The Jim Gearhart Show

Why is New Jersey holding onto mask mandate? Mar 09, 2021

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 Feb 26, 2021

Right answers in math is racist? Feb 19, 2021

Insurgency runs both ways Feb 08, 2021

The demonization of Donald Trump Jan 18, 2021

Protesters are not who we are? Think again Jan 10, 2021

Congress' pandemic checks fall short Dec 30, 2020

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? Dec 23, 2020

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? Dec 13, 2020

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? Dec 05, 2020

Between politics and the pandemic some people don’t 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. Phil Murphy aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus.

Joe Biden's challenges even before taking office Dec 02, 2020

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? Nov 20, 2020

Gov. Phil Murphy’s 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.

Using comedy to cope with the election Nov 18, 2020

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.

Another fine mess: The 2020 election Nov 08, 2020

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 Oct 25, 2020

The allegations about Democrat Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden could be another reason that he doesn’t 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.

Countdown to election 'Armageddon' Oct 21, 2020

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’s too late for them to count?

The smokescreen in this election Oct 15, 2020

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 Sep 29, 2020

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 Sep 22, 2020

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 Sep 14, 2020

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 Sep 07, 2020

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. at http://Facebook.com/NJ1015 “If you want to vote the Democrats have arranged that if you don’t have a mail-in ballot they will come out and give you one in an enema. Ultimately this is what’s going to happen” Jim said.

The millstone around the Postal Service’s neck Aug 25, 2020

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 Aug 19, 2020

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

A handy guide to coping with the chaos to come Aug 09, 2020

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 Aug 05, 2020

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.

More town names to change before they offend anyone Jul 30, 2020

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 Borough That got Jim Gearhart wondering what else needs changing during the latest weekly Jim Gearhart podcast and Facebook Live show.

Defund the police ... and fund whom? Jul 22, 2020

History repeats itself at the NJ MVC Jul 15, 2020

As the late Yogi Berra once said, "It was déjà 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/NJ1015

The winner of the culture war gets to write history Jun 24, 2020

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 and 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

Can we close Pandora's Box? Jun 17, 2020

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 and 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

Defunding the police 'the dumbest idea I ever heard' Jun 10, 2020

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 and 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

Is this all just a power grab? May 27, 2020

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 and 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

What would it take for a property tax revolt? May 03, 2020

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 and Facebook Live show that there's one way we'll know if Murphy truly cares 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://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

What if the power went out in the coronavirus crisis? Apr 25, 2020

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 and Facebook Live show that there's one way we'll know if Murphy truly cares 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://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

How you'll know if Gov. Phil Murphy cares about us Apr 18, 2020

Jim Gearhart says in the latest edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast and Facebook Live show that there's one way we'll know if Murphy truly cares 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://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Maybe, just maybe, we're too hard on Trump and Murphy Apr 12, 2020

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 Apr 12, 2020

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. Here why in a special remote edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast and 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

Could the coronavirus mean a reset for our society? Apr 05, 2020

"I hate to think that I am prophetic," Jim Gearhart says in the latest edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast and Facebook 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 wondered what, if anything, we could possible to about it. Hear why in a special remote edition of the weekly Jim Gearhart 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

Why I have hope for us all in the coronavirus shutdowns Mar 22, 2020

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 weekly Jim Gearhart Show podcast and 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

Coronavirus: What could leaders say to calm you? Anything? Mar 18, 2020

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 and Facebook 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 enough to calm a worried nation. "I don't know if anybody could say enough to calm the nation," Jim said. 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

Bag the bans? Let's ban the bags, right away Mar 11, 2020

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? Mar 04, 2020

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 Feb 26, 2020

Get ready for Gov. Phil Murphy to 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

In defense of having kids impersonate slaves Feb 19, 2020

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.com/nj1015/videos/531074327760166/ 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

What kind of a 'sanctuary state' is this? Feb 12, 2020

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 app. ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

There's a prize more valuable than the presidency Feb 05, 2020

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: https://www.facebook.com/nj1015/videos/188329778915122/ 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

It was so cold in NJ ... but how cold was it? Feb 04, 2020

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 Jim Gearhart's Jan. 23 Facebook Live show. We were a little short-handed, and had an awfully 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 aside -- Dan Zarrow tells us we might even see a little wintry mix. So perhaps it's fitting that Jim Gearhart's partner in his weekly show, Bob Williams (who, like Jim, has been part of the New Jersey 101.5 family for nearly 30 years), told us on Jan. 23 ... just how cold it was. See Jim's full Facebook Live video here.

