Jeremy has enjoyed a long career behind the microphone with stops in Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and Indiana before coming to the Acadiana area. In addition to programming KPEL, Jeremy enjoys talking to you on your drive home every weekday from 5-6pm.In what spare time he has, Jeremy likes to follow sports, play golf, is an avid reader and enjoys time with his family.
Jeremy Lawrence
How Google Places Works For You – Brand Buzz
You may not know it, but you already know what Google Places is. In fact, you have likely already used it. Still, if you are in business, you need to know about this handy tool to be able to help get more customers.
Jaci Russo stopped by the Afternoon Drive Home
and talked about this great tool to help your business...
Should Louisiana Limit The Price of Milk?
A recent story out of Perkins Rowe has a Fresh Market there selling milk at a sale price. According to a piece put together by The Advocate, State Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain came down on the grocery chain for selling milk at $2...
Boy Scouts and Gays – What Do You Think?
The story came today that the Boy Scouts may be changing their stance on gays being leaders in the group. Instead of a national ban, what is reportedly being discussed is that each council would make the decision themselves for their particular area...
Courts Smack Down Obama Appointments
The word came down yesterday for the Obama Administration that the courts say they have overstepped their bounds. A federal appeals court overturned some recess appointments that the President made when the Senate was not actually in recess...
How Do You Make Good Gravy – Food Friday
Some people can make great gravy and others are not so gifted. But it doesn't have to be that difficult. Stu Gonsuron, resident food expert on the Afternoon Drive Home, stopped by for a chat and talked us through the process.
Stu told us that one of the best things that you can do is to get your skillet really hot and cook your chicken or whatever meat you are working with really well...
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Video Shows Importance Of Guns To Protect Yourself
It always makes more of an impression when you see something in action. Rather than hearing how guns protect you at home and protects you individually, seeing it removes all doubt.
Glock put together a series of commercials that illustrate the point so much better than anything else out there...
Cochon Lafayette Set To Close – Ruffino’s To Open
The new restaurant will take it's place after Cochon shuts it's doors on February 10th.
Is Lego Being Racist For This Toy?
Lego is being called out for being racist for their depiction of Jabba's Palace from Return of the Jedi, the 6th installment in the Star Wars saga.
The group in question is a group of Austrian Turks, who say that the toy was patterned after Istanbul’s great Hagia Sophia, and another mosque in Beirut...
Jindal Says Republicans Should Look Elsewhere
Governor Bobby Jindal is taking part in a Republican gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is set to speak at a keynote dinner tonight and NBC News is reporting that he will make some interesting comments.
According to an article, Jindal will say,
Today’s conservatism is completely wrapped up in solving the hideous mess that is the federal budget, the burgeoning deficits, the mammoth federal
Women In Combat? Good Or Bad Idea?
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in one of his last moves in that post, has decided that women should be allowed in front line combat situations. This is a reversal of a long time policy of the military not to have women in direct combat...
Subway In Trouble Over Footlongs Being Short – Is This A Big Deal?
Subway is going to be headed to court. This after a recent discovery that sandwiches from the chain are not 1 foot long, but sometimes as much as 1 inch short.
2 men in New Jersey are taking them to court and are looking to make it a class action lawsuit, which means that many people may benefit as a result of the suit...
Abortion Brings Strong Opinions
The anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision came and went yesterday. 40 years of legal abortion in this nation as a result of the Supreme Court deciding that there was a right to abortions in the Constitution.
I can remember years ago that I was a divided person about the issue...
Is There A Need For An Unbiased Source of Media?
During the course of the inauguration coverage, many in the media made some interesting statements about the President and the inauguration.
Among those were NBC's Brian Williams, who said that Michelle Obama was among the most interesting First Ladies that there has ever been...
Would You Agree That Cats Should Not Be Pets?
The story comes out of New Zealand, where an environmental advocate says that cats are bad for the local bird population. The advocate said that people should make the commitment that the cat they have now will be their last.
In a statement on the website of Gareth Morgan, he says that he is not suggesting that people euthanize their cats, though the site goes on to add "that is an option...
The Call To Sacrifice Freedoms
As the gun control debate continues, the inevitable call to limit our freedoms has been waiting in the wings. Now we have heard it voiced by a man that performed for the President's inauguration.
James Taylor has been a voice on the radio for years and has entertained many of us...
Former Congressman Jeff Landry Comments On President – Congress
Former Congressman Jeff Landry has only been out of office for a few weeks, so when he joins us, you know he has insights into the inner workings of this administration and the leadership of this Congress. He spent some time with the Afternoon Drive Home today and talked about the President's inaugural address and what he plans to do moving forward...
Inaugural Lunch Is A Gutbuster – Does This Show Hypocrisy?
The story out of Washington today indicates that the lunch that the President enjoyed with Congress was a pretty big one. It comes in at over 3,000 calories. To put that in perspective, the average person needs around 2,000 to 2,400 calories in a day...
Breaking Your Brand – Brand Buzz
Can we learn a valuable lesson from what happened to Lance Armstrong and Manti Te'o and apply it to branding? According to Jaci Russo, you can. She stopped by the Afternoon Drive Home to talk about how easy it is to break your brand and how hard it is to rebuild it...
Afternoon Drive Digest – What We Couldn’t Get To – Week of January 14
Harry Reid, the small, the large and the downright embarrassing.
Obama appears to be helping Biden build a case for 2016...for right now anyway.
Obama Phone Lady is back and gives an interesting interview.
Jerry Lewis is set to star in a movie again...
Fact Checkers Turn Out Not To Be Flush With Facts
If we can't trust those that check the facts in the media, who can we trust? A recent story about what was labelled the biggest lie of the recent campaign for President turned out that the "lie" ended up being true after all.
More and more it seemed that way during the course of the campaign for President...