With so much news in the air, Slade, Peter, Cut and Pickett kick off this week’s broadcast with a thorough breakdown of the Sean Bell verdict, reaction, police misconduct, prosecutorial flaws and future action. Everyone poses the question, when are minorities going to say enough is enough, and begin implementing real changes beyond protests and marches to systematic injustices??
Also featured in the program is an important look at the current racial conflict in Crown Heights, Brooklyn – yet again. Geoffrey Davis and other activists from Brooklyn join the crew as they highlight the recent beating of an African American youth at the hands of Jewish vigilante groups and how the situation in BK is near a boiling point in 2008. And in the remaining moments of this always passionate broadcast, Mtume joins the team as they touch on Obama, his weaknesses, Clinton’s renewed attacks, the media’s bias and the ever-daunting question of who will get this Democratic nomination.
May 4, 2008
It’s another hot one … sparks fly and things get heated as the always passionate hosts engage in fiery debate on everything from hip-hop’s reaction to the Sean Bell verdict to presidential politics and Hillary Clinton’s soul. Lil’ Nat from sister station Hot 97 joins the crew to represent the younger perspective with regards to police brutality and community activism – or lack thereof. All of the days issues, including Rev. Wright, economics, right-wing media and others are thoroughly broken down and analyzed by this unique team in radio.
May 11 , 2008
Congressman Donald Payne out of NJ joins Slade, Peter, Pickett and the Cutman to announce his recent switch from Hillary to Obama. As more and more delegates – and in this case superdelegates – leave Hillary, the crew asks, is it basically over?? The passionate and at times heated discussion also touches on the media’s probing of Rev. Al Sharpton’s tax returns, the ongoing acts of civil disobedience in the Sean Bell case, Black-on-Black violence, the Philly police beating and the NYPD’s continued acts of aggression. Opinions and tempers flare to the point where Slade has to literally cut off certain individuals’ mics
May 18, 2008
In this action packed broadcast, Peter Noel, Bob Slade, Cutman and Bob Pickett tackle everything from Bush's attacks on Obama to McCain's dwindling appearance and stronghold in the campaign to the new 35-year-old leader of the NAACP to rapper Remy Ma's eight-year prison bid. Activists Geoffrey Davis and Claude Burns also join the show to discuss the continuing tensions in Crown Heights, Brooklyn as a potential arrest in made in the young African American's beating and a Hassidic boy now gets jumped ... can peace come to the area?
May 25, 2008
On another sizzling broadcast, Peter Noel, Bob Slade, Cut and Bob Pickett hit on Clinton’s latest blunder, Obama’s safety, Crown Heights’ continuing volatile situation, McCain’s medical records and much much more in a manner that only they can deliver. News media pundit Nancy Giles joins the cast as they rip apart Clinton’s assassination statements and the media’s inadequate coverage of the issue, while political activist Tony Herbert and Lance Goodwin of the Trucked out SUV Club jump in the convo to update the listeners on Crown Heights. As always, tempers flare, opinions are thrown left and right but all ends with laughter with some words from comedian Eddie Griffin.
June 1, 2008
Journalist Robert Perry joins Peter, Cut, Pickett and Slade in the first segment of this week?s show as they highlight Scott McClellan?s scathing new book dishing out the truth and lies of the Bush administration from his own personal experience in the White House. After this engaging and powerful segment, the crew tackles several other of the days issues including Obama?s resignation from Trinity Church, the DNC panel?s decision this weekend, Bill Clinton, gas prices, the NY crane accident and racial problems within the CIA. James Mtume sits in on the last segment of the broadcast to add to this unique round table that?s already unmatched in today?s media ...
June 8, 2008
Bob Slade, the Cut man, Peter Noel and Bob Pickett deliver another enlightening broadcast as they tackle everything from Hillary’s campaign suspension and Charles Rangel’s now vocal endorsement of Obama, to security at the NY Times building, to record-high gas prices and our consistently growing national economic crisis. Glenda Bridgeforth of Oprah’s Debt Diet Program joins the show in the third segment to highlight her upcoming free housing and debt solution event hosted by none other than Bob Slade this Sat. Click to find details on the program, as well as insight into the day’s stories in a way that only this roundtable can deliver
June 15, 2008
In only one hour, the Cut man, Bob Pickett, Peter Noel and Bob Slade bring the audience a host of relevant news and issues affecting the community and society at large. Along with discussing the passing of Tim Russert, the Maliki regime in Iraq and an update on the Presidential campaigns, the crew welcomes back the parents of a young victim of police harassment. As the show’s first Police Watch segment, Clifford Paige and his wife Chantal share an extremely tragic and heart-breaking ending in their quest for justice for their son. And in the last segment of programming, folks who work as parking assistants in the TV/film industry join the broadcast to share their efforts to unionize and their ongoing struggles in an inept work environment.
June 22, 2008
It?s another action-packed broadcast, as Bob Pickett, the Cut man, Peter Noel and Bob Slade tackle the days? issues including the recent funeral of 20-year-old Curtis Theodore out of Elizabeth, NJ (1st Police Watch Segment). Was he killed for defending himself? Were the police behind it? In addition to discussing this difficult topic, the crew hits on other pertinent stories in the news such as oil companies back in Iraq, Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson?s relations and the House?s compromise on the eavesdropping bill. Kiss FM sports commentator Bobby Childes and Amsterdam News sports reporter Jaime Harris join the conversation as they touch on the recent firing of Willie Randolph and the complexities behind the NY Mets.
June 29, 2008
Peter Noel, Bob Pickett, the Cut man and Bob Slade deliver another hot one … first it’s politics as the crew highlights top news stories including Charlie Black’s fear mongering, Hillary and Obama’s show of unity, Israel and Iran’s continued tensions, Ralph Nader’s shocking statements and more. During the second segment, the crew is joined by Human Rights Commissioner Patricia Gatling as she updates the audience on her work in diversifying the racially unequal business of advertising. And rounding out the end of Black Music Month, artist Donovan Wright joins the broadcast to share his music and message of change live on the air.
