Breaking With Brett Jensen

Tune in here to this ​Monday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen discusses an upcoming Charlotte City Council vote on red-light cameras. He explains the likely outcome of the vote and provides details about how the cameras will operate if they are approved. Jensen also discusses the upcoming annual convention of the North Carolina Republican Party in Greensboro. He explain...

Tune in here to this ​Friday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by discussing a significant breaking story involving the City of Monroe. Referring to his  post on X , Jensen says he learned that Monroe Mayor Robert Burns and City Council member David Dotson are requesting an ethics investigation into fellow council member Gary Anderson following an...

Tune in here to this ​Thursday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by discussing the North Carolina House Oversight Committee hearing regarding the death of six-year-old Dominique Moody. To help listeners understand the significance of the hearing, Jensen shares audio of Rep. Brian Echevarria outlining the very disturbing incident report involving the de...

Tune in here to this ​Wednesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by sharing an interview he conducted with Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page during a Hornet's Nest Republican Men's Club event in Charlotte. Jensen begins the interview by asking Page whether his victory in the North Carolina Senate District 26 race has fully sunk in several months late...

Tune in here to this ​Tuesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by discussing a federal investigation into Cabarrus County Schools over an alleged Title IX violation. Jensen explains that the investigation, which is being led by the U.S. Department of Education, was prompted by U.S. Reps. Mark Harris and Addison McDowell. He also criticizes the Cabarru...

Brett reviews the actions of former Governor Cooper during the mandatory mask period 6 years ago. Brett is really questioning if he really has a chance to be Michael Whatley this fall. The membership for the NC teachers union has dropped by almost 60 percent since 2021 according to the Fordham Institute. Brett is looking for to what happens in the California primaries tomorrow night. The US Attorn...

Tune in here to this ​Friday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by discussing data released by the Charlotte Area Transit System, comparing the first quarter of 2026 with the first quarter of 2025. Jensen notes that information in the report suggests crime and assaults on CATS transit have decreased significantly. He challenges the interpretation that t...

Tune in here to this ​Thursday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen speaks with Rep. Tim Moore about a major federal grant for Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Moore says the newly secured grant totals $28 million and will fund significant infrastructure upgrades. He explains that obtaining federal funding for the Charlotte region has been one of his top priorities....

Tune in here to this ​Wednesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen is joined in studio by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Estella Patterson, U.S. Attorney for Western North Carolina Russ Ferguson and Charlotte business leader David Longo. Jensen begins the discussion by asking Patterson to share the outcomes of the “Operation Safe Season” initiative. Jensen...

Tune in here to this ​Tuesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by revisiting his personal tour of the Mecklenburg County Detention Center. Jensen details several behind-the-scenes operations he observed while touring the jail. He recounts what he witnessed in several areas, including laundry, food service, recreation and housing. Jensen then shares au...

Tune in here to this ​Friday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by describing his tour of the detention center / jail alongside Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden. Jensen describes Sheriff McFadden giving him a comprehensive walkthrough of the jail, including every area of the facility. He notes several things that surprised him, including the le...

Tune in here to this ​Thursday's edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking with Brett Jensen kicks the show off by talking about the shocking reported death of NASCAR star Kyle Busch at the age of 41 following a severe illness and recent hospitalization.  Jensen is joined by Smoke Ludwig from the Kyle Bailey Show, and explores how the Busch brothers embraced the “villain” ro...

Tune in here to this ​Wednesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by discussing several political developments in Raleigh. Jensen describes the day as the start of a broader political transformation in the North Carolina General Assembly, highlighting moves by former Democratic Reps. Carla Cunningham and Nasif Majeed. He notes that one of the major leg...

Tune in here to this ​Tuesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by speaking with Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden. The discussion in this exclusive interview centers on McFadden’s major announcement regarding the reopening of Jail North, also known as Detention Center North. McFadden begins the interview by addressing the growing populat...

Tune in here to this ​Monday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by speaking with former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education members Lisa Cline and Summer Nunn. Cline and Nunn join Jensen for an in-depth discussion about their time on the school board and the ongoing controversies surrounding Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Superintendent Dr. Crys...

Tune in here to this ​Friday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by speaking with Charlotte City Council member Ed Driggs. Jensen's discussion with Driggs centers around controversies with Charlotte’s I-77 toll lane project and the city’s interim mayor situation. He first asks Driggs about a transportation-related meeting involving City Counc...

Tune in here to this ​Thursday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by discussing a Charlotte City Council meeting involving the expansion of the I-77 Express Lanes. Jensen criticizes what he views as inconsistent public reaction to earlier toll lane expansions. He also criticizes council members for reversing their positions under political pressure, spe...

Tune in here to this ​Wednesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by discussing the newly approved state budget in North Carolina. Jensen emphasizes that the new budget includes major victories for both law enforcement and teachers. Shifting his focus to teachers, he outlines additional compensation measures for educators included in the budget agreeme...

Tune in here to this ​Wednesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen speaks with A.P. Dillon of the North State Journal. Dillon discusses her recently published article about former Roy Cooper being evacuated from the Executive Mansion in Raleigh during the first night of the May 2020 riots. Dillon explains the events that caused Cooper and his family to evacuate, including...

Tune in here to this ​Monday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by speaking with Elizabeth Enns, who is running for the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 26, which covers the eastern side of Fort Mill. Jensen explains that during a previous conversation with Enns, he learned that South Carolina operates under an open primary...

Tune in here to this ​Friday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen discusses a new cybersecurity incident involving Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Jensen says the issue stems from a nationwide breach affecting Canvas, an online educational platform used for assignments and grading. He also broadly criticizes CMS leadership and governance, arguing that problems within the dis...

Tune in here to this ​Thursday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by discussing Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles' decision to resign. Jensen explains why this naturally became a major news story and warns that Charlotte's future political environment could be contentious. Additionally, Jensen shares his belief that the mayor’s role in Charlotte government...

Tune in here to this ​Wednesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show live from Quail Hollow Club and the 2026 Truist Championship. Jensen explains that this year’s tournament, sponsored by Truist Bank, differs from the event’s previous identity as the Wells Fargo Championship. Despite the changes, Jensen highlights new fan-friendly features an...

Tune in here to this ​Tuesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by discussing a proposed property tax increase put forward by Charlotte City Manager Marcus Jones. Jensen says there are deeper implications and overlooked details that are not widely discussed. One of those implications is Senate Bill 889, which proposes a one-year pause on property tax r...

Tune in here to this ​Monday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen kicks off the show by discussing the upcoming Truist Championship golf tournament. The annual event is set to take place May 6-10 at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. Jensen explains that the week of the tournament is his favorite week of the year and describes how the event has evolved over time. He then t...