I get the vaccine debate. I also remember polio Jan 22, 2020

Jim Gearhart has a lot of sympathy for parents worried about mandatory vaccines. Protesting parents managed to get the state Senate to punt on 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 objections, at the potential peril of herd immunity that protects us all against dangerous diseases. Medical exemptions, for students with known health complications that prevent them from safely getting vaccines, would not have been affected by the bill. "There is something that goes against the grain with the government forcing anything on us," Jim says in this week's episode of his weekly Facebook Live show and podcast. Watch Jim on Facebook Live:https://www.facebook.com/nj1015/videos/816100255529645/ 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

You're worried about what's in vaccines? How about our food? Jan 14, 2020

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 parents scored 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 requirement all public school students be vaccinated. While Senate leaders say it's a necessary public health measure, upset parents say they want control over what goes in their children's bodies. Jim Gearhart sees a lot of sides of that debate, but he worries about something else we're putting in our bodies, much more often than vaccines -- processed foods. Watch Jim on Facebook Live:https://www.facebook.com/nj1015/videos/816100255529645/ 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

She called some Jews 'brutes.' Jim says she nothing wrong Jan 07, 2020

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 moving into the community as "brutes." 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

The last time NJ government got anything useful done Dec 24, 2019

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

Scammers capitalize on horrific Jersey City shooting Dec 24, 2019

The horror of this month's news in Jersey City was bad enough. Mindy Ferencz, 31, Douglas Miguel Rodriguez, 49 and Moshe Deutsch, 24 died inside the JC Kosher Supermarket when two shooters got out of a van and opened fire with rifles on the store on Martin Luther King Drive earlier this month. Jersey City police detective Joseph Seals was gunned down in a cemetery by the same shooters shortly before, authorities say. There's so much we still don't know. But what's unmistakable: The sheer tragedy is overwhelming. And yet scammers with fake charities have made it worse. See our list of real, verified charity efforts to help the families here. 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

I'm sorry to see Chick-fil-A's throwing in the towel Nov 26, 2019

Chick-fil-A -- the Christian-owned fast food chain -- took another step away from its controversial associations with religious and anti-LGBT values this month. And Jim Gearhart says he seeing the chain "throwing in the town was rather disappointing." "The reason for that, the alphabet (LGBT) group, these intimidation, have successfully intimidated them into not giving money to a group that the group didn't approve of," Jim says this week's episode of his weekly Facebook Live show and podcast. 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

Immigrants here illegally will get licenses, and you won't do anything Nov 19, 2019

Jim's made clear: He thinks demonizing immigrants here illegally is wrong. Many, he said, are smarter, kinder, more affable people than native-born Americans he's known for ages. But, he says in this week's show: You give an inch ... Jim's concerned driver's licenses could normalize illegal immigration a step further. And then what? Voting's no trivial right to award -- even immigrants here legally can't do that -- but Jim worries about what happens when people who are breaking the law by being here get treated more and more as just another part of American society. 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

Were NJ kids being racist? 'None of your damn business' Nov 07, 2019

There's little question it was a bad idea. A photo of a Watching Hills Regional High School student has been circulating online -- with the teen in blackface at a Halloween party. But Jim Gearhart wants to know: Why is their school getting involved? Why are police? 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

This NJ Democrat is against impeachment ... for some reason Nov 04, 2019

He's something of an anomaly in this true-blue state. Freshman U.S. Representative from New Jersey and Democrat Jeff Van Drew voted against a resolution formalizing impeachment hearing rules for the Congressional investigation into President Donald Trump. Nearly a month earlier, he encouraged his fellow Democrats to cool their heels -- prompting a thanks on Twitter from the commander in tweet. And Jim Gearhart, in this week's episode of his weekly Facebook Live show and podcast, wants to know ... why? 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

The Phil Murphy years: NJ governor without a legacy? Oct 25, 2019

"Everybody's looking for a legacy," Jim Gearhart says during his weekly Facebook Live show, which happens every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. "I don't know that this (administration) will have one. It'll be kind of like the Corzine administration. Nobody remembers it." Is Gov. Murphy set to disappear into history?

