On the LaPolitics Report Podcast microphone is former Senate Health and Welfare Chairman Fred Mills. He'll keep you laughing in this episode that was recorded in October 2016 as he doles out lessons on marketing, medicine and Marcel Proust. The chairman also spent some time presenting a roadmap for health care policy in Louisiana and talking about his childhood as a mayor's kid. But it's the questions — yanked from the Proust Questionnaire — he fields at the end of the interview that offer a real glimpse into Mills' personality.

Also in this episode:

— A rendition of the legendary “Whiskey Speech,” read by author John Grisham. It's a winding bit oratory that was written in the 1950s by late Mississippi senator and judge Soggy Sweat, who then used it on the campaign trail.

— An entry into the LaPolitics' series "Going Negative." This week it's all about the Seven Golden Rules.