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Jim Gearhart, New Jersey's No. 1 morning radio talk show host for more than 25 years, returns — turning his his acerbic wit and blunt insight to the state of affairs in New Jersey. Jim and cohost Bob Williams record The Jim Gearhart Show live every Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015. The Jim Gearhart Show is a New Jersey 101.5 production.

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    Why is New Jersey holding onto mask mandate?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 33:12


    As the governors of Mississippi and Texas took a lot of heat for dropping their mask mandates and reopening most everything back to normal, Jim Gearhart wondered why do states like New Jersey keep theirs in place for nearly a year?

    A population ignored by Gov. Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 33:12


    Right answers in math is racist?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 33:02


    Insurgency runs both ways

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 32:22


    The demonization of Donald Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 32:22


    Protesters are not who we are? Think again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 32:22


    Congress' pandemic checks fall short

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 35:17


    Jim Gearhart agrees with President Donald Trump that the $1 trillion coronavirus stimulus and relief package proposed by Congress does not include a large enough direct payment to individuals.

    A Nobel Peace Prize for Trump?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 33:22


    President Donald Trump should be considered for several Nobel peace prizes for his many accomplishments in the Middle East, according to Jim Gearhart.

    To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 32:22


    As the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is approved for use, Jim Gearhart says he is working through a decision on whether or not he will take the shot and when. Jim and Bob Williams also discuss ordering from Amazon, term limits for politicians and the investigation of Hunter Biden.

    Is confusion the new normal?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 31:00


    Between politics and the pandemic some people don

    Joe Biden's challenges even before taking office

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 30:33


    Joe Biden will not be nearly as radical as some first believed when he takes office in January because of how close the election results, Jim Gearhart suggests in the latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015.

    What will NJ Gov. Murphy order next?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 34:01


    Gov. Phil Murphy

    Using comedy to cope with the election

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 29:37


    The president's continuing challenges to election results have led Jim Gearhart to turn where he always has for relief

    Another fine mess: The 2020 election

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2020 33:04


    Jim Gearhart says he doubts the Democrats expected it to be this close. Does Biden really have a mandate, and will the Republicans hound him for years? Jim asks all of that in the latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015.

    How long will Biden last in office? Maybe not so long

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 30:01


    The allegations about Democrat Joe Biden

    Countdown to election 'Armageddon'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 37:03


    Mail-in ballots found in a West Orange dumpster, 40,000 missing primary ballots in Pennsylvania and arguments about the number of county drop boxes in Texas are all early signs of a potentially bleak post-election season according to Jim Gearhart in his latest weekly podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015. Jim wonders: How many other dumped ballots are out there only to be found when it

    The smokescreen in this election

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 30:02


    Jim Gearhart says the presidential campaign comes down to just one issue in his latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015.

    Don't like the Candidates? Vote for the Constitution

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 33:40


    Not crazy about the candidates looking to become president of the United States? Jim Gearhart says he has a "considerably less than lukewarm personal enthusiasm for the two candidates at the top of the ticket." Instead, he says, he is voting for the U.S. Constitution.

    The Supreme Court's choice: Honor the Constitution, or not

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 31:59


    When Jim Gearhart and Bob Williams spoke last week, Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hadn't yet died. The debate over whether to fill her seat during President Donald Trump's current term hadn't begun. But the court was on Jim's mind, as he predicted the winner of the presidential election would determine the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court in his latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015. Jim talked about the court's direction two days before Ginsburg's death, recording an episode early this week, on Sept. 18.

    When NJ is slipping into the void, NJians cry out for Uncle Floyd

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 32:34


    Jim Gearhart takes a break from politics and COVID-19 to welcome special guest Uncle Floyd in his latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015.

    Expect chaos and confusion in this mostly-mail election

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 30:19


    Don't want to vote by mail? Too bad Jim Gearhart says in his latest weekly podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m.

    The millstone around the Postal Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 32:11


    There controversy around funding for the U.S. Postal Service and its ability to handle the volume of ballots that will be mailed by New Jersey voters can be tied back TO the pension that must be funded every year, Jim Gearhart says in his latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015.

    Harris: The lesser of the evils on the left

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 27:37


    The choice of Sen. Kamela Harris as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden

    A handy guide to coping with the chaos to come

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 32:39


    These are trying times. But Jim Gearhart, on this week's show, has what he's calling a "a handy guide to coping with the chaos to come." Jim and Bob are live every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. on Facebook, at Facebook.com/NJ1015. Ask them your questions in the chat.

    The sad story of America's last attempt at socialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 32:06


    Jim Gearhart says progressives in the United States are trying to push it to socialism

    More town names to change before they offend anyone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 32:26


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    Defund the police ... and fund whom?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 31:40


    History repeats itself at the NJ MVC

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 34:36


    As the late Yogi Berra once said, "It was d

    The winner of the culture war gets to write history

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 25:06


    With statues coming down, school names being replaced, are we losing our history? Or is the side winning the culture war just getting to decide what our history is? That's the question Jim Gearhart tackles in his weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast

    Can we close Pandora's Box?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 33:24


    Jim Gearhart wonders: With protests, civil unrest, disease, calls to defund the police ... is democracy at a breaking point? That's what he asks in his weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast

    Defunding the police 'the dumbest idea I ever heard'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 32:12