'Looney left' has a point when it comes to health care Oct 18, 2019

Jim Gearhart has long said conservatives make good points, and liberals make good points -- and that he's happy to hear both out on any issue. But the far-leftist, the radical left, the progressives ... whatever you might call them ... they go too far, Jim says. Usually. But as Jim looks at the extraordinary, inconsistent and often shocking price of health care-- well, the longtime New Jersey 101.5 personality starts to lean in their direction. "There is a certain amount of reason on the side of the looney, the radical left," Jim says in this week's Jim Gearhart Show -- live on Facebook every Thursday at 10:30 a.m., and available here as a podcast every week. "This is free enterprise or capitalism on steroids." See the full video on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/nj1015/videos/2320852408170159/

I don't see anything wrong 'illegal alien' Oct 14, 2019

What's wrong with the term "illegal alien?" Jim Gearhart asks. Enter the immigration debate fray, and you'll run into all sorts of variations on the term, and all sorts of alternatives to it. Some sound clinical, others border on pejorative. Illegal immigrant. Unauthorized immigrant. Undocumented alien. Illegals. Since at least 2013, the Associated Press Stylebook -- basically, the grammar Bible for most news writers -- has frowned on just about all of those, even though it used to be fine with "illegal immigrant." Jim asks: Why? See Jim's recording this week on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/nj1015/videos/881519772243254/

Why I was a Democrat 'when it was a legitimate party' Sep 27, 2019

Jim's been worried for a while about what he says is the too-left slant of the Democratic party -- liberals have something to contribute, he says, but Jim argues progressives take things too far. And Jim says he, himself, was a Democrat "back when it was a legitimate party." That didn't sit right with one New Jerseyan who tuned into the Facebook Live presentation. I was a Democrat 'when it was a legitimate party' Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app. ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Why I won't demonize immigrants here illegally Sep 19, 2019

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy this week caught flack from a lot of hosts on this station when he said giving license to immigrants here illegally was a "no-brainer." To Murphy's mind, it's a way to get more people insured, and to make the roads safer. "We berate the illegal aliens," Jim Gearhart says in this week's edition of the Jim Gearhart Show, live on Facebook every Thursday at 10:30 a.m., and available here as a podcast every week. But, Jim says ... maybe we shouldn't. Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app. ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

We've entered the age of skivvy-shaming Sep 06, 2019

You've heard of fat-shaming. You've probably heard of slut-shaming. Of race-shaming. Even of lunch-shaming. "There's fart-shaming -- for somebody who does something naughty on a crowded elevator," Jim Gearhart says on this week's edition of the Jim Gearhart Show, live on Facebook every Thursday at 10:30 a.m., and available here as a podcast every week. But this was a new one for Jim -- skivvy-shaming. 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

Tuna! The horror! The horror! Sep 03, 2019

It's a story that caught a lot of attention last month -- Cherry Hill schools are having trouble getting parents to pay the tab for their kids' lunches, so they're giving simple, plain-Jane, no-frills tuna sandwiches to kids whose families' accounts are past due. Call it lunch shaming, if you're so inclined. Parents are worried their kids will be stigmatized when they're seen with the sandwiches. A school board member says the district went with tuna because PB&J would be more appetizing. But the district says it's a way to keep the kids fed even when their accounts are past due -- and that it's never enforced a policy that lets it hold lunch back entirely from a kid whose family is at least $20 behind. 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

Could we ever get school costs under control? Aug 23, 2019

It's not like the solutions aren't understood. It's not like people don't know ways New Jersey could save some of that ultra-high taxes spent on education. But would it ever do what's necessary? The Jim Gearhart Show is recorded LIVE each week in a special Facebook Live presentation at http://Facebook.com/NJ1015. Tune in at 10:30 a.m. each Thursday. 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

I'm afraid to fly my American Flag Aug 23, 2019

We're living in fraught, divisive times. And after hearing the story of a New Jersey veteran fighting his homeowners association for the right to erect a pole and fly an American Flag, Jim's worried the flag drums up more hostility than ever. It's so bad, he says, he thinks twice about flying his own. The Jim Gearhart Show is recorded LIVE each week in a special Facebook Live presentation at http://Facebook.com/NJ1015. Tune in at 10:30 a.m. each Thursday. 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

Attention suffering taxpayers: We need a new acronym Aug 02, 2019

For years, Jim's advocated GRIP -- Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians. This week, it's just RIP -- because he feels like he's beating the tax issue to death. But the story of a 106-year-old woman who almost lost her home to unpaid property taxes reminds Jim why it's a topic he can't let go. So we need a new acronym -- one that gets at the tax revolt we'd need to get taxes under control in this state. Got any suggestions? Tell Jim when he's on Facebook Live each Thursday at 10:30 a.m., at Facebook.com/NJ1015.

