The Louisiana Business & Industry Show
Talk 107.3 turns up the spotlight on Louisiana business! Check out the all-new Louisiana Business and Industry Show with Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson. Every week, they talk with the leaders driving growth, innovation, and economic impact across our state.
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October 6, 2026 • 32 mins
SpaceX's engineers had three places on the map that could reach the orbit they wanted: Alaska, Australia, and Pecan Island, Louisiana. Troy Wayman got the phone call that said they were serious about the third one. He laughed.
Troy Wayman, President and CEO of One Acadiana, sat down with Tim Johnson and Gordy Rush to walk through how a nine-parish regional economic development organization helped bring the SpaceX launch site...
Troy Wayman, President and CEO of One Acadiana, sat down with Tim Johnson and Gordy Rush to walk through how a nine-parish regional economic development organization helped bring the SpaceX launch site...
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September 28, 2026 • 29 mins
The number Louisiana's economic development secretary reports most isn't an investment total. It's $87,000: the average wage of the jobs announced since Gov. Landry took office, against a $56,000 state average that day.
Susan Bourgeois, Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, sat down with Tim Johnson and Gordy Rush to explain why LED measures wage growth, why nothing is announced until the contract is signed, and why t...
Susan Bourgeois, Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, sat down with Tim Johnson and Gordy Rush to explain why LED measures wage growth, why nothing is announced until the contract is signed, and why t...
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September 14, 2026 • 28 mins
Meta didn't pay Richland Parish's teachers a $50,000 bonus. Louisiana did because the state finally has the tax base to do it.
Anna Johnson, Communications & Legislative Affairs for the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy, joins Tim Johnson and Gordy Rush to break down the "whole of government" approach driving Louisiana's current run of industrial investment and to push back, on the record, against the paid-...
Anna Johnson, Communications & Legislative Affairs for the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy, joins Tim Johnson and Gordy Rush to break down the "whole of government" approach driving Louisiana's current run of industrial investment and to push back, on the record, against the paid-...
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September 8, 2026 • 28 mins
Jayson Newell, acting co-CEO of the Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership, breaks down what it actually takes to land a billion-dollar industrial project in Louisiana. Spoiler: you win 15% of the time. The other 85% still shapes the region.
Newell leads economic development for a nine-parish region anchored by East Baton Rouge; one of eight regional EDOs in Louisiana and one of the most industrially active. He came on LBI...
Newell leads economic development for a nine-parish region anchored by East Baton Rouge; one of eight regional EDOs in Louisiana and one of the most industrially active. He came on LBI...
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September 8, 2026 • 25 mins
Louisiana has the oil, the Mississippi River, the ports, and the agriculture. So does the most resource-rich continent on earth. What's the difference? Leadership.
Julio Melara, president and CEO of Malara Enterprises, founder of the Baton Rouge Business Report, 225 Magazine, 1012 Industry Report, Studio E, and the Leadership Academy, has spent four decades building the media infrastructure that connects Louisiana's business...
Julio Melara, president and CEO of Malara Enterprises, founder of the Baton Rouge Business Report, 225 Magazine, 1012 Industry Report, Studio E, and the Leadership Academy, has spent four decades building the media infrastructure that connects Louisiana's business...
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August 28, 2026 • 34 mins
College football is steamrolling toward a breakaway from the NCAA and the business model forcing it has been broken for years. LSU's roster spend went from $5 million to $50 million in two seasons. That trajectory doesn't plateau on its own.
Matt Moscona, host of After Further Review on Guaranty Media and one of the top-ranked college sports podcasters in the country via the Locked On network, joins Tim Johnson and Gordy Rus...
Matt Moscona, host of After Further Review on Guaranty Media and one of the top-ranked college sports podcasters in the country via the Locked On network, joins Tim Johnson and Gordy Rus...
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August 4, 2026 • 29 mins
Your business will expose you. Whatever you're not dealing with as a person the way you manage people, the way you handle money, the way you respond under pressure it will all show up. Terry Simmons learned that over 30 years of building companies in Louisiana, and he's not here to sugarcoat it.
Terry G. Simmons, Jr. grew up in Reserve, Louisiana, a town of 5,000 people. He played football at NLU alongside future NFL players...
Terry G. Simmons, Jr. grew up in Reserve, Louisiana, a town of 5,000 people. He played football at NLU alongside future NFL players...
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July 27, 2026 • 34 mins
Everyone asked Chris Masingill the same question when he took the Louisiana Central job: "You're leaving the North Shore to go where?"
He went. And here's what he found: an $18 billion economy, a military presence worth $4.4 billion, a manufacturing corridor that's been part of Louisiana's business history for over 100 years, and a region that had been underselling itself for years.
Ten months in, he's launched "Eleva...
He went. And here's what he found: an $18 billion economy, a military presence worth $4.4 billion, a manufacturing corridor that's been part of Louisiana's business history for over 100 years, and a region that had been underselling itself for years.
Ten months in, he's launched "Eleva...
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June 29, 2026 • 23 mins
Meta. Amazon. Billions in data center investment. And the #1 factor they all named for picking Louisiana? Access to energy. Dr. Greg Upton runs the brand-new LSU Energy Institute (formerly the LSU Center for Energy Studies)
— and there is no one more locked into Louisiana's energy economy, past, present, and future. In this conversation, Greg breaks down:
— Why LSU rebuilt the Center for Energy Studies i...
— and there is no one more locked into Louisiana's energy economy, past, present, and future. In this conversation, Greg breaks down:
— Why LSU rebuilt the Center for Energy Studies i...
