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NewsOne Now Podcast: Ben Carson To End Prez Bid, Roland Martin Clashes With Trump Girls, “Diamond & Silk”

NewsOne Now Exclusive: Armstrong Williams, Ben Carson’s Business Manager Says Carson Is Ending White House Bid Armstrong Williams, Ben Carson’s business manager joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss the state of the Carson campaign and announces Carson will be ending his presidential campaign. Roland Martin, Trump Girls, “Diamond And Silk” Clash Over Donald […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Mitt Romney Blasts Trump, Ben Carson Drops Out, Problems With The 2 Party Political System

Former GOP presidential candidate and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney blasts Donald Trump calling him a con man, liar and a fraud. Plus, Ben Carson has ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin discusses the state of the race for the White House, explains […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Super Tuesday Results & The Power Of Race In The 2016 Presidential Race

“I defend facts …” In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin breaks down the Super Tuesday Primary election results. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump capture the lion’s share of Democratic and Republican delegates from the Super Tuesday primary contests. Trump’s continued political success seems to be causing the GOP to implode and the Republican […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Super Tuesday Recap, Speaker Ryan Calls Out Trump For KKK, Will The FCC “Unlock The Box” Plan Hurt Black Networks?

NewsOne Now Super Tuesday Primary Election Recap Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton win big on Super Tuesday. Where does that leave the other 2016 presidential candidates, are they ready to drop out or are they going to keep pressing on. Will The FCC’s Plan To Unlock Set-Top Boxes Hurt Black Networks? In an attempt to […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Donald Trump Playing To The Bigoted Members Of The American Electorate

Roland Martin is not buy Donald Trump’s story about a faulty earpiece preventing him from disavowing David Duke and the KKK. In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast Martin breaks down the angry electorate’s love affair with Trump, takes members of the media and Trump-apologists to task for attempting to “explain away” Trump […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump Blames Earpiece For KKK Comments, Lack Of Pressure On POTUS To Nominate Black Woman For SCOTUS, Clinton Talks Black Biz & More

Donald Trump KKKontroversy Donald Trump claims a faulty earpiece was the reason why he did not disavow the  former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke. Where Is The Pressure From Civil Rights Groups On POTUS To Nominate A Black Woman To The SCOTUS? Roland Martin and the NewsOne Now panel discuss the need for Black leadership, national […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: #OscarsSoWhite Recap

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin recaps this year’s Oscars awards ceremony and airs portions of Chris Rock’s opening monologue. Listen to highlights from The Academy Awards and Roland Martin takes your calls on the topic of the day. All that and more in this edition of “The Roland Martin Show” […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Clinton Takes SC, Trump Fails To Condemn KKK, MSNBC & MHP Sever Ties

Clinton Crushes Sanders In South Carolina Primary Hillary Clinton wins big in the South Carolina Democratic Primary with the support of 84 percent of the state’s black community. Activist Ashley Williams Discusses ‘Super-Predators’ Encounter With Clinton  Black Lives Matter activists Ashley Williams joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss her confrontation with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary […]

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Explains the Blank-out Campaign, Calls Out Trump’s Bigotry

Roland Martin talks to Eddie S. Glaude Jr. about his new book Democracy in Black: How Race Still Governs the American Soul, Donald Trump, the current black leadership’s ineffectiveness, and what he thinks the black community needs to do in the presidential election.    

TJMS EXCLUSIVE: Bernie Sanders Defends Ties To Obamacare; Talks HBCUS, Flint Water Crisis & More

Senator Bernie Sanders participates in the Tom Joyner Morning Show Round Table with Don Lemon, Roland Martin, Reverend Al Sharpton and Jacque Reid along with TJMS hosts Tom Joyner and Sybil Wilkes. In the exclusive interview, Sanders fields questions about his reported inflated involvement with the development of Obamacare; his plans regarding HBCUs; criminal justice reform; the Flint […]