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Motown Monday on the Earl Ingram Show.
Marvin Gaye said it best 52 years ago.
What's going on?
Hey, good morning to you, Cardi.
What's going on, man?
Man, Earl, it is such a great day, man.
I know it's coming to an end soon, but, man, I'm having a great day with you on the air, man, today.
Excited to figure out what you got going on for us today,
man.
Oh, so, man, let me first say, every day...
that I've ever been on the airways, whether it's Civic Media or WTTN or 1290 WMCS or the different places that I've stopped, I began every show with what's going on by Marvin Gaye.
And because that was always what I believed is to tell people.
or inform people, not tell, but inform people, what's going on, man?
You know, there's always, there's so much going on that many people may not be aware of.
And so it's always been my intention to inform people.
as it was the first time that I got behind the microphone, and it will be possibly the last time that I do it on tomorrow, on any particular, on the Earl Ingram show.
Nobody knows.
One thing you learn about life the longer you live, you never know what tomorrow brings, you never know what the future holds.
So I will say for now that tomorrow,
will be my last show as it stands on civic media.
My last radio show where I have two hours to basically kind of do my own thing.
I'm going to be doing a lot of different things around civic media, but I won't be every day before a microphone.
And so, you know, I want the listeners because I've dedicated this show today to you.
And so I don't want to do any talking.
I want to turn it over to you, the audience, because whatever I've been able to accomplish in radio, I've always understood it wasn't me to host.
It was always about the listeners because that's how I got into radio of being a listener.
And so I am not a pragmatist.
I'm not ego maniacal.
I do not think that I know it all because I know it's too much in the world to know.
But what I do know is that when people aren't aware of what is happening to them in this, you know, some say the greatest nation on earth, they will be taken advantage of.
And so it's always been my focus and it always will be my focus.
to inform people because it's a cruel world.
And so when you see the kinds of things that take place, that are taking place today, in our nation and all over the world, people should be aware that they have to fight back.
And so my voice has always been that.
is I prepare for different horizons as I've done in the past.
You know, things happen for a reason.
I got a call on Saturday afternoon.
I'm sitting around the house and an old friend, the grave digger, Paula Fane Green Bay Packer Gilbert Brown gave me a call and he said,
I said, I said, who is this?
The grave digger.
Hey Gilbert, man, what's going on, man?
It's been a while.
Yeah, man, I'm coming back to Milwaukee.
I said, okay, man, what's going on?
I'm getting ready to start the football program back.
For those who don't know, Gilbert and I, for 10 years, ran a voluntary football program
I mean, a free, a free football program in the city of Milwaukee for 10 years.
And I missed it, man.
Oh, I missed it.
I miss, I miss being around children, young, young kids, man.
You know, we started five years old and we would run the camp, you know, for about a week and a half, two weeks.
And so we'd have the kids early in the morning and we
keep them through lunch.
And so we take a couple hours in between.
That would be kids five to five to think 13.
But then the afternoon we kick off at two o'clock and we would then do a bigger program for 14, 18.
And
so quick question, Earl, how did all that start?
Like you said, you started the 10 years ago.
What got you into it?
Because I ran the largest youth tackle football program in the state.
for 20 years.
I'm a football guy.
And so for 20 years, we tens of thousands of children came through the neighborhood Children's Sports League.
It's still going as we speak.
And so, you know, I'm not gonna be one who is gonna lack things to do and opportunities because I'm gonna keep on serving.
And so,
You know, my plate is going to be full.
I'm going to wind up going into partnership with the Gilbert Brown Foundation and the Earl Ingram voices of the elders.
And so, you know, we both have the same mission in mind and that's to work with children, especially children who are marginalized and forgotten.
And so in my community where I live, it's, it's like unimaginable if people really had any idea of what it's like to live in the war zone.
We've got babies that live in war zones in the city of Milwaukee.
Definitely do.
And, and so, you know, the question becomes, you know, what are we going to do?
You know, who's going to step up?
Who's gonna make a difference?
It's not it's not something that politicians or politicians are going to affix it takes average everyday people To to volunteer that time and make a difference.
So my time is gonna be full and and and I'm gonna keep on pushing man as the impressions say
and we're gonna do everything within our power to save as many children from the evil consequences of a world that's lost and headed in the wrong direction.
