Full Show 8/21/2026: Police Reform, Police Surveillance, and Personal Privacy

On today's show, Newell analyzes the call for police reform as crime is trending down and how the downward trend in crime is partially due to more pervasive technology. Then, Newell has on Beth Branch, President & CEO of the Port of New Orleans, to discuss the Louisiana International Terminal receiving its federal permit, clearing the way for construction of America’s next major deepwater port in St. Bernard Parish, Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, to talk about a rogue deputy usiling license plate reading technology to track an ex-wife, the new city council drone reporting mandates, and how a brave 9-year-old and a court dog named Karissa helped secure a double-murder conviction after five years of delays, Louisiana Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack to talk about his report that reveals major discrepancies in the City of New Orleans’ sanitation and recycling service lists, potentially costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in overpayments, Ahmad Sharawi, Senior Research Analyst for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, to break down Iran’s evolving strategy in the Levant and the Gulf, what it means for U.S. security interests, and why regional neutrality may no longer be an option, and Mike Hoss, Voice of the New Orleans Saints, to preview the New Orleans Saints heading out West to face the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium for Week 2 of the NFL preseason.