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Steven O'Neill and myself get to the meat and potatoes of why he's on the show today and that's to defend himself against the attacks brought forward by Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and his media henchman Othor Cain calling him a racist and insinuating that he's in the KKK for having the audacity to question Lumumba and suggest that he is accountable for the chaos that happened at the st. paddy parade.

Steven tells us his history and connection with the city of Jackson as we build a foundation to explain how crazy it is for the Mayor & Othor Cain to attack him for speaking out and supporting another candidate.

Steven O'Neill tells us how he became so obsessed with bourbon and whiskey that it led him to eventually owning a restaurant that would end up being selected as the 67th out of 125 of the best whiskey bars in America. I learned a lot from this segment about single private barrels and more

Big show this morning: Steven O'Neill, owner of The Manship restaurant in Jackson, came on to discuss what it has been like running a business in Jackson for the last decade-plus and what he thinks about Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and his media representative Othor Cain attacking him for supporting another candidate. This show was an absolute banger. Steven is also an Iraq War vet and a Purple Heart recipient.

DISCUSSING THE KARMELO ANTHONY & CAPITOL POLICE CASES 7:07am - 9:00am He has quickly become one of the most in-demand criminal defense attorneys in Mississippi, and he has already successfully defended several high-profile murder suspects in the last year, as well as being one of the top former Hinds County assistant district attorneys for nearly a decade, who successfully obtained the last death penalty sentence in Hinds County. Shaun Yurtkuran will join me by phone this morning to have a serious, unbiased conversation about the Karmelo Anthony “self-defense” defense from both angles, as well as an honest conversation about why AG Lynn Fitch would prosecute the two Capitol Police officers in a case that MBI and internal affairs said were justified officer-involved shootings.

I opened the show this morning on a unplanned rant about Supertakes host doing vaccine PSA's, Trump losing 2020 being a good thing for America and more.

We covered the response from Ridgeland Police Chief Brian Myers over the viral traffic stop video that was first covered on the Clay Edwards Show Monday when the man who got pulled over called in and we gave 24 minutes to explain his side of the story. We used this as a opportunity to have an in-depth conversation about black youth and traffic stops as well as them taking accountability for what happens to them on these traffic stops.

Atlanta Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchel is under fire for telling his congregation that it's black youths fault for getting themselves killed on traffic stops, we play the clips from the sermon as well as the ridiculous response from Indisputable host Dr. Rashad Richey.

One of my favorite independent journalist in the state of Mississippi who also happens to be a free thinking black women, Mrs. Angela Buckner W/ the online media platform known as "MIC Magazine" joins me this morning and man did we hit some hot social / racial topics from all angles.

1- We covered the response from Ridgeland Police Chief Brian Myers over the viral traffic stop video that was first covered on the Clay Edwards Show Monday when the man who got pulled over called in and we gave 24 minutes to explain his side of the story. We used this as a opportunity to have an in-depth conversation about black youth and traffic stops as well as them taking accountability for what happens to them on these traffic stops.

2- Atlanta Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchel is under fire for telling his congregation that it's black youths fault for getting themselves killed on traffic stops, we play the clips from the sermon as well as the ridiculous response from Indisputable host Dr. Rashad Richey.

3- We talked about the attack on masculinity and why so many so-called "men" bent the knee to the establishment and attacked men who kept it real

With all of our future rocket scientist, engineers & astronauts consistently getting locked up for murder and violent crimes we're never going to be able to get to Mars!!

1- Start off with a big thank you and recap of the Bubba Wingfield fundraiser from over the weekend

2- Ranting about Jackson and the mayors race, I'm still not convinced the Horne is the man for the job but he's 1000% better suited than Chokwe and at lease deserves a chance to be the Democrat candidate where he'll face off against one of the 3 really strong independent candidates such as my close friend and mentor Kim Wade, Zack Servis or Rodney DePreist (who I continue to forget about)

2- A Disgraced former MHP trooper seems to have a hard time keeping my name out of her mouth and using my image for clicks on her social media (which is funny because other than having to discuss her firing I've always treated this person fairly), it's funny what people will do when they become desperate for attention. On a positive note I guess I've reached a level where this should be expected and not frowned upon, I just regret ever having her on my show or handling her firing with kid gloves instead of speaking on it how I truly felt. Lesson learned, never hold back and never take it easy on someone who wouldn't do the same for you.

3- AG Lynn Fitch has indicted several Capitol Police officers who had to shoot some bad guys in Jackson to defend themselves in what's clearly nothing more than a political stunt to pander to Democrats as she ramps up for a potential run at the Governors office in 2028. I will do everything in my power to prevent that from happening after what she's done to these officers. 

