Episodes

  • Weekly White House absurdity, 'choosing your battles wisely', Niki's Recess Rundown and Joshua's Sports Report (10/16/25)

    Weekly White House absurdity, 'choosing your battles wisely', Niki's Recess Rundown and Joshua's Sports Report (10/16/25)
    Oct 19 2025
    Audio from Thursday, October 16th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air' on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua makes a special show announcement and proceeds to get into another weird week of news out of the White House. Niki gives her weekly Recess Rundown, discussing Kim K's new "hairy underwear" launch and Diddy's prospects in jail, among other topics. The group -- Meleny, Lay, and Kory -- all join in on a discussion about the legacy of the late R&B powerhouse D'Angelo, and why there's so much story within the story of his life. Joshua discusses the concept of "choosing your battles wisely" in today's sociopolitical climate before issuing his weekly Sports Report, which features the state of the NFL, the fiery MLB postseason, and the return of the NBA closing in.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Mentality Monday: Joshua and Niki on impostor syndrome

    Mentality Monday: Joshua and Niki on impostor syndrome
    Oct 13 2025
    The third episode of 'Mentality Monday' featuring Joshua Umahi and NikiMarie tackles the widespread phenomenon of impostor syndrome, which is defined as "the persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills." How does one begin to suffer from this syndrome in their career field or creative craft, and what can be done to dispel it?
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    57 mins
  • Niki's Recess Rundown on Drake's 'Not Like Us' lawsuit getting tossed, Joshua defends Bad Bunny, Sports Report (10/9/25, Hour 2)

    Niki's Recess Rundown on Drake's 'Not Like Us' lawsuit getting tossed, Joshua defends Bad Bunny, Sports Report (10/9/25, Hour 2)
    Oct 11 2025
    Audio from Hour 2 of October 9th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air'. Niki gets into her weekly 'Recess Rundown', which features the news of Drake's infamous lawsuit asserted against UMG and Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' getting thrown out in court, as well as the fallout from the Mark Sanchez stabbing incident. Joshua issues the 'Sha Boing Boing of the Week' to a Pro Football Hall of Fame running back, and tells us why he's mad about Bad Bunny slander and also how advanced AI videos are getting. Lastly, the Sports Report, where Joshua gives updates on Eagles vs Giants, the Yankees' elimination in the MLB postseason, and the NBA.
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    54 mins
  • Niki's spider fearing, Pam Bondi's hearing, Mark Sanchez's stabbing (10/9/25, Hour 1)

    Niki's spider fearing, Pam Bondi's hearing, Mark Sanchez's stabbing (10/9/25, Hour 1)
    Oct 11 2025
    Audio from Hour 1 of October 9th, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air'. Joshua Umahi is joined by NikiMarie, Lay and Meleny, as Niki kicks off the show by discussing her fear of spiders and her anger at her husband for not killing one recently. After some TRB platform annoucements, Joshua issues this week's TRB News Flashes, which includes Pam Bondi's heavily criticized performance at her hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and, of course, a weekly update on the government's handling of the Epstein Files. Then, the top story of the evening: former Jets QB Mark Sanchez's stabbing and hospitalization in Indianapolis... and subsequent arrest on 4 charges.
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    48 mins
  • Recess Report | Dr. Joylette Williams, Democratic Candidate for Nassau County Clerk

    Recess Report | Dr. Joylette Williams, Democratic Candidate for Nassau County Clerk
    Oct 8 2025
    Liam Flynn and Joshua Umahi welcome Dr. Joylette Williams to the Recess Report! She discusses her current position as a Nassau Community College staff member and professor and how she'll transfer over all of her life experience in education and public service to the County Clerk's office if elected in November. What does the County Clerk do? How does the Clerk work hand-in-hand with the Nassau County Executive, the Comptroller, and other offices? Joylette provdies very informative answers on that and more.

    Election Day is Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Early voting for Nassau County residents begins on Saturday, October 25, and runs through Saturday, November 2. All additional information can be found on vote.gov as well as on elections.ny.gov.
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    56 mins
  • Mentality Monday: Joshua and Niki on FOMO (fear of missing out), Ayesha Curry's recent viral comments

    Mentality Monday: Joshua and Niki on FOMO (fear of missing out), Ayesha Curry's recent viral comments
    Oct 6 2025
    The second installment of Joshua Umahi and NikiMarie's Mentality Monday focuses on FOMO, or the fear of missing out. Niki discusses her personal knowledge of FOMO while Joshua discusses the term's history, his personal experiences with FOMO, and gives a rundown of other closely associated terms and acronyms to FOMO. Within the conversation, the two discuss the recent viral comments from celebrity wife Ayesha Curry about her marriage and how the comments could be tied to FOMO.
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    50 mins
  • Niki's Recess Rundown on Cardi B vs. Nicki Minaj, Joshua's love for TV dating shows, Sports Report (10/2/25, Hour 2)

    Niki's Recess Rundown on Cardi B vs. Nicki Minaj, Joshua's love for TV dating shows, Sports Report (10/2/25, Hour 2)
    Oct 4 2025
    Audio from Hour 2 of October 2nd, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', which airs live every Thursday from 8pm-10pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. NikiMarie kicks off the hour with her weekly 'Recess Rundown', which covered Cardi B and Nicki Minaj's unhinged war of words on social media throughout the week. Then, with the drop of Netflix's 'Love Is Blind -- Season 9', the conversation shifts to Joshua's adoration of reality TV dating show -- to Erik's disgust. Then, the Sports Report, where Joshua gives updates on the Yankees' fight for their postseason lives in a win-or-go-home game vs their archrival Boston Red Sox, among other topics.
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    47 mins
  • Bad Bunny to the Super Bowl, Government Shutdown/Epstein Files, another Eric Adams scandal, the Mets' expensive failure (10/2/25, Hour 1)

    Bad Bunny to the Super Bowl, Government Shutdown/Epstein Files, another Eric Adams scandal, the Mets' expensive failure (10/2/25, Hour 1)
    Oct 4 2025
    Audio from Hour 1 of October 2nd, 2025's episode of 'The Recess Bell: On Air', which airs live every Thursday from 8pm-10pm on 90.3 WHPC-FM. Joshua Umahi welcomes in NikiMarie, Lay, Meleny, and ErikSincere as they discuss the week's news, which included the controversy hanging over the government shutdown, Jimmy Fallon ducking Trump smoke, people teaming up for free speech rights following the fallout from Charlie Kirk's death and (yet another) Eric Adams scandal. Then, Joshua takes the time to detail the Mets' colossal and highly-expensive failure in missing the MLB postseason entirely.
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    48 mins