Attention suffering taxpayers: We need a new acronym Aug 02, 2019

For years, Jim's advocated GRIP -- Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians. This week, it's just RIP -- because he feels like he's beating the tax issue to death. But the story of a 106-year-old woman who almost lost her home to unpaid property taxes reminds Jim why it's a topic he can't let go. So we need a new acronym -- one that gets at the tax revolt we'd need to get taxes under control in this state. Got any suggestions? Tell Jim when he's on Facebook Live each Thursday at 10:30 a.m., at Facebook.com/NJ1015.

Christie Whitman's going after Trump? What I say about her Jul 25, 2019

There are pro-Trump Republicans, and anti-Trump Republicans. Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman is solidly in the latter camp. In a piece for the Star-Ledger, Whitman took aim at Trump's comments targeting "The Squad" -- comments that have been broadly condemned by critics as racist and xenophobic. But Jim has a long memory. The Jim Gearhart Show is recorded LIVE each week in a special Facebook Live presentation at http://Facebook.com/NJ1015. Tune in at 10:30 a.m. each Thursday. 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

Don't mess with Col. Sanders! Jul 19, 2019

It's a freewheeling episode of the Jim Gearhart show this week -- taking on everything from racial tensions to training big dogs to what KFC is doing to the late, great. Col. Sanders' legacy. The Jim Gearhart Show is recorded LIVE each week in a special Facebook Live presentation at http://Facebook.com/NJ1015. Tune in at 10:30 a.m. each Thursday.

Can pit bulls ever be trusted? Jul 11, 2019

Jim Gearhart was the loving pet parent to a pit bull -- but one day, it just snapped. So he's sympathetic to the plight of a woman charged after her pits killed another, leashed dog. But what are the lessons we can learn?

Time to GRAP -- Get Rid of ALL Politicians Jun 27, 2019

Jim Gearhart has long been known for his motto, GRIP -- Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians. But he's starting to think we need more severe action than that. If we want to control spending, end corruption, end self-interest ... maybe we should Get Rid of ALL Politicians. Get the Jim Gearhart Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or the NJ 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app

Craig Carton is in prison -- Can Jim forgive him? Jun 24, 2019

They say to err is human, and to forgive is divine. There's no doubt Craig Carton, long late of New Jersey 101.5 and more recently of WFAN, did the former. Last week, he began a federal 3 1/2 year prison sentence for a ticket-selling scam that blew up his career. Jim Gearhart, longtime morning host and now podcast host for New Jersey 101.5, has made no secret of his disdain for Carton -- Jim says Carton spent years ripping him apart on the radio , even though the two had never met (their shows were hours apart). So as Carton finally faces justice ... can Jim forgive? Get the Jim Gearhart podcast each week on NJ1015.com, and on the New Jersey 101.5 app. Watch it live each week, Thursdays at 10:30 a.m., on Facebook.com/NJ1015.

How did Jon Stewart shame a Congress that's totally shameless? Jun 13, 2019

There's been a lot of talk this week about Jon Stewart's appearance before Congress, shaming members for skipping a hearing on a victims' compensation fund to help 9/11 first-responders. Our own Bill Spadea thought it was grandstanding. Jeff Deminski thought it was anything but. But Jim Gearhart thought it was something extraordinary for entirely different reasons. "There were several headlines that said Jon Stewart shames the Congress," Jim said in this week's LIVE podcast, available each week here as well as on Apple Podcasts and Google Play. "If you can shame te most shameless organization, the most shameful organization on the hemisphere, you have done something truly remarkable." Jim's podcast is presented each week LIVE at Facebook.com/NJ1015, as Jim and Bob Williams take your questions and comments in the Facebook chat. Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app.

What would it take to get you riled up about taxes? Jun 06, 2019

Jim Gearhart and Bob Williams are back at it -- honoring the brave soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, and talking about what would take to get taxes and spending under control in New Jersey. Jim wants to know: Where did all the political will go? Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app.

Gearhart's Back! -- And it's time to kick out incumbents May 30, 2019

After taking a break for a few weeks, Jim Gearhart returns to New Jersey 101.5 -- along with Bob Williams, back as he continues his remarkable recovery from a kidney transplant. And for the first time, the two took their podcast recording LIVE to Facebook, answering your questions as they went. It's a morning show reunion, and with primary elections coming up, Bob and Jim hit a familiar refrain -- Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians. Get the Jim Gearhart Show podcast on the New Jersey 101.5 app.

