Jim Engster
HostEvery weekday Jim engages listeners with compelling discussions ranging from presidential and gubernatorial campaigns to LSU football and the aftermath of disasters like Hurricane Isaac.
Jim serves as president of the Louisiana Radio Network and Tiger Rag Magazine. He's hosted the statewide offering Louisiana Live from 1998-2003 and The Jim Engster Show on the Louisiana Radio Network, previously on WRKF.
In a career spanning more than three decades, Jim has interviewed nine Louisiana governors and has reported on every gubernatorial election since 1975. He has also shared the microphone with leaders of other states including Bill Clinton of Arkansas, Jerry Brown of California and Jesse Ventura of Minnesota.
Writers Ernest Gaines, Rex Reed and Immacule’e Ilabagiza and two actresses who spent much of their youth in the Baton Rouge area---Debbie Allen and Lynn Whitfield -- are some of Jim’s favorite interviewees.
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Libertarian lawyer Mike Wolf and Conservative Political Science Professor Jeff Sadow discuss the opening days of the Biden Administration. Dr. Arnold…
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Louisiana Chemical Association CEO Greg Bowser discusses the industry under the Biden Administration. Lloyd Wills, the first Black athlete at LSU, on his…
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Former NPR host Diane Rehm on her advocacy for right to die. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell on the historic failure of the Texas power grid.
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LSU Comms Professor Judith Sylvester on making LSU a smoke-free campus in more than just name only. Former BR Councilwoman Donna Collins-Lewis on the…
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Columnist Clarence Page discusses Rush Limbaugh’s death and The Advocate’s Mark Ballard details the ongoing power woes related to this historic winter…
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Former LA Farm Bureau President Ronnie Anderson on his career and battle with COVID. Blue Cross Chief Economist Mike Bertaut discusses pandemic healthcare.
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Maika and Maritza Moulite detail their new book about racial injustice One of the Good Ones. Ernie Gremillion gives his take on what happened the day Huey…
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Investigative reporter Dan Moldea discusses the second Trump impeachment trial. Former State Climatologist Jay Grymes on the historic ice storm battering…
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LSU Board of Supervisors current member Collis Temple and former member Rolfe McCollister discuss the future of Rouses’ business with LSU. Mary Stein with…
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Professor Marvin Broome, first gentleman of Baton Rouge, drops by to share the story of how he ended up marrying Mayor-President Sharon Weston-Broome. The…