The Last Show...(Jerry Finds His Voice) Jerry discovers how to use his microphone and now loves how his voice sounds! This is our podcast ending round table conversation among the cast and crew. We interact about some highlights, funny moments, memorable interviews, Cuba, the Freedom Riders show, music, etc. Do we feel we accomplished what we set out to do? What comes next? For Jerry and Jene, is it the retirement home rec room? Thank all of you listeners for sticking with us!  Hosted on...

Walker's Candidacy Is An Assault on Black Americans Dignity We’ve been doing this show for years now, right? I had my people go back through the archives and tally up the number of times the word Trump was spoken. Let’s go around the table and see who can guess the number. If you are a Facebook live viewer right now, put your guess in the comment section. We are now deep into the prime sports season with football and basketball overlapping. Our Cincinnati Bengals are now making their run...

Trump Should Not Be Allowed To Hold Office Again Jene once visited the home of someone who Jerry gave a key to the city to. What is Thanksgiving like at the Springer‘s household? TV show Foodfight? Our musical guest: Lucas Wayne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wX18eWI3hc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner At The Trump's? Tip of our hats to Frances Wilson Canty, a bold freedom rider who recently died for Civil Rights. Here's a link to a podcast we did interviewing some of the Riders. https://jerryspringer.com/show/the-freedom-riders-part-1-ep-271/ Jerry entertains the idea of doing some shows in Retirement homes. Three meals a day. No one remembers your jokes... Musical guest: Lucas Wayne https://www.instagram.com/lucaswaynemusic/ Hosted on Acast. See...

Why Americans Drank The Kool-Aid? They'll always be villains in American democracy, but nothing says we have to drink the Kool-Aid. Are we now the villains? Jerry, is Tony Bennett art exploding in value? Jene’s brother bought a painting for little and then became shockingly valuable because the artist became huge. Musical guest: Darren Hacquard https://darrinhacquard.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

God Bless Joe Biden President Joseph Biden said this election is about saving democracy. It's about the very soul of America. Trust the American people to put that notion above partisanship.  Americans have roundly rejected Donald Trump. He's causing Republican states to elect Democrats.  Musical Guest for tonight’s show is Abe Partridge, an artist from Mobile, AL, and a return guest to the show. His song Abe Partridge's 403d Freakout is psychedelic bliss. His podcast, Alabama Astronaut, has...

Noel Paul Stookey shares his experience on the Lincoln Memorial with Dr. Martin Luther King giving his "I Have A Dream" speech. Peter, Paul & Mary performed at the iconic moment in history.    Noel's daughter Liz has started a non-profit Music To Life https://www.musictolife.org/ for musician-activists to further the causes of musicians raising awareness to propel us to a more humane society. How do we embody love and elevate each other for a better existence?   Tonight on November 10th,...

The Right-Wing Supreme Court Will Cut Affirmative Action Jerry alleges Masked Singer vote was rigged. Stop the Steal! Musical guest: Darrin Hacquard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wueTtClUb_I Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Morning After Elections Republicans Will Be Smiling: Jerry Won't The phenomenal and innovative outdoor artistic light show that lasts four nights in Cincinnati. Very Springer like endeavor. Might we get Jerry to run for mayor of Sarasota? Jene reminds us as Dems if we all turn out the vote, we can't lose and reverse the Roe vs. Wade decision. Call local political party headquarters or contact Get Out the Vote for Democrats.  The Heavy Hitters are back as this week's musical...

Republicans Have No Moral Compass Republicans will vote for any Republican regardless of moral character or competence. There are no lines they won't cross if what's at stake is the next election. Herschel Walker has no more business being a United States senator than a twelve year old in terms of ability and knowledge. Georgia's election shouldn't even be close. If you're a Republican, wouldn't this be a good way to clean up the party's leadership by telling them you can't take our vote for...

Bad Jerry Springer Dad Jokes Are Back In Full Form! Jerry shows up to a party too early, and tries to get soon to be expected parents to name their children Jerry Springer. Bad dad jokes are back in full form! Jerry's commentary: This is 2022. Have we learned nothing? Are we to leave our children and grandchildren a legacy of, “What were we thinking?” “How backwards were we?” ‘How could we tolerate such ignorance and bigotry? So as to defile, America at its best is supposed to stand...

On this week's show Jerry can't figure out how to turn the sound off on his Iphone. Jerry's commentary: Our institutions, indeed brilliant as they are drawn up, are no stronger than the character of the people who inhabit them. That’s why character matters. That’s why our democracy is in peril. That’s why the only remedy is we the people, we the voters; Voting as if democracy this November is on the ballot. It is! Jerry picks up tabs of two tables while we were out to dinner. He's not making...

What Would Jerry Do? A Faustian bargain never ends well. Selling one’s soul for an earthly prize. So it won’t end well for Republicans who have sold their soul. That is any sense of honesty, morality, the Big Lie, to the extreme right wing empowered by Trump for a momentary victory in the primaries. A younger generation, indeed a multicultural one at that, is not likely to sign on what used to be a respected political party and is now a personality worshipping loyalty demanding cult. The...

