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1 week ago | audacy.com | Jeff Palermo |Dave Cohen |Newell Normand |Tommy Tucker

Last week LSU swept 10th ranked Oklahoma and this weekend the Tigers are back on the road to face 9th ranked Auburn. Auburn is 23-10 overall, 6-6 in the SEC, and 15-5 at Plainsman Park. Auburn has won three of its four SEC series. They have defeated Kentucky in Lexingon, beat Vanderbilt and Alabama at home and were swept by Georgia in Athens. Auburn is coming off a thrilling 9-8 victory over Geogia Tech in Atlanta on Tuesday.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Newell Normand |Nathan Rizzuti

"In the 1970s, most of the US population expressed a great deal of trust in mass media...Now only about ⅓ of Americans feel that way," explains Marc Ehrhardt, president of the New Orleans-based communications enterprise, The Ehrhardt Group. Ehrhardt joined the show to discuss something we all feel, but don't often talk about: We, the American people, are drowning in information.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Newell Normand

On Wednesday, the Orleans Parish School Board issued a press release about the new superintendent, Dr. Fateama Fulmore. The release quotes OPSB president, Katie Baudouin, saying, "I've appreciated her leadership through recent financial challenges, and I am certain of her dedication to ensuring that our graduation rates continue to rise, and the doors of success continue to open for our students through college, well-paying jobs, and beyond."I hope every last word of that statement rings true.

3 weeks ago | audacy.com | Newell Normand |Nathan Rizzuti

Recently, the Census Bureau released a report that got a lot of attention throughout the state. In case you haven't heard, Louisiana's population is shrinking. And New Orleans is the fastest shrinking metro area in the country. Dr. Allison Plyer, Chief Demographer for the Data Center, has studied the demographics and migration patterns in Louisiana for decades, and she joined the show to break down the report and assess the implications of what could happen if we stay on this dangerous course.

3 weeks ago | audacy.com | Newell Normand

"It was a bad night for so-called reform," said Bernie Pinsonat, long-time Louisiana pollster and political consultant. Translation: it was a bad night for Landry. His administration got a thrashing Saturday, with all four proposed constitutional amendments getting rejected by a 65-35 margin. The opposition campaign was strong.