And so that's what I'm gonna be doing when I'm not either on some one of the different radio shows and civic media or
not doing the podcast that that I'm going to be doing, uh, on civic media, a, you know, pretty, pretty soon and in their future.
And the other part of this is, uh, by tomorrow, I have a better understanding, uh, on the last show of exactly what I'm going to be doing, uh, time slots and timeframes and how you can, you know, keep up.
with me and I can also hear from you.
So it's not goodbye.
It's a new beginning for me.
Civic media is doing what they do and they're doing a great job of... Putting this stuff together for you.
Putting this stuff together.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
And I'm thankful for the time that I had on this platform, Civic Media.
And, you know, this will be the third, maybe the third, fourth different time that, you know, I was, I wasn't doing my show and there was an impasse.
And I've always said, as I'll say now, when I first came to civic media, I said the same thing that I said on every radio station I've been on.
It's not my, these are not my ways.
I don't own them.
One day they'll knock on the door and say,
Hey Earl, we're going in a different direction, and I will say what I'm getting ready to say now.
And I said it then, I remember.
Thank you very much for the opportunity.
I really enjoyed it.
It's a privilege and an honor.
But I was Earl Ingram before I came to Civic Media, and I'll be Earl Ingram if and when I ever leave.
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Express yourself You don't never need help From nobody else All you got to do now Express yourself Whatever you do
Do it good.
Whatever you do, do, do, long, long.
Do it good.
Oh yeah.
It's not what you look like when you're doing what you're doing.
It's what you're doing when you're doing what you look like you're doing.
Express yourself.
Express yourself a Motown Monday on the Earl Abrams Show.
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Let's go right to the phone lines.
Ron, how you doing, sir?
Well, I hope I'm doing as well as you are.
Of course, I'm sorry and sad to hear this, but it like does go on.
It's all about transitions.
And the one thing
Not the big thing, but one thing I'm going to miss about your program is driving to work or doing whatever else I'm doing in the mornings on weekdays and hearing a great selection of Motown, R&D, and soul music that you really don't get it on radio anymore.
I understand I can turn on my smartphone and dial up a stream, but I want it curated by somebody who enjoyed it too and is talking about it even though it's not the purpose of the show.
So I just wanted to wish you well.
I know you're going to land on your feet and I just got to figure out how to find you again.
So we're so wrong.
Let me say this, Matt.
You'll be able to find me through civic media.
I'm still with civic media.
I'll make sure that tomorrow I give all the information on how and where and why.
But listen, man, you know how you can find me.
You can find me wherever.
There are a bunch of people who are organized, and even not organized, two or more people who have a conversation, who are worried about making things better in their communities.
I'll be there.
Anybody who knows me knows that's always been my mantra.
Two or more people, somebody, people have always said to me, hero, will you come?
We've got an event.
I don't care if it's 10 people, man, I'm there.
because I believe we can change the world, Ron.
I don't buy into, and I don't accept the fact that we can't change it.
We've got to be organized, we've got to be collective, and we've got to be willing to sacrifice.
And when there are people sacrificing, hey, Ron, I'm there.
Thank you very much, man.
I appreciate it.
Thank you for those kind words.
Hey, Jim from Brookfield, you're up, man.
What's going on?
Good
morning, Earl.
Boy, we never had a chance to meet face-to-face.
I hope someday we will, Devils Lake or wherever your journeys take you.
But I feel I know you well.
After listening to your show, I've always enjoyed it.
You are to be congratulated for a great run with a very great show.
And you have been a large part of Civic Media, and you still will continue to be.
But your show, this hour from 8 to 10, you had high-level guests, various viewpoints.
And you always provided people an opportunity to call in and interact with those guests and to express their feelings, you know, which I have, and it's meant a great deal, you know, because it feels like, you know, we have a voice as a people to question, you know, what the heck is going on out there?
So that really, you know, was greatly appreciated.
It'll be missed.
You kept things upbeat, you know, with like today, Motown Mondays, the guests, the music with Sandy.
But what I really respect about you, Earl, and your show is that you always kept things civil and with decorum.
You never resorted to name calling and personal tax, you know, which is too common and other networks, you know, and other shows.
But you always kept things very civil and, you know, and just basically asking the question and allowing people to weigh in.
what the heck is going on, you know, and I really think you should be commended for that.
Thank you for that.
Bringing in Dr. Omar every Thursday provided a really much needed outlet for people to get some medical advice, you know, throughout the state or the area.
