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Our Five Most Recent Guests

Glenn Delk
December 22, 2007
School vouchers gained attention in 1993 when attorney Glenn Delk, president of Georgia Parents for Better Education, publicized a 1961 law that provided education grants to help families avoid desegregated public schools and attend a public or private school of choice. Section 20-2-640-650 of the Georgia Code specifies that

Every child between the ages of six and 19 years residing in this state...who is otherwise eligible and qualified to attend the elementary and secondary public schools of the local school system wherein such child resides shall, in lieu of attending the public schools of such local school system be eligible to receive an education grant to be expended for the purpose of paying or otherwise defraying the cost of tuition at a nonsectarian private school....

Delk declared that the law “may have been passed for the wrong reasons, but we hope to use it for the right reasons. I think all parents should have a choice about whether they send their children to public or private schools. The people who can benefit the most are those who don’t have a choice--low income black parents.” State officials deemed the law “unusable,” but strong public interest encouraged then-Lieutenant Governor Pierre Howard, a Democrat, to call for special public hearings. In 1997, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that there was no funding mechanism available to provide the vouchers under the old law. (Reference: The Heritage Foundation) Other websites mentioned during the Glenn Delk interview: allchildrenmatter.org allianceforschoolchoice.org csfga.org

Glen "Happy" Mayer
December 9, 2007

Ben Scales
December 1, 2007
Before moving to North Carolina last year, Ben Scales lived 10 years on the tropical island of Saipan, in the western Pacific Ocean, 10,000 miles from the Southeastern U.S., where he grew up. Over years of steady gigging throughout Micronesia and Hawaii, Ben’s Americana roots rock style was influenced by the poly-ethnic rhythms of the island’s diverse music scene.

From 1993-2003, Ben lived on the island of Saipan, and if you've any connection to the island, then you might just have heard of him. Maybe you met him on the beach. Or at the grocery store, the softball game, your uncle's birthday party, your sister's wedding, your office Christmas party. You heard him singing in the bars, and a couple of times, at church. You've seen him play at a festival, and sit in with the band at the club. You've seen him on TV and his picture in the paper. Frankly, if you live on Saipan, you're probably tired of Ben Scales.

Living on Saipan, a long (long) way from the big music centers, Ben eagerly embraced the MP3 technology. Through his MP3.com site, which, due to corporate greed, is now offline, he was able to measure his music's appeal outside of the two or three bars where he used to play on Saipan, and it was encouraging. One of his songs, "She Loves Me," was in the top 10 of the MP3.com Acoustic charts five different times over a period of three years. Another song, "After You Let Go" went straight to Number 1 on that same chart as soon as Ben released it in February 2002.

But Ben's biggest hit by far has been "Growing Marijuana In My Yard." Released in December 2002, it reached the top of the Bluegrass chart on February 10, 2003, and stayed there at Number 1 for 10 months, until MP3.com was shut down in December 2003. During that time it also reached Number 5 on the Country charts, surrounded by acts such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, George Strait, Mark Chesnutt, and Shania Twain (Mark's grand-niece?).

Mona Brewer
November 30, 2007

Deborah Norville
November 18, 2007
Deborah Norville is an American television broadcaster and journalist. Since 1995, she has been host of the syndicated American television program Inside Edition. She hosted Today on NBC, substitute anchored both the NBC Nightly News, and the weekend CBS Evening News, and was a host and correspondent for two CBS News magazine programs. She recently published a book called Thank You Power, a book aimed at helping people realize gratitude is the key to a full, happy life.

All of the Allen Hunt Show Guests

December 22, 2007 -

Glenn Delk

December 9, 2007 -

Glen "Happy" Mayer

December 1, 2007 -

Ben Scales

November 30, 2007 -

Mona Brewer

November 18, 2007 -

Deborah Norville

November 17, 2007 -

Steve Yothment

October 28, 2007 -

Erin Swenson

October 21, 2007 -

David Levy

October 14, 2007 -

Connie Schultz

October 14, 2007 -

Gabe Lyons

September 15, 2007 -

John Baker

June 23, 2007 -

Mike South

February 4, 2007 -

Aimee Maxwell

January 21, 2007 -

Annie Lobert

January 21, 2007 -

Victoria Teague

January 21, 2007 -

Mike South

January 14, 2007 -

Sameh Abdelaziz

December 17, 2006 -

"Bill"

December 10, 2006 -

Danny Wuerffel

December 3, 2006 -

Steven Boguslawski, O.P.

November 26, 2006 -

Bonnie

October 15, 2006 -

Dr. Alveda King

October 1, 2006 -

Ellie Davidian

October 1, 2006 -

David Smith

August 27, 2006 -

Mike South

August 27, 2006 -

Heather Veitch

July 23, 2006 -

Bud Welch

July 9, 2006 -

Joseph Rosen

May 7, 2006 -

Shaunti Feldhahn

April 16, 2006 -

Shirley Felps Roper

March 26, 2006 -

Matthew Shephard

October 2, 2005 -

Danny Wuerffel

September 18, 2005 -

Ralph Reed

August 14, 2005 -

Shaunti Feldhahn

August 7, 2005 -

Tom Paciorek

"Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desire, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."