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This hour, Newell is joined by Guy Williams, Chairman & CEO of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust, to talk about the global tensions involving the Strait of Hormuz, how AI is causing real job losses in the tech industry, and the new recruiter and fake police scams.

This hour, Newell has on Leah Andressen from Silent Voices Wildlife Rehabilitation to talk about how to respond the right way if you find an injured or abandoned animal in your backyard. Then, Jeff Nowak, WWL Saints Sideline Reporter & Digital Content Producer, joins the show to size up the New Orleans Saints 2026 Draft class.

Jeff Nowak, WWL Saints Sideline Reporter & Digital Content Producer, joins Newell to size up the New Orleans Saints 2026 Draft class.

Leah Andressen from Silent Voices Wildlife Rehabilitation joins Newell to talk about how to respond the right way if you find an injured or abandoned animal in your backyard and why these animals matter more than you think.

This hour, Newell addresses the third assassination attempt of President Trump's life at the White House Correspondence Dinner. Then, Hon. Lisa Marie Manning Bridges of the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters joins the show to talk about the upcoming closed primary, voter registration, and election deadlines.

Hon. Lisa Marie Manning Bridges of the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters joins Newell to talk about the upcoming closed primary, voter registration, and election deadlines.

Newell addresses the third assassination attempt of President Trump's life at the White House Correspondence Dinner.

On today's show, Newell speaks with Paul Rogers, Jazz Fest poster artist, Jeff McCurry, co-owner and "Brewmaster" of Cool Brew, Mike Cascio, Fleur de Lis rentals, and Michael Cerveris, Tony Award winning actor, singer, guitarist, "Loose Cattle," Jesse McBride, pianist & band leader of the Jesse McBride Big Band, Dana Honn, Tempero’s Market Kitchen, Bud Brimberg, Creative Director for Art4now & pub...

Newell broadcatsts LIVE from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival! This hour, Newell speaks with Bud Brimberg, Creative Director for Art4now & publisher of the Jazz Fest poster, Pierre "Pete" Hilzim, Big River Foods, and Keyala Marshall, Owner of Keyala’s Pralines.

Newell broadcatsts LIVE from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival! This hour, Newell speaks with Jesse McBride, pianist & band leader of the Jesse McBride Big Band, and Dana Honn, Tempero’s Market Kitchen.

Is talk about the government loaning Spirit Airlines enough to stay afloat a good idea? Here's the latest. Plus, the Southern Poverty Law Center faces the music and more on what Virginia's redistricting means for the rest of the country.

Newell broadcasts LIVE from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival! This hour, Newell speaks with Paul Rogers, Jazz Fest poster artist, Jeff McCurry, co-owner and "Brewmaster" of Cool Brew, Mike Cascio, Fleur de Lis Rentals, and Michael Cerveris, Tony Award-winning actor, singer, and guitarist from "Loose Cattle."

On today's show, Newell applauds the Moreno Administration for taking care of the low-hanging financial fruit. Then, Newell has on Steve Milloy, Executive Director of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research, to talk about Levi Strauss's shareholders having the opportunity to amend the company’s bylaws in order to create an Audit Committee to oversee Levi’s sus...

This hour, Newell is joined by Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, to give updates on the Drone as First Responder Program, facial recognition technology, and legislative reforms relative to waiver of a jury.

This hour, Newell has on Tyler Fry, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, to talk about the father and son filing a federal lawsuit demanding just compensation after New York State’s fracking ban wiped out all economically viable use of their mineral rights. Then, Tommy Faucheu, President of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, joins the show to talk about House Bill 804, wh...

House Bill 804, often being described by critics as an “anti-climate change lawsuit” bill is scheduled to be heard by the Louisiana House Natural Resources Committee. Tommy Faucheu, President of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, joins Newell to talk about it.

Jobs, all the nitty gritty, but not boring - We dive into nostalgia with the best summer job you ever had, romance with how jobs factor into your future loves, and with the question ... Where have all the skilled workers gone?

A father and son filed a federal lawsuit demanding just compensation after New York State’s fracking ban wiped out all economically viable use of their mineral rights. Tyler Fry, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, joins Newell to talk about the case and what it could mean going forward.

This hour, Newell applauds the Moreno Administration for taking care of the low-hanging financial fruit. Then, Steve Milloy, Executive Director of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research, joins the show to talk about Levi Strauss's shareholders having the opportunity to amend the company’s bylaws in order to create an audit committee to oversee Levi’s sustaina...

At Levi Strauss's annual meeting, shareholders had the opportunity to amend the company’s bylaws in order to create an audit committee to oversee Levi’s sustainability commitments. Proposal 4, submitted by the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project, requests that Levi Strauss create an audit committee that would at minimum be “assessing annually the extent to which th...

Go with us into communities as they celebrate Earth Day, and learn from a Tulane professor why even after the Strait of Hormuz opens up for real, it'll take a bit for gas prices to come down.

On today's show, Newell unloads on the poor job some of the Orleans Parish court judges have been doing (or not doing). Then, Newell has on Brad Viator, President of Power For Tomorrow, to talk about Senate Bill 490, which would increase Louisiana residential electric bills by about $16 a month by shifting grid infrastructure costs from large industrial users to households, Michael Hecht, Presiden...

Dr. Mary Brown, the founder of Silence Broken, and Claudia Barker, a Silence Broken success story, joins Newell to have a powerful and important conversation about supporting adult survivors of child sexual abuse.

The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) is warning that proposed Louisiana bills to consolidate Orleans Parish’s civil and criminal courts, reducing the number of judges, could seriously disrupt New Orleans’ justice system. The report says the changes may create case backlogs, slow court proceedings, and strain already limited judicial resources. Supporters argue the overhaul would improve effic...

This hour, Newell has on Michael Hecht, President & CEO of GNO Inc., to talk about NASA’s Artemis III rocket core stage, built at Michoud in New Orleans, beginning its slow journey to Florida on Monday for a planned 2027 launch, Amtrak’s Mardi Gras line between New Orleans and Mobile has now surpassing 100,000 riders in just eight months, and more. Then, Paul Webster, Senior Fellow at the Cicero I...