You know, that was something, you know, that party of show that's going to be greatly missed.
I do look forward.
to hearing you on other when you drop into other sections of the civic media network.
I definitely recall and try to touch base with you.
You know, one positive of that is that you will be throughout the day, you know, on other shows, you know, you know, not just limited to this timeframe.
But overall, I just want to say thank you, Earl.
You know, you always are fighting for the little guy keeping things.
Um, civil, you know, you do voice persuasion as we all do, but you never lost your cool and resorted in, you know, like I say, personal tax.
It always was fun and, and
Hey, Jim, do me a favor.
Leave your phone number with, with, with Cardi.
And, uh, I'd love to have some further dialogue and conversation with you outside of the radio.
Thank you very much.
Sure.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thank you very much.
You're welcome, Merlin, all the best.
Hey, listen, we'll talk soon.
I appreciate it.
Thank you very much for that.
You know, I don't want to cut anybody short.
So we got a couple of minutes before we go to break.
So I don't want to cut anybody short.
I'll just say this again.
I remember if you ever look up Google,
Divine intervention.
Divine intervention was a radio show that talked about divine intervention by whoever your higher power is.
And I've got a story on divine intervention where I had an automobile accident with my entire family in the car.
I fell asleep behind a wheel in a place called Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
driving 80 to 90 miles an hour.
And my car turned over four or five times, and it's an unbelievable story, but my life has been blessed.
And so I've made commitments to he who created me, that I would never get tired, I would do his work.
And that's been about 13 years ago, 14, maybe 15 years ago, maybe even 20 years ago.
But you know, I don't have any choice man.
I got to do his work And I'll do his work until I don't have breath in my body anymore eight five five seven five two forty eight forty two a Motown Monday on the Earl Ingram
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Express
yourself Pardon me, buddy By being so bold But this is my girl You're dancing with
Excuse me partner, for being so cold.
But you see, we had a little argument.
She said it was a-
show.
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Text us at that same number.
Let me go right back to the phone lines, but let me, let me finish this.
My, you know, my wife listens, and so she's going to always make sure I'm on point.
And so the accident that we had was 26 years ago when our fellow sleep behind the wheel of a car.
I had just bought a brand new Buick Riviera.
What year?
26 years ago, man, I don't know.
So the 72?
No, man, I had a 70, I had a set, when I was 18 years old, I bought a brand new 72
Riviera.
The Riviers are nice back
there.
Yeah, and so, and so I'm on the highway and Hattiesburg highway, highway 47, I forgot what it was.
And man, beautiful.
And I'm driving, man, 100 miles an hour, fell asleep behind the wheel of the car.
And my wife kind of nudged me, and she wanted to drive.
And I told her, no, I won't keep doing it.
And it seemed like a split second later, I fell asleep.
And then car turned over.
I fell asleep.
And the car turned over.
And really, to be honest with you, man, horrible.
You know when you when you realize it could have been avoided But I remember Being in the hospital and the doctor said to me I got some good news and some bad news What do you want to hear first?
And I told him give me the bad news.
I'm devastated and he told me about my wife and she had a broken back and and And and then as I was devastated he said well
He said these words and never will forget them.
Now that you want to hear the good news and this is not even with my son who was, it's a long story, but if you go to divine interventions and Google or and put Earl Ingram in, you'll hear the full story.
And he said, here's why you should feel good.
How can I feel good?
Man, my wife's got a broken back.
He said, normally bones break in a jagged fashion.
If your wife.
Bone would have broken away bones normally break or to pierce the spine should have been a quadriplegic And so it was that point 26 years ago in the hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi I made a commitment to the creators of the heavens and the earth That I would do whatever it is.
He wanted me to do I would never get tired and I would do it with a smile because the rest of my life could have been
unbearable, not only had my own family members perished, but if I would have taken somebody else's life because of my carelessness.
So from that point forward, I've dedicated my life to doing his work and I'm gonna do that until he takes my breath away.
Hey Al, what's going on man?
You say
what?
Come on, man.
You know I had to throw that.
Hey, man, I got it.
Listen, I'm not crying, cracking out tears, but go ahead.
I just had to do something stupid as I always do.
But the excellent show and you did an excellent job.
So.
You'll do all right moving on but the point is a whole lot of people are going to miss you and the conversation Hey man, it's not your
law.
