Talk Louisiana
Weekdays at 9am and 9pm
Talk Louisiana connects listeners with Louisiana newsmakers through live interviews. Hosted by award-winning journalist and broadcast veteran Jim Engster, Talk Louisiana brings listener insight into the conversation. In addition to the weekday morning broadcast and evening rebroadcast, hear Talk Louisiana at wrkf.org, on the WRKF App, and on your smart speaker.
To make yourself a part of the conversation
Call during the program's morning broadcast: 877-217-5757
Email any time: talk@talklouisiana.org
Latest Episodes
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Boyd Professor of English Emeritus J. Gerald Kennedy speaks on various topics including Edgar Allen Poe, Donald Trump, and Andrew Jackson. Talk Louisiana host Jim Engster comments on various political topics. Radio host, author, and political commentator Michael Medved gives his thoughts on Donald Trump's return to the White House amid last nights inauguration.
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Founder & CEO at SPIRO Stretch Elena Keegan talks the importance of staying fit and also how to keep fitness New Year's resolutions. For more information, https://spirostretch.com/.19th Judicial District Court Judge Donald Johnson remembers civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. and also comments on the idea of taxing for justice. Boyd Professor of English Emeritus at LSU J. Gerald Kennedy speaks on writer and poet Edgar Allen Poe and Donald Trump.
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Veteran Louisiana politico Jim Brown is joined by attorney and former communications director for the Democratic Party Susan Nelson to discuss Trump's return to the White House. Founder of WRKF Eric Deweese talks the start of WRKF and its success throughout the years and also the California wildfires as a resident of Pasadena, California. Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Longevity Science Carlos Gould comments on the dangers as a result of the Wildfires in the Palisades. Editor at the Louisiana Illuminator Greg Larose is joined by WRKF Capitol Access Reporter Brooke Thorington to speak on various state politics including Gov. Landry's plane and UNO layoffs.
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Republican activist and member of the Republican Central Committee Michael Chittom comments several topics including new East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor Sid Edwards and also the upcoming inauguration of Donald Trump. The Advocate's Mark Ballard talks various local and national political topics including Trump's upcoming inauguration.
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The Advocate's Patrick Sloan-Turner speaks on various local topics including the latest on St. George. Talk Louisiana host Jim Engster remembers legendary Louisiana author Ernest Gaines on what would have been his 92nd birthday. Columnist and writer Quin Hillyer talks various topics including his return to the sphere of local Louisiana journalism, and Donald Trump's upcoming inauguration.
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Louisiana Illuminator reporter Piper Hutchinson comments on the latest with the Ten Commandments, higher education boards, and Title IX. Civil rights activist and politician Gary Chambers gives his thoughts on new East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor Sid Edwards. PAR Research director Melinda Deslatte talks various topics including Governor Jeff Landry's administration and also the upcoming March election.
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Director of the Jewish Film Festival Ara Rubyan gives insight into this years Jewish Film Festival. For more information, visit https://brjff.com. Author and investigative journalist Dan Moldea speaks on various topics including the upcoming presidential inauguration of Donald Trump and also the economic effects of the California wildfires.
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Economist and president and founder of Loren C. Scott & Associates Loren Scott talks the status of the state and national economy amid various events including the fires in California as well as Donald Trump's inauguration. Talk Louisiana host Jim Engster comments on various topics including the results of the Trump trial in New York.
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Former LSU basketball, NBA player, and director of the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Rudy Macklin talks New Year's resolutions and why keeping them can be so difficult. The Advocate's Mark Ballard comments on various topics including Mike Johnson, Trump's upcoming inauguration, as well as the wildfires in California.
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Insurance commissioner Tim Temple comments on the wild fire tragedies throughout the Palisades in Los Angeles and it's effect on their insurance rates and also insurance rates throughout our state. Former Head of LSU alumni association Charlie Roberts recalls the late Jimmy Carter's visit to LSU in 1994 at the dedication of The Lod Cook Alumni Center. Music and Film critic John Wirt remembers the great Elvis Presley on what would have been his 90th birthday.