Talk Louisiana

State Senator John Milkovich, D-Shreveport, on his bill to restrict abortion access after 15 weeks of pregnancy and what happens with the prospect of a more conservative U.S. Supreme Court. Financial Analysts Andy Anderson and Fred Dent on the impact of the exploding debt on the stock market and the results of a trade war with China on Louisiana and national economy.

People Magazine Senior Editor Alicia Dennis of New Orleans discusses her work: “Crimes of Fashion.” Jeff Dorson, executive director of the Humane Society of Louisiana, talks about lenient sentences given to those who abuse animals in the state. Gary Chambers, editor of the Rouge Collection, on the battle over the successor to the late Baton Rouge Metro Councilman Buddy Amoroso. Journalist Curt Smi...

Former Health South Chief Financial Officer Aaron Beam talks about his conviction, incarceration and comeback. EBR Councilwoman Tara Wicker on the controversy surrounding the choice to succeed Councilman Buddy Amoroso who died 12 days ago in a bicycle crash.

Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Director Stephen Handwerk on next year’s Louisiana gubernatorial election just 15 months away. Political Strategist Mary Patricia Wray (pictured) of Top Drawer Strategies on Governor John Bel Edwards’ re-election bid and President Trump’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Margalit Fox, longtime obituary writer for the New York Times, comments on her book: “Conan...

Retired WAFB anchor Donna Britt celebrates her 60 th  birthday with us as she recaps her 37 years as a popular anchorwoman in Baton Rouge. Former State Senator and GOP activist Ben Bagert assess the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.      

Former CNN Chief Political Analyst Bill Schneider (pictured) on the nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. President Trump makes his announcement tonight on his choice to succeed Anthony Kennedy on the high court. Mary Durusau of the Old State Capitol and Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman of The Advocate talks about a major exhibit opening this week.  

LSU Law Professor Paul Baier, who has taught with former Supreme Court Justices Harry Blackman and Antonin Scalia, previews the announcement Monday of President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy. Baton Rouge businessman Kevin Lyle and his wife, Renee Chatelain, discuss Kevin’s Tony Award winning production, “Once On This Island.” Lyle took the Tony Award last...

Dr. Faye Williams, Dr. Chris Warner and Mike Wolf discuss the nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court next week by President Trump with New Orleans native Amy Coney Barrett a leading contender. Advocate Capitol Bureau Chief Mark Ballard on Governor Edwards and the Legislature moving forward after a budget deal in the final hours before the fiscal cliff.

Sam Kleiner, author of "The Fighting Tigers", tells the story of American pilots who waged a secret war against Japan. John Maginnis, longtime executive with Blue Cross Blue Shield, discusses his new endeavor as a documentary filmaker. He is preparing to detail the story of a former leprosy patient at Carville, the home of the only American institution devoted to leprosy consulting, research and t...

LSU Manship School of Mass Communications Dean Martin Johnson on his new assignment and the state of journalism in America and in Louisiana. Lata Nott of the Newseum in Washington D.C. comments on attacks against the First Amendment.

East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Councilman Matt Watson on the death of his fellow councilman Buddy Amoroso Saturday in bicycling crash in St. Francisville. Law Professor and Political advisor Susan Nelson on the death of Amoroso, a former opponent, and President Trump’s nomination next week to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fairleigh Cook Jackson of Preserve Louisiana on the possibility of a significant bu...

Veteran Political Consultant Ray Strother on the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the United States Supreme Court and its implications to Louisiana. Stephen Kearney of Fair Districts Louisiana on the Supreme Court decision this week on gerrymandering. Journalist Ken Auletta of the New Yorker on his latest work: “Frenemies, The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business (And Everything Else.”

Conservative columnist and commentator Quin Hillyer, a New Orleans native, on the GOP establishment rebelling against President Trump. Author Robert Fieseler on his book about the 1973 French Quarter fire that took 32 lives: “Tinderbox, the Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge and the Rise of Gay Liberation.” Professor Jack Davis, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History, on his book, “THE GU...

Ronnie Jones (pictured), head of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, on regulating gambling in our state. Moses Evans, Justice of the Peace in East Baton Rouge Parish, on the three year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage. Princeton Professor Lauren Wright on President Trump’s speaking style.      

Former state lawmaker Elbert Guillory, head of minority outreach for the Louisiana GOP, and Rev. Reginald Pitcher (pictured), a Democratic activist,  square off on issues from Baton Rouge to the Beltway. Advocate Capitol Bureau Chief Mark Ballard on the resolution of the budget impasse one week before the fiscal cliff.

Commissioner of Agriculture Mike Strain discusses passage of the Farm Bill and the implications of a trade war. Tyler Bridges of The Advocate updates the budget impasse at the Capitol. Ronnie Anderson, president of the Louisiana Bureau, comments on his 30th year as head of the 143,000 member group.

Democrat Lamar White and Republican Darrell Glasper (pictured) exchange views on President Trump and Governor Edwards as the special legislative session enters its final week. Capitol Bureau chief Mark Ballard of The Advocate on the action in House committees Thursday to address the fiscal cliff.    

LSU Law Professor Phillip Hackney on his New York Times editorial calling for a criminal investigation of President Trump and his tax obligations. (Pictured)   LSU Professor Joseph Giame on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Waver Oberservatory being designated a historic physics site.   Singer Phillip Manuel and bass player Bill Grimes on their Thursday performance at the LSU Music School.  ...

Rose Hudson, President, and CEO of the Louisiana Lottery Corporation, on gaming in Louisiana and the uncertainty over the state budget. Author Serhii Plokhy on his book, “Chernobyl,  The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe.” Pictured: Rose Hudson

(Wallis Watkins) Republican Scott Wilfong and Democrat Melissa Flournoy exchange views on the start of the seventh special session at the Louisiana Capitol in 29 months and 17 months of President Trump. Writer Ann Hood on the legacy of Paul McCartney on his 76 th  birthday. Hood’s book is “She Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.”      

WAFB Morning Show host and Crimestoppers reporter Matt Williams on the record number of murders in Baton Rouge this year and the start of another special session. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser comments on the budget considerations in the special session and Senator John Kennedy’s call for Governor John Bel Edwards to resign. Allen Gannett on his book, “The Creative Curve, How to Develop the...

East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore on the spiraling murder rate in Baton Rouge, the Truce program and the move to stop non-unanimous jury verdicts. Advocate Capitol Bureau Chief Mark Ballard on the start of another special session next week. Pictured: Hillar Moore

Suicide authority Dr. Frank Campbell discusses the increase in suicides by prominent Unknown citizens of the U.S. Veteran anchorman George Sells comments on the final broadcast tonight from WAFB’s Donna Britt, his co-anchor for 24 years. Dr. Adam Cox on his book, “Cracking the Boy Code, How to Understand and Talk with Boys” Pictured: Dr. Frank Campbell 

Tom Aswell, publisher of Louisiana Voice, on the seventh special session of the Louisiana Legislature in the past 29 months. Congressional candidate Andie Saizan talks about her challenge of Garret Graves in next year’s 6 Th  District election. Oenophile Kathleen Bershad discusses her book, “The Wine Lover’s Apprentice.”

NBC Today host Al Roker recalls the historic Johnstown flood of 1889 and the message it provides to contemporary America.  Michelle Erenburg, founder of Lift Louisiana, on the status of abortion rights in Louisiana.  Fred Parks, GOP State Senator from Parks, on drug pricing legislation and another special session.  Garland Goodwin Wilson, artistic director for Of Moving Colors, previews “The Sofa...