A chat with Eileen Bellew, author of 'After John Jumped', and we meet the three Princeton-trained architects of Jersey Devil

By Doug Doyle

Published April 25, 2026 at 8:47 AM EDT

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After John Jumped is a powerful new memoir by Eileen Bellew — *After John Jumped* is a powerful new memoir by Eileen Bellew

On the April 25 WBGO Journal...

As the Belmont section of the Bronx is dealing with Tuesday's fatal apartment fire, WBGO Journal host Doug Doyle chats with the author of After John Jumped…The True Story of a Family’s Rise from the Ashes. The powerful memoir comes from Eileen Bellew who lost her husband and FDNY firefighter John Bellew on Black Sunday in the Bronx in 2005...I

We continue with a celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month with a feature from the WBGO Archives, a conversation between the late pianist Les McCann and WBGO's late announcer Michael Bourne...

NEWPORT RI - 1974: Jazz musician Les McCann performs in concert at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1974 in Newport, Rhode Island. (Photo by Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

And WBGO's Jon Kalish introduces to the three architects from the firm Jersey Devil...