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Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Gov. Rick Snyder Takes Congressional Heat For The #FlintWaterCrisis

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder testified on Capitol Hill about the ongoing Flint Water Crisis. One of the more interesting moments of the Congressional hearing addressing the Flint Water Crisis took place between Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Snyder. The Washington Post published an excerpt of the exchange: […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Pres. Obama Nominates Merrick Garland To SCOTUS, Did POTUS Miss An Opportunity As A Result?

President Barack Obama Nominates Merrick Garland To The Supreme Court President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit  for the Supreme Court. Roland Martin and the NewsOne Now panel discuss who is Merrick Garland, why was he chosen and where does Judge Garland stand on issues important to […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Can Trump Be Stopped, Will There Be A Contested Republican Convention?

NewsOne Now Super Tuesday Recap & What Happens Next Another big night of primaries produced big winners and losers among the presidential candidates. As NewsOne reported Tuesday, after losing his home state of Florida, Sen. Marco Rubio decided to suspend his campaign. Republican front-runner Donald Trump won primary elections in Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina, but suffered a huge loss […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: POTUS Nominates Judge Merrick Garland To SCOTUS

“I don’t want to hear a single Black civil rights leader whine about President Barack Obama not picking a Black women for the Supreme Court when they remained silent.” – Roland Martin In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, President Barack Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. What if Republicans decide […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Former Flint Emergency Manager Discusses Origins Of The Flint Water Crisis

In an exclusive interview, former Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley spoke with Roland Martin, host of TV One’s NewsOne Now, about the origins of the Flint water crisis and his role in the man-made disaster. Earley, joined by his lawyer, Attorney A. Scott Bolden, explained that the decision to switch Flint’s water supply to the Flint […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Former Emergency Manager Of Flint Testifies On Capitol Hill

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast listen to Roland Martin’s exclusive interview with Darnell Earley, former Emergency Manager of the City of Flint about his involvement in the Flint Water Crisis. During his interview with Martin Early stated: “The issues about the Flint River and its water quality is one of treatment and it […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Dem Town Hall Reactions, What’s Between Your Ears May Prevent You From Impacting Change & More

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin breaks down Sunday night’s CNN / TV One Ohio Democratic Town Hall, co-moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper featuring presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Roland Martin Public Service Announcement On How To Impact Change Stop whining and crying about what we as a […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Ohio Democratic Presidential Town Hall Recap

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Blast Trump Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders slammed Donald Trump for inciting violence at his campaign rallies during the CNN / TV One Democratic presidential Town Hall. Clinton told town hall moderators Roland Martin and CNN’s Jake Tapper, “Donald Trump is responsible for what happens at his events. He’s […]

CNN / TV One Ohio Democratic Presidential Town Hall Audio Podcast

Moderated by Roland S. Martin, host and managing editor of TV ONE’s “News One Now,” and Jake Tapper of CNN, the nationally-televised primetime special took place at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and aired live on CNN and TV ONE.  Emphasizing issues facing Black America, the two-hour event was simulcast on Urban Adult Contemporary Radio One […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Is Donald Trump Campaigning To Become Thug In Chief Of The United States?

“Obama has driven these folks mad. They don’t know what to do, they don’t know what to say and all of a sudden Donald Trump comes along and man he is manna from heaven as far as they are concerned.” In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin discusses the increasing incidents […]