20 Minute Morning Show

I would have never thought that the Tom Joyner morning show Would end on somebody else’s terms outside of his own… Knowing that he would not have retired if they would’ve offered him more money, I still feel disconnected about the way he’s leaving his syndicated radio creation #tomjoyner --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

Teacher Shortage. According to research by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the teacher shortage could reach 200,000 by 2025, up from 110,000 in 2018. This shortage of workers is due to a number of factors. Among them are pay, working conditions, lack of support, lack of autonomy, and the changing curriculum. Eric Legette is our guest.. MORE is designed to provide proactive measures and action plans to alleviate pressure off teachers/administrators within schools experiencing a teacher shortage. According to the Economic Policy Institute by the year 2025, the teacher shortage could reach 200,000. Our area of expertise is classroom management. New teachers often struggle in this area and with an increased number of students in the classroom, there is a greater risk of classroom disruptions to occur. Current statistics show that new teachers leave at rates of somewhere between 19% and 30% over their first five years of teaching. A recent study by the Learning Policy Institute shows that if a teacher rec

Queen Thompson (Nonpartisan) is a candidate for at-large member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education in North Carolina. Thompson is running in the general election on November 5, 2019. Thompson (Democrat) was a candidate for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. Thompson lost the primary on May 8, 2018. Thompson was a candidate for District 4 representative on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education in North Carolina. Thompson was defeated in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

I don’t know what it’s like to be on drugs or addicted to crack or be a regular marijuana smoker. I never popped  pills or any of that but I do have empathy for my people when I see them in that condition. The other day  talked with a brother that I see frequently on Beatties Ford Road and LaSalle, and we had a conversation about his crack addiction and how he was struggling with it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

A homeless woman shares her experience of being homeless with her family in Charlotte NC. She took care of her niece and a 6 year old living in their car for months at a time, going from Quick Trip to Quick Trip looking for a safe place to rest at night --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

 Got a chance to talk to a candid group of black people about how they contracted a sexually transmitted disease growing up as young people… They were very honest and transparent and want the young people to know that this is no joke… Their stories were told in a humorous way but we know that sexually transmitted diseases are no joke  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

 On today’s episode of the 20 Minute Morning Show Bishop MCclain who is the former president of the national Association of Black veterans had a interesting take on what post Trumatic stress disorder actually is you may or may not agree with him but it is worth taking a listen to this controversial assessment.. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

 This morning we have more audio from our live broadcast from uptown Charlotte doing the Charlotte shout festival which was held this past weekend as we produced our show in front of a live studio audience this morning we are playing a portion of the program and which we talked about a white waitress being discriminated against in Charlotte. A black patron did not want a white waitressed serving him so he asked for a black one and we discussed it and the question is do you have  to prefer a certain server at a restaurant? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

Affluent Blacks in Charlotte are sometimes invited to put there child in a program called Jack and Jill of America, Inc. It is a membership organization of mothers with children ages 2-19, dedicated to nurturing future African-American leaders by strengthening children through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving and civic duty. Spencer Ferguson grew up in the program and talks about his experience. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

She's been dubbed the most fertile woman in Uganda! At the age of just 39, Mariam Nabatanzi from Uganda is already a mother to a whopping 38 children. All these children are fathered by one man, whom she was married off to when he she was just 13 years old. He was 43 at the time. Somehow we got on the discussion of family reunions and how we don't have large families anymore like our grand parents. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

Cedric Dean is a political and public affairs consultant. While serving a federal prison sentence of LIFE plus 5 years, he received a civil service and call to service award for leadership and humanitarianism. God released him November 29, 2017 and he has been saving children from premature death and imprisonment ever since. He also talks about how many books he wrote in prison. He is a truly motivated brother and inspiring! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

Two people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting Tuesday at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, authorities said.  We got a chance to go on campus last night and speak with some of the students and get their account of what transpired during those three harrowing hours before the police gave the all clear on campus. Police identified the suspect later in the day as Trystan Andrew Terrell, 22. They said he was being charged with two counts of murder and four of attempted murder, among other crimes. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

