The Recess Bell

Audio from Thursday, February 27th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', which airs live every Thursday night at 9pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua, Lay, ErikSincere and new co-host Bri discuss NYC Mayor Eric Adam's very unhinged "negroes" comment and the subsequent blowback he faced as a result. Then, a mental health conversation titled 'Process Over Product', centered around how to manage feeli...

Before we talk about movies, Jonathan joins me to discuss our top 5 favorite FAST FOOD spots.

Audio from Thursday, February 20th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing live every Thursday at 9pm on 90.3 FM. Joshua, NikiMarie, Lay and Erik dive headfirst into an array of headlines on The Recess Bell News Report, including news cycle fixtures Eric Adams, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and A$AP Rocky. Also, they sift through an assortment of tough news on the Sports Report, with updat...

Audio from Thursday, February 13th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing every Thursday at 9pm on 90.3 FM. Joshua Umahi and friends NikiMarie discuss Super Bowl 59, where the Eagles beat down the Chiefs and Kendrick Lamar performed a historic Halftime Show. Also: the Recess Rundown featuring the most unhinged pop culture headlines of the past week, the Sports Report, and "Why You Ma...

Audio from Thursday, February 6th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing every Thursday at 9pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua, NikiMarie, Lay and ErikSincere race through a busy stream of content, including the results of the 2025 Grammy Awards, Michael Jordan's son getting arrested for a DUI, Irv Gotti's death, and more. That doesn't even include the Sports Report, which was packed with hu...

Counting down the movies that dropped in 2024 that you should avoid like the plague.

Audio from Thursday, January 30th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing every Thursday at 9pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. The crew discusses two unnerving stories out of Washington D.C. this week: the federal funding freeze that apparently came and went, and the tragic helicopter/plane crash that took place on Wednesday evening. They also discuss Trump's concerning comments following the crash...

For another episode of the recently rebranded 'Creator Chats' (formerly Always Be Creatin') Joshua Umahi sits down with the energetic & charismatic musical hip-hop artist, Long Island native YOUNG N3SS, fresh off the heels of his recently dropped EP, MAMÁ PUEDO VOLAR, on December 16th, 2024 -- discussing his multifaceted journey to becoming the artist he is today.

Audio from Thursday, January 24th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', airing every Thursday at 9pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua, NikiMarie, Lay and Erik discuss the dichotomy between Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the many controversial events during Trump's second inauguration ceremony. Then, they discuss SexyyRed's reckless use of an AI image that upset MLK Jr's daughter Bernice. Closing ou...

Audio from Thursday, January 16th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', which airs live every Thursday at 9pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua Umahi is joined by NikiMarie and Lay as they discuss Wendy Williams' appearance on POWER 105.1's 'The Breakfast Club', as she discusses her controversial conservatorship situation, in addition to her hilarious reaction to Diddy's recent imprisonment. Then, t...

Justin and his friend Jonathan discuss what three movies they would want to watch in theaters for the first time. They also take a trip back in time to visiting Blockbuster Video.

Enjoy as I rank my top 5 favorite movies from 2024.

Audio from Thursday, January 10th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', which airs live every Thursday at 9pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua is joined by Niki Marie, Lay, and ErikSincere on this episode of TRB: On Air, where they discuss the extent of the destruction of the Southern California wildfires. Speaking of Southern California, they then take aim at Fox Sports 1 and the wild lawsuit that...

Stacy Raine joins Justin to discuss The Home Alone franchise, including the controversial Home Alone 3. We also discuss some other classic Christmas movies and specials. Referenced in the pod: 'The Lost Version of Home Alone 2' ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhEbysDEQs

Audio from Friday, December 20th, 2024's episode of 'WHPC Sports Talk' on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua and the guys discuss (through some tangents) Karl-Anthony Towns' & the Knicks' dominant effort in Minnesota in KAT's first game back in his old stomping grounds since the blockbuster offseason trade between the Knicks and Wolves.

Audio from Thursday, December 19th, 2024's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', which airs live every Thursday at 9pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua is joined by Niki & Erik on this episode of TRB: On Air. The trio discusses Christmas and play Christmas-themed music throughout the show. They also delve into the topics of 1) how productive/destructive practicing perfectionism can be, and 2) what an e...

Joshua welcomes in Kory and Erik for another week of 'The Recess Bell Show' which live streams every Wednesday on Twitter/X & YouTube at 5pm -- also available for replay on The Recess Bell's YouTube channel. Joshua intros the show by shouting out KAT's dagger in Toronto and the Mets for their huge signing of Juan Soto, before getting into the news story of the week: alleged UnitedHealthcare CE...

Audio from Friday, December 6th, 2024's episode of 'WHPC Sports Talk' on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua Umahi, joined by Zack, Kory, Devin, and Erik recap Thursday Night Football and discuss if Dan Campbell's proclivity for pushing the envelope hard will serve as a benefit or a detriment to his Lions team moving forward. The guys move on to a conversation about the failures of both the Jets and Giants this...

Audio from Thursday, December 5th, 2024's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', which airs live every Thursday at 9pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua, Niki Marie, Lay, and Erik discuss a much-needed W for Drake, give the Sports Report for the week, and... of course: the esteemed 'WHY YOU MAD?' segment to close the show.

Audio from Thursday, December 5th, 2024's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', which airs live every Thursday at 9pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua sits down with award-winning Newsday crime writer Tony DeStefano to discuss the shocking murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in the middle of Midtown Manhattan on Wednesay morning.

My friend Jonathan joins me to debate which Alien Invasion film is better, Independence Day or Signs? We also discuss Gladiator 2 and Brigsby Bear and a whole lot more!

Host Anaya Isaacs is joined by Joshua Umahi and Kory David as they discuss the 2024 Election results: Donald Trump will return to the White House for his second term, beating out Kamala Harris. What might the ramifications of his return mean for the domestic and international world? What is anyone to make of some of Trump's insane cabinet appointments. And how the hell did we get here again?

Joshua, Erik, and Kory present another winner of the most prestiguous award from The Recess Bell: The Sha Boing Boing of The Week award. This week's winner? Spider-Verse star Shameik Moore, who's been a little too thirsty around his recently-engaged (to somebody else) co-star, Hailee Steinfeld.

With some time removed now from the drop of KAYTRANADA's most recent studio album 'TIMELESS', Joshua is joined by Nessa and Debbie for a retrospective on the album and KAYTRANADA's career to this point. Nessa discusses her album review on TIMELESS, which can be found on therecessbell.com. The three also find themselves going on  many tangents during the episode, including conversations on Drake, J...

Audio from The Recess Bell Show streaming live on @therecessbell on Twitter/X and Instagram every Wednesday from 6-7:30pm. Joshua, Justin, and Kory run through a wide range of topics including the Knicks' big win vs Embiid and Philly in a playoff rematch and Steph Curry's specatular 4th quarter in Klay Thompson's emotional return to the Bay Area.