    Jim Gearhart isn't quite so cynical that he thinks power-hungry Democrats engineered the coronavirus crisis ... but they sure haven't let it go to waste, he says the latest edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast

    Is this all just a power grab?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 27:46


    Jim Gearhart isn't quite so cynical that he thinks power-hungry Democrats engineered the coronavirus crisis ... but they sure haven't let it go to waste, he says the latest edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast

    What would it take for a property tax revolt?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020 24:56


    New Jersey has some of the highest property taxes in the nation. Jim Gearhart has always marveled that people keep voting for politicians who don't do much about it, even as some are forced out of their homes. But he thinks he's got a solution. Jim explores that risk in the latest edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast

    What if the power went out in the coronavirus crisis?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2020 30:19


    Jim Gearhart recently came across a discussion about how vulnerable our electrical grid is. Can you imagine if many of us lost power for a long time in the coronavirus crisis? No texting. No zoom calls. For some, no groceries, no goods. How would we get by? Jim explores that risk in the latest edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast

    How you'll know if Gov. Phil Murphy cares about us

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 30:39


    Jim Gearhart says in the latest edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast

    Maybe, just maybe, we're too hard on Trump and Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020 27:14


    There's something almost automatic, almost reflexive about the way we criticize our leaders. And Jim Gearhart wonders, with a little retrospective empathy, if maybe group-think and reflective anger at the system are to blame. Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app. ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

    Your best defense against the coronavirus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020 35:16


    Jim Gearhart, in his 80s, has the strength and stamina of a much younger man -- so much so, that he bounced back from a serious fall down his stairs and traumatic brain injury just a few years ago.

    Could the coronavirus mean a reset for our society?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 36:59


    "I hate to think that I am prophetic," Jim Gearhart says in the latest edition of the

    Why I have hope for us all in the coronavirus shutdowns

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 35:16


    Jim Gearhart, safe at home and speaking by Skype to Bob Williams, asks: "Can the most spoiled, frantically self-indulgent, self-absorbed population on the earth morph into self-sacrificing, self-disciplined, responsible, socially concerned population?" "I think it can," Jim says. Here why in a special remote edition of the

    Coronavirus: What could leaders say to calm you? Anything?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 35:32


    Jim Gearhart, an octogenarian, has seen a lot, but he's never seen anything like the novel coronavirus, he says in the latest edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast

    Bag the bans? Let's ban the bags, right away

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 32:39


    Jim Gearhart is wholly behind effort to ban single-use plastic bags in New Jersey. But he asks ... why wait 18 months? Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app. ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

    We need more immigrants? How about we keep the people we have?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 31:52


    From 2010 through 2018, New Jersey lost about 443,000 due to outmigration, a Rutgers study finds. And it makes the case that without enough people moving in -- including immigrants -- our economy and way of life could be in rough shape. Jim Gearhart asks: Why don't we just try to keep those 443,000 people around? Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app. ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

    Tax the millionaires? They're not going anywhere

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 15:47


    Get ready for Gov. Phil Murphy

    In defense of having kids impersonate slaves

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 34:43


    A Toms River, New Jersey teacher came under fire this month for a lesson in which, according to some students, he had children impersonating slaves. Some said he made whip sounds and made students lay on the floor, pretending to be on a slave ship. But, Jim Gearhart asks ... what's so wrong with that? Watch Jim on Facebook Live :

    What kind of a 'sanctuary state' is this?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 31:36


    ICE recently rounded up more than 100 people in New Jersey who were suspected of being in the country illegally. The list included "everything but jaywalking and sabbath-breaking," Jim Gearhart says. Watch Jim on Facebook Live :

    There's a prize more valuable than the presidency

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 30:19


    This week, the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate is almost surely going to vote to acquit President Donald Trump, closing out his impeachment trial. The vote will down party lines or awfully close to it. But, Jim Gearhart says in his weekly Facebook Live show and podcast, the real battle isn't for the presidency. It's for a position with much more lasting power. Watch Jim on Facebook Live:

    It was so cold in NJ ... but how cold was it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 28:42


    First of all, an apology from those of us here at New Jersey 101.5. We're a bit belated in getting you this podcast edition of

    I get the vaccine debate. I also remember polio

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 34:35


    Jim Gearhart has a lot of sympathy for parents worried about mandatory vaccines. Protesting parents

    You're worried about what's in vaccines? How about our food?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 45:41


    If you've been on the Internet this week -- heck, if you've listened to the radio, turned on the TV or even left the house this week

    She called some Jews 'brutes.' Jim says she nothing wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 37:35


    If there's one thing that offends Jim Gearhart, it's how easily some people get offended. The Jersey City Board of Education is operating in the wake of two scandals. In one, its president has been accused of corruption by state officials. And in another, board member Joan Terrell-Paige has been roundly criticized for a Facebook group in which she referred to some religious Jews

    The last time NJ government got anything useful done

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 44:52


    As the decade comes to a close, Jim Gearhart wonders: What in the last 10 years has New Jersey government done to make your life better? "I could be wrong, but I cannot thing of anything that has been done in the last 10 years that really changed anything significantly," Jim says in this week's episode of his weekly Facebook Live show and podcast. The last time he can remember government that made a difference was under Gov. Jim McGreevey, who resigned amid a scandal in 20015. See Jim's full episode on Facebook. Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app. ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

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