Breaking with Brett Jensen

Hot dogs, fireworks and baseball are some ways people around the country and here in Charlotte will be celebrating Independence Day, but just how big does everyone do it, and where does Charlotte appear in the rankings? Find out here on “Breaking with Brett Jensen,” and if you’re looking for something to do this 4th […]

Today on “Breaking with Brett Jensen,” Brett dives into the story of the first case of Monkeypox in Mecklenburg County. Brett highlights some of the main differences between Monkeypox and the more well-known Chickenpox before taking you through the press conference with Mecklenburg County Health Commissioner Dr. Raynard Washington who shares more information about the […]

Today on “Breaking with Brett Jensen” covered a multitude of big stories that impact you here in Charlotte, from the Roe v. Wade decision to what went down with the North Carolina House sports gambling bill vote and Steve Clifford’s return to the Charlotte Hornets. Brett speaks with Rep. Wesley Harris on the immediate impact […]

Today was a day of decisions around the state and country and on “Breaking with Brett Jensen” we make sure you get up to date on all the rulings as well as the context in which they were made and what the decisions mean for you. First, Brian Murphy of WRAL joins the show to […]

Today on “Breaking with Brett Jensen,” Brett and Erik Spanberg of the Charlotte Business Journal talked about the passing of NASCAR legend and Charlotte icon Bruton Smith. “He was a hard-nosed negotiator and a relentless promoter,” Spanberg said when asked what came to mind first when he thought of Smith. Coming from a small farming […]

Often, what qualifies as news in the sports world isn’t relevant to news about politics or legislation, but today on “Breaking with Brett Jensen,” the two worlds overlapped. Brett first talked about the possibility of sports gambling coming to North Carolina as it is discussed by the House Judiciary Committee, including why he feels the […]

We’re all human and today on “Breaking with Brett Jensen,” we learned today that Brett is one of us after a headline from a local news source trips him up after announcing that American Airlines would be suspending access to some “major airports,” — but instead referred to an old story which included places like […]

Two years ago a Juneteenth celebration on Beatties Ford road was violently disrupted by a deadly shooting. Today Lt. Bryan Crum of the CMPD gave a press conference to share what they have learned in the time since the tragic event — which is just about nothing. So far witnesses have been more than reluctant […]

Mandatory minicamp came to an end today for the Carolina Panthers as the team works to the start of the 2022 NFL season. Today on Breaking with Brett Jensen Brett talks with “The Godfather of Panthers reporting,” Joe Person of The Athletic who shares his major takeaways from minicamp. Brett and Joe first discuss the […]

A familiar face makes another appearance on this Wednesday edition of “Breaking with Brett Jensen,”– CMS. Brett shares audio from many interviews he conducted as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and County Commissioners work to complete next year’s budget for a school system coming off of a particularly rough year. The biggest point of contention between the two […]