The Freeman Report

This is the second part of The Greatest Rock and Roll bands of all time.  Again I hope you enjoy and please send me your list if you have time to:  thefreemanreport2@gmail.com or jkfreeman11@cox.net. Enjoy

One tried fifteen times to escape Cuba with his wife and young son before they finally made it out on number 16.  The other was trying to figure out where he was headed in life when a mentor came to his rescue and gave him direction. Both are now successful businessmen.

Faith is about to graduate from the Welding Program at the ABC Pelican Chapter in Baton Rouge.  She is also about to graduate high school.  Know what a Hog Dog is?  Find out in this episode of The Freeman Report as we also interview Kelly Carpenter, Director of Education at the ABC Pelican Chapter.

This episode is titled Fate and I believe we all have had circumstances in our lives that may have seen benign at time but may look extraordinary.  Where would we have ended up if this or that did not happen.  This is part of my journey and what I believe was Fate.  I do need to make one correction though - I say in the podcast my Mother passed away in December when in fact she passed away in Nove...

She traveled and lived in several different countries in both Asia and Europe.  Now she lives in Bend, OR where she became a Certified Holistic Nutritionist because of illnesses not only with her children, but herself.  With conventional medicine not seeming to work she started researching about the foods we eat and what she discovered impacted her life and now she is impacting others.  She impart...

Two of her children were suffering from seizures and her youngest son had a life threatening tumor in his abdomen.  She felt conventional medicine was not helping and so she started a new journey in her life towards holistic nutrition.  Hear Krista Zweers' amazing story about how she finally started getting answers to improving and healing her children's health.  Also joining in is Camis...

She once cancelled Free Speech Alley as LSU SGA president, perhaps for the first time ever.  Now she is running for Metro Council in District 11 in East Baton Rouge Parish. I also have as a guest host, my daughter, Jamie Freeman.  Regardless of whether or not you live in East Baton Rouge parish I think you will find her views quite interesting.

Mellanie dropped out of high school in the 10th grade to work in the plants around Houston.  She even became a pipe fitter but once pregnant she moved into the office where she began to learn computer skills. Today as the CEO of Coverflex Manufacturing, she is part of a growing trend in the increasing number of women owned businesses. 

At every turn he faced adversity but he believed in himself and overcame the obstacles and persevered.  The average career of a Major League player is 5.6 years.  David Dellucci lasted 13 years.  Skip Bertman wanted him to walk on at LSU. Even though he led the SEC in hitting his senior year at Ole Miss he was not drafted until the 10th round.  He had a fire within that could not be put out.

A conversation with Donnie and Camisha Hopkins about their daughter Macie and her seizures.  How they found answers in an unlikely place.

A conversation with Dr. Curtis Chastain on why men usually wait until it is too late before they go see a doctor.

 Everyone across the country has an opinion about whether to defund or reform the police and this episode is a conversation about where we are headed or where should we go. Pat Englade, former Baton Rouge Police Chief, and Michael Polito, CEO of MAPP, discuss.