4- How are we ever going to get to Mars if we keep arresting all of our future rocket scientist, engineers and astronauts?

As luck would have it, when you have the most popular morning talk show in the state of Mississippi there's a good chance that someone you're talking about might be listening to the show and that's exactly what happened this morning when a man who was featured in a viral video from over the weekend that showed him being arrested by Ridgeland Police for what looked to be nothing more than him cussing them out calls in to give a detailed account from his perspective. While I still disagree with him I do however respect him for calling in, being respectful and keeping his cool well enough to have a conversation about a polarizing topic with someone like me.

Angela Buckner w/ 'Mic" magazine was live on the scene Friday morning at the Rankin County courthouse when a bus load of what I call "outside agitators" showed up armed and masked to protest in downtown Brandon, Mississippi at lunch time. This group ended up being members of the new Black Panther party, listen to exactly who they are and why they were there.

Join me and Chip Matthews for a wild two-hour ride on this Monday's Clay Edwards Show, Mississippi's top morning talk show. We dive into a viral, heavily edited video of a Ridgeland Police traffic stop involving a non-compliant individual’s arrest, with officers portrayed as the villains. I question the narrative and hold off judgment until more facts emerge. In a twist of fate, the man arrested was listening and called in to share his perspective. I gave him the floor respectfully, without interruption, until FCC rules forced me to cut him off for foul language. Hear his side, plus Chip and I react afterward. I’m grateful he called, and I’m open to others sharing their stories—minus the profanity. My role isn’t to pick sides but to present all angles and let you decide. We also has Ms. Angela with "Mic" magazine call in and discuss the Black Panthers invading Rankin county Friday at lunch time, Angela was live on the scene and interviewed them to find out what the deal was.  

He's been blowing up the internet with his videos calling out the city of Jackson over the zoo and the potholes, now he comes on the Clay Edwards Show as we team up to expose the corruption going on in and around Jackson!!

I'm joined for the entire 2nd hour by Matthew Bishop where we break down the tariff's and why they're a good thing for American over the long haul.

What ever happened to the woman in charge of Bud Light when it FAFO'd and hired Trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney? We let you know!!

 

What really happened with court clerk in Madison County yesterday? We have the potential answers!!

 

1- Facebook is back on top as #1 social media outlet in America (In my opinion)

2- What really happened with court clerk in Madison County yesterday? We have the potential answers!!

3- What ever happened to the woman in charge of Bud Light when it FAFO'd and hired Trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney? We let you know!!

4- I'm joined for the entire 2nd hour by Matthew Bishop where we break down the tariff's and why they're a good thing for American over the long haul.

The soon to be former mayor of Jackson, Chokwe Antar Lumumba in a hail mary attempt to garner some last minute votes in the upcoming runoff election announces a new "Amphitheater" to be built at the Zoo. I explain how and why this is a terrible idea on every level

Hour #1- Breaking down in depth the fallout of the Austin Metcalf murder and why the black community is trying to paint him as a white supremacist instead of holding his murderer accountable?

Hour #2- The soon to be former mayor of Jackson, Chokwe Antar Lumumba in a hail mary attempt to garner some last minute votes in the upcoming runoff election announces a new "Amphitheater" to be built at the Zoo. I explain how and why this is a terrible idea on every level

I recap my experience being a part of the Salvation Army's big annual fundraising event on Sunday, this led to a conversation about bulldozing South Jackson and starting completely over.

 

 

Exposing how black fragility is a real thing and using a fight video that went viral locally by claiming it happened in Madison (it didn't) and exposing a local content creator who was upset to find out it didn't happen there because he wanted it to have happened there so they could feel better about the violence in Jackson.

I go on a rant about why I think everyone should work in the restaurant industry or sell cars at least once in their lives so they understand how hard it is dealing with the general public. This led to me explaining how difficult it is selling cars to stupid people.

David Archie claims the Republicans are behind John Horne's campaign so the state can takeover Jackson's assets and that only the white areas will benefit from a Horne mayoral run as if those already aren't the "prosperous" areas in the city.

I went to a little league baseball tournament in Clinton over the weekend and was disgusted by the way the home plate umpire acted in what ended with him ending the game, causing a team to lose out of the tournament and him being fired by the tournaments organizer.

Chip Matthews joins me again this Monday as we discuss a bunch of wild stuff like only 2 guys who've known each other 30 years can.

1- I recap my experience being a part of the Salvation Army's big annual fundraising event on Sunday, this led to a conversation about bulldozing South Jackson and starting completely over.

