The Carl Nelson Show
Hosted by Carl Nelson · Urban One
4.8from 248 ratings
- 627
- Episodes
- 345
- Transcribed
- 248
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About The Carl Nelson Show
Ground-breaking, Peabody Award-winning broadcast news journalist Carl Nelson, has interviewed Presidents, Prime Ministers, Heads of State, politicians, authors, celebrities, civic leaders, and people from all walks of life over a four-decade career that has taken him from Nelson Mandela’s prison cell in South Africa to the Rodney King Riots in Los Angeles, to his present career as the host of Washington DC’s latest daily newsmaker radio program weekdays from 6-10 am on WOL 1450am, WOLB Talk 1010am, WOLBBaltimore.com and WOLDCNews.com
- Publisher
- Urban One
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Oct 2023
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
345 of 627 episodes have a transcript.
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Manu Ampim, Dr. Chike Akua & Tony Browder on Egypt and Cultural Reclamation | John Templeton, Gov. Wes Moore & Michael Redmon on Elections and Markets
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Greg Palast, Barbara Arnwine, Dr. Julianne Malveaux & Dr. Obadele Kambon on Voting Rights, the Battle for Congress and Repatriation to Africa
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Ben Chavis, Matthew Hoh, Dr. Stephanie Myers & David Murphy on Election Stakes, the Middle East, Nonviolence and Black Unity
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Manu Ampim, Dr. Chike Akua & Tony Browder on Egypt and Cultural Reclamation | John Templeton, Gov. Wes Moore & Michael Redmon on Elections and Markets
Published 2 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We know that foreigners had the utmost respect for Kush. The Greeks called it Ethiopia, and they called the people Ethiopians, which means blackface or kissed by the sun, a man with sunburned skin. But they had the utmost respect. They referred to them as the the honorable Ethiopians or the blameless Ethiopians. So they were blameless in matters of conduct and character. And that's still the case today. So what we can get from that is that we have a great civilization that didn't go around taking other nations' lands, but they were able to create a high-level civilization civilization that goes so far back into antiquity that we don't particularly have a date for it. […]
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- Manu Ampim
- Chike Akua
- Tony Browder
- John Templeton
- Wes Moore
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 184 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 64 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100
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- Quality
- 100
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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Carl Nelson host the show. Published by Urban One.
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