How NJ might have finally gotten tax relief Apr 18, 2019

"Tax Freedom Day" is that time when, if you put all of your salary from Jan. 1 just to paying taxes, you'd finally be done for the year. It usually comes around mid-April. But big surprise -- for NJ, it takes longer than almost anywhere else. It didn't have to be that way. Jim remembers the chances NJ missed to get taxes under control. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

How Craig Carton almost got his butt kicked in the NJ 101.5 parking lot Apr 11, 2019

Jim Gearhart doesn't like to talk out of turn, but when it comes to Craig Carton, he'll make an exception. Jim's never been shy about his disdain for former New Jersey 101.5 and WFAN host Carton, or held back about the way Carton used to make his life miserable when they were together at 101.5. But Jim says he's not the only one put off by Carton -- a certain high-profile individual would have been happy to beat him up in the station's parking lot. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Of course Hitler was a great leader ... who did horrible things Apr 04, 2019

Jim's aghast a guest speaker at a New Jersey school got in hot water for telling high school students that Adolf Hitler was a "good leader" -- even though the speaker was clear Hitler had "bad moral character and intentions." After all, Jim says, it takes a great leader to turn a people as dignified and smart as the German populace was into a murderous mob -- and it's a lesson that just because someone's a great leader, it doesn't mean people should go where he's leading. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

What I'd tell 'Cancer on the Radio' Craig Carton now Mar 28, 2019

Longtime New Jersey 101.5 host Jim Gearhart had a singular loathing for his former coworker, Craig Carton. Jim tells stories of Carton being a horror to the staff, and picking fights with Jim -- even though they worked shifts hours apart and never met. Carton's now on the verge of being sentenced for a financial scheme. What would Jim tell him today?

Finally, some legal drug sales in Atlantic City? Mar 21, 2019

New Jersey is on the verge of legalizing recreational marijuana -- but individual towns are lining up to ban it. We get the heart of suburbia ... but New Jersey's own Sin City? Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

We have proof Al Alvarez is a real person Mar 14, 2019

No one hired him. No DNA. Are we sure the man accused of raping Murphy staffer Katie Brennan is real? We have proof Al Alvarez isn't a figment of our imagination. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

NJ Gov. Murphy's Budget: People should be up in arms! Mar 07, 2019

Jim Gearhart says he was mostly bored by Gov. Phil Murphy's FY 2020 budget address. But the one thing he wanted to hear: Some indication property taxpayers could get some relief. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Hearing Bob Williams voice -- 'a miraculous thing' Feb 28, 2019

If you want to know what true joy, true gratefulness, true humility sounds like, you'll want to tune into this week's Jim Gearhart Show podcast. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Things that drive us into a rage Feb 20, 2019

Everybody gets road rage. Jim gets checkout rage. What's that? Well, have you ever been behind someone who looks like they're packing for a trip the the Arctic ... and in front of someone who wanted to get out of the supermarket five minutes ago? Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Wait ... NJ Governor Phil Murphy Who? Feb 14, 2019

The governor's disapproval rating is way up. What about the people who don't even know him? 17 percent don't seem to have any opinion at all. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

$15 minimum wage? We'll be pumping our own gas. Feb 06, 2019

Jim Gearhart can't help but wonder ... with New Jersey's minimum wage going up to $15/hour (eventually), how will gas stations keep their employees on staff? And if they can't ... will we be pumping our own gas sooner than later? Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

$15 / hour minimum wage? It's a farce Jan 31, 2019

Sure, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Senate President Steve Sweeney are happy to tell you about how New Jersey's getting a $15 minimum wage ... and sure, the business community is up in arms. But everyone's getting caught up with the headlines while missing one key fact. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Lawyers for animals -- I'm all for it Jan 18, 2019

It had to happen eventually. "This is a rare moment for me observing the political scene as we did on the air for, what, 26 years," Jim Gearhart tells Bob Williams during the latest Jim Gearhart Podcast, available on the NJ 101.5 app, Google Play and Apple Podcasts. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Why I'll cut Phil Murphy some slack Jan 10, 2019

Phil Murphy's campaign and the NJ state government are being sued over claims they did nothing when staffer Katie Brennan took every step possible to make known her allegation another staffer sexually assaulted her. Jim says it seems obvious someone -- multiple people -- dropped the ball. But is it really fair to blame Phil Murphy himself? Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

How NJ residents felt about Murphy's 1st year Jan 03, 2019

Murphy came in with a progressive agenda on everything from a $15 minimum wage to free tuition to legal marijuana. The reality? It's been a bit of a mixed bag for a governor who's hit more resistance from his fellow Democrats in the state legislature than he may have bargained for.

