The Backstory: From freedom fighter to tribal...

On this episode of Tommy Talk, Tommy dives into why we can’t let fear win. Through sharing a story of unexpectedly ending up shirtless on stage with Jennifer Lopez during her Las Vegas residency in front of over 4,000 people, he reflects on how fear nearly took over, but he refus ...  Show more

We’re breaking down why we’re still single, hearing wild listener stories, and debating tourists in Florida — plus a chaotic Easter ham situation. Bobby Flay stops by for a full interview, and we also talk to John Stessel about what’s really going on behind the headlines.See omny ...  Show more

In honor of Memorial Day, we observe the contributions of Black service members like The Harlem Hellfighters and the Tuskegee Airmen. In this episode, host Roy Wood Jr. chats with the cofounder of the Black Veterans Project, Richard Brookshire and the author of Half American: The ...  Show more

From May 31 to June 1, 1921, a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black ‘Greenwood District’ of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hundreds of people died or were injured in the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921— the event remains one of the worst incidents of racial ...

“I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked-off. Yet I felt that I had to go somewhere and do something to redeem my being alive.” – Richard Wright, from “Black Boy.”Richard Wright’s writing was controversial. His work was both ...  Show more

During the 1870s, more than a dozen African American men, many of whom had been born into slavery, were elected to the U.S. Congress. These political pioneers symbolized the sky high hopes of millions of former slaves during the years right after the Civil War. It was a period th ...  Show more