2- Exposing how black fragility is a real thing and using a fight video that went viral locally by claiming it happened in Madison (it didn't) and exposing a local content creator who was upset to find out it didn't happen there because he wanted it to have happened there so they could feel better about the violence in Jackson.

3. I go on a rant about why I think everyone should work in the restaurant industry or sell cars at least once in their lives so they understand how hard it is dealing with the general public. This led to me explaining how difficult it is selling cars to stupid people.

4- David Archie claims the Republicans are behind John Horne's campaign so the state can takeover Jackson's assets and that only the white areas will benefit from a Horne mayoral run as if those already aren't the "prosperous" areas in the city.

4- I went to a little league baseball tournament in Clinton over the weekend and was disgusted by the way the home plate umpire acted in what ended with him ending the game, causing a team to lose out of the tournament and him being fired by the tournaments organizer.

Hour #2 of this mornings show was an interview with Beth Hennington to promote this weekend big fundraising event for the Salvation Army in Jackson. It was only supposed to be about 30 minutes but I found out that Beth is famous in the underground cookie world and has even won a cooking competition show on the Food Network so we shifted gears and discussed that for a couple of segments to close out the show

This was an action packed hour #1 of the Clay Edwards Show this morning where we discussed what makes Mississippi so great then went straight into a big update on the story from yesterday about the idiot who was arrested for posting a photo of a gun being pointed at a JPD cruiser (this is now the dumbest FAFO Champion ever). We also discussed the tragic Austin Metcalf murder, Austin was a white Texas high school football star that was murdered by a black teen at a track meet for no reason!! There's some bonus content at the end from after the 2nd hour which was a interview I'm posting as a stand along podcast.

This was one of the best conversations I've ever had!!

We discuss what so many young black men (and even some white) hate the police so much that they'd take pictures of themselves pointing guns at their vehicles while riding down the road and then post to social media? We hit this topic and other top news of the day!!

Kingfish w/ Jackson Jambalaya joins me today to breakdown all of yesterdays election results, but none have bigger implications than Chokwe Antar Lumumba (Jackson's thug mayor) only getting 16% of the vote compared to Senator Horne getting nearly 49% and it going to a runoff that's all but a formality before Horne moves on to face the Republican and Independent candidates to become the next mayor of Jackson, Mississippi while Chokwe rides off into the unknown and awaits his federal corruption and bribery trial in summer of 2026 when we assume his eventual landing spot is a federal prison.

During one of today's commercial breaks I addressed some commenters online that were upset with me for fat shaming some staged photo of a bunch of fat girls wearing hooters outfits. This turned into what I believe is one of my all-time, epic rants suggesting that we should being back and make bullying and fat shaming great again!!

Hour #1- Chip Matthews joins the show again today (unplanned) to discuss all of today's local primary elections but per usual with Chip and my conversations they devolve into absolute chaos as we discuss the left wing nutjobs attacking Tesla vehicles and their drivers, I float the theory of testing the limitations of the castle doctrine here in Mississippi (which upset some people online, unfortunately I didn't get to read any of those comments on the show). 

Hour #2- Kingfish with the website "Jackson Jambalaya" calls in and we breakdown the Jackson race for mayor as well as Brandon and Flowood with what ended up being a really good hour of radio. Towards the end of the hour I addressed some angry sloths in my comment section online and went on one of my best, unhinged rants ever!! 

- I got out and held signs and waived at Brandon citizens on behalf of Mayoral candidate Fred Shanks this weekend and was shocked at how nasty some of the current mayors supporters were to us, flipping us off and cussing at us to support their guy was interesting to say the least (keep in mind the majority of our group were women 40 & older so it just wreaked of disrespect)

- The conversation about Brandon politics turned into a conversation about voter I.D. laws in Mississippi and I was blown away to find out Chip's claims about Mississippi voters being allowed to vote without an I.D. as long as they brought it back within 5 business days and then finding out that you can vote with an expired I.D. that's been expired for 10 years.

Over the weekend an illegal immigrant was arrested in Brookhaven, Mississippi for destroying a Tesla with a set of wire cutters at a Wal-Mart in what I consider an act of political terrorism. Local media outlets call him a "white guy"!!

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Ridgeland, Ms. Police Chief Brian Meyers is upset with the changes in PERS to new hires, Chip and I discuss why we disagree with his point and take a dive into why PERS is bad for everyone else not in it.

I twisted Chip Matthews arm into sitting in with me for 2 full hours this morning so I could have someone in-studio to bounce a bunch of different topics off of and I believe we created some radio gold this morning!!