The last fast food that I had was a Big Mac in 1973 Dec 26, 2018

Want to be spry, vital, lightning-quick and knifepoint-sharp into your mid-80s and beyond? Want to be the sort of person who could bounce back from a could-have-been catastrophic fall at that age? That describes our host, Jim Gearhart, and it's awfully tempting to conclude the way Jim eats plays a part. "I'm a vegetarian who eats meat," Jim says. And he hasn't touched fast food in 45 years. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

The politically correct Christmas Party Dec 20, 2018

Some things just stand the test of time. Jim Gearhart's never been a fan of politically correct culture -- not when his groundbreaking morning talk show as on the airwaves of New Jersey 101.5 for 25 years, and not now. But he does love Christmas. And he does love humor. And so he absolutely loves hearing about "The Politically Correct Christmas Party." Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Mouse Balls! The tradition returns Dec 13, 2018

Jim's taking a stroll down memory lane, to what became a Christmas-season tradition on the New Jersey 101.5 morning show he helmed for a quarter-century. It hearkens back to the early 1990s, back when few people at the station had computers. "We were not very computer-savvy," Jim says. Sure, the staff knew the basics. They knew about basic peripherals, for instance. "We knew you had the mouse, that you could click and all. I don't think we owned one," Jim says. But when Jim got his hands on a directive from a major computer manufacturer ... well, we all got an education. Listen here to the one, the only, "Mouse Balls." Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Keeping the foreigners out? Maybe it's just in our nature Dec 06, 2018

Jim Gearhart says, in principle, he could actually get on board with a lot of progressive priorities -- if he thought society was ready for them. Take immigration. He recently read a comment from someone who suggested it's time we get past our territorial nature, and let people from other countries enjoy the privledges that come with access to America. But is that realistic? Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

New Jersey school is showing bias against Christians Nov 30, 2018

Jim thought most New Jersey colleges had escaped what he considers far-left, politically correct insanity -- but Rider College has banned Chick-Fil-A over its owners stances on LGBT rights issues. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

New Jersey ready to fight the snowstorm that never comes Nov 21, 2018

Gov. Phil Murphy took heavy criticism for not mobilizing state resources in a storm that trapped people in hours and hours of traffic. But when flurries and fog were expected -- he was on it. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

The death of American democracy? It sure looks like it Nov 15, 2018

Jim says an increasingly divided country has become full of people voting in their own narrowly defined self-interest -- "with no eye to sound government at all, but according to whatever emotional urgings they might have at the moment." Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

The big loser on Election Day: The far-left media Nov 08, 2018

"You know, the big loser in this election was this area of the media that is so far out left and constantly hammering away at Trump, and were trying to make this a referendum on Trump," Jim Gearhart says in the latest edition of the Jim Gearhart Show Podcast. But despite that hammering, there was no true Blue Wave -- not one powerful enough to take the Senate along with the House, Jim says. So what's that say about the media's power? Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Why they're blaming Trump for the Pittsburgh shooting Nov 03, 2018

Jim Gearhart has heard the same criticisms you have -- that President Donald Trump's rhetoric is to blame for the violence we've seen over the last few weeks. That if not for his tone, perhaps there wouldn't have been bombs sent to Democratic leaders and a horrific synagogue shooting in Pittsbugth. "Was Donald Trump resident at Columbine? ... What about the Connecticut school shooting? ... The South Carolina church shooting, where six unfortunate people were killed in a racial incident? Where was Trump then?" That's just one of the topics Jim takes on for this week's Jim Gearhart Show podcast. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

Caravan invasion coming as NJ tries to outlaw term 'illegal alien' Oct 24, 2018

Jim Gearhart discusses the latest on the caravan of thousands of Central Americans fleeing their countries straight for the U.S border. He also takes note of a proposed New Jersey law that would make it illegal for government agencies to use the term "illegal alien" to describe people. Get the full Jim Gearhart Show Podcast on ... ... the New Jersey 101.5 app: http://nj1015.com/app ... iTunes https://goo.gl/hF855A ... and Google Play: https://goo.gl/7GnJzZ

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