A Mecklenburg County judge on Tuesday ordered the release of the 11 minute-plus video from the body camera of Wende Kerl, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer who shot and killed Danquirs Franklin. Superior Court Judge Lisa Bell said she will rule later whether CMPD is in contempt of court for withholding video from the scene when Kerl killed Franklin at a west Charlotte Burger King on March 25. Under a previous court order, CMPD last week publicly released two minutes and 20 seconds of video captured by Kerl’s camera. But CMPD withheld nearly nine minutes of video from the public, employees of three TV stations who petitioned the court for the footage and the judge who ruled the recording should be released. NAACP President Corine Mack has seen the video and on this episode we hear her analysis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

 No limit Larry is helping to galvanize the grassroots community leaders in Charlotte to come together and unify to stop the killing in Charlotte. I’ve been knowing No Limit since the early 90s and he has consistently been in the community making a difference in the lives of young people and plus him being a native of Charlotte he knows the communities that he talks to every morning.  In the great legacy of power 98 morning shows No Limit been in that power seat for 21 years in Charlotte , a feat that should not be taken lightly. He talks about the recent week of activities on how he has used his show to bring people together while we were uptown for the  solidarity unity gathering at Trade and Tryon  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

Former Charlotte Mecklenburg police officer Keith Way weighs in on the latest CMPD police shooting involving a black man in Charlotte. Danquirs Franklin was shot by offficer Wendy Kerl during a disturbance at the burger king on Beatties ford road. The question is, did they try hard enough to de-escalate the situation? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

Charlotte Mecklenburg police officers fatally shot a 27-year-old black man on Beatties Ford Rd., Monday morning  March 25th in the 9 AM hour....the witnesses that were there said that he did not pose a threat to the police officers as they were Commanding him to drop a weapon. One of the main witnesses that we had a chance to speak to said that he did not have a gun and you all shot the wrong person...On today’s Rebroadcast episode of the 20 Minute Morning Show hear  the real people of Charlotte on the streets who have information that is not being talked about on the main stream media...listen well and you will hear phrases that are not being used on the main stream media especially the interaction between the two officers once the shots had been fired. When the tape is released measure up the information on this podcast to what will be given to the public CMPDFranklinPutneyBurger KingRiotsShootingCharlotte --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

On yesterday Nation Of Islam Minister, Tony Muhammad From Mosque number 27 in Los Angeles California  told the back story of Nipsey Hussle’s death and the man that killed him..Nipsey Hussle’s mother told LAPD that I don’t fuck with LAPD to their face in a meeting regarding her son’s funeral procession.. you have got to tune in to hear the information of things that happened behind the scenes that you will never hear in the mainstream media..You need to hear the courage and strength of a family in grief and how The Nation gave them comfort. A secial thank you to The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan for his leadership --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

Despite authorities’ claims that no foul play was involved, Blair’s relatives believe he was murdered and say their loved one had no reason to take his own life. Blair’s older brother wrote on the GoFundMe page raising funds for the young man’s funeral that Taemon was on the track of “becoming a great man” and doubled down on his belief that his brother’s death wasn’t a suicide. Naacp Charlotte president Corine Mack and John C Barnett from Thug Ministries are traveling with the family this weekend to seek ask questions and seek justice. Here is the Go Fund me account https://www.gofundme.com/f/my-brother-taemon-blair-was-murdered --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

On Thursday a black woman named Kendal Clark was on her way to school driving on N. Tryon St. near 28th  in the city of Charlotte North Carolina  where she was caught in the crossfire between two groups  of men shooting at one another and she was hit in the head by a stray bullet that was not meant for her.In this episode we got a chance to talk to some of her closest friends about what kind of person she was. It is a shame of what happened to an innocent woman who was going about her business and working hard to be successful. The community is hurt and we must do more to produce the type of love in our community that stops violence. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support

Charlotte Mecklenburg police officers fatally shot a 27-year-old black man on Beatties Ford Rd., Monday morning in the 9 AM hour....the witnesses that were there said that he did not pose a threat to the police officers as they were Commanding him to drop a weapon. One of the main witnesses that we had a chance to speak to said that he did not have a gun and you all shot the wrong person...On today’s episode of the 20 Minute Morning Show we speak to the real people of Charlotte on the streets who have information that is not being talked about on the main stream media...listen well and you will hear phrases that are not being used on the main stream media especially the interaction between the two officers once the shots had been fired. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support