WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Tommy Tucker takes on the days' breaking headlines, plus weather, sports, traffic and more

Episodes

Illegal dumping, Saints, Tigers, and power slapping: Full Show 7-15-25

July 15, 2025 • 92 mins
* Cracking down on illegal dumping in New Orleans * Brian Kelly, LSU not running from the challenge of winning the SEC * QB questions: When will Shough sign? Will Rattler's workouts w/WRs help? * Power Slap is coming to New Orleans! Here's what that is and how you can go * Why do many Americans feel discouraged from taking vacation time? * Are Americans fed up with out of control tipping culture?
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Vacation guilt and Power Slap: 9am hour

July 15, 2025 • 33 mins
* Do you feel guilty about taking time off work? Do you use all your days off? Nearly half of Americans don’t take all the vacation days, and many of us feel “vacation guilt.” * Power Slap is coming to New Orleans. What the heck is that? We’ll talk with president Frank Lamicella about the event.
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Power Slap is coming to New Orleans! Here's what that is and how you can go

July 15, 2025 • 10 mins
Power Slap is coming to New Orleans this week. What the heck is that? We talk with president Frank Lamicella about the event.
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Do you feel guilty taking time off work?

July 15, 2025 • 23 mins
Do you feel guilty about taking time off work? Do you use all your days off? Nearly half of Americans don’t take all the vacation days, and many of us feel “vacation guilt.” Dr. Karen Tan, Assistant Professor at the Department of Health & Human Performance at Middle Tennessee State University, joins us.
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Talking LSU and the Saints: 8am hour

July 15, 2025 • 18 mins
* Recapping LSU's day at SEC Media Days, plus the MLB draft * Saints training camp starts next week! We preview the big questions and what to expect
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Saints QB questions: When will Shough sign? Will Rattler's workouts with wide receivers help?

July 15, 2025 • 7 mins
Tommy and WWL Saints sideline reporter Jeff Nowak look ahead to Saints training camp and talk about the QB battle.
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Brian Kelly, LSU not running from the challenge of winning the SEC

July 15, 2025 • 11 mins
We recap what Brian Kelly and LSU players said at SEC Media Days and go over how the Tigers baseball roster is looking with the draft complete with WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo.
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Illegal dumping and weakening ethics: 7am hour

July 15, 2025 • 20 mins
* We check in with Councilmember Eugene Green about cracking down on illegal dumping, making sure the city pays the settlements it owes, and more * We take another look at how the ethics board and ethics investigations are changing in Louisiana
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Watchdogs are worried over ethics investigations changes in Louisiana

July 15, 2025 • 8 mins
We take another look at how the ethics board and ethics investigations are changing in Louisiana. Steven Procopio, President of the Public Affairs Research Council (PAR), joins us.
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New Orleans is starting to crack down on illegal dumping

July 15, 2025 • 11 mins
Illegal dumping has been a problem in New Orleans, and Councilmember Eugene Green has helped spearhead an effort to crack down on it.
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Tipping culture and a Middle East update: 6am hour

July 15, 2025 • 20 mins
* "Out of control." "Pay employees better." Those are just two of the responses in a recent survey about tipping culture * An update on the situation in the Middle East between Iran, Israel, and the US
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Where do things stand between the US and Iran almost a month after the strikes?

July 15, 2025 • 11 mins
We get an update on the situation in the Middle East between Iran, Israel, and the US. Bruce Jentleson, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University, who previously worked in the State Department and on the Middle East peace process, joins us.
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Are Americans fed up with out of control tipping culture?

July 15, 2025 • 11 mins
"Out of control." "Pay employees better." Those are just two of the responses in a recent survey about tipping culture. We break down the report with Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman. Have you changed how and when you tip?
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Coke vs. soda vs. pop: what do you call a generic soft drink?

July 14, 2025 • 32 mins
Why do we talk the way we do? How do dialects form? Why do people in different parts of the country call a soft drink different things? Valerie Fridland, Professor of linguistics and author of Like Literally Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English, joins us.
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New Orleans's next mayor and the Pelicans Summer League performance: 8am hour

July 14, 2025 • 19 mins
* Qualifying for New Orleans elections is over. We break down the races * We also break down how the Pelicans have been looking in the Summer League
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How have the Pelicans looked in the Summer League?

July 14, 2025 • 7 mins
We break down how the Pelicans have been looking in the Summer League with Oleh Kosel, a credentialed NBA writer covering the Pelicans
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Qualifying is over. Let's break down the race to be the next mayor of New Orleans

July 14, 2025 • 12 mins
Qualifying for New Orleans elections is over. We break down the state of the mayoral race with WWL Louisiana political analyst Clancy Dubos.
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We need to take care of our historic buildings, especially in the French Quarter

July 14, 2025 • 9 mins
We talk with Glade Bilby with the French Quarter Management District about a building that partially collapsed on Thursday and the importance of investing in our historic architecture.
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Joe Giarrusso on paying what the city owes and parking enforcement

July 14, 2025 • 11 mins
The City Council approved a plan to pay for the $90 million in settlements the city owes. We'll get the details from Councilmember Joe Giarrusso. We also discuss parking enforcement in New Orleans.
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Trump's base and LSU updates: 6am hour

July 14, 2025 • 20 mins
* Will President Trump lose support among his base over the Epstein files? * LSU and the MLB draft + the start of SEC Media Days
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