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June 9, 2026 • 20 mins
That anti-industry yard sign down the street didn't start in your parish. According to this week's guest, you can trace the money behind it all the way out of Louisiana.
Desiree Lemoine spent 11 years at the Louisiana Chemical Association before helping launch Industry Makes, an organization built to give Louisiana's manufacturing workers and the small businesses that depend on them a voice at the local level.
Hosts G...
Desiree Lemoine spent 11 years at the Louisiana Chemical Association before helping launch Industry Makes, an organization built to give Louisiana's manufacturing workers and the small businesses that depend on them a voice at the local level.
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June 1, 2026 • 24 mins
Industry pays 70% of St. John the Baptist Parish's budget: the schools, the roads, the police force. So why are people from outside the parish spending real money to shut it down?
Jaclyn Hotard, President of St. John the Baptist Parish, has spent 35+ years around Louisiana industry and has been dragged through both federal and local court for defending it. She isn't backing down.
In this conversation, she breaks down ...
Jaclyn Hotard, President of St. John the Baptist Parish, has spent 35+ years around Louisiana industry and has been dragged through both federal and local court for defending it. She isn't backing down.
In this conversation, she breaks down ...
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May 25, 2026 • 29 mins
Ascension Parish, the most heavily industrialized parish in Louisiana, just ranked #1 healthiest in the entire state. So why has the Cancer Alley narrative dominated Louisiana for 40 years?
David Cresson, President of the Louisiana Chemistry Association, sits down with Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson to set the record straight with data from the CDC, the National Cancer Institute, and the Robert Wood Johnson County Health Ranking...
David Cresson, President of the Louisiana Chemistry Association, sits down with Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson to set the record straight with data from the CDC, the National Cancer Institute, and the Robert Wood Johnson County Health Ranking...
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May 19, 2026 • 27 mins
300,000 Louisiana families go to work every day because of the oil and gas industry. Tommy Faucheux is the man making sure that doesn't change. Tommy is the President of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association (LaMoga), the organization representing every major energy company operating in Louisiana, from Chevron and Shell to Valero, Phillips 66, and the LNG exporters powering Europe's energy supply. In this episode, Tom...
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May 11, 2026 • 21 mins
For more than 30 years, Barry Erwin has been one of the most influential voices in Louisiana policy, and most people have never heard of him.
As Chief Policy Officer for Leaders for a Better Louisiana (the merger of CABLE and the Committee of 100), Barry is at the center of the state's biggest challenges: workforce development, K-12 education, economic growth, and building a Louisiana that keeps its talent instead of losing ...
As Chief Policy Officer for Leaders for a Better Louisiana (the merger of CABLE and the Committee of 100), Barry is at the center of the state's biggest challenges: workforce development, K-12 education, economic growth, and building a Louisiana that keeps its talent instead of losing ...
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May 4, 2026 • 27 mins
In this episode of the Louisiana Business & Industry Show, Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson sit down with Jill Kidder, President and CEO of Visit Baton Rouge, to discuss one of the most underrated economic engines in Louisiana: tourism, a $1.3 billion industry supporting over 42,000 jobs in East Baton Rouge Parish alone.
Jill breaks down how Visit Baton Rouge attracts millions of visitors to the capital city, from major conven...
Jill breaks down how Visit Baton Rouge attracts millions of visitors to the capital city, from major conven...
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April 20, 2026 • 26 mins
In this episode of the Louisiana Business & Industry Show, Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson sit down with Dr. Quentin Taylor, Chancellor of River Parishes Community College, to discuss one of the most important workforce stories in Louisiana right now, a community college at the epicenter of the state's industrial explosion.
Dr. Taylor breaks down how RPCC has doubled enrollment and graduation rates since 2022, what the landma...
Dr. Taylor breaks down how RPCC has doubled enrollment and graduation rates since 2022, what the landma...
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April 13, 2026 • 28 mins
In this episode of the Louisiana Business & Industry Show, Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson sit down with Verge Ausberry, Vice President and Athletic Director at LSU, to discuss one of the most powerful economic drivers in the state of Louisiana: LSU Athletics, a $250 million operation generating billions in regional economic impact.
Verge breaks down the business of running a major college athletic department, from the high-s...
Verge breaks down the business of running a major college athletic department, from the high-s...
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April 8, 2026 • 29 mins
In this episode of the Louisiana Business & Industry Show, Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson sit down with Tanner Johnson, Partner at Van Ness Feldman LLP, to discuss one of the most critical economic debates facing Louisiana today: carbon capture, pipelines, private property rights, and what it all means for the state's future. Tanner breaks down why Louisiana must innovate with carbon capture or risk losing billions in industrial in...
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March 30, 2026 • 24 mins
In this episode of the Louisiana Business & Industry Show, Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson talk with Kate McArthur, President and CEO of the Ascension Economic Development Corporation, about Ascension Parish’s rapid rise as Louisiana’s top destination for major investment. McArthur breaks down the massive Riverplex Mega Park and the nearly $20 billion in transformative projects it has attracted, including Hyundai Steel, ...
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March 23, 2026 • 23 mins
In this episode of the Louisiana Business & Industry Show,
Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson sit down with Patrick Riley,
Director of Governmental Affairs and Assistant General Counsel
for the Louisiana Chemistry Association (LCA), to discuss
the role of Louisiana's chemistry industry in shaping the
state's economic future.
Patrick shares LCA's mission as the unified voice of
Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson sit down with Patrick Riley,
Director of Governmental Affairs and Assistant General Counsel
for the Louisiana Chemistry Association (LCA), to discuss
the role of Louisiana's chemistry industry in shaping the
state's economic future.
Patrick shares LCA's mission as the unified voice of
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