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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
  • Veteran anchorman George Sells discusses news topics including the recent flooding in Texas and other past national disasters. Former LSU President F. King Alexander talks his enthusiastic career in higher education.
  • Biblical scholar Dan McClellan comments on various controversial topics and what the Bible says in reference to them. Wall Street Journal Print Editor Alex Martin talks various topics including media coverage and the CBS lawsuit.
  • Talks various local and national political topics including Trump's "big beautiful bill". Former NPR commentator, poet, and novelist Andrei Codrescu comments on the New York mayoral race and its candidates. Novelist Joanne Leedom-Ackerman talks her latest work, "The Far Side of the Desert".
  • Feature writer in The Washington Post's Style section Manuel Roig-Franzia remembers 50th Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards four years since his death and also talks the latest in politics with Pres. Trump. Film director Susie Singer Carter talks her latest film, "No Country For Old People". Author Joanna Sokol speaks on her latest work, "A Real Emergency".
  • Insurance commissioner Tim Temple comments on the insurance crisis throughout the state. The Advocate's Mark Ballard talks various local and national political topics including Trump's "big beautiful bill". Director at the Louisiana Old State Capitol Mary Durusau speaks on the Fourth of July festivities at the capitol. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/LAOldStateCapitol.
  • Financial advisors Fred Dent and Andy Anderson give an update on the markets under President Trump and also how the passing of the "big beautiful bill" will impact t the markets. Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell comments on several political topics including the LA Meta project and Bill Cassidy and also remembers Pastor Jimmy Swaggart. Musician and author James Linden Hogg joins the show to discuss his latest book, A Day the War Stopped.
  • Assistant Director for the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Mary Stein talks on upcoming events at the library. For more information, visit, https://www.ebrpl.com/events-classes/#/events/. Longtime music teacher at St. Francis Xavier in New Orleans Mark Richards speaks on his firing from the school after details of his same-sex marriage are revealed. Journalist Claudia Rowe talks her latest work, "Wards of the State". Talk Louisiana host Jim Engster speaks on David Duke on his 75th birthday.
  • Columnist and writer Quin Hillyer is joined by Republican Political consultant Scott Wilfong to discuss various political topics including Trump's "big beautiful bill". Actor and director Fisher Stevens is joined by director Matthew Henderson to talk their latest film "A King Like Me".
  • Executive Associate Vice President and Director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Dr. Tara Smith talks the importance of the Extension Service. Lt. Governor of Louisiana Billy Nungesser speaks on tourism throughout the state and also his thoughts on congressional redistricting. Political consultant Mary Patricia Wray is joined by USA Today reporter Greg Hilburn to discuss various local and national political topics including upcoming elections and redistricting. Communications Director at Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Avery Davidson talks the ongoing Farm Bureau Convention.
  • Legal Director for the ACLU of Louisiana Nora Ahmed talks various topics including the ten year anniversary of Obgerfell v. Hodges and congressional redistricting. The Advocate's Mark Ballard comments on various local and national topics including the bombing of Iran and Trump's "big beautiful bill".