The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show
Jesse Jackson Jr., who served 17 years in the U.S. Congress, gives you his unflinching analysis with input from trusted contributors, news makers, and everyday people impacted by the headlines.
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August 27, 2025 • 83 mins
David Day, Chairman of 100 Black Men Chicago and Director of the Emmett and Mamie Till-Mobley Institute, joined Jesse Jr to talk about mentoring, back to school, avoiding conflict and parental engagement in the Trump era as a nation-wide organization, as well as the 70th commemoration of Emmett Till's murder. In the second hour, "On the Grind" host Barbara Arnwine lays out a "20 years later update" on the anniversary of Hurricane K...
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August 27, 2025 • 83 mins
Our favorite Millennial, and host of "What's Love Got to Do With It - Community, Common Unity," on The Jesse Jackson Jr Show, Ernest Crim III, states that every veteran should come out to meet the National Guard should they come to Chicago. In the 2nd hour, "The Faith Not to Fall" host Rev.Teresa Hord Owens, added a measure of faith for the polls in the next election...fully dressed clergy known as poll chaplains. It’s about time w...
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August 20, 2025 • 73 mins
Tenacious Tuesday on The JJJr Show was the most hair-curling or hot-comb straightening appointment you could make so you have your head scratched, washing away any misconceptions about the activity and agenda of the march from LA’s seige to Texas redistricting to DC’s occupation - rinsed in the clear water poured out by 1st hour guest, and KBLA White House Correspondent, Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey and styled by 2nd hour weekly gue...
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August 19, 2025 • 99 mins
What are millennials thinking? How does the issue of Faith matter in this generation and is “church” coming back?
The faith community can play a key role as we move forward and build strength for the coming pressure…this is the subject of today’s Moving Mountain Mondays on the Jesse Jackson Jr show featuring our favorite millennial, and now 1st hour, Monday host, Ernest Crim, III host of “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and our we...
The faith community can play a key role as we move forward and build strength for the coming pressure…this is the subject of today’s Moving Mountain Mondays on the Jesse Jackson Jr show featuring our favorite millennial, and now 1st hour, Monday host, Ernest Crim, III host of “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and our we...
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August 17, 2025 • 82 mins
Jesse’s Thought-provoking Thursdays guest on the “Let’s Talk About It” monthly series John Lesiotis offered the thought of the week when he said of redistricting; “Politicians are picking who they want to represent, versus ‘the people’ choosing who they want to represent them.” In the second hour, The World House” weekly guest host Dr. Johnny Mack and “Jesse Jack” waded in the deep water - dipping into the different aspects of viol...
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August 13, 2025 • 81 mins
“Wealthy Wednesdays” featured regular contributor, Atiba and Rev. Dr. S Todd Yeary, Esq., guest host of “THE POLITICS OF OUR FAITH” on the Jesse Jackson Jr show. In the first hour, Council Member, Janeese Lewis George articulated every legal problem and insult to the local government that comes with the order of the President to takeover the DC police. In the second hour Council Member Robert White specified the community burden th...
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August 12, 2025 • 81 mins
In a special edition of “Tenacious Tuesdays” on the Jesse Jackson Jr Show, Dr. PL de Silva makes his way back in an emergency “Special Edition” to talk about the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard to Washington DC, basically taking over the police department in the jurisdiction. Jesse Jr. and PL unearthed so many nuggets that the “refining fire” of Jackson’s Tuesday weekly series “On the Grind” with the tenacio...
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August 12, 2025 • 81 mins
There was some true mountain climbing on moving mountain Mondays on the Jesse Jackson, Jr. Show, with our fave millennial, and now First, our weekly guest host, teacher, and historian, Ernest Crim III, followed by weekly host of “The Faith Not To Fall,” Rev. Teresa Hord Owens. Ernest made clear what millennials are thinking about the current state of our government, and those who represent us, based on their historical observation ...
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August 5, 2025 • 82 mins
Moving Mountain Mondays on The Jesse Jackson Jr Show with guest - the incomparable author, leading-edge liberation theologian and teacher, Dr. Obery Hendricks - exploded into a full blown “message on fire” as Jackson and JJJ Show weekly Monday special guest of “The Faith Not to Fall,” Rev. Teresa Hord Owens cooked with gas…blazing a trail down the road of what “one anotherness” truly means and looks like when the people engage in t...
