The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show

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 im...

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 peop...

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 ho...

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,...

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 existentia...

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...

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 un...

“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 t...

What’s going to happen in four weeks when school starts around the country for millions of America’s publicly-educated students from LA County to Tupelo to Hell’s Kitchen? Jesse did just that on“Let’s Talk About It” every second Friday with Diallo Brooks in the first hour. Closing the week out on Fat Meat Fridays is Show producer and director, Gina A. Towns with “Reflectivity”…time for Jesse Jr to...

In the second hour of “Thought-provoking Thursdays,” weekly series host of “The World House,” Dr. Johnny Mack and Jesse Jr engaged in a “salt the earth” conversation about what it takes to become a unit people in the tradition of Dr. King and the description that James Baldwin offers in his assessment of King’s vision. 

In the first hour, Political activist analyst, and every Second Tuesday of the month guest on The Jesse Jackson Jr Show’s series, Let’s Talk About,” John Lesiotis put real talk in the middle of the floor about the ways Republicans may view Democrats and vice versa in a dialogue filled with messaging and messenger truths. 

Wealthy Wednesdays weekly guest, Rev. Dr. S Todd Yeary Jr, returns on “The Politics of Our Faith” as he and Jesse comb through the plan, the method and the madness that is the current intention of making America what it was…when justice was still a forward journey. They said it, meant it, and ain’t dine with it yet. 

Author and President and Founder of Party Politics, Atiba Madyun, joins Jesse Jr in the first hour to shed light on the Republic, in which the founders claimed their stake and expressed their vision prior to penning the words of the. Constitution. Now, a country who doesn’t know its history is faced with where the future is headed, and if the American experiment can survive. 

The Transformative Justice Coalition Founder and renowned Civil Rights attorney, Barbara Arnwine headlines "Tenacious Tuesdays" on The Jesse Jackson Jr Show and the infectious energy and synergy of this duo never fails to keep us on the edge of our seats. Today's drive down the jaw-dropping actions of the Department of Justice's lawsuit against federal judges, along with the other legal news that...

KBLA White House Correspondent, Nii-Quartelai Quartey, joined Jesse Jackson Jr for a walk down the list of neck-snap "happenings" from ICE traumatizing children at an Los Angeles public park to the multiple layers of damaging content that people have not truly begun to realize in the Big Spending Bill that Trump signed on the nation's 249th celebration of independence from British tyrannical rule,...

With Rev. Teresa Hord Owens, Ernest Crim III remained on the Jesse Jackson, Jr. Show as the three participated in a conversation on faith and where to go to build community. If not the church…if not the club…then on what grounds do we meet?

For three generations following the civil rights era, there must be cohesion… There must be community. What’s love got to zoom with it? What millennials are saying about the present political one and the notion of working process experiences was the point of it all in a conversation between millennial activist, historian, and author, Ernest Crim III, George Junior in the first hour for a cut-to-th...

Music mogul, producer, and legal counselor, Kerry Gordy joined Jesse Jr in the first hour to talk entertainment - his Motown memories growing up, and his latest projects this month. While acknowledging the blessing of his legacy, Gordy recounts the sobering history of Black musical artists as they traveled the road of entertainment from absent royalties to the quest for respect that continues to t...

President and General Minister of The Disciples of Christ in Canada and the US, Rev. Teresa Hord Owens, joined Jesse Jr to dive into the role of the faith community in stepping up to the challenges of “being” who, and what they say they are. In the second hour, Rev. Yvonne Gilmore, joined the conversation to discuss Owen’s new book, “Staying at the Table” - scheduled for release on July 12th, whic...

Worldwide: What are people thinking? In the first hour of The Jesse Jackson Jr Show, Kgosie Matthews and Professor P.L. Desilva joined Jesse Jr - our mouths were hanging open as, he who shall now be known as Prof D hit us in the head with the truth about America’s standing - the truth that no one is really willing to say. “The chicken has come home to roost” is way too familiar, but rarely put int...

Weekly show special guest Johnny Mack joins Jesse Jr for what presents itself as one of the most prolific conversations of our current time about “who we must, and ought be” in this hour for the next generation by resolving to live in the power we possess and being our own answer to the questions we have. This is one for the ages - whether sipping our coffee, soaking in the tub or turning the page...

ICE, IRAN, and the failings of Trump; America's 45th war criminal.

U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock on Trump's "Big Ugly Bill," the fallout from the Iran strikes, and how Democrats plan to respond to Trump's volatile agenda

Weekly show special guest Johnny Mack joins Jesse Jr for what presents itself as one of the most prolific conversations of our current time about “who we must, and ought be” in this hour for the next generation by resolving to live in the power we possess and being our own answer to the questions we have. This is one for the ages - whether sipping our coffee, soaking in the tub or turning the page...

Who Better to hear from than Award-winning NBC/MSNBC Political Analyst, Cornell Belcher, a premier strategists in democratic politics and the founder of “brilliant corners,” a nationally and internationally respected democratic polling firm. Polling helps guide our north star when “we the people” are trying to find our way. Jesse, a polling advocate now and during his 17 years in Congress, knows t...