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Shelley's Father's Day Message from 1996
Jun 17, 2026
39m 29s
You Don't Have to Be a Father to Be a Father
Jun 12, 2026
42m 37s
Education Lifts All Ships (Rebroadcast)
Jun 3, 2026
34m 00s
The Rapid Decline of Education in America
May 6, 2026
32m 17s
What Have We Done Wrong?
May 1, 2026
34m 36s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/17/26 | Shelley's Father's Day Message from 1996 | Send us Fan Mail Today, we continue in the theme of fathers as we rebroadcast a show we released on near his birthday, September 27, 2023. It features a recording of a speech Shelley made on Father's Day when he was 63 years old at Friendship Baptist Church. This Church plays a special role in Shelley's life. As a boy of five, he saw his mother murdered just a few blocks away. In spite of growing up without his parents, he would celebrate his graduation in this same Church. Without a ... | 39m 29s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | You Don't Have to Be a Father to Be a Father✨ | fatherhoodmentorship+3 | — | — | — | fathermentor+3 | — | 42m 37s | |
| 6/3/26 | Education Lifts All Ships (Rebroadcast)✨ | educationimportance of education+4 | — | — | — | educationrebroadcast+4 | — | 34m 00s | |
| 5/6/26 | The Rapid Decline of Education in America✨ | educationCivil Rights+4 | Dr. Ricky Jones | Historically Black Colleges and Universitiesanti-affirmative action+1 | America | educationCivil Rights+5 | — | 32m 17s | |
| 5/1/26 | What Have We Done Wrong?✨ | equalityBlack men+3 | Dr. Jones | — | — | Black menequality+5 | — | 34m 36s | |
| 4/22/26 | Shelley Shares Stories About the AG Gaston Motel✨ | storieshistory+2 | — | AG Gaston Motel | — | AG Gaston MotelShelley Stewart+3 | — | 32m 40s | |
| 4/16/26 | War. What is it Good for?✨ | warracial injustice+4 | — | — | AmericaAmerican | warracial injustice+5 | — | 36m 02s | |
| 4/8/26 | Interview with Music Writer Candis Bonner, Pt 2✨ | Black radio industrymusic trends+3 | Candis Bonner | Black Radio Exclusive | — | Black radiomusic trends+3 | — | 40m 07s | |
| 4/1/26 | An Interview with Music Writer Candis Bonner (Part 1)✨ | friendshipBlack media+3 | Candis Bonner | — | — | friendshipBlack media+3 | — | 40m 14s | |
| 3/25/26 | Has Civil Rights Lost Its Bite?✨ | Civil RightsHuman Rights+4 | — | anti-DEI movementBlack bourgeoisie | — | Civil RightsHuman Rights+5 | — | 34m 50s | |
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| 3/19/26 | Has the Role of Black Churches Changed?✨ | Black Churchcommunity unity+3 | — | Black Church | — | Black Churchcommunity+3 | — | 34m 34s | |
| 3/11/26 | Which Golden Rule Do You Follow?✨ | powerpolitical approaches+3 | Ricky Jones | — | — | powerpolitics+5 | — | 31m 14s | |
| 3/5/26 | Shelley's Back✨ | pivotal momentsequality struggles+3 | — | — | — | blackoutssegregation+4 | — | 39m 15s | |
| 2/25/26 | Erasing History✨ | historical erasureeducation+4 | — | — | — | historical erasureReverend Jesse Jackson+4 | — | 33m 14s | |
| 2/18/26 | Woodson's Challenge: Should Funding Dollars Make Decisions?✨ | Black History Monthfunding in Black movements+3 | — | NAACP | — | Carter G. WoodsonNAACP+4 | — | 32m 46s | |
| 2/12/26 | Carter G. Woodson and the Challenges of Black Leadership | Send us Fan Mail This week's episode continues the focus on the life and ideology of Dr. Carter G. Woodson as part of a four-part Black History Month series. We open by marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Negro History Week and re-ask Woodson’s provocative question from the 1940s: "Do we deserve to celebrate right now?" Woodson opined that celebration was unwarranted if Black people had not studied their history and contemporary situation to better understand what is really happe... | 32m 16s | ||||||
| 2/6/26 | Have You Earned the Right to Celebrate BHM? | Send us Fan Mail In this special Black History Month episode of Shelley's Plumbline, executive producer Mark Jamroz and host Dr. Ricky Jones—son of the Radio Hall of Famer Shelley Stewart—share a conversation on Carter G. Woodson and the origins of Black History Month. The core of the conversation focuses on the legacy of Carter G. Woodson and the founding of Negro History Week, with Jones detailing Woodson's academic journey and his concerns about the miseducation of Black people. ... | 37m 37s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | Dr. Ricky Jones' MLK Speech: Holding a Mirror of Truth to America's Face | Send us Fan Mail Support the show Follow us and continue the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. | 41m 41s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | Some Truths About Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks (Rebroadcast) | Send us Fan Mail We join the nation in mourning the loss of civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, who passed away on January 13, 2026, at the age of 86. In her honor, we are rebroadcasting this interview with her sister, Gloria Laster, originally broadcast on December 2, 2025. The discussion centers on the overlooked role of Colvin, the 15-year-old arrested nine months before Rosa Parks for the same act of defiance. Laster recounts how Colvin was a plaintiff in the successful Browder v... | 38m 21s | ||||||
| 12/24/25 | A Review of Our Favorite Plumblines of 2025 | Send us Fan Mail Join Shelley's Plumbline for this powerful year-end recap, reflecting on the most impactful conversations of 2025, a year marked by the addition of co-host Dr. Ricky Jones. Jones’s arrival brought a new voice of depth and truth that resonated profoundly with listeners. The year’s second most downloaded episode, "Finding My Father," featured the emotional and deeply personal story that revealed Dr. Shelley Stewart is the father of Dr. Ricky Jones, a testament to the podc... | 42m 56s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | Racism Today (Rebroadcast) | Send us Fan Mail Hello, Plumbliners! Shelley, Mark and Ricky are going to take a break going into the holiday season. So today, we (re)present the most downloaded Plumbline episode of 2025, titled "Racism Today." In this episode, Shelley, Mark and Ricky Jones launch into a powerful discussion on the enduring struggle against racism, arguing that while overt segregation is gone, it has transformed, with terms like DEI serving as "code words" for veiled racist policies. They explore the histori... | 34m 36s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | Whatever Happened to Rosa Parks? | Send us Fan Mail Today, Shelley and Ricky focus their discussion on the ongoing disregard for both Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks after the bus boycott, noting Parks' financial struggles and the general minimization of women's contributions by male movement leaders. Shelley and Ricky share a broader contemporary critique, lamenting the societal decline in critical thinking and sacrifice, and analyzing how modern oppressive systems have adapted to be less overt but more dangerous. The P... | 33m 00s | ||||||
| 12/3/25 | Some Truths About Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks | Send us Fan Mail This episode of Shelley's Plumline, explores the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with special guest Gloria Laster, the older sister of Claudette Colvin. The discussion centers on the overlooked role of Colvin, the 15-year-old arrested nine months before Rosa Parks for the same act of defiance. Laster recounts how Colvin was a plaintiff in the successful Browder v. Gale Supreme Court case that desegregated transportation but was intentionally excluded from... | 38m 21s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 | Shelley's Role in The Children's March | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shelley and Ricky discuss the key role that Shelley played in the Children's March. The scene is Birmingham, Alabama, April and May of 1963. Martin Luther King Jr.’s advisors had deliberately chosen the city to confront the notoriously violent Police Commissioner, Bull Connor. Shelley recounts advising King to leave the pulpit and engage directly with the people on the street, which helped build community support. The planning for the march was highly secreti... | 35m 51s | ||||||
| 11/20/25 | Shelley's Encounters with the KKK | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Shelley recounts his conflicts with the Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham in the 1950s, intensified by his refusal to adhere to segregated customs in local stores. Shelley reveals that many Klan members were police officers and local business owners. His activism escalated on his WEDR radio show, where he publicly discussed the segregated city, education, and incidents of violence and bombing that major white papers omitted. This defiance resulted in death threats f... | 39m 15s | ||||||
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