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Significance of Palm Sunday - Eric Newton

Lonnie Malone, host of Not Necessarily Political, talks to Mykiesha Myles Jones, former Jefferson County, AL Assistant Tax Collector candidate, on hot political topics including voter apathy, voter engagement, and the political climate of Alabama.

Hosanna! Behold the Reigning.. - Benjamin Fordham

Values in the Media

When to disobey - Steve Richardson

A promotional warning from a law firm about the IRS's efforts to go about certain taxpayers.

How to Treat People - Pastor Russ

Candidate forum with a question and answering session to allow candidates to appeal to voters. From New Beginnings United Methodist Church in Birmingham, AL. This is our continuing coverage of Campaign Season 2024 on OBS News.

Jenny Odell on Saving Time

Idols and False Doctrine - Pastor Dr. David Peacock

The Librarian 1947 - Shows the work of different library personnel.

Richard Capriola - Richard Capriola has been a mental health and substance abuse counselor for over two decades. He has treated both teens and adults diagnosed with mental health and substance use disorders. He is the author of The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse

Amanda Quick

Amanda Quick is an International Bestselling Author, TEDx Speaker, and Trauma Advocate. Her #1 Bestselling Memoir "The Sex Trafficker's Wife: A Story of Truth, Faith, and Trust in Self" shares her story of discovering the truth of the man she was married to, and what it took to create safety in her and her children's lives. She is passionate about helping people overcome and heal from the most traumatic experiences and creating system-wide change that supports all people to find safety and connection, no matter their economic or racial background.

Amanda has recently founded the non-profit, The Golden Haven Foundation, with a mission to help those fighting for custody from their abuser or their children's abuser with the resources, and mental and emotional support they require to find safety in their and their children's lives. Amanda believes that change is always possible - and that we must stand up, share our stories, and fight for the world that we want to live in.

Let's change the world together!

When to Disobey - Steve Richardson

Elizabeth Trundle - Elizabeth "Boo" Trundle is a writer, artist, and performer whose work has appeared across various platforms and publications, including The Brooklyn Rail, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Prairie Schooner, and NPR’s The Moth. She has released three albums of original music with Big Deal Records. She lives in New Jersey. The Daughter Ship is her first novel.

A Jefferson County (AL) Candidate Forum. Part of the continuing coverage of Campaign Season 2024 leading to the primary election on March 5.

Say it Loud - A Black History Month Special

Courageous… committed… and sometimes controversial.

On this edition, we celebrate Black History Month through the many voices of African Americans who made history and changed forever American culture, politics, and entertainment and the way we look at our country and ourselves.

Featuring: Martin Luther King Jr.; Angela Davis; Huey Newton, Rosa Parks; Malcolm X; Fannie Lou Hamer; Muhammad Ali; Paul Robeson; James Baldwin; Langston Hughes; Barbara Jordan; Barack Obama; James Brown.

Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio.

Christian Living Toward Outsiders - Rev. Clayton Spronk

Tulsa's Black History Saturday School

Chilton County, Alabama Democrats Prayer Breakfast celebrating Black History Month

Human Trafficking Awareness Month Teen Summit. Join Human Trafficking expert, Jasmaine Deloach as she hosts a teen summit raising awareness of a very important issue that affects both men and women. This is a joint event sponsored by Angels Arms Women and Teen Organization and Great I Am Ministries Outreach International, a faith-based nonprofit founded by our own Keith O. Williams.

A Unveiling Justice & Mercy - Ken Wimer

Farrah Wright - What is My Purpose

Building Black Wall Street

A Look at Labor Organizing, and Worker and Immigrant Rights

Drawing Near to God - Rev. John Wagner

Language Is Life, Land is Sacred

PANIC 35th Avenue Superfund Site Update. Join us for a virtual town hall meeting to discuss an update on one of the most forgotten environmental disasters in American history. Among the panelists include a resident of the North Birmingham (Alabama) community, Charlie Powell, founder of People Against Neighborhood Industrial Contamination (PANIC), and Keith O. Williams, co-founder of Voters Legal Justice Watch Group. Linda Bellamy, a community activist provided support. Nina Morgan of Project South served as the moderator.

Liberation Theology A March to Freedom

A Sorrow for the Unconverted - Ken Wimer

Conscience and Dissent Values in Media

Hot topics of the week

Testimony - Farrah Wright: Here is the inspiring informal story of a woman who lived as a drug addict to become an entrepreneur and mother of one daughter. Wright is a former executive at Hope Inspired Ministries in Birmingham, AL.

Stop Listening to the Devil - J.D. Hatfield

The four steps in acquiring, maintaining, and improving mental health: are expressing emotions naturally, respecting yourself, respecting others, and solving problems as they arise.

Denial of the Funk - The Impact of Racism on our Nation’s Health

- The Rise of the New Labor Movement

Running Your Best Race in 2024 - Dave Fox

Seduction of the Innocent

Sid's remake of The Terrible Truth is, in many ways, superior to it, if only because by the mid-sixties there were a lot more ways for kids to get themselves into trouble.
This is a warning about the path of casual drug usage leading to "the point of no return" and the user being permanently lost to society. Jeanette is introduced to drugs through her new boyfriend and casually pops pills for the first time. However, she rapidly progresses into more extreme forms of drug usage, smoking marijuana and shooting heroin. To support their habits Jeanette and her boyfriend begin to steal and her boyfriend is arrested. Left alone with her expensive drug habit, Jeanette turns to prostitution and is arrested, only to suffer in jail and land back on the streets with the same addictions until she dies.

Lakitia Hall-Wright, a candidate for Jefferson County (Alabama) District Place 3 - Family Court. Interviewed by Paul Littlejohn, a Not Necessarily Political correspondent.

10 Tips to Start the New Year - Dan Broadwater

- The True Message of Christmas - Hal Brunson, Ph.D.

Noteworthy Deaths in 2023

- The Controversy of Christmas - Part 2 - Dr. Calvin Ray Evans

2023 The year of the celebrity memoir

2023 in Review

Honoring Individuals Lost to Gun Violence in 2023

- The Controversy of Christmas - Part 1 - Dr. Calvin Ray Evans

Highlights of the 2023 Center Point, Alabama Christmas Parade

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