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August 5, 2025 • 78 mins
The names we must say include Jelani Day. Missing, unresolved….no justice, no peace. What we thought the day’s discussion would be changed after Carmen Bolden Day spoke in the first hour. Fat Meat Friday’s Reflectivity with Gina A Towns on The Jesse Jackson Jr Show. KBLA TALK 1580
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July 30, 2025 • 80 mins
This Wealthy Wednesday featured healthcare comms expert, John Digles, and Todd Yeary Esq. on the already closing medicaid-dependent medical facilities across economically depressed areas across the country. Attorney Yeary and Jesse discuss life-altering criminal cases that start with probable cause.
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July 26, 2025 • 83 mins
Fat Meat Friday on the Jesse Jackson Jr show featured actor , preacher, and professor, TED WILLIAMS PHD, in a search for ourselves in the mirror as we pursue community amongst generations fighting for our future. Tedd stayed for a while when Gina A. Towns joined Jesse on “Reflectivity.” In a stroll through the week of contributors and discussions, there were moments to remember and dig into much deeper, culminating in the reflectio...
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July 25, 2025 • 80 mins
THOUGHT- PROVOKING THURSDAYS ON THE JESSE JACKSON, JR. SHOW came face-to-face with grief as we lose a generation of 80 and 90 year olds who walked the walk that paved the way for our progress. Guest Angee Coman Scott, Founder and host of THE REAL LEVEL UP SHOW, Engineering Coordinator of THE JESSE JACKSON, JR. SHOW, and indie record label exec opened up about losing her mother two days ago, the impact of a generation who set the st...
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July 24, 2025 • 82 mins
Wealthy Wednesdays on The Jesse Jackson Jr Show features Conversations with Atiba on 2nd & 4th Wednesday, and host of the weekly series, “The Politics of Our Faith,” Rev. Dr. Todd Yeary, Esq., in a 1st hour powerhouse discussion on our responsibility to make demands of the government by voting in, and out, leaders, especially the President, but across the gambit, when the interests of the people are ignored or neglected. The na...
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July 22, 2025 • 78 mins
As Kerry Gordy’s hot Netflix flick premiers today, he rejoins Jesse Jr and Gina A. Towns in recapping the new release, “Sunday Best” for its historical capture of Ed Sullivan’s impact as a civil rights pioneer, responsible for bringing Black talent to the television stage when segregation was still the order of the day. Joined by Moving Mountain Mondays crew Ernest Crim III, and host of the 2nd hour show, The Faith Not to Fall,” Re...
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July 18, 2025 • 81 mins
First up, veteran government affairs guru, private sector maven, and bi-monthly, special guest host of “Worldwide with Kgosie Matthews” is joined by international affairs expert, and professor who specializes in back-room diplomacy, mediation, and negotiation, Dr. PL De Silva. The trio, meticulously formed with anchor, Jesse Jr, went right to the heart of America’s “world” positioning when policy, especially efforts historically fo...
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July 16, 2025 • 72 mins
In the first hour, Jesse Jr was solo in his history lesson on African-American representation in Congress and in the Senate. With the threat of the Supreme Court’s Lack of protection for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and Trump support of a Texas redistricting effort, Jesse painted a very clear picture that is the history of our country and reconstruction and deconstruction. There is an existential threat for African Americans elec...
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July 15, 2025 • 38 mins
with Rev. Teresa Hord Owens, husband and Minister of Music, Walter Owens stands in for his wife, literally, "Staying at the Table" as reviews her book and engages it with the call to the ministry of music in all faiths to come out of the choir stand to lead the ministry of justice. Owens engage the conversation around a second book, "The Dangerous Act of Worship," questioning what would happen if the robed-choir were to greet ICE a...
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July 15, 2025 • 39 mins
Activist, Author, Historian and Former Teacher, Ernest Crim III is back to continue the conversation - the overdue meeting of the generational mindsets - in a now is the time moment. Completely honest and real, the conversation continues to clear up misconceptions and clarifies reasoning for actions we see or think we should on both ends of the generational spectrum toward community- our common unity.
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July 14, 2025 • 38 mins
“Fat Meat Fridays on The Jesse Jackson Jr Show”
Closing the week out on Fat Meat Fridays is Show producer and director, Gina A. Towns with “Reflectivity”…time for Jesse Jr to dig a little deeper into the discussions throughout the week. To take the discussion one step further, the guest host of “The Politics of Our Faith” on Wednesdays, Rev. Dr. Todd Yeary Esq., got the producer invite to return to “chew” on the power of words, and ...
Closing the week out on Fat Meat Fridays is Show producer and director, Gina A. Towns with “Reflectivity”…time for Jesse Jr to dig a little deeper into the discussions throughout the week. To take the discussion one step further, the guest host of “The Politics of Our Faith” on Wednesdays, Rev. Dr. Todd Yeary Esq., got the producer invite to return to “chew” on the power of words, and ...
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