The John Oakley Show

Nancy Green is the woman upon whom the iconic Aunt Jemima was originally modeled. Sherry Williams of the Bronzeville Historical Society, in Chicago, is determined to prevent the erasure of Green's legacy. She joins the John Oakley Show to explain her mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelli Roberts has been an adult entertainer for two decades, and is the author of "How to Be a Porn Star." She joins the John Oakley Show to explain the business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legendary pro-wrestling commentator and author Jim Ross joins the John Oakley Show to discuss everything from the evolution of race relations in pro-wrestling to the history of the term "Slobberknocker." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The dismal relationship between police departments and black communities across America is one more turbulent than ever before. Despite numerous altercations with the cops in Uniontown, Pennsylvania as well as wrongful imprisonment, Daylan McLee remains spectacularly intent on building a brighter future instead of dwelling on a darker past. This black man could have held a grudge for having been t...

Soccer clubs in Europe are returning to the stadiums, but the same cannot be said about their loyal fans. Companies across the continent have begun to manufacture cardboard cut-outs A whole cottage industry has cropped up to address this, with cardboard cut-outs of fans being produced to fill the bleachers. Tony Beecroft is the financial director for Tennants UK and he joins the John Oakley Show t...

The disappearance of Carole Baskin's husband in 1997 remains a mystery. Anne McQueen was the trusted executive assistant to Don Lewis and she joins the John Oakley Show to explain why she feels that Baskin had something to do with the disappearance.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louise Van De Velde is a sex therapist based in the U-K who believes that the lockdown is imperiling the sexual gratification of youth and is brainwashing the public into obedience. She joins the John Oakley Show to explain why she launched a legal challenge in the high court in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trevor Fischbach is the President of Starchase which manufacturers vehicle-mounted and handheld GPS tag launchers used to mitigate the risk involved in police pursuits. He joins the John Oakley Show to explain how this technology works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clay Walker is the Mayor of the Denali Borough in Alaskan. He joins the John Oakley Show to explain why the iconic bus from "Into the Wild" became a such perilous attraction that the state felt it had little choice other than to remove it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You can now visit the Exploding Whale Memorial Park on the Oregon coast. It was fifty years ago that the state of Oregon made the mistake of using dynamite to dislodge a beached whale. Kelly Umenhofer was there that day as a 13 year old boy. He joins the John Oakley Show to explain exactly what happened on that day in 1970 in Florence, Oregon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Paul Delaney is Global News' astronomy expert and a professor at York University. He joins the John Oakley Show to explain how we didn't see 2020LD until it was already passing between the Earth and the moon.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen North is a Professor of Social Media at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communications. She joins the John Oakley Show to discuss the role that is played by social media in the rise of "cancel culture." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blake Stilwell is a former US Air Force Combat Photographer, Iraq war veteran, and writer with Military.com. He joins the John Oakley Show to explain how somebody was collecting a Civil War pension until the the end of May 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eighty-four year old scholar and author Walter E Williams caused a furor among some listeners with his assessment of the real woes plaguing the black community in America. Jeff is one of those listeners, and he called in to deliver a searing rebuttal to what he decries as only half the story. Listen to Part 1 : HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike McCormack is a police officer and the President of the Toronto Police Association. He joins the John Oakley Show to give his thoughts on Councillor Josh Matlow's proposal to hack 10% from the city's police budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Walter E Williams is an esteemed lecturer, world renowned author, and professor with George Mason University. He joins the John Oakley Show to talk about the confluence of factors that have conspired to create hardship for black men and women in the United States. Listen to Part 2 : HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facing the wrath of Boko Haram, the Adewumi family fled Nigeria in 2017 for the shores of America. While living in a homeless shelter in Manhattan, young Tani Adewumi began playing chess. In 2019, won New York State chess championship for his age bracket. He and his father Kayobe join the John Oakley Show to talk about  an inchoate skill on the chess board that has propelled young Tani to fame. Le...

Rohini Haar is a research fellow with Berkeley in California, as well as an emergency room physician who has studied the effects of crowd-control weaponry. She joins the John Oakley show to explain how these "non-lethal" weapons can still cause devastating harm to the human body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the pandemic, one business that's thriving is that of audio erotica. Devlin Wylde is a writer, performer, and trained hypnotist. He joins the John Oakley Show to explain why there's been such a surge in demand for his unique product. https://wyldedesires.com/       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The city of Minneapolis is coming unglued. While protesters square off with police, armed looters capitalize on the confusion by pillaging the local businesses. Lloyd Drilling is the owner and operator of Thurston Jewelry which was ransacked in the chaos. On the night of May 27th 2020, he made his way across town to try to save his business, and he tells John Oakley about the madness he saw unfold...

As a the case of a violent crime goes to trial in Argentina, investigators turn their attention to a survivor; the victim's pet parrot. Laurel Braitman is a science historian and writer-in-residence at Stanford. She joins the John Oakley Show to talk about the legal implications of a parrot doomed to endlessly repeat the final words of its deceased owner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Andrew Goldberg is an employment lawyer with Samfiru-Tumarkin LLP and he joins the John Oakley Show to explain that your job could be in jeopardy if your employer can prove that your misbehaviour has has a deleterious effect on its reputation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

University of Toronto Professor Steve Joordens joins the John Oakley Show to opine on what might compel thousands of young people to crowd into Trinity-Bellwoods Park in the middle of a global pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this collection of conversations from the John Oakley Show, you'll get the story on China's quest to assert its global influence, masks designed for the hearing impaired community, a one-thousand year old British flour mill that's been returned to active duty, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices