The Louisiana Business & Industry Show

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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. 

  1. Aug 4

    Your Business Will Expose You

    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, blew out both knees back-to-back, and had to figure out who he was without the sport that defined him. That summer, he woke up at 3am every morning, worked three jobs hospital dietary, a parish job, and a dollar theater and saved $7,000 to launch his first business. Thirty years later, he runs Orange Strategy, a branding, strategic communications, and human capital development firm serving Fortune 500 companies and Louisiana entrepreneurs alike. He's also the architect behind the Dow Leadership Academy and Nucor Steel's New Level Academy programs, turning Louisiana's young people into engineers, operators, and executives who choose to stay home. In this episode, Terry breaks down: — Why most people start a business for the wrong reason (and why it destroys them)  — How entrepreneurship is really just a synonym for leadership — Why your personal flaws will always show up in your business, no exceptions — How he built Orange Strategy from scratch over 30 years of wins and failures — What Louisiana businesses are getting wrong about the next generation of workers — The personal branding strategy he's been running since 2015 that keeps generating Fortune 500 clients 🔔 Subscribe to the Louisiana Business and Industry Show: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@LouisianaBusinessandIndustrySh⁩

    Your Business Will Expose You

  2. Jul 27

    He Took the Job Nobody Wanted. Now He's Defending Central Louisiana.

    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 "Elevate Central," a five-year strategic plan built around four pillars: rebuilding the organization, sharpening economic development strategy, deepening strategic partnerships, and critically telling central Louisiana's story the way it deserves to be told.  But the context matters. Central Louisiana is also ground zero for some of Louisiana's most aggressive anti-industry opposition. Masingill has a clear philosophy on that: show up anywhere, answer every question, respond to legitimate concerns, but don't be intimidated by groups whose mission is to seed dissent, not seek truth. And when it comes to data centers specifically, he makes the case this isn't just about jobs. It's about national security, American AI leadership, and foreign actors, including China, that are specifically funding opposition to slow Louisiana down.  He's also talking workforce: central Louisiana ranks near the bottom of the state in labor force participation but third among all eight regions in actual job growth. The opportunity gap is real. This is Episode 16 of the Louisiana Business & Industry Show. TOPICS COVERED: 00:00 — Introduction  - 22 years in economic development: from Capitol Hill staffer to Entergy Arkansas to Louisiana Central - Why CLECO is his #1 economic development partner in Central - Economic development boiled down: "Creating jobs and opportunities so families can have better futures"  - Governor Landry's $150B announcement and Louisiana's economic renaissance - Louisiana Central: one of 8 state-designated regional EDOs, 10 parishes, Sabine River to Mississippi River - The $18B economy: agriculture, manufacturing, military ($4.4B), healthcare ($1.6B) - Elevate Central: the 5-year strategic plan, 4 pillars of opportunity - Labor paradox: lowest participation rate in the state but 3rd in job growth - Business Acceleration System: 20-year program, 5-year commitment, Rapides Foundation - "You're going where?" why he left the North Shore for central Louisiana - The Defender: fighting NIMBYism and anti-industry organizations in his own backyard - Data centers and national security: China's involvement, generals' briefings, Louisiana's standards - Modern data centers: low water consumption, loop systems, Louisiana doing it right Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LouisianaBusinessandIndustrySh Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify; search "Louisiana Business and Industry Show" Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/110208824/

  3. Jun 29

    Why Meta and Amazon Are Betting Billions on Louisiana

    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 into the Energy Institute  — Why almost every job in Louisiana — even the ones that look nothing like "energy"  — depends on this industry — The real reason Meta, Amazon, and other tech giants are choosing Louisiana for data centers  — Why energy companies don't think "clean vs. dirty"  — they think "molecules vs. electrons" — How Iran and the Russian invasion of Ukraine moved oil prices over $140 a barrel  — and why the economy bounced back faster than anyone expected  — The energy myth 70-80% of people get wrong (and what it means for Louisiana's future) Subscribe to the Louisiana Business and Industry Show: [https://www.youtube.com/@LouisianaBusinessandIndustrySh/videos

  4. Jun 9

    How Out-of-State Money Ends Up on Your Neighbor's Yard Sign

    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 Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson sit down with her to trace how out-of-state money ends up funding local activists, why the gas station on your corner depends on the plant down the road, and the roughly $935,000 one parish spent just defending its right to bring in new investment. ▶ SUBSCRIBE to the Louisiana Business and Industry Show for new conversations with the people shaping Louisiana's economy: https://www.youtube.com/@LouisianaBusinessandIndustrySh

  5. Jun 1

    Outsiders keep flying in to kill Louisiana's $100K jobs

    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 how a St. John student can walk out of high school, do one year at River Parishes Community College, and earn $100,000 a year and why she says paid special interests fight to kill the very projects that make those jobs possible. Her line: responsible growth and responsible industry aren't a choice between two things. They're the same thing. ► Subscribe for a new Louisiana business leader every week: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@LouisianaBusinessandIndustrySh⁩

  6. May 25

    They've Been Lying About Cancer Alley for 40 Years. Here's the Proof.

    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 Rankings.  In this episode: → Why does the data not support the Cancer Alley narrative → What louisianahealthfacts.com actually shows → Carbon capture, what it is, what it looks like, and why Louisiana is falling behind Texas → Why David Cresson left 18 years at CCA to lead the Louisiana Chemistry Association → How LCA is building local community relationships across every parish in the state Subscribe so you never miss a Louisiana business conversation that actually matters. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Introduction 1:30 - Who is David Cresson? 5:00 - Leading the Louisiana Chemistry Association 9:00 - The rebrand and new office 13:00 - Carbon capture explained 18:00 - Local community engagement strategy 22:00 - Cancer Alley — what the data actually says 27:00 - louisianahealthfacts.com breakdown

  7. May 19

    300,000 Louisiana Families Depend on This Industry. This Man Defends It Every Day.

    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, Tommy breaks down why Louisiana's energy industry doesn't just matter to Louisiana; it matters to the entire country and the world. In this episode:Why 300,000 Louisiana jobs depend on the oil and gas industry survivingHow Louisiana LNG exports kept Europe from collapsing during the Russia-Ukraine warWhat CCUS really means for rural Louisiana communitiesThe outside groups are trying to shut down the Louisiana industry, and they've never even been hereWhat's happening right now at the Louisiana legislature that every business owner needs to knowListen every week on the Louisiana Business and Industry Show hosted by Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson.

  8. May 11

    Louisiana's Most Influential Voice You've Never Heard Of.

    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 it. In this episode, Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson sit down with Barry to talk about: The creation of the Louisiana Talent Accelerator and why it mattersLouisiana's K-12 miracle, 4th-grade reading gains are getting national attention The high-dosage tutoring program that other states are now copyingWhy Louisiana copied Mississippi on workforce, and why that was the right callThe data initiative that could change how Louisiana measures its own progressWhat it really takes to move policy in a state that's resistant to change

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