WRKF's Sue Lincoln, from Capitol Access, joins us to review the first week of this year's regular legislative session.

Also on today's program: Author DeePak Singh on his immigrant's journey from MBA to minimum wage to public radio, here.

DeePak Singh, author of "How May I Help You? An Immigrant's Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage," speaks with us one writing his memoir, as an immigrant from India, about the perils of immigration to the U.S. for people of all lands and cultures.

Also on today's program: WRKF's Sue Lincoln reviews the legislative week, here.

Jeff Guinn, author of "The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple," talks about the legacy of Jim Jones 38 years after the massacre at Jonestown.

Also on today's program: WRKF's Sue Lincoln reviews the legislative week, here.

Dr. Richard Friedman, a psychiatrist from the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, responds to a proposal from a California Congressman to have a psychiatrist on staff at the White  House.

Also on today's program: Richard Marsbury and Malcolm Suber on Confederate monument removal in New Orleans, here.

Retired Tulane University dean Richard Marsbury opposes removal of four Confederate era monuments in New Orleans.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu is ready to have the statues removed and has the support of the City Council as well as from Malcolm Suber of the group Take Em Down Nola. Suber also joins us. He is recommending the removal of the statue of Andrew Jackson in the French Quarter, as well.

Also on today's program: Dr. Richard Friedman on his reaction to a proposal to have a White House psychiatrist, here.

Patrick Mulhearn, Executive Director of Celtic Studios, talks with us about the state of the film industry in Louisiana amid a host of budget cuts.

Also on today's program: Director Paul Catalanotto on his film, "When the Rivers Rise," here.

Director Paul Catalanotto of Hammond is a graduate of the University of New Orleans. He discusses his film, "When the Rivers Rise." The film takes a look at 2016's historic flooding in our state. Catalanotto's film will show next week at the Louisiana International Film Festival in Baton Rouge.

Also on today's program: Patrick Mulhearn on Louisiana's film industry, here.

Former State Senator Elbert Guillory (R-Opelousas) and Faye Williams (D-Alexandria), President of National Congress of Black Women, discuss efforts by the Louisiana GOP to attract more Republicans. There are 22,000 black Republicans out of three million registered total voters in the state.

Also on today's program: Patrick Mulhearn on Louisiana's film industry, here.

Dr. Paul Offitt, author of “Pandora’s Lab,” argues that science is a process of learning from one’s failures. He notes seven historical examples of significant missteps by science.

Also on today's program: Elbert Guillory and Faye Williams on the GOP's need to attract the black vote, here.

Dr. Rebekah Gee, Louisiana's Secretary of Health, talks with us about the uncertain future of the Affordable Care Act, the state’s reliance on the federal Medicaid provision, the dangers of additional budget cuts to the state's largest agency.

Also on today's program, IEM's Madhu Beriwal on disaster management and equal pay, here.