It's theirs Yeah, man, thank you, you know, you and I'll be in touch.
I'll be seeing you more daily.
Thank you very much for the call as always Up next you CJ you got it.
It's your thing man
Well, thank you
And Al, thank you for your service.
You know, I'm glad you and your family are okay after that tragic accident.
It could have been worse.
Amen.
You know, I've always enjoyed calling your show and occasionally, most of the time you'd take my call and occasionally you'd let me say some things, which, because I felt like I was Paul Harvey because, you know, your listeners needed to hear the rest of the story.
But civic media,
Earl, I think has made a lot of bad programming decisions and you're just another one of them.
It started when I think Crudi disappeared.
I don't know why or how, but he was quite the driving force.
I think he's the one that got you there.
I don't know, but you know, I loved Motown Mondays.
Are you in with your guests?
And meeting some of your producers like Cardi, we got a chance to visit a couple of times and he sounds like a good guy and I know a lot of them.
You've had some good producers, men and women.
But what a poor decision on their part.
I think your show should have been expanded, not cut.
I don't do the podcast thing, girl.
So I don't really know a lot about it.
But this is a really bad decision by civic media to let you go away from the airways.
Dr. Omar, I listened and loved that part of your show, learned a lot.
So anyways, I just wanted to say it's been a pleasure arguing with you most of the time, but occasionally we'd be on the same side of the issue and I even got to talk to.
the grave digger.
So thank you sir.
I really appreciate it.
Hey CJ, we've got one another's number so we'll stay and trust me and thank you very much.
Hey Brendan man, what's up man?
What a strange convergence of happenings where we lose the pope and then we lose you.
And I don't say that with any type of humor.
I say it with a heavy heart.
And
I'll follow you.
I do the podcast thing.
I think a lot of people, I think, I hope that it will open your audience and make your audience larger.
And more people will get to you.
I certainly will put the word out there.
I just sent you an email.
So you can let me know when and where you're going to be.
And I just want to let you know, I'll be there listening because you are, you are a man of faith.
You're a man of your word.
Being born in Ireland and adopted and brought over to this country and being in kind of a messed up situation growing up.
The fact that you took a child into your home.
You didn't have to and he's still with you and you still take care with them every day is it just speaks to your strength, Earl.
And I believe that good things will happen and continue to happen for you.
And I certainly will be out there telling people that I talked to you that are in my frame of mind or otherwise to take a listen to you.
on a podcast and I look forward to listening to you and Sandy and you said we will be able to call in.
So I look forward to that and I only wish good things for you, Mike.
Hey, Brendan, I've got your email address.
I'll stay in touch with you.
I promise, man.
Thank you very much for those kind, kind words.
Let's go to Mike.
Hey, good morning to you, Mike from Kenosha.
How you doing, man?
Happy Motel Monday.
Yes, sir.
Taking my call.
Yes, sir.
And I got to tell you, is there a cooler car than the old fuel?
Oh, man,
I had three Riviers, man.
I was a Riviera guy.
They're the best.
You know, when you're playing Marvin Gaye song, you know, that has been the mission.
It's what's going on.
Yes.
And the attack.
that we have all witnessed in our lifetime on the Fourth Estate on media.
Now to where, in my opinion, civic media and other groups like civic media are beginning to run scared because they're afraid of their retribution and the risks of walking the line, if you will, and talking the talk.
The intertwining and interlocking of media,
of corporations, government, academia in war is something all of us need to closely examine because they're too tight.
They're all working for each other.
It's almost like, again, the robber baronates to where the solution is to break all these companies up into a thousand entities.
The same thing with Modell and others that we've done.
We've done before, but we have to have
number one the courage to do so but more importantly and this is what you have provided.
You had the courage and the desire to do the public's work.
It's unfortunate but and this is my last point trickle down economics for example that term in of itself if all of us who believe in a republic and a democracy would just think about that trickle down economics and how it's been
sold for decades to us as a way forward.
It makes no sense at all.
Trickle down means a concentration of wealth.
It has nothing to do with spreading it out throughout an economy or throughout a middle class where they spend it all.
It's about hoarding in power.
So that's what I got from your show is you're a true altruist.
You're humble.
You're kind, you're courteous.
I would love for you to be my next door neighbor, girl.
Because you are that snapshot of the classic American who we've all looked up to and kind of strived to be.
