Hour 2: Can President Trump find a way to spin a win out of the Iran/US conflict?

Full Show 6/8/2026: President Trump has to find a win for America out of this US/Iran conflict

On today's show, Newell has on Mike Giorlando, the new athletic director at UNO, to talk about overseeing the transition to the LSU system and leading the Privateers into a new future, Amber Northern, Senior Vice President for Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, to discuss a new report showing teacher union membership has declined across the country, Aaron David Miller, a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to break down the latest developments involving Iran, John Scott, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA New Orleans Field Division, went over the drug threats our area faces and the strategies being used to keep our communities safe, and Guy Williams, Chairman & CEO, Gulf Coast Bank & Trust, to discuss the shocking jobs report, SpaceX’s big IPO, California’s minimum wage hike starting to hurt, and shippers facing shortages with trucking rates higher.

Hour 3: California is feeling the pain of their minimum wage hike

This hour, Newell is joined by Guy Williams, Chairman & CEO, Gulf Coast Bank & Trust, to discuss the shocking jobs report, SpaceX’s big IPO, California’s minimum wage hike starting to hurt, and shippers facing shortages with trucking rates higher.

Hour 2: Can President Trump find a way to spin a win out of the Iran/US conflict?

This hour, Newell has on Aaron David Miller, a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to break down the latest developments involving Iran. Then, John Scott, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA New Orleans Field Division, joins the show to go over the drug threats our area faces and the strategies being used to keep our communities safe.

The New Orleans DEA has a new special agent in charge of their Field Division; John P. Scott

The New Orleans DEA has a new special agent in charge, John Scott. He joins Newell to go over the drug threats our area faces and the strategies being used to keep our communities safe.

The Middle East is where Western philosophy of peace goes to die

The US House narrowly voted to limit military action in Iran. Will that have any impact? Where do things stand with the Strait of Hormuz? What about fighting in the wider region? Aaron David Miller, a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Newell to break down the latest developments involving Iran.