The D.L. Hughley Show

It is Monday, but DL Hughley and the crew will make you feel like the weekend with a What Had Happened Friday. DL and the crew will play the best callers from last week’s Questions of the Day.  

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Jamal Kingsley lightens the mood with One Voyage Jeopardy, testing contestants on lyrics from E.U., Da Brat, and Dave Hollister while building excitement for the upcoming six-day One Voyage cruise aboard Resilient Lady, featuring a packed lineup of music, comedy, food, and live experiences. 

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The conversation turns to accountability at Cornell University, which agreed to an outside review of its handling of allegations that a former student was drugged and sexually assaulted by multiple fraternity members in 2024; the criminal investigation has also been reopened, with prosecutors reviewing whether evidence should go before a grand jury, and the allegations remain unproven in court. 

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The Question of the Day intensifies a debate around Christa Pike, who remained alive after Tennessee administered two doses of pentobarbital during a failed execution; callers weigh her brutal crime and traumatic childhood against questions of cruel punishment, second chances, and whether the state should try again. 

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The team examines the Education Department’s formal repeal of the Biden-era Title IX rule and restoration of the 2020 regulations, a move the administration frames as protecting women’s athletics while critics warn it could weaken safeguards for transgender students and survivors of sexual violence. 

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One show, four conversations, and absolutely no shortage of controversy—D.L. Hughley and the crew bring the heat with politics, justice, campus accountability, and plenty of laughs. The team examines the Education Department’s formal repeal of the Biden-era Title IX rule and restoration of the 2020 regulations, a move the administration frames as protecting women’s athletics while critics warn it could weaken safeguards for transgender students and survivors of sexual violence. The debate intensifies around Christa Pike, who remained alive after Tennessee administered two doses of pentobarbital during a failed execution; callers weigh her brutal crime and traumatic childhood against questions of cruel punishment, second chances, and whether the state should try again. 

The conversation turns to accountability at Cornell University, which agreed to an outside review of its handling of allegations that a former student was drugged and sexually assaulted by multiple fraternity members in 2024; the criminal investigation has also been reopened, with prosecutors reviewing whether evidence should go before a grand jury, and the allegations remain unproven in court. D.L. uses the case to challenge the selective way society talks about crime and the protection too often afforded to accused men on college campuses. Then Jamal Kingsley lightens the mood with One Voyage Jeopardy, testing contestants on lyrics from E.U., Da Brat, and Dave Hollister while building excitement for the upcoming six-day One Voyage cruise aboard Resilient Lady, featuring a packed lineup of music, comedy, food, and live experiences. 

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Music Credits: 

Bon Voyage/Ryan James Carr/Courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com 

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On the 2026 edition of The DL Hughley Show, Jasmine’s “Jazzy Report” covers the Supreme Court allowing the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to third countries without giving them a chance to argue potential harm, along with reports that severe stress can accelerate aging. The “Question of the Day” centers on what consequences should exist when one parent intentionally keeps a child from the other, sparked by an audio story of a woman who believed her father abandoned her until learning her mother cut him off; callers share similar experiences and debate whether legal remedies should exist beyond court-ordered custody.  

In an interview, Chris Spencer discusses being replaced by Sinbad on Vibe, creating Real Husbands of Hollywood and White Famous, and his Jamaican upbringing in Inglewood, plus work with the Wayans and advice from Chris Rock after his show was canceled. Jasmine Sanders also shares a “Top 5” list of workplace antics to avoid, including inappropriate advances, excessive meetings, constant HR complaints, selling coworkers out, and getting caught doing everything except the job. 

Website: https://www.urban1podcasts.com/the-dl-hughley-show 

Music Credits: 

Bon Voyage/Ryan James Carr/Courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com 

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Jasmine Sanders also shares a “Top 5” list of workplace antics to avoid, including inappropriate advances, excessive meetings, constant HR complaints, selling coworkers out, and getting caught doing everything except the job. 

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In an interview, Chris Spencer discusses being replaced by Sinbad on Vibe, creating Real Husbands of Hollywood and White Famous, and his Jamaican upbringing in Inglewood, plus work with the Wayans and advice from Chris Rock after his show was canceled. 

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The “Question of the Day” centers on what consequences should exist when one parent intentionally keeps a child from the other, sparked by an audio story of a woman who believed her father abandoned her until learning her mother cut him off; callers share similar experiences and debate whether legal remedies should exist beyond court-ordered custody. 

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