Jerry's Baaaaack!  Jerry talks about the passing of the queen and gets emotional talking about his extended family being exterminated by Nazis and his parents getting visas at the last second to escape into England. Which is where Jerry was born in a subway (or tube) that was being used as a bomb shelter. The duality of the Monarchy as a symbol of racism and how it also during WWII brought England together when there was no hope for the country.  How are Kim Kardashian and the queen...

We’re getting complaints from corporate, about Jerry’s telling of the same joke again and again and again. He must stop, now under direction from corporate. (Then Jene asks Jerry who that older guy he was talking to out front.) Jene tells shockingly how his uncle Antonio just died and how on his deathbed last week he announced he was changing his lifelong Democratic affiliation to Republican. He told Jene why. The group discusses getting Tales, Tunes, and Tomfoolery tattoos. How some of the...

Noel Paul Stookey – of the 60’s folk trio, Peter, Paul & Mary Noel performs “One And Many”, “Impeachable”, and “Blowing In the Wind” a duet with Jerry. He discusses the power of music, vulnerability, and the major seventh chord. Jerry gives some perspective on the optimism that began the 60’s and the tumultuous events that followed. How Peter, Paul, & Mary brought social justice and anti-war music to main street. The impact of music on our culture. Introduction to Noel “Paul”...

The Elevator Comics! Jerry talks about doing a live version of Price is Right at Mystic Lake Casino just outside Minneapolis. Did Jerry do comedy on the elevators? Now, the Elevator Comics even have a commercial… Then, the group talks about the crazy turn of events at the Academy Awards. Jerry talks about Jeff Sessions’ first act as attorney general — rescinding protections for transgender students using the bathrooms they choose. Musical Guest: Krystal Peterson and the Queen City Band....

Jerry tells the story about when he was mayor and started running a marathon in his business suit. Perhaps coincidentally, Jerry and Jene are going into prison next week. (Not like that, to visit!) Megan and Jene explain to Jerry how they’re making his prized Sarasota home into an AirB&B. Jerry’s rant: Will the Trump era have a lasting effect on American culture? How much of this madness can we “undo?” Musical guest: Short and Company https://shortandcompanymusic.com/ Hosted on Acast....

We revisit the harrowing account of Jo Ann Staples, who survived a tragic bear accident in late August of 2008 in Gates of the Arctic National Park in remote northern Alaska. The story has four elements: the backpack trip and the grizzly bear attack, the dramatic rescue that eventually got her to the hospital in Fairbanks about 250 miles away, the ongoing treatments she’s still undergoing, and the lessons she’s learned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The conclusion of a three part special edition of the Jerry Springer Podcast. Jene interviews two former Kentucky inmates he met while volunteer teaching at a Kentucky correctional facility.  Tom Payne is a 7"2 former NBA basketball player with the Atlanta Hawks. He was the first African-American recruited by the University of Kentucky and hall of fame coach Adolph Rupp. Incarcerated for 33 years he talks about trying to help others avoid the pitfalls and violence he committed against...

The Flooding in Eastern Kentucky Jene traveled through flooded regions of Kentucky this week to see the devastation to the Appalachian region. Eastern Kentucky musician Jeremy Short joins the conversation to describe his hometown where buildings have been swept away and people have died and are missing. They discuss where people can get help and where they can donate to.  Tyler Childers of Estill County and Jerry sing Down By the Riverside. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8,...

Are There Drugs In Prison. Part two.  What was prison life like? Jene interviews two former Kentucky inmates he met while volunteer teaching at a Kentucky correctional facility.  Tom Payne is a 7"2 former NBA basketball player with the Atlanta Hawks. He was the first African-Amercian recruited by the University of Kentucky and hall of fame coach Adolph Rupp. Incarcerated for 33 years he talks about trying to help others avoid the pitfalls and violence he committed against others. Darryll...

Jene interviews two former Kentucky inmates he met while volunteer teaching at a Kentucky correctional facility.  Tom Payne is a 7"2 former NBA basketball player with the Atlanta Hawks. He was the first African-Amercian recruited by the University of Kentucky and hall of fame coach Adolph Rupp. Incarcerated for 33 years he talks about trying to help others avoid the pitfalls and violence he committed against others. Darryll Davis is a former drug dealer who committed murder after a drug deal...

Donald Trump & His Allies Are A Clear & Present Danger To American Democracy This is a quote from former Federal Judge Mike Luttig testifying on the January 6th committee hearing about his own party. Luttig said the United States is at a crossroads similar to the one the country faced during the Civil War, and he said America needs help. Then we'll talk to Professor Wendy Strickler, Phd., who is a Forest Hills School District mom, Asst. Professor at Mt. St. Joseph University and...