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?
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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?על ידי WKXW-FM
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A population ignored by Gov. Murphy
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Why won't the governor come on New Jersey 101.5?על ידי WKXW-FM
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Right answers in math is racist?
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A move to change the way math is taught in Oregon public schools drew the wrath of Jim Gearhart.על ידי WKXW-FM
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After the controversy surrounding the presidential election, there is a bill that would take election rules and law out of the hands of the state and let the federal government take control, which Jim Gearhart believes is part of a bigger plan.על ידי WKXW-FM
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The demonization of Donald Trump
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How far are they going back? Will they try to rescind his birth certificate? Jim asked rhetorically.על ידי WKXW-FM
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Protesters are not who we are? Think again
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Jim Gearhart takes issue with the comment by President-elect Biden that the attack at the Capitol on Wednesday by Trump supporters opposed to the certification of the Electoral College votes are not who we are as Americans.על ידי WKXW-FM
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Congress' pandemic checks fall short
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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.על ידי WKXW-FM
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President Donald Trump should be considered for several Nobel peace prizes for his many accomplishments in the Middle East, according to Jim Gearhart.על ידי WKXW-FM
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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?
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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.על ידי WKXW-FM
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Between politics and the pandemic some people dont know how to process to everything that is going on in the world. Jim thinks the daily uncertainty of recent life will cause an increase in the number of people who seek therapy in order to cope with events that go against how the brain is wired. Among them, the changing executive orders from Gov. P…
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Joe Biden's challenges even before taking office
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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.על ידי WKXW-FM
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What will NJ Gov. Murphy order next?
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Gov. Phil Murphys executive orders that place limit and restrictions on most aspects of our lives could be training for something far more sinister, Jim Gearhart theorizes in the latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015.על ידי WKXW-FM
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Using comedy to cope with the election
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The president's continuing challenges to election results have led Jim Gearhart to turn where he always has for relief to comedy, he says in the latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015.על ידי WKXW-FM
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Another fine mess: The 2020 election
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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.…
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How long will Biden last in office? Maybe not so long
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The allegations about Democrat Joe Bidens son Hunter Biden could be another reason that he doesnt last very long as president if elected, Jim Gearhart speculates in his latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Facebook.com/NJ1015.על ידי WKXW-FM
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Countdown to election 'Armageddon'
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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…
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The smokescreen in this election
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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.על ידי WKXW-FM
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Don't like the Candidates? Vote for the Constitution
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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.על ידי WKXW-FM
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The Supreme Court's choice: Honor the Constitution, or not
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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.…
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When NJ is slipping into the void, NJians cry out for Uncle Floyd
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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.על ידי WKXW-FM
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Expect chaos and confusion in this mostly-mail election
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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.athttp://Facebook.com/NJ1015If you want to vote the Democrats have arranged that if you dont have a mail-in ballot they will come out and give you one in an enema. Ultimately this is whats going to happen …
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The millstone around the Postal Services neck
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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.c…
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Harris: The lesser of the evils on the left
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The choice of Sen. Kamela Harris as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens running mate was a bright move, Jim Gearhart says in his latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, presented every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Facebook.com/NJ1015.על ידי WKXW-FM
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A handy guide to coping with the chaos to come
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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.על ידי WKXW-FM
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The sad story of America's last attempt at socialism
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Jim Gearhart says progressives in the United States are trying to push it to socialism but last time, he says, that ended badly.Watch the Jim Gearhart Show live every Thursday at 10:30 a.m., at Facebook.com/NJ1015.על ידי WKXW-FM
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More town names to change before they offend anyone
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As New Jersey is looking likely to end use of the term freeholder because of its ties to the slavery era. And yet, county officials aren't the only ones using a variant of the term so are Freehold Township and Freehold BoroughThat got Jim Gearhart wondering what else needs changing during the latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live sho…
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Defund the police ... and fund whom?
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History repeats itself at the NJ MVC
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As the late Yogi Berra once said, "It was dj vu all over again" for Jim Gearhart on the latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show, as the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission reopened to long lines and upset customers.Watch Jim every week on Facebook Live at Facebook.com/NJ1015על ידי WKXW-FM
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The winner of the culture war gets to write history
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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 podcastand Facebook Live show.Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app.... iTunes https://g…
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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 podcastand Facebook Live show.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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Defunding the police 'the dumbest idea I ever heard'
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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 podcastand Facebook Live show.Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app.... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A... and Googl…
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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 podcastand Facebook Live show.Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app.... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A... and Googl…
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What would it take for a property tax revolt?
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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 podcastand Facebook Live showt…
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What if the power went out in the coronavirus crisis?
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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 podcastand Faceb…
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How you'll know if Gov. Phil Murphy cares about us
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Jim Gearhart says in the latest edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcastandFacebook Live showthat there's one way we'll know if Murphytrulycares about the people of New Jersey -- and it all comes down to property taxes.Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app.... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A... and Google Play: https://g…
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Maybe, just maybe, we're too hard on Trump and Murphy
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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://go…
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Your best defense against the coronavirus
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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.And as Jim notes many of those being ravaged by the novel coronavirus have underlying conditions and complications, he has a plea: Take care of yourself.…
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Could the coronavirus mean a reset for our society?
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"I hate to think that I am prophetic," Jim Gearhart says in the latest edition of theweekly Jim Gearhart Show podcastandFacebook Live show.But for years, Jim has been warning that American society could be nearing a breaking point. He's seen "self interest, materialism on steroids to the point of a frenzy in this culture," Jim says.And he's long wo…
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Why I have hope for us all in the coronavirus shutdowns
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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 theweekly Jim Gearhart Show pod…
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Coronavirus: What could leaders say to calm you? Anything?
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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 podcastandFacebook Live show.Speaking with the New Jersey 101.5 audience, he took a comment from a user who said she doesn't think President Donald Trump in his address last week did e…
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Bag the bans? Let's ban the bags, right away
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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/7GnJzZעל ידי WKXW-FM
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We need more immigrants? How about we keep the people we have?
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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 …
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Tax the millionaires? They're not going anywhere
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Get ready for Gov. Phil Murphyto propose a millionaire's tax ... again.Opponents say it'll push job-makers and big taxpayers out of New Jersey, leaving the rest of us on the hook. But does the math really work out?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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In defense of having kids impersonate slaves
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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 :https://www.facebook.…
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What kind of a 'sanctuary state' is this?
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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 :https://nj1015.com/what-kind-of-a-sanctuary-state-is-this-opinion/Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5…
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There's a prize more valuable than the presidency
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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 l…
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It was so cold in NJ ... but how cold was it?
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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 ofJim Gearhart's Jan. 23 Facebook Live show.We were a little short-handed, and had anawfully busy week.But as they say, what's old is new again, with the unusually warm weather we've seen over the last few days getting pushed …
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I get the vaccine debate. I also remember polio
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Jim Gearhart has a lot of sympathy for parents worried about mandatory vaccines.Protesting parentsmanaged to get the state Senate to punton a bill that would have removed religious exemptions to vaccine requirements for public school students -- a get-out-of-shots card legislative leaders say was being abused by people with no real religious object…
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You're worried about what's in vaccines? How about our food?
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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-- you've heard a lot about vaccines.Protesting parentsscored a major victory this week, convincing enough state senators not to support a bill that would have eliminated a religious exemption to the state's requiremen…
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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 r…
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