You made it.
You walk the walk, girl.
And I got to tell you, it's one of the best things that's happened in my life in a long time.
being introduced to you.
It's really been a thrill.
Thank you.
I'm very,
very grateful for your courage.
Mike, I have your information and you and I will stay in touch as well.
There's a lot of work to be done and I'm going to have more time to do it.
So you and I will stay in touch.
Thank you very much for those kind words.
8-5-5-7-5-2-40-8-42.
We're going to keep on pushing.
This is the final.
That's not the final show tomorrow is my final show But I just wanted to give you guys the audience whom I love dearly an opportunity to talk about what the show meant to you 8 5 5 7 5 2 40 8 42 you're tuned into the Earl Ingram show a Motown Monday
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Right back to the phone lines.
Hey Susan, how you doing?
I'm doing fine and I'm sad that you won't be who I wake up with in the morning.
Not that your wife should know that, but 8 o'clock I was always there.
Another woman waking up with you in the morning.
I'm gonna miss you.
Hey, I'm going to miss you as
well.
Yes.
Yes,
ma'am.
Yeah.
I,
I just want to, you know, me, I'm always looking at the information and things that I provided and try to tell people about.
And there was something that I came across yesterday.
Um, the Statue of Liberty, did you know the reason why that was built?
I remember
that.
I used to know, but go
ahead.
Okay, Edward, I probably mispronounced his name.
He was an abolitionist and he produced that statue and sent that to America because we had abolished slavery.
And that was the symbol of the end of slavery.
And if people will go to the statue and look, he actually had broken set.
shackles and as a tribute to the fact that we ended slavery and that was sent to us after the Civil War.
And I was shocked when I read that because I was always thought it was for the immigrants coming to the United States, but that was not exactly what it was for.
And I felt good about it because like you,
I walked across many bridges in Milwaukee and supported civil rights and I felt good in my heart that I had done that as a child and continued to do that because we are the people.
We are the people.
You and me and everyone else are the people of this country and we, like I say, need to.
continue protesting and loving our Constitution and not let them take that away from us.
You know, Susan, but
bless you.
I love you.
Likewise, and wherever they're protesting injustice, you can rest assured I'm going to be there.
And I'm sure you'll be there in spirit as well, Susan.
It's been a, it's been a blast.
It's been a pleasure.
Thank you very much.
Mark from Racine, you're up next.
Yes.
Well, excuse me, Earl.
Um, I only learned of you about a month ago or so when you were spoke at the monument square.
Um, and I appreciate your show and I'm sad, uh, that, uh, well, for what's going to be changing.
Could I, could I say a couple of remarks about, uh, white privilege?
You can say whatever you want to say, sir.
Okay.
Um, in the interest of, you know, dismantling racism, you know, it helps to have white allies and what.
White privilege seeks to describe as utterly real.
Don't get me wrong, but the word privilege, like a poor white things, well, I don't have privilege.
I don't have any money.
And then you have to explain, we're not talking about money.
And when you define white privilege, what is meant by the privilege half of it, often the word advantage is used.
And so I'm thinking white advantage would be less loaded.
you know, reaction, you know, causing a bad reaction as a word term to say white advantage.
One more thing.
I understand that cop killing is, you know, blacks is, you know, much higher than with whites, you know, and that amounts to like an extrajudicial execution.
But I understand that from in these times magazine that the killing of Native Americans is even higher than for blacks.
And we would never say, well, shouldn't a black feel a tiny bit of privilege that they're not killed by cops quite as much as Native Americans.
So that's why the, cause we're oftentimes we're talking about rights, you know, as opposed to privileges.
And anyway, what advantage is my suggestion?
That's all.
Thank you.
Well, Mark, before you go, it was, you know, I'm not done with racing.
I'll be coming.
back and forth to the studio and racing and the honor and the privilege that was bestowed upon me that you guys gave me to speak in front of all of those throngs of people who have figured it out and who are going to battle what is injustice, a man that's in office that means no good to
the majority of the American people.
And the fact that all of you are willing to continue to fight, to stand up, to push back.
You know, I'm there.
You know, all you got to do is call me and I'll be there.
Because that's what has to happen.
If we're going to fix any of this, man, we got to organize, organize, organize.
And our voices can't be silent.
And civic media with its outlets
plays a major role in that as well.
But thank you very much, man.
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