The Recess Bell

Audio from Hour 1 of February 11, 2026's episode of  The Recess Bell: On Air , airing live every Wednesday from 6-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua and his co-hosts Kory and Lay react to Valentine's Day being mere days away, and also give their Super Bowl LX takeaways from the past weekend. Meleny then calls into the show to discuss her range of reactions to Bad Bunny's halftime show; more specifically...

turntables; The Recess Bell's music hub, is quarterbacked by Nessa (no pun intended on Super Bowl Sunday). The music review maven welcomes her guest co-host Debbie to the pod to discuss the wild world of the music industry at an extremely eventful time: days after the 2026 Grammy Awards and HOURS before tonight's Super Bowl LX (60) from Santa Clara, CA – and hours before Bad Bunny's highly-anticip...

Audio from February 4, 2026's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Wednesday from 6-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Following their Celebrating Black Creatives interview, Joshua, Meleny, Kory and Lay embark on a rapid Recess Roundtable, discussing piping hot topics: everyone's highlights from the 2026 Grammys over the weekend, picks for Super Bowl 60 on Sunday between the Seattle Seahawks...

Audio from February 4, 2026's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Wednesday from 6-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. During each February since the platform's inception, The Recess Bell dedicates itself to highlighting Black excellence with the annual 'Celebrating Black Creatives' campaign – website features, social media shoutouts, and... media interviews! TRB: On Air welcomes Cole (ice.co...

Audio from February 4, 2026's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Wednesday from 6-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua welcomes Meleny, Lay and Kory to this week's episode as they ring in Black History Month – but not without some shenanigans, of course. Before unveiling their first of four radio interviews this month as part of TRB's annual 'Celebrating Black Creatives' campaign throu...

Kory and Corn give a preview of the Royal Rumble and Tommaso Ciampa debuts in AEW.

Audio from Hour 2 of January 28, 2026's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Wednesday from 6pm-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua, Meleny, Lay, Erik and Kory hold a roundtable on some of the biggest trending news from the past week: MIN Rep. Ilhan Omar getting attacked at her Town Hall by a MAGA-supporting psychopath with an insane digital footprint, Nicki Minaj self-proclaiming herse...

Audio from Hour 1 of January 28, 2026's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Wednesday from 6pm-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua welcomes Meleny, Lay, ErikSincere and Kory David to this week's episode as they delve deep into ICE's murders of 37-year-old Minnesotans Renee Good and Alex Pretti this month – and give commentary on the extremely controversial reactions from the government...

Kory and Corn talk about the TNA AMC debut, as all the new talent AEW and WWE has recently signed. Additionally, as always: a discussion on everything going in professional wrestling.

Audio from January 21, 2026's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live eveery Wednesday from 6pm-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua welcomes Meleny, Lay and ErikSincere to the program to discuss how bad we should feel when bad things happen to objectively horrible people, inspired by updates about former NFL QB Brett Favre and his battle with Parkinson's. Joshua and Erik pick the NFL Conference...

Audio from January 14th, 2026's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Wednesday from 6pm-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua welcomes in Meleny, Lay, ErikSincere, and Kory to the show; in Hour 1, Joshua, Kory and Erik pick the upcoming weekend's NFL Divisional Round matchups. In Hour 2, the crew welcomes the beloved NikiMarie for her weekly Recess Rundown. In between? Unhinged hilarity,...

Kory and Corn take a look at the recent events of the weekend with the Ace Hiroshi Tanahashi retiring, along with everything happening in WWE and AEW.

Audio from Hour 2 of December 31st, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Wednesday from 6pm-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua, Kory, and Erik open the second hour of TRBOA's NYE special with 'TRB Game Picks', which focuses on a handful of highly important games from the final weekend of the NFL regular season, as well as the Knicks/Spurs NBA Cup rematch from San Antonio. Then t...

Audio from Hour 1 of December 31, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Wednesday from 6pm-8pm om 90.3 WHPC-FM. Happy New Year! Joshua, Lay, Erik, and Kory close the book on 2025 in a way that only TRB can.

As Kory and Corn close out the year, they talk about AEW World's End and give their predictions for Pro Wrrestling in 2026.

Kory & Corn talk Saturday night's main event, along with a huge AEW return and more.

Audio from December 10th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Wednesday from 6pm-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua starts the show by issuing his main takeaway from the intensely popular 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' documentary on Netflix. From there, Joshua brings back the 'Sha Boing Boing of the Week' award with a historic THREE winners this go-around. Joshua and Kory pick th...

Mentality Monday returns with a very important and relevant topic: cognitive dissonance. The theory of cognitive dissonance was coined in 1957 by American social psychologist Leon Festinger, who outlined the internal, silent chaos that can take place when our actions don't match with our beliefs, or when our long-held notions don't line up with facts. Joshua and NikiMarie delve into the many diffe...

Kory and Corn dive into what took place at AEW Full Gear, along with the recent events of Raw, Smackdown, and everything else in the world of pro wrestling.

Audio from December 3rd, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Wednesday from 6pm-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua welcomes in co-hosts Meleny, Lay and Kory as they open the show talking about the sensitive topic of all sensitive topics that comedian Druski and his latest skit inspired: the male hairline. Following, Erik joins the crew to talk about the recent rise of his Dalla...

First things first: Kory makes Corn apologize for missing last week. From there, they touch on AEW's 2025 Blood and Guts, as well as John Cena's FINAL Monday Night Raw... with Corn in attendance!

Audio from November 12th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', live every Wednesday from 6pm-8pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua, Kory, and Lay review some of the NFL's craziest & funniest headlines from the past week -- starring Eagles WR AJ Brown, Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel, and Giants QB Jameis Winston. Then, the news of the day: Joshua brings back the 'Why You Mad?' segment to rant about th...

On the 4th episode of Mentality Monday, Joshua Umahi and NikiMarie tackle the topic of narcissism. In a world where it's become a sort of buzzword, Joshua and Niki emphasize how the flippant use of the term today is equal parts delegitimizing and dangerous. The tandem explain how someone can have clear narcissistic tendenices, but cannot officially be deemed a narcissist until diagnoses as such by...

Kory and Corn review AEW WrestleDream, in addition to RAW, SmackDown and the current state of WWE booking (or lack thereof).

Audio from Hour 2 of October 23rd, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every week on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua, NikiMarie, Lay, and Kory dive headfirst into the stunning arrests of the NBA's Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones, and Terry Rozier in connection to an illegal gambling scandal. Niki gives her weekly Recess Rundown, discussing Jennifer Lopez, Diddy, KAT, Jordyn Woods, and reco...