Tom Joyner Morning Show

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This morning, on the TJMS, Roland Martin invited Sephira Shuttlesworth, the wife of the late Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. She gave a great reflection on his life, his work, and his struggle for civil rights among African Americans. In case you missed the interview, you can listen below. Do have any memories of the famous civil […]

Leave it to Tracy Morgan, star actor and sometimes controversial comedian, to start the day off in the right direction with a few spontaneous gut-busting laughs. That’s just what Morgan did live on the airwaves with this week’s starting edition of The Tom Joyner Morning Show. Listen if you missed it as the TJMS crew […]

Recently, there has been a lot of outrage over Bank Of America charging a five dollar debit-card fee to its customers. Will other banks follow suit? Mellody Hobson of the TJMS believes so. She came on this morning, during her “Money Mondays” segment, discussing how this debit fee came into play and what it could […]

Take A Loved One To The Doctor day is this Friday, and to get help in promoting it, Tom invited his good friends to call in. Cincinnati’s first couple of funk, Bootsy and Patti Collins, called in the show this morning to tell a heartbreaking story about their nephew that passed away from a tooth […]

Noted film director John Singleton has new movie out this weekend called “Abduction” starring Taylor Lautner. Without giving too much of the film’s plot away before the rest of the world experiences it, the movie is said to revolve around the life of a young man who sets out to uncover the truth about his […]

Tyra Banks: model, actress, TV host, and now author? In what you would think this would be an autobiography, actually is a fictional tale about a girl entering the model industry. “Modelland” is about Tookie De La Crème, who is not exactly a perfect ten. She does her best to “walk the catwalk”, while surrounded […]

President Barack Obama impressed quite a lot of people yesterday, during his speech on his jobs bill and deficit plan to cut the debt by three trillion. His speech definitely impressed Roland Martin and financial guru Michelle Singletary, who called in to the TJMS to talk about his speech. In case you missed the conversation, […]

Jackie Christie of VH1’s “Basketball Wives LA” has lost her mother to cancer. She had been battling the disease for years, and her struggle was included in the reality show. Jackie made the announcement this morning (September 19th) on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show.” Jackie talked how she’s being portrayed on”Basketball Wives LA,” how her mother […]

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After serving almost five decades in Hamilton County’s law enforcement, Sheriff Simon Leis announced this week that he will not run for another term as sheriff. To hear more about the story, check out the video below. What are your thoughts about Simon Leis retiring? Who do you think should run for Hamilton County Sheriff […]

If you missed this morning’s TJMS commentary, by Stephanie Robinson, you missed an interesting take on today’s unemployment problem. She believes we need to think differently on how we find a job. Take a listen to her commentary, and hear why she believes we should create our own jobs instead of searching for one. Recent […]

Imani Showalter is one of the women that’s on the Basketball Wives spinoff, “Basketball Wives L.A.” When she called in to the show this morning to talk about it, Sybil and Tom had some tough questions for her and the show. In case you missed the interview, you can listen below. Recent Stories 27% Of […]

 Troy Davis, who has been in prison for two decades for shooting a Savannah Ga. police officer, is scheduled to die on September 21st. However, no weapon, DNA, or any other evidence linking to Davis was found at the scene of the crime. Only nine witnesses were at the crime, and now seven of them […]