then Johannesburg, Sao Paulo and then lastly in Los Angeles. 

Hour Two

Charlie Cook

Charlie Cook is a poilitcal analyst who is originally from Shreveport; he mostly focuses on election forecasts and political trends. He writes a column for the National Journal called "The Cook Report" and he owns his own publication, The Cook Political Report.

Melissa de la Cruz

 

Author Melissa de la Cruz is New York Times best-selling author. She has authored a plethora of young adult novels and her latest book explores the romance between Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyle. The book is titled, Alex & Eliza.

 

Rick Gallot

The president of Grambling State University Rick Gallot treated the show to an interview today. He discussed what is happening these days at Grambling, like enrollment, sports and more. 

04/19 Wednesday: PATTI CAKE$, Paul Rainwater, Richard Condon

HOUR ONE

Micheal Gottwald

Gottwald is the producer of the new film, Pattie Cakes.  The film will be featured in the Louisiana International Film Festival at Perkins Rowe, Thursday April 20th.

Paul Rainwater

Paul W. Rainwater serves as a senior consultant to Cornerstone. Prior to his work at Cornerstone, Paul most recently held the title as Governor Jindal’s Chief of Staff. Rainwater joins the show to talk about working with 3 governors and catastrophes including Deepwater Horizon, Hurricane's Rita and Katrina.

HOUR TWO

Richard Condon

Richard Condon joins the show to talk about numerous topics.  Condon recalls how he met his wife, how he got into radio, his favorite LSU sports stories and how his humor has changed over time. 

04/18 Tuesday: Jim Henderson, Clarence Fountain and Dan Borne

Hour One

Jim Henderson

Jim Henderson is the current UL system president; he became president at UL after leaving his presidential posit at Northwestern State University. Henderson mainly discussed education and how to better Louisiana as a state.

Clarence Fountain

Clarence Fountain is a member of the 5 time Grammy Award-winning gospel group, The Blind Boys of Alabama. He discussed with Jim his the group and his upcoming documentary. The documentary is titled, The Book of Clarence. 

Hour Two

Dan Borne

Dan Borne joined the show to discuss his life and career. You might recognize his voice from announcing LSU football games as the voice of Death Valley. Borne received his Master's from Louisiana State University in the Manship School. 

 

 

 

04/17 Monday: Fake News, Texting and Driving, Tom Aswell

HOUR ONE

Aaron Sharockman

Aaron Sharockman is the executive director of PolitiFact. Aaron oversees PolitiFact’s operations, development and revenue, assists in our journalistic mission, manages our state partnerships and lead efforts to develop new products for PolitiFact users.

Cam Harris

Cameron Harris created a fake news story during the 2016 presidential election regarding ‘Tens of thousands’ of fraudulent Clinton votes found in Ohio warehouse. Harris describes his life during the life of his story and his life afterwards.

HOUR TWO

Deb Trombley

At the National Safety Council, Trombley works on influencing change in behavior and policies to reduce motor vehicle crashes. Deborah has worked on cell phone distracted driving, teen driving and Graduated Driver Licensing, alcohol-impaired driving, child passenger safety including serving as Secretariat of the National Child Passenger Safety Board, and employer policies.

Tom Aswell

Tom Aswell of Louisiana Voice joins the show to discuss Donald Trump and his decisions when dealing with Korea and Russia.  Aswell also comments on the recent news about the Louisiana troopers under investigation for Las Vegas excursion.