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Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Breaking Down The Laquan McDonald Case & DOJ Investigation Into The Chicago Police

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, guest host Michael Imhotep discusses the Department of Justice launching an investigation into the Chicago Police Department. Imhotep breaks down Dr. Martin Luther King’s last speech where he called for the African American community to “redistribute the pain” through the use of  an “economic withdrawal” and […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Pres. Obama Addresses ISIS Terror Threat, DOJ To Investigate Chicago Cops

President Barack Obama discussed last week’s San Bernardino mass shooting, ISIS and terrorist threats against the United States. Did Mr. Obama miss an opportunity to address the full range of domestic terror threats, did he say enough to calm the nerves of Americans fearing terror attacks from home and abroad? The U.S. Justice Dept. will launch an […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Black Pastors Talk Donald Trump Meeting & More

Roland Martin Clashes With Black Pastor Over Lack Of Specifics & Policy In Meeting With Donald Trump Dr. Steve Parson, former pastor of Richmond Christian Center joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s meeting with more than 100 African American pastors at Trump Tower in New York. Black Pastors […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: What Does It Mean To Live Unapologetically Black In America?

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin breaks down what it means to live “unapologetically Black in America. Martin poses the question: If someone tells your they are unapologetically Black, does that: 1) Make you smile; 2) Offend you 3) Scare you? Stuart Scott’s daughters, Taelor and Sydni Scott join today’s conversation to […]

NewsOne Now Podcast: Bishop E.W. Jackson Calls #BlackLivesMatter Movement “Disgraceful” & “Demonic”

Conservative Black minister Bishop E.W. Jackson joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss his views about Black Lives Matter and why he considers the movement “demonic.” Bishop Jackson is part of a group of ministers who believe it’s time to revive America’s inner cities. The group, Staying True to America’s National Destiny, or STAND, says President Barack Obama and […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: America’s Gun And Violence Sickness

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin discusses America’s obsession with guns and this nation’s sickness with guns and violence. Can our obsession with firearms be based on a constant state of mind focusing on aggression and the notion that we are the biggest, baddest and meanest? Martin explains the American sickness with guns is so deeply embedded […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: San Bernardino Massacre, Alabama Sued Over Discriminatory Voter ID Law

At least 14 dead, 17 injured in the San Bernardino, CA mass shooting. Two of the three suspected of the shooting spree are dead and the third suspect has been apprehended. Roland Martin and NewsOne Now bring you the latest details in the San Bernardino massacre. The NAACP and Greater Birmingham Ministries sued Alabama over their […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Black Pastors Talk Donald Trump

Black Pastors Share Their Views On Meeting With Donald Trump Black Ministers reportedly urged Donald Trump to tone down the racial rhetoric, but what substantive issues did they discuss? Bishop Victor Couzens from Inspirational Baptist Church and Bishop George Bloomer from Bethel Family Worship Center joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss the meeting with […]

Roland Martin Audio Podcast: Are Chris Brown, R. Kelly Worthy Of Redemption?

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin discusses the controversy over The Daily Shows’ invitation to R&B singer Chris Brow and the division within the shows staff to have the embattled star on their program. Do you believe it was wrong for staffers at The Daily Show to block Chris Brown from […]

‘I Didn’t Leave With Anything I Could Stand On’ Bishop Couzens On Meeting With Donald Trump

Roland Martin talks to Bishop Victor Couzens of Inspirational Baptist Church, one of the members of the clergy invited to sit in the infamous meeting with Donald Trump. “If we’re talking about engaging a man that wants to be the President of the free world, you’ve got to give me strategy. He talked about his sentiments about jobs […]