1- I saw a "Let's talk Rankin County" Facebook group post about 2 women arguing because one of the cut in line in front of the other one in the Pearl Wal-Mart grocery p/u line. This spawned a conversation about how lazy we've gotten, we're literally fighting on the internet about someone cutting the other person off in line instead of getting out of our vehicles to fight in the line where the disrespect happened.

2- I got out and held signs and waived at Brandon citizens on behalf of Mayoral candidate Fred Shanks this weekend and was shocked at how nasty some of the current mayors supporters were to us, flipping us off and cussing at us to support their guy was interesting to say the least (keep in mind the majority of our group were women 40 & older so it just wreaked of disrespect)

3- The conversation about Brandon politics turned into a conversation about voter I.D. laws in Mississippi and I was blown away to find out Chip's claims about Mississippi voters being allowed to vote without an I.D. as long as they brought it back within 5 business days and then finding out that you can vote with an expired I.D. that's been expired for 10 years.

4. Over the weekend an illegal immigrant was arrested in Brookhaven, Mississippi for destroying a Tesla with a set of wire cutters at a Wal-Mart in what I consider an act of political terrorism.

5- Ridgeland, Ms. Police Chief Brian Meyers is upset with the changes in PERS to new hires, Chip and I discuss why we disagree with his point and take a dive into why PERS is bad for everyone else not in it.

- I saw a "Let's talk Rankin County" Facebook group post about 2 women arguing because one of the cut in line in front of the other one in the Pearl Wal-Mart grocery p/u line. This spawned a conversation about how lazy we've gotten, we're literally fighting on the internet about someone cutting the other person off in line instead of getting out of our vehicles to fight in the line where the disrespect happened.

 

Hour #2 - Shaun and Clay breakdown the most recent drama & corruption accusations surrounding Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey and the claims that he illegally used County Prisoners (Trustee's) to work at his chicken farm, stole county gravel and improperly used county equipment. Please listen to the full hour, we save the best for last after someone calls Clay out.

Hour #1 - Brandon mayoral candidate Fred Shanks joins the show to discuss his candidacy to unseat the current 3 term mayor who's shooting for a 4th term in Tuesday's Republican primary race.

You read the title correctly, today was Shaun Yurtkuran & my last show together. It's been an awesome 2 years, the show grew massively with Shaun and I hashing out our left & right wing differences on national topics and covering Jackson's political corruption unlike any other duo in media. It's not all sad though, Shaun isn't even leaving WYAB he's just starting his on daily radio show with his girlfriend Lindsey Beckham every Monday - Friday from Noon - 1:00pm starting Monday March 31st!!

Hour #1 - Brandon mayoral candidate Fred Shanks joins the show to discuss his candidacy to unseat the current 3 term mayor who's shooting for a 4th term in Tuesday's Republican primary race.

Hour #2 - Shaun and Clay breakdown the most recent drama & corruption accusations surrounding Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey and the claims that he illegally used County Prisoners (Trustee's) to work at his chicken farm, stole county gravel and improperly used county equipment. Please listen to the full hour, we save the best for last after someone calls Clay out.

Shuwaski Young and myself discuss the potential damage done to female politicians by progressive Democrats females wagging their fingers at them and pushing them away from voting for women at all.

In a political world full of spineless cowards, Shuwaski Young stands out like a damn beacon—a former black Democrat from Mississippi who’s had enough of the Democrat Party’s betrayal and flipped the script by joining the Republicans, all because those gutless liberals turned their backs on Mississippi’s hardcore values! This ain’t Shuwaski’s first rodeo on the Clay Edwards Show either—his debut smashed records for views and downloads, hitting the Mississippi political scene like a freaking sledgehammer and leaving everyone shook!

 

Jackson, Mississippi Mayoral candidate Zack Servis joins the show to discuss his platform & plan if he were to be elected as mayor of Jackson. Shaun Yurtkuran joined the show and they discussed their online beef as well as much more. On a personal note, I have to say I am really impressed with Zach and his attention to detail, as well as his plan for Jackson. To only be 27 years old he has potential to do great things in the future.

Check out Morgan Stevens (AKA) Shades Music sit down and tell his story, hear some never before heard chapters of my story including details of my divorce while also weaving in some of the best original country music I've heard in central Mississippi in over a decade!!!

HOW TO SAVE THE PARADE WITHOUT MOVING IT (SERIOUS CONVERSATION)

CHOKWE BLAMES CAPITOL POLICE ON ST. PADDY'S PARADE MASS SHOOTING

This is a heartfelt message to the black community in Jackson, Mississippi, please quit killing each